ASLA Announces 2018 Professional and Student Awards

Celebrating the year's best from the landscape architecture profession.

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September 5, 2018, 5:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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Brooklyn Bridge Park, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., won the Award of Excellence in the General Design category. | Elliotte Rusty Harold / Shutterstock

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced 25 professional awards and 27 student awards at the end of August.

The 2018 ASLA Professional Awards were selected from 368 entries, and the 2018 ASLA Student Awards from 332 entries. Winners will receive their awards at the ASLA 2018 Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia on Monday, October 22, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

In addition to press releases announcing the awards, the ASLA also set up a website sharing insight into each of the Professional Awards. The September issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine features the winning projects.

The ASLA awards feature an "Analysis and Planning" category, with the award going to "A Colorado Legacy: I-25 Conservation Corridor Master Plan."

Thursday, August 30, 2018 in American Society Of Landscape Architects

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