The 2010 ASLA awards

The 2010 ASLA awards call for entries for professionals and students is now open and we encourage you to enter.

We have recruited a very distinguished jury for the professional awards:
Mario Nievera, ASLA, Mario Nievera Design, Inc., Palm Beach, FL, and New York, NY; Jury Chair;
José Almiñana, ASLA, Andropogon Associates, Philadelphia, PA;
Herbert Dreiseitl, International ASLA, Atelier Dreiseitl, Überlingen, Deutschland;
Elizabeth Mossop, ASLA, Louisiana State University and Spakman, Mossop + Michaels, Baton Rouge, LA;
Shannon Nichol, ASLA, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Ltd, Seattle, WA;
Doug Reed, FASLA, Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Inc., Watertown, MA;
John Reynolds, FASLA, National Park Service Retired, Crozet, VA;
Katie Tamony, Editor-in-Chief, Sunset Magazine, Menlo Park, CA;
David J. Yocca, ASLA, Conservation Design Forum, Elmhurst, IL, and Ann Arbor, MI;
Bill Marken, Honorary ASLA, representing Garden Design, will join the jury for selection in Residential Design, and
William H. Tishler, FASLA, representing the National Trust for Historic Preservation, will join the jury for selection of The Landmark Award.

Members of the student awards jury include:
Mark Rios FASLA, FAIA, Rios Clementi Hale Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Jury Chair;
Patrick Caughey, FASLA, Wimmer Yamada and Caughey, San Diego, CA;
George W. Curry, FASLA, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY;
Tom Leader, ASLA, Tom Leader Studio, Berkeley, CA;
Scott Mehaffey, FASLA, Office of the Mayor, Chicago, IL;
Janet Rosenberg, ASLA, Janet Rosenberg and Associates, Inc., Toronto, ON;
Stephen Stimson, FASLA, Stephen Stimson Associates, Falmouth, MA;
Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc., Austin, TX; and
Michael Vergason, FASLA, Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd., Alexandria, VA.

Award categories include:
General Design
Residential Design (in partnership with Garden Design magazine)
Analysis and Planning
Research (in partnership with the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Journal)
Communications
The Landmark Award (in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Student Community Service Award
Student Collaboration
Entry forms and payment must be received by Friday, February 12, 2010, and submission binders are due by Friday, February 26. Student entry forms and payment must be received by Friday, May 14, 2010, and submission binders are due by Friday, May 28.

Award recipients, their clients, and advisors will be honored at the awards presentation ceremony during the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Washington DC, September 10-13, 2010. The award winning projects will be featured in a video presentation at the ceremony and on the awards website following the event. Professional award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architectureand Garden Design magazine and in many other design, construction industry and general-interest media. The official entrant for projects receiving a student award will receive a complimentary full registration to the 2010 annual meeting, and the official entrant for each project receiving an Award of Excellence (up to seven) will also receive travel and hotel accommodations for the meeting.

There are many reasons to enter and we hope that you will!

Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA

Executive Vice President/CEO