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April 23, 2014
The Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects picked nine projects to win its 2014 Professional Awards.
There were 27 submissions. Projects had to be completed by a landscape architect registered in Washington, but the work could be located anywhere.
The honor award is the highest, followed by merit and special mention.
Kellye Hilde, a parks project manager with Sammamish, received an award for her volunteer service to the chapter.
The international jury consisted of five academics and practitioners: Clare Cooper Marcus, Keith LeBlanc, Cynthia Girling, Marsha Lea and Terry Clements.
Merit award in general design
Project: University of Washington West Campus Residences in Seattle
Landscape architect: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Client: UW Housing and Food Services
Architect: Mahlum
Jury comments: This is an excellent redesign of the approaches to student housing and the spaces between buildings the very spaces where students are likely to gather, meet and socialize.
Merit award in general design
Project: Magnuson Park in Seattle
Landscape architect: Berger Partnership
Client: Seattle Parks and Recreation
Engineer: Dyanne Sheldon
Jury comments: The jury was impressed that the history and ecology of the site was well represented in the finished design, even though quite different uses have been installed over time.
Merit award in general design
Project: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle
Landscape architect: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Client: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Architect: NBBJ
Engineer: KPFF, Arup
Other consultant: CMS Collaborative
Jury comments: This handsomely executed campus design is a dramatic repair of a former parking lot to a predominantly green/blue refuge.
Merit award in residential design
Project: Stack House Apartments in Seattle
Landscape architect: Berger Partnership
Client: Vulcan Inc.
Architect: Runberg Architecture Group
Jury Comments: The jury praised the strong connectivity of the new apartment development to the neighborhood and maximizing the site by creating dual purpose spaces for services and recreation, with an emphasis on pedestrians.
Merit award in research, planning and analysis
Project: Melrose Promenade in Seattle
Landscape architect: Berger Partnership
Client: Mike Kent, Melrose Promenade Advisory
Architect: Schemata Workshop and Weinstein A+U
Jury comments: The ideas presented in this vision offer possibilities that seemed attainable and made real by the graphics.
Merit award in works in progress
Project: Assiniboine Zoo Journey to Churchill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Landscape architect: The Portico Group
Client: Assiniboine Park Conservancy
Architects: The Portico Group and Number TEN Architectural Group
Engineer: SMS Engineering, CKP Ltd, KGS, NWH Global
Jury comments: This work in progress shows promise to be both an immersive education and a genuinely altering landscape experience.
Special mention award in general design
People’s choice award
Client: East Bay Public Plaza in Olympia
Landscape architect: Robert W. Droll, Landscape Architect
Client: LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Architect: Swalling Walk
Engineer: Waterscape Solutions
Other consultants: Sea Reach, Brown and Caldwell, BCE Engineers, Shea Carr Jewell, Mike Cummins, Amanda Klemaske Conahan, Brandon Zebold, and Eric Holdener
Jury comments: This interactive learning landscape gets high marks for the stories it tells about water.
Special mention award in general design
Project: American Trail Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.
Landscape architect: The Portico Group
Client: Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Architect: Quinn Evans Architects
Engineer: McMullan & Associates, James Posey & Associates, and Gordon
Other consultants: The Care of Trees, Protection Engineering
Jury comments: An artful translation of a West Coast habitat into an East Coast environment that’s worthy of recognition along with the close attention to details embedded in the exhibit hardscape.
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