American Landscape Architects Announce 2010 Professional Awards
By Bustler Editors|
Friday, May 14, 2010
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the winners of the 2010 Professional Awards, representing the best in landscape architecture around the world in the categories of general design, residential design, analysis and planning, research and communication.
The jury considered 618 entries – the largest number in ASLA history – from 20 countries around the world, selecting 49 projects for distinction. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, September 13, at 12 noon during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Washington, D.C.
Following are the four Award of Excellence winners in their respective category (see the complete list of winners here):
General Design Category - Award of Excellence:
Shanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System
Shanghai, China
Turenscape, China and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Shanghai Houtan Park: The terraced wetland is heavily planted to clean the contaminated water falling from the cascade wall behind the cypress groves, and the ecofriendly boardwalk composed of decomposable bamboo (view facing southwest end of the park).
Residential Design Category - Award of Excellence:
Lakeside Retreat
New England, USA
Richardson & Associates, Landscape Architects, Saco, ME USA
Lakeside Retreat: A new stone bridge provided access from the shore to this “swim rock” where family and guests can enjoy the lake from this unique vantage point.
Analysis and Planning Category - Award of Excellence:
Kigali Conceptual Master Plan
Kigali, Rwanda, Africa
AECOM Design + Planning, Denver USA
Kigali Conceptual Master Plan: The Transect: Terrain-based Densities
Communications Category - Award of Excellence:
The Pioneers Oral History Series
The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington, D.C. USA
The Pioneers Oral History Series: Oral History Series Splash Page
Here are few more awarded projects we especially liked:
Square Four, Beirut, Lebanon by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Broumana, Lebanon
Crosswaters Ecolodge, Nankun Mountain Reserve, Guangdong Province, China by EDSA, Inc.
Urban Play Garden, San Francisco USA by Blasen Landscape Architecture, San Anselmo, CA USA
Resuscitating the Fez River, Fez, Morocco by Bureau E.A.S.T., Fez, Morocco
City Plates by Rios Clementi Hale Studios, Los Angeles USA
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