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.

Honor Awards

The Qinhuangdao Beach Restoration: An Ecological Surgery
Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China

Turenscape, China and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Client: The Municipal Government of Qinhuangdao City

Tianjin Qiaoyuan Park: The Adaptation Palettes
Tianjin City, China

Turenscape, China and Peking University Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Client: The Municipal Government of Tianjin City, China

Nueva School
Hillsborough, CA USA

Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture,
San Francisco USA

Client: Nueva School

Square Four
Beirut, Lebanon

Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Broumana, Lebanon
Client: Solidere (Société Libanaise de Développement et Reconstruction)

Connecticut Water Treatment Facility
New Haven, CT USA

Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.,
New York City USA

Client: South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority

The High Line,
Section 1
New York City USA

James Corner Field Operations (project lead) and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York City USA
Client: The City of New York / Friends of the High Line

Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory
Tucson, AZ USA

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.,
Phoenix USA

Client: The University of Arizona

The Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University
Houston USA

The Office of James Burnett, Houston USA
Client: Rice University

Crosswaters Ecolodge
Nankun Mountain Reserve, Guangdong Province, China

EDSA, Inc.,
Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
Client: Longmen Mt. Nankun Zhongheng Ecotourism Development Co. Ltd.

Rooftop Haven for Urban Agriculture
Chicago USA

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Chicago USA
Client: Gary Comer Youth Center

Theater Group Retreat
Western Maine USA

Landworks Studio,
Boston USA

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.

Honor Awards

Urban Play Garden
San Francisco USA

Blasen Landscape Architecture,
San Anselmo, CA USA

Padaro Lane
Carpinteria, CA USA

Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Boston USA

Pamet Valley
Truro, MA USA

Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture, Boston USA

Catalina Foothills
Tucson, AZ USA

Design Workshop, Inc., Aspen, CO USA

Pacific Cannery Lofts
Oakland, CA USA

Miller Company Landscape Architects,
San Francisco USA

Client: Holliday Development

Transformative Water
Pitkin County, CO USA

Design Workshop, Inc., Aspen, CO USA

Parkside Garden
San Francisco USA

Scott Lewis Landscape Architecture,
San Francisco USA

Bridle Road Residence
Cape Town, South Africa

Rees Roberts & Partners, New York City USA

Lily Lake Residence
Dalton, PA USA

Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd.,
Alexandria, VA USA

North Sea Residence
Southampton, NY USA

Rumsey Farber
Long Island City, NY USA

Client: Lee F. Mindel

San Francisco Residence
San Francisco USA

Lutsko Associates, Landscape,
San Francisco USA

The Power House
Dallas USA

Hocker Design Group,
Dallas USA

The Pool House
Dallas USA

Hocker Design Group,
Dallas USA

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.

Honor Awards

Remodeling Paradise
—Landscape Renovation Round West Lake Region in Hangzhou
Hangzhou, China

Hangzhou Landscape Architecture Design Institute, Hangzhou, China, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing and Atelier DYJG, Beijing
Client: Hangzhou Parks and Cultural Relics Bureau

Gowanus Canal Sponge Park
Brooklyn, NY USA

dlandstudio, llc, Brooklyn, NY USA
Client: Gowanus Canal Conservancy

The Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Master Plan
Lim Chu Kang, Northern Singapore

National Parks Board, Singapore

Isla Palenque
Golfo de Chiriqui, Republic of Panama

Design Workshop, Inc., Aspen, CO USA
Client: Amble Resorts

Orongo Station Conservation
Master Plan
Poverty Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Charlottesville, VA USA

California Institute of Technology Landscape Master Plan
Pasadena, CA USA

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, Charlottesville, VA USA
Client: California Institute of Technology

Resuscitating the Fez River
Fez, Morocco

Bureau E.A.S.T.,
Fez, Morocco

Client: Régie Autonome Intercommunale de Distribution d'Eau et d'Electricité de Fès (RADEEF)

Seattle Green Factor
Seattle USA

City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development, Seattle USA

Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Master Plan
Philadelphia USA

Interface Studio LLC,
Philadelphia USA

Client: Neighborhoods Now

Park 20/20: A Cradle to Cradle Inspired Master Plan
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands

William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, VA USA
Client: Delta Development Group

PGHSNAP: Neighborhood Data and Map Resource
Pittsburgh USA

City of Pittsburgh, PA Department of City Planning, Pittsburgh USA

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.

Honor Awards

Ken Smith Landscape Architect Monograph
New York City USA

Ken Smith Landscape Architect, New York City USA

SAFARI 7
New York City USA

Columbia University GSAPP / Urban Landscape Lab + MTWTF, New York City USA

Grid/Street/Place: Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts

RTKL Associates Inc.,
Los Angeles USA

Water Lites
Del Mar, CA USA

Schmidt Design Group, Inc., San Diego USA
Client: San Diego Spring Home/Garden Show "Garden Masters"

City Plates

Rios Clementi Hale Studios, Los Angeles USA

Landscape Infrastructures Emerging Practices, Paradigms & Technologies Reshaping the Contemporary
Urban Landscape

University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Toronto
Client: Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation Canada National Research Council

Research Category

Honor Awards

The Forensics of Ancient Landscape Architecture: Methods and Approaches to Excavating Relict Gardens and Designed Landscapes

Kathryn Gleason, ASLA / Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA

Getting to Minus 80: Defining the Contribution of Urban Form to Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets

The Design Centre for Sustainability at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Client: City of Calgary,
The City of North Vancouver, Christenson Development Ltd.

Access to Nature
for Older Adults: Promoting Health Through Landscape Design
Multi-Regional USA

Center for Health Systems & Design, Texas A&M University, USA

Landmark Award

Award of Excellence

Bryant Park
New York City USA

OLIN, Philadelphia USA

Client: Bryant Park Corporation

As a high-profile and cherished public space in one of the world's most important urban centers, the enormously successful restoration of Bryant Park was pivotal for New York City