The Landscape Architecture Firm Award
The Landscape Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that the
American Society of Landscape Architects may bestow on a landscape architecture
firm.
Purpose: To recognize landscape architecture firms that have
produced bodies of distinguished work influencing the professional practice
of landscape architecture.
Eligibility: Any firm or successor firms in which the continuing
collaboration among individuals of the firm has been the principal force
in consistently producing distinguished landscape architecture for a period
of at least 10 years. Members of the ASLA Executive Committee and their
firms are ineligible to be nominated for this award.
Number: No more than one (1) award conferred annually.
Selection Process: Conferred by the Board of Trustees.
Criteria for Judging:
- The firm's influence on the direction/profession of landscape architecture.
- The collaborative environment of the firm, evidencing strong communication
among specific areas of expertise.
- The consistent quality of the firm's work and its recognition by
those who practice landscape architecture, by those who teach landscape
architecture, by members of the design and construction community, and
by the general public.
Submissions: All exhibit materials must be submitted in a single
black binder and on a CD-ROM to ASLA by 5:00
pm, EST, Friday, March 14, 2008. Each submission binder must display
the following items in clear plastic sheet protectors, in the order listed
below:
- A brief history of the firm, not to exceed two (2) typewritten pages.
- A list of the firm's achievements, not to exceed two (2) typewritten
pages.
- A brief biography of all firm principals, not to exceed four (4)
typewritten pages.
- Miscellaneous material, such as clippings, articles, etc., not to
exceed six (6) pages.
- Up to ten (10) photographs of early, middle, and recent work of the
firm.
- Photo of each firm principal.
Important Note: The ASLA Executive Committee will select no more
than two finalists for presentation to the Board of Trustees in May. Finalist
firms will be required to provide up to 25 images (electronic) of their
firm's work.
ASLA Staff: Carolyn Mitchell, Honors & Awards Coordinator, 202-216-2331,
or cmitchell@asla.org.
Previous Recipient of the Landscape Architecture Firm Award:
2003 Jones & Jones
2004 Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
2005
SWA Group
2006
Olin Partnership
2007 Sasaki Associates, Inc.
2008 Design Workshop
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