October 20, 2011 Edit
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October 2011 Newswire
Articles from October 2011, about ASLA
October 11, 2011 Edit
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ASLA Oregon 2011 Design Awards Winners Announced!
ASLA Oregon LANDbytes OCTOBER 2011 Feature:
Oregon Landscape Architects Celebrate Achievements; Look to Future
By James Hencke, ASLA, LEED AP
It was a night of design, drinks, and distinction as ASLA Oregon, the state chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), held its annual “Celebration of Design” on October 1, 2011 at the elegant Tiffany Center Emerald Ballroom in downtown Portland. While entry submissions were projected onto a large screen, the 116 attendees, comprised of members and professional colleagues, witnessed the bestowing of ten professional and three academic awards recognizing excellence in the field.
At the discretion of the jury, two award levels were presented in six design categories:
1. Honor: recognizing superior professional accomplishment.
2. Merit: given in each category at the jury’s discretion.
This year’s winners included:
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Mosier Retreat
Bennett Burns, LEED AP
Merit Award
Residential Design
Swan Creek Park Master Plan
MIG, Inc.
Merit Award
Analysis & Planning
Cottonwood Canyon State Park
Walker Macy
Merit Award
Analysis & Planning
Clean Water Services Low Impact Development Approaches Handbook
GreenWorks, P.C.
Merit Award
Research & Communication
Port of Portland Headquarters
Mayer-Reed
Honor Award
General Design
Brookside Children’s Garden
Walker Macy
Merit Award
General Design
Cooper Mountain Nature Park
Vigil-Agrimis, Inc.
Merit Award
General Design
LOTT Clean Water Alliance Regional Service Center
Murase Associates
Merit Award
General Design
The Fields Park
Office of Cheryl Barton
Merit Award
Un-Built Work
Steel Bridge Skatepark
Lango Hansen Landscape Architects
Honor Award
Un-Built Work
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Vegetation-Bearing Garden Wall and Enclosure
Alexandria Donati & Holly Workman
Honorable Mention Award
From Landmark to Place
Alexandria Donati
Honorable Mention Award
Whiteaker Neighborhood Improvement Project
Logan Bingle
Honorable Mention Award
The evening kicked off with 90 minutes of music, food, and drink – including the signature “Stone-tini” cocktail sponsored by JP Stone Contractors. Socializing was followed by a welcoming statement from outgoing ASLA Oregon President James Hencke, and then moved to the awards program, moderated by Marianne Zarkin, VP of Chapter Services, who announced the winners, and Sam Williamson, jury member, who shared comments from the jury.
After the design awards outgoing President Hencke invited University of Oregon Professor Ron Lovinger to the stage to speak for a few minutes about several students that the University landscape architecture program had recently recognized with awards.
The evening was capped off by incoming ASLA Oregon President Jeff Schnabel who challenged the group in the year ahead by stating “We do great work, but can we do even better? Can we take the cutting edge work from our state and bring it to a broader national audience?”
Jurists included Maggi Johnson, Fernanda D'Agostino, John van Staveren, Sam Williamson, and Joseph Paul Readdy. For detailed information about the jurists, see http://www.aslaoregon.org/events/articles/design-awards#awards
EVENT SPONSORS:
Signature Sponsor
JP Stone Contractors - John Stone
General Sponsors:
Cascade Recreation, Inc. - Martha Gaty
Cedar Landscape, Inc. - Mike Grace
Northwest Recreation - James G. Ringelberg
Rain Bird Corporation - Christen Funk
Table Décor Sponsors:
Diadem USA, Inc. - Leisa Baker
Northwest Playground Equipment - Bob McGarvey
Willamette Graystone, Inc. - Gale Schroeder
In-Kind Sponsor:
GXI Inc. - Brian Scott
ASLA Oregon is a 285 member professional society dedicated to the advancement of landscape architecture within the state. The group holds an annual design awards event every fall and a professional symposium every spring. For more information see http://www.aslaoregon.org/.
October 10, 2011 Edit
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ASLA Advocacy E-Summit
via Julia Lent, Government Affairs Director, American Society of Landscape Architects:
The Advocacy Summit is now taking to the web! In August, we announced that we will be holding quarterly webinars to give Advocacy Summiteers the opportunity to get the latest information on advocacy strategies and events as well as a chance to share what is happening in your chapter. Originally, the plan was to hold the first webinar today, but let’s just say that events conspired against us, so the first Advocacy E-Summit will be held Thursday, October 20 at 2pm ET – 1pm CT – Noon MT – 11am PT – 10am AK – 9am HI.
As you may recall, the suggestion for these webinars was given at the Summit. If you have a specific topic that you would like to address, a question to ask, or a success story to share please let us know!
Homework: To help organize the agenda for the E-Summit, please fill out this short 5-question survey, which can gauge progress and feedback on many of the topics we discussed in July: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AdvocacyQuarterly. Please complete the survey by COB October 14.
Webinar Login information:
Topic: ASLA Advocacy E-Summit
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Meeting Number: 595 604 174 (This meeting does not require a password.)
October 10, 2011 Edit
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ASLA ANNOUNCES 2011 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
via ASLA Nationals:
ASLA ANNOUNCES 2011 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Thirty-seven projects honored for innovation, design and sustainability.
9/28/2011
Washington, D.C., September 28, 2011 – The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the winners of the 2011 Professional Awards. The awards honor the top public places, residential designs, campuses, parks and urban planning projects from across the U.S. and around the world. High-resolution images and full project information can be viewed at www.asla.org/2011awards.
The jury of leading design experts considered 567 entries and selected 37 winners in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, Research and the Landmark Award. In addition to the quality of the design, the jury also weighed the environmental sensitivity and sustainability of each project. The October issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine features the winning projects. Winners will be honored at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in San Diego on Wednesday, November 2. The upcoming ceremony and awards video are sponsored by Firestone Specialty Products.