ASLA Announces 2012 Professional and Student Awards

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2012 Professional Awards and Student Awards this week. 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 http://www.asla.org/2012awards/.

ASLA will present 37 awards to professional landscape architects and their firms, selected from more than 620 entries in the categories of General Design, Residential Design, Analysis and Planning, Communications, and Research. In addition, The Landmark Award recognizes a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes to the public realm of its community.

The September issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM)will feature the winning projects and is available online for free viewing. Septembers LAM will also be featured on the endcap of the magazine section in nearly 500 Barnes & Noble stores beginning September 14. Winners will be announced at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Phoenix on Monday, October 1.

The winners of the ASLA 2012 Professional Awards are:

General Design Category

Award of Excellence A Green Sponge for a Water-Resilient City: Qunli Stormwater Park, Haerbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China By Turenscape and Peking University

Honor Award Canadas Sugar Beach, Toronto, Ontario, Canada By Claude Cormier + Associs, Inc.

Lafayette Greens: Urban Agriculture, Urban Fabric, Urban Sustainability, Detroit By Kenneth Weikal Landscape Architecture

Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical Garden, Songjiant District, Shanghai, China By THUPDI and Tsinghua University

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