Awards
2010, 2009, and 2008 Award Winners
2010 AWARD WINNERS
Category #1
General Design-Professional
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“CIVIC SPACE PARK”, Phoenix
AECOM Design + Planning, Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager: Jay Hicks, ASLA
For: City of Phoenix Parks Department
HONOR AWARD
“DOT GARDEN”
colwell:shelor landscape architecture, Scottsdale, AZ
By: Michelle Shelor, Principal
For: Black Rock Studio
HONOR AWARD
“WESTERN POWER LINE TRAIL”
J2 Engineering and Environmental Design, Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager: Jeff Engelmann, RLA, ASLA
For: Town of Gilbert
HONOR AWARD
“WATER TOWER PLAZA”
J2 Engineering and Environmental Design, Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager: Jeff Engelmann, RLA, ASLA
For: Town of Gilbert
HONOR AWARD
“THE GATEWAY TO THE SONORAN PRESERVE”
JJR/Floor, Phoenix, AZ
Project Manager: Christopher Brown, Vice-President
For: City of Scottsdale
Category #2
Residential Design-Professional
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“NEW CENTURY GARDEN”
Steve Martino & Associates, Phoenix, AZ
By: Steve Martino, FASLA
For: Private Residence, Palm Springs, CA
HONOR AWARD
“HAVER HOUSE”
Douglas Architects, Scottsdale, AZ
By: John Douglas, ASLA
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Category #3
Planning & Analysis-Professional
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE EDGE OF THE CITY OF CHIHUAHUA”
LABOR Studio, Chihuahua, Mexico
By: Gabriel Diaz-Montemayor, ASLA, Assist. Professor SALA ASU
For: Municipal Planning Institute of Chihuahua, Mexico
HONOR AWARD
“JULIAN WASH GREENWAY MASTER PLAN
Norris Design AZ, Tucson, AZ
Project Manager: Stacey Weaks, Principal
For: Pima County Natural Resources Parks & Recreation
HONOR AWARD
“HISTORIC FORT LOWELL PARK: MASTER PLAN AND RESTORATION PLAN”
SAGE Landscape Architecture & Environmental, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Project Manager: Rebeca Field, RLA, Lead Designer/Partner
For: City of Tucson, Parks & Recreation Dept.
Category #4
General Design- Individual Student
HONOR AWARD
“CANELO PROJECT”
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
By: Valerie Ahyong
HONOR AWARD
“HERBER INSTITUTE COURTYARD RENOVATION”
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
By: Conor Patton
HONOR AWARD
“METAL MORPHOSIS”
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
By: Mohammed Munir
Category #5
Planning & Analysis- Collaborative Student
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“FRONTERAS TOWN PLAN”
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
By: The Tejido Group – Anne Foye, Amy Wood, Catalina Avila, Daniel Bradshaw, Olivia Alicea, Mathew Bossler, Nicole Sweeney Barch, Weston Wood Barch
Project Location: Municipio de Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico
HONOR AWARD
“MCDOWELL EXCHANGE CORRIDOR”
Arizona State University
By: Valeria Ahyong, Samantha Sears, Richard Spray, Cindy Louie
Project Location: Scottsdale, AZ
HONOR AWARD
“BIOSPHERE 2 MASTER PLAN”
University of Arizona
By: Daniel Bradshaw, Brent Jacobsen, Kristin Van Fleet
Project Location: Oracle, AZ
Category #6
Research
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
“SCOTTSDALE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS INVENTORY”
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Project Manager: Ken McCown
With: Ambrose Luk, Byoung Wook Min, Valerie Ahyong, Samantha Sears
For: City of Scottsdale
Additional AzASLA awards presented at the Gala:
President’s Award:
“CIVIC SPACE PARK”
AECOM Design + Planning, Phoenix, AZ
AzASLA Member of the Year:
Jack Gilcrest, ASLA
Outstanding Landscape Architect:
Jay Hicks, RLA, ASLA
AECOM Design + Planning, Phoenix, AZ
Landscape Contractor of the Year:
Ryan Nickle
Nickle Contracting, Gilbert, AZ
AzASLA Outstanding Alliance:
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ
Kenneth J. Schutz, The Dr. William Huizingh Executive Director
Friend of Arizona Landscape Architecture:
University of Arizona, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Tucson, AZ
Dean Jan Cervelli, FASLA, FCELA & Associate Dean Ron Stoltz, ASLA, FCELA
Best Sustainable Landscape Maintenance Practices
City of Scottsdale McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
Bob McNair, Senior Recreation Coordinator
Sponsors of the event were: Dave Bang Associates, Hunter Irrigation, Kornegay Design; Symposium Vendors: Silverbell Nursery, Desierto Verde, John Deere Green Tech, Wausau Tile, Dave Bang & Associates, Netafim, Rainbird
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ARIZONA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARDS
“BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY: 2009 AzASLA Annual Awards Gala”
Phoenix, Ariz. (April 29, 2009)…Answering the call for environmental protection by designing and implementing landscape projects that respect both the needs of people and of the environment, the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (AzASLA) proudly awarded, on Saturday, April 25th, the professionals and projects that represent the most significant achievements of Arizona landscape architecture. Both AzASLA professionals and landscape architecture students at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona were recognized.
The keynote speakers of the evening were Cheryl Charles, president of the Children and Nature Network whose organization has been instrumental in the No Child Left Inside Act and studies on Nature Deficit Disorder as well as Arizona landscape architect, Angela D. Dye, FASLA, now serving as president of the national ASLA organization. Our featured emcee was E. Lynn Miller, an ASLA Fellow and internationally renowned Arizona landscape architect Awards of Excellence and Honor were presented to outstanding public spaces, commercial and residential design, and planning and analysis.
Judges awarded those projects that best exemplified design and planning quality and execution, response to site context, environmental sensitivity and sustainability, and value to the public, the client, and other designers. Several special awards were presented this year including Best Sustainable Landscape Maintenance Practices and a Community Service Award to recognize members’ volunteer contributions benefitting the public. Outstanding students from Arizona State University and the University of Arizona were presented ASLA Honor and Merit Awards.
Awards of Excellence and Honor were presented to outstanding public spaces, commercial and residential design, and planning and analysis. Judges awarded those projects that best exemplified design and planning quality and execution, response to site context, environmental sensitivity and sustainability, and value to the public, the client, and other designers.
2009 AzASLA Award Winners are:
Category #1:
General Design-Professional
HONOR AWARD
CANCER CLINIC AT UMC NORTH, Tucson
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.
By: Christy Ten Eyck, FASLA and Todd Briggs
Judges Comments: Outstanding use of planting design and re-use of building cooling water.
HONOR AWARD
CITY OF GLENDALE PARK AND RIDE, Glendale
J2 Engineering and Environmental Design
By: Jeff Engelmann, Dirk Dewitt, Kevin Wallin
Judges Comments: Good use of recharge basins and pervious pavement. An excellent demonstration to a daily public audience.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND PRESIDENT’S AWARD (BEST OF SHOW)
SONORAN LANDSCAPE LABORATORY, Tucson
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.
By: Christy Ten Eyck, FASLA and Todd Briggs
With: Ron Stoltz, ASLA, FCELA, Professor and Director of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
For: University of Arizona
Judges Comments: Excellent example of an urban desert garden and water harvesting system.
HONOR AWARD
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, Phoenix
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.
With: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Judges Comments: Well landscaped entry courtyard, simplistic design elements, retro-design solution of a public setting…an image from 40 years ago.
HONOR AWARD
SYBIL B HARRINGTON CACTUS & SUCCULENT
GALLERIES AT THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN, Phoenix
Cactus City Design
By: Steve Martino, FASLA
Judges Comments: A project with a national prominence and recognition for public display gardens.
HONOR AWARD
THE BIODESIGN INSTITUTE, Tempe
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc.
For: Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
Judges Comments: Massive landscape response in an urban campus. Outdoor spaces are thoroughly shaded for comfort.
Category #2:
Residential Design-Professional
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
BAJA GARDEN, Paradise Valley
Cactus City Design
By: Steve Martino, FASLA
HONOR AWARD
PARADISE VALLEY RESIDENCE, Paradise Valley
JJR/Floor
By: Kristina Floor & Rick Jones
Category #3:
Planning & Analysis-Professional
HONOR AWARD
PINAL COUNTY OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS
MASTER PLAN, Pinal County, Arizona
Logan Simpson Design
By: Jackie Keller, RLA
HONOR AWARD
TABALAOPA MASTER PLAN, Chihuahua, Mexico
Labor Studio—Landscape Architecture
By: Gabriel Diaz-Montemayor, Rodrigo Seanez Quevedo and Adriana Ramos Hinosos
Category #4:
General Design-Student Individual
HONOR AWARD
KORNEGAY DESIGN: REDESIGNING THE URBAN WAREHOUSE, Phoenix
By: Lora Martens: Arizona State University
HONOR AWARD
KORNEGAY DESIGN: WATER HARVESTING AND SITE DESIGN, Phoenix
By: Valerie Ahyong: Arizona State University
Category #5:
Planning & Analysis-Student Collaborative
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
BIOSPHERE 2.1 CATALYST FOR SUSTAINABILITY, Oracle
By: Brent Jacobsen, Lauren Barry, Melisa Kennedy,
Angela Elam: University of Arizona
HONOR AWARD
CONVERGING BOUNDARIES
By: Justin Chadwick, Aimee Garza: Arizona State
University
HONOR AWARD
HARVESTING CONNECTIONS, Glendale
By: Mohammed Munir, Mitch Benshoof: Arizona State University
Additional AzASLA awards presented at the Gala:
AzASLA Members of the Year
James Coffman, Coffman Studio, Tempe
Tim Le, AAA Landscape, Phoenix & Tucson
Outstanding Arizona Landscape Architect
Angela D. Dye, FASLA, A Dye Design, Phoenix
Best Sustainable Landscape
Maintenance Practices
AAA LANDSCAPE, Phoenix & Tucson
Richard Underwood, President
Robert Underwood, CEO
Landscape Contractor of the Year
VALLEY RAIN CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Tempe
Dan Kuwitzky, Vice-President of Construction
AzASLA Outstanding Alliance Award
ARIZONA NURSERY ASSOCIATION
Susan Chase, ANA President. Desierto Verde
Rob Johns, ANA President-Elect. A&P Nurseries
Cheryl Goar, ANA Executive Director
Suzanne Lanctot, ANA Community, Event & Education Coordinator
Friend of AzASLA- Landscape Architecture
PAULA KORNEGAY
Kornegay Design, Phoenix
Community Service Award
MATT BOEHNER, RCBA Architects, Springfield, MO
TIM LE, AAA Landscape, Phoenix
LISA RIBES, Wheat Scharf Associates, Tucson
AMY SHUCHERT, Logan Simpson Design, Tempe
Sponsors of the event were: Kornegay Design, Dave Bang Associates, Hunter Irrigation, EWING, AAA Landscape, Landscape Forms, Classic Recreation Systems, Inc., Irritrol/Toro, Arid Zone Trees, Valley Rain Construction Corporation, AZ Landscape Contractors Association, Coffman Studio, Rain Bird Corp, and Stantec Consulting.
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2008 AWARD WINNERS
Merit Award - General Design
Marley Park, Surprise, Az
Edaw, Inc.
Jay Hicks, Rla, Asla
Merit Award - General Design
Camelback Streetscape & Pedestrian Crossing
A Dye Design Inc.
Angela Dye, Rla, Fasla
Merit Award - General Design
Christ’s Church Of The Valley
Todd & Associates
H. Duane Blossom, Rla, Asla
Merit Award - General Design
Lost Dog Wash
Floor Associates Inc.
Christopher Brown, Rla, Asla
Honor Award - General Design
Desert Marigold School Wildlife Garden
Asu S.A.L.A.
Joseph Ewan, Rla
Honor Award - General Design
Mcdowell Mountain Ranch Aquatic Center
Floor Associates Inc.
Christopher Brown, Rla, Asla
Merit Award - Residential Design
Dillon Residence
Urban Earth Design, Llc
Michael Dollin, Rla, Asla
Honor Award - Residential Design
Pond House
Coffman Studio
James D. Coffman, Rla, Asla