ASLA Announces 2012 Honors

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the recipients of the Societys 2012 Honors. Selected by ASLAs Board of Trustees, the Honors represent the highest awards ASLA presents each year. The awards ceremony will take place at the 2012 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO, September 28October 1 in Phoenix.

ASLA Medal: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, FASLA

Cornelia Oberlander, FASLA, will receive the ASLA Medal, the Societys highest award for a landscape architect. Oberlander has been and continues to be among the most important practitioners emphasizing sustainable design in all her built work, frequent lectures, influential publications, and numerous awards, such as the Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe award from the International Federation of Landscape Architects in 2011. She was one of the first women in the post-World War II era to establish her own practice. Her more than 35-year collaboration with Arthur Erickson, Canadas leading architect, included several noteworthy projects in Canada and the United States: the Robson Square Provincial Government complex and Courthouse in Vancouver, the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., as well as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and the Vancouver Public Library with Moshe Safdie Architects.

ASLA Design Medal: Peter Walker, FASLA

Peter Walker, FASLA, will receive the ASLA Design Medal in recognition of exceptional design work over a sustained period of at least ten years. Walkers fascination with materials and experimental use of water, landform, and plant materials have produced some of the most provocative projects in the profession. His portfolio includes Foothills College in Los Altos Hills, California to the IBM Solana Campus in Southlake, Texas to the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. Walker co-founded the firm Sasaki, Walker and Associates in 1956 and opened its West Coast office, which became the SWA Group in 1976. In 1983, he formed Peter Walker and Partners, now known as PWP Landscape Architecture. Walker received the ASLA Medal in 2004, and the International Federation of Landscape Architectss Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Gold Medal in 2005 for lifetime achievement.

Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal: Herrick Smith, FASLA

Herrick Smith, FASLA, will receive the Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal. The award recognizes significant and sustained excellence in landscape architecture education. Smith taught in the University of Floridas Department of Landscape Architecture from 1966 until his retirement in 1995 as professor emeritus. Known as a tough but insightful teacher, Smith served as a catalyst for thousands of students to explore ideas and opportunities in the field. ASLA awarded special recognition to Herrick in 1982 for helping to establish six landscape architecture programs at Auburn University, the University of Arkansas, Mississippi State University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Toronto, and North Carolina A&T University.

LaGasse Medal - Landscape Architect: Mary Hughes, FASLA

Mary Hughes, FASLA, will receive the LaGasse Medal for contributions to the management and conservation of natural resources and public landscapes. Since 1996, Hughes, a noted landscape preservationist, has been the university landscape architect at the University of Virginia. She has guided the campus both in its preservation as a historic place and in its evolution as home to one of the nations most vital 21st century universities. She also successfully advocated for, and implemented, an innovative stormwater master plan on the campus.

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