Boston – This highly regarded awards program celebrates the work of Massachusetts and Maine landscape architects and landscape architectural work in the two states. Below is a complete list of all the winners and categories.
An award of excellence was given in the communications category to the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, National Park Service for “Good Neighbors: Landscape Design & Community Building.”
Images of all the projects were shown at the Annual Celebration Gala on April 28 at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge. The Gala was again in a reception format with plenty of great food and music. Landscape Forms donated a planter for the raffle.
BSLA also gave a Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala to Ken Crasco of the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
A new feature this year was a Photographers Gallery where landscape photographers showcased their work.
In the Design Awards Category, four honor awards were presented:
. Subcategory “College and University Design” – Dirtworks Landscape Architecture, PC for Courtyard & Outdoor Learning Environment for the Natural Sciences at Keene State College; and H. Keith Wagner Partnership for Salem State University’s Marsh Hall.
. Subcategory “Parks and Recreation Facilities” – Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge for the North End Parks in Boston.
. Subcategory “Reclamation and Resource Conservation “ – Klopfer Martin Design Group for The Steel Yard in Providence.
Merit awards went to:
. Subcategory “College and University Design” – Coplon Associates for the Davis Residential Village, College of the Atlantic in, Bar Harbor, Me.
. Subcategory “Historic Rehabilitation” Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture for Miraval in Montecito, Cal.
. Subcategory “Landscape Art” – Ground Inc for Blue Print – Olympic Police Station in Los Angeles.
Three awards were received for “Parks and Recreation Facilities” – Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc. for Riverside Park in Cambridge, Mass.; Ray Dunetz Landscape Architecture for the South Street Mall in Jamaica Plains; and Weston & Sampson for Grimmons Park in Somerville.
In “Pre-K through 12 Educational Facilities” David Berarducci Landscape Architecture was awarded for the William E. Carter School, Sensory Garden Outdoor Classroom in Boston and Pressley Associates for The Wheeler School in Providence.
Seven Merit awards in “Residential and Garden Design” were awarded: Bruce John Riddell Landscape Architect for Wright Garden Pardisan, Bangor, Me.; Dan K. Gordon Associates, Inc. for Sanderson Lane, Weston, Mass.; Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture for Lowder Brook, Dedham; Reed Hilderbrand for Keith LeBlanc Landscape Architecture in Dallas, Tx. and Family Retreat: Capitalizing on a Site’s Altered Hydrology in Rural New England; Richardson & Associates, Landscape Architects for Cliff House in Maine and Salt Pond House in Somes Sound, Me.
In the category “Landscape Analysis and Planning Communication.” in addition to the Award of Excellence in “Communications” an honor award went to Sasaki Associates, Inc. for Vermont Law School Framework Plan in South Royalton, Vt.; and merit awards went to Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge for The Former Canton Airport Remediation and Reuse in Canton, Mass. and Sasaki Associates, Inc. for the One Ohio State University Framework Plan in Columbus, Ohio.
