The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the recipients of its 2004 Professional Awards. The awards will be presented during the ASLA Annual Meeting, October 29-November 2, in Salt Lake City.

Design Category, Award of Honor:
- Tidewater Residence, Virginia Beach, VA
- Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX

Design Category, Award of Merit:
- Pacific Heights Residence, San Francisco, CA
- Seonyudo Park, Seoul, South Korea
- Learning Garden for P.S. 19, Queens, NY
- Nakasato Juji Project, Niigata, Japan
- Peirce’s Woods at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
- Rijksmuseum Twente (National Museum), Enschede, The Netherlands
- Feral Geometry: A Narrative of Modern Materials on the Bank of Turtle Creek, Dallas, TX
- General Mills Corporate Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN
- The Eastbank Esplanade, Portland, OR
- Trillium Projects, Seattle, WA
- Charlotte Residence, Charlotte, NC
- Saitama Plaza, Saitama, Japan
- Lever House Landscape Restoration, New York, NY
- Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food, and Arts, Napa, CA
- Cedar River Watershed Education Center, Cedar Falls, WA

Analysis and Planning Category, Award of Excellence:
- Downtown Ottawa Urban Design Strategy 2020, Ottawa, ON

Analysis and Planning Category, Award of Honor:
- Anacostia River Parks Target Area Plan & Riverwalk Design Guidelines, Washington, DC
- Green through Red, Buiten Vennep, The Netherlands
- Eco-Effective Design Strategies, University of California, Davis, CA
- Middle Rio Grande Bosque Restoration Project, Albuquerque, NM

Analysis and Planning Category, Award of Merit:
- West Harlem Master Plan and Waterfront Park, New York, NY
- Preserving Native Texas: A Master Plan for the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Fort Worth,TX
- Historic Belle Isle Master Plan, Detroit, MI
- Mayo Plan #1—Mayo Woodlands, Rochester Township, MN
- Silresim Superfund Redevelopment Study, Lowell, MA
- Residential Impacts to Water Quality & Aquatic Habitat

Communications Category, Award of Honor:
- Half My World: The Gardens of Anne Spencer, A History and Guide
- Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South

Communications Category, Award of Merit:
- New Conversations with an Old Landscape: Landscape Architecture in Contemporary Australia
- Therapeutic Landscapes Database
- The Built Environment Image Guide

The nine-member jury selected 33 projects to receive awards from a field of over 550 entries. “I was especially impressed with the quality of the projects at all scales and at various levels of budgets," said Frederick R. Steiner, ASLA, jury chair and Dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. "The best projects displayed great understanding of natural processes, considerable sensitivity to people, and a high level of design acumen. I believe the award recipients exemplify the many contributions that landscape architects are making to improve our built environments.”

The ASLA Awards Program is administered by the ASLA Library and Education Advocacy Fund, a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization established by ASLA in 2001. The ASLA Fund is dedicated to expanding the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession, to promoting the value of landscape architecture, and to increasing public understanding of environmental and land use issues and principles.

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects representing more than 14,200 members. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship. Learn more about landscape architecture online at www.asla.org.

For the full list of winners, check out www.asla.org

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