ASLA Announces 2012 Professional Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2012 Professional Awards. The awards honor the top public places, residential designs, campuses, parks and urban planning projects from across the U.S. and around the world. High-resolution images and full project information can be viewed online.
ASLA will present 37 awards to professional landscape architects and their firms, selected from more than 620 entries in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, and Research. In addition, The Landmark Award recognizes a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes to the public realm of its community.
This year, the professional awards jury included: José Almiñana, FASLA, Chair; Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA; Gail Brinkmann, ASLA; Kathryn L. Gleason, FASLA; Mikyoung Kim, ASLA; Tom Leader, ASLA; Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA; and Jim Schuessler, ASLA.
The September issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) features the winning projects and is available online for free viewing. September’s LAM will also be featured on the endcap of the magazine section in nearly 500 Barnes & Noble stores beginning September 14. Winners will be announced at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Phoenix on Monday, October 1.
The winners of the ASLA 2012 Professional Awards are:
General Design Category
Award of Excellence (see image at top)
A Green Sponge for a Water-Resilient City: Qunli Stormwater Park, Haerbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China
By Turenscape and Peking University
Project statement: “Contemporary cities are not resilient when faced with inundations of surface water. Landscape architecture can play a key role in addressing this problem. This project demonstrates how a stormwater park acts as a green sponge, cleansing and storing urban stormwater, and can be integrated with other ecosystem services, including the protection of native habitats, aquifer recharge, recreational use, and aesthetic experience, in all these ways fostering urban development.”
