The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CTASLA) has announced the winners of its annual Connecticut Design Awards competition. CTASLA conducts the Connecticut Design Awards each year to recognize excellence in landscape architectural design, planning and analysis, communication and research. To be eligible, an applicant must be a licensed landscape architect in the state of Connecticut, and the entrant or project location must be based in Connecticut.
Winners of this year’s Connecticut Design Awards competition include:
Landscape Planning and Analysis
Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc. (SUFFIELD), Merit Award, for “Watervliet Shaker Site, Master Plan – Phase II” (Albany, NY)
Towers|Golde, LLC (NEW HAVEN), Merit Award, for “Envisioning a New Pedestrian District” (Amherst, MA)
Heritage Landscapes, Preservation Landscape Architects and Planners (NORWALK), Honor Award, for “Longue Vue House and Gardens” (New Orleans, LA)
Landscape Architectural Research
Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc. (SUFFIELD), Honor Award, for “Institute for Advanced Study: Historic Landscape, History and Assessment Report” (Princeton, NJ)
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Work — Residential
Richard Bergmann Architects (NEW CANAAN), Merit Award, for “Landscape for Sculpture” (Connecticut)
Bothwell Site Design, LLC (NORWALK), Merit Award, for “Crystal Lake House” (WESTON)
TPA Design Group (NEW HAVEN), Merit Award, for “East Rock Residence” (NEW HAVEN)
Spaulding Landscape Architects (STAMFORD), Merit Award, for “Bayside Family Compound” (Eastern Long Island, NY)
Artemis Landscape Architects, Inc. (BROOKFIELD), Merit Award, for “Wilson Point Residence – Creating Privacy and Maintaining Views” (NORWALK)
Devore Associates, LLC (FAIRFIELD), Honor Award, for “Croton-on-Hudson Farm” (Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Work — Municipal/Public Spaces
TO Design, LLC (NEW BRITAIN), Merit Award, for “Bruce Park Play Environment” (GREENWICH)
Landscape Elements, LLC (PAWCATUCK), Merit Award, for “Depot Square Park” (Hope Valley, RI)
Wesley Stout Associates, LLC (NEW CANAAN), Merit Award, for “Restoring Environmental Balance – Village at River’s Edge” (STAMFORD)
Environmental Land Solutions, LLC (NORWALK), Honor Award, for “Cove Island Wildlife Sanctuary” (STAMFORD)
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Work — Corporate/Institutional
Anne Penniman Associates, LLC (ESSEX), Merit Award, for “Bank Lane, Gallery Courtyard and Pilates Entrance” (ESSEX)
Towers|Golde LLC (NEW HAVEN), Honor Award, for “Calhoun College: Revitalizing an Historic Gem” (NEW HAVEN)
Stantec (TRUMBULL), Merit Award, for “Preserving Historic Sunnyside: Landscape and Flood Improvements” (Irvington, NY)
The S/L/A/M Collaborative (GLASTONBURY), Honor Award, for “Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital” (DERBY)
The S/L/A/M Collaborative (GLASTONBURY), Jury’s Award of Excellence, for Eastern Connecticut State University Science Building” (WILLIMANTIC)
The jury for this year’s competition was comprised of members of the Indiana Chapter of ASLA.
Images from this year’s winners can be viewed at http://ctasla.org/awards_2009.htm. [Press-ready digital photos of award-winning projects and contact information of award winners will be provided quickly upon request.]
About ASLA: Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 17,000 members in 48 professional chapters. ASLA promotes the profession of landscape architecture and advances its practice through advocacy, education, communication and fellowship.
Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation. Landscape architects protect public health, safety and welfare through environmentally conscious planning and design. Like engineers and architects, landscape architects are licensed in the state of Connecticut.
Learn more about landscape architecture online at http://www.asla.org. To learn more about the Connecticut Chapter, see http://www.ctasla.org.
