ASLA 2010 Awards winners announced

Jury of leading designers and editors selects 49 projects for recognition

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has 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.

Winners of the Awards of Excellence:

Shanghai Houtan Park, China: The linear wetland in the middle of the park with terraces covered by a variety of native grasses and wetland plants (view facing north).
Source: www.asla.org/2010awards. Click the image for a view of the areal's site-plan.

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
Client: The 2010 Shanghai Expo Bureau, China
Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai's Huangpu riverfront.

Residential Design Category - Award of Excellence
Lakeside Retreat, New England, USA

Richardson & Associates, Landscape Architects, Saco, ME, USA
Richardson & Associates developed a family retreat at a remote lakeside location which protects, maintains, and builds upon the site's unique landscape qualities.

Kigali Conceptual Master Plan. Source: www.asla.org/2010awards

Analysis and Planning Category - Award of Excellence
Kigali Conceptual Master Plan, Kigali, Rwanda, Africa

AECOM Design + Planning, Denver, USA
Client: Oz Architecture
The Kigali Conceptual Master Plan provides land-based strategies derived from the natural terrain, seeking to affordably promote development to meet the current needs.

Communications Category - Award of Excellence
The Pioneers Oral History Series

The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA
The Pioneers of American Landscape Design Oral History series is an ever growing collection of free, in-depth, web-based interviews with acclaimed American landscape architects.

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