June 5, 2006—The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2006 Professional Awards. The jury considered over 500 entries and selected 32 projects to receive the awards, which will be presented October 9 at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. The General Design Category and Landmark award winners are listed below.
General Design Category, Awards of Excellence:
- From Brownfield to Greenfield: A New Working Landscape for Wellesley College Wrenched from its Toxic Past, Wellesley, MA; by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA/New York City; and
- Court Square Press Courtyard, Boston, MA; by Landworks Studio, Inc., Salem, MA.
- University of California, Berkeley: Units 1&2 Dormitories Urban Landscape (The Bowtie), Berkeley, CA; by GLS (Gary L. Strang) Landscape/Architecture, San Francisco, CA;
- The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; by Sawyer/Berson Architecture & Landscape Architecture, LLP, New York City;
- The Floating Gardens—Yongning River Park, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China; by Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture and Turenscape, Beijing, China;
- Columbus Circle, New York, NY; by Olin Partnership, Philadelphia, PA;
- Small is Beautiful, Millburn, NJ; by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA/New York City;
- South Boston Maritime Park, Boston, MA; by Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc, Boston, MA;
- The Elizabeth & Nona Evans Restorative Garden Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH; by Dirtworks, PC, New York City;
- SW 12th Avenue Green Street Project, Portland, OR; by Kevin Robert Perry, ASLA, Sustainable Stormwater Management Program, Portland, OR;
- Lite-On Electronic Headquarters, Taipei, Taiwan; by SWA Group, Sausalito, CA;
- Chess Park, Glendale, CA; by Rios Clementi Hale Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and
- Henry C. Beck, Jr., Park, Dallas, TX; by MESA, Dallas, TX.
Landmark Award, co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation:
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; by Zion Breen & Richardson Associates, Site Planners/Landscape Architects, Cream Ridge, NJ.
For the winners of the Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Research, and Communications categories, as well as photos and descriptions of all the award winners, visit ASLA.
