Entries and Nominations Due Friday, March 9
DESIGN AWARDS
GENERAL DESIGN
Recognition: Projects designed and constructed for any public or private client independent of site-specific residential projects (these should be submitted under residential design). All projects must be built.
Example Projects: Include but are not limited to the following: Corporate Headquarters, Large-scale Residential Developments, Private Institutional Facilities, Retail Establishments, Recreational Facilities, Parks, Urban Plazas, Streetscapes, Public School Campus Projects, Transportation, Infrastructure, Landscape Art, Stormwater management, Green Roofs, etc.
Selection Criteria: Context and appropriateness to site and program; Clarity of intent; Ability to extend the dialogue of contemporary design; Use of materials; Innovative ideas; Incorporation of ecological design principles; Efficient use of budget; Attention to details.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
Recognition: Site-specific works of landscape architecture for residential use. All projects must be built.
Example Projects: Include but are not limited to site specific single family or multifamily residential landscapes, cabins/retreats, residential terraces, gardens, new construction or renovation projects, historic preservation, etc.
Selection Criteria: Context and appropriateness to site and program; Clarity of intent; Quality of design and execution; Use of materials; Innovative ideas; Environmental design sensitivity and sustainability; Design value to client and other designers.
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING
Recognition: The wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, and evaluate landscape architecture design. Entries are not required to be built or implemented.
Example Projects: Include but are not limited to the following: master plans, development guidelines, policy work, environmental review documents, cultural resource reports, natural resources protection, historic preservation planning, etc.
Selection Criteria: Quality of the analysis and planning effort; context; Environmental sensitivity and sustainability; Likelihood of successful implementation; Ability to act as a model for future work; and Value to the client, the public, and other designers.
The jury will consider the quality of the analysis and planning effort; context; environmental sensitivity and sustainability; likelihood of successful implementation; and value to the client, the public, and other designers.
COMMUNICATIONS
Achievements in communicating landscape architecture works, techniques, technologies, history, or theory, and the lesson value to an intended audience.
Example Projects: Include but are not limited to the following: print media, film, video, audio, CD, or DVD formats; online communications; interpretive design; exhibition design, etc.
Selection Criteria: Effectiveness of message presentation, the innovation in approach or delivery, and the value to the intended audience. NOTE: An official entrant in the Professional Awards Communications category is not required to be a landscape architecture professional.
RESEARCH
Recognition: Research that identifies and investigates challenges posed in landscape architecture, providing results that advance the body of knowledge for the profession.
Example Projects: Include but are not limited to the following: investigations into methods, techniques, or materials related to landscape architecture practice; studies of relationships of landscape architecture to law, education, public health and safety, or public policy; etc.
Selection Criteria: How the research is framed; the context and resources of the study; the methods of inquiry; the results of investigation; and the lesson value of the research conclusions to the field at large. NOTE: An official entrant in the Professional Awards Research category is not required to be a landscape architecture professional.
UNBUILT WORKS
Recognition: Projects include unrealized designs for public, private, and residential clients. This category is not intended for projects that are under construction or anticipated to be built in the near future. Projects that win in the unbuilt category cannot be later submitted for built works awards.
Example Projects: Any site-specific design project that is not built.
Selection Criteria: Quality and clarity of graphics and design ideas; Innovative ideas and approach; Ability to act as model for future work.
Entry Form
SERVICE AWARDS
COMMUNITY DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
This award is given to a private developer, elected official or municipal employee/department—typically not a practicing Landscape Architect—who has recognized the role urban design and environmental excellence play in maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in Minnesota’s towns and cities. Recipients have shown a strong commitment to the work of landscape architects, sustainable design, and place making. Examples of typical recipients include but are not limited to: a developer of a particular project, or body of projects, that enhances the built environment; an elected official who has sought to better a community through design; and a municipal employee/department who has excelled at helping shape the designed environment.
PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
The Public Service Award is generally presented to a landscape architect working in the public sector. The recipients have demonstrated service to the public through projects or advocacy. This award has also been presented to landscape architects who have been voluntarily active in projects or groups which provide a service to the public.
H.W.S. CLEVELAND AWARD
The H.W.S. Cleveland Award is given annually to an individual trained in landscape architecture who is not yet licensed. Recipients have shown through their work and service to ASLA-MN that they have the potential to be a leader in the profession. The intent of the award is to help offset the cost of taking the licensing exam. Recipients must be a member of ASLA-MN.
SUPPORT OF EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AWARD
This award is given to a person or group for outstanding achievement in service that encourages and implements sustained achievement and support for emerging professionals in Minnesota. Recipients show commitment to successful recruitment, integration, mentorship, promotion and retention of emerging professionals in the established professional community.
THEODORE WIRTH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PARKS
This award is given to an individual, group, organization, business, governmental or non-governmental agency who has been instrumental / influential in the planning, design, development, administration, maintenance or preservation of a historic site, a historic landmark or cultural landscapes in a park, park system, or wildlife preserve. The individual to be nominated may be a Landscape Architect, Park Planner, Architect, Park Historian, Engineer, Administrator, Writer, maintenance person, politician, etc. Membership in ASLA is desirable but not critical. The award is a brass medallion, 3.5” diameter with Theodore Wirth on the front side of the medallion. The back of the medallion is engraved with the recipient’s name, year and accomplishment. The medallion will be supplied by the Wirth estate.
Nomination Form
VALUED PLACES AWARD
The Valued Places award is an annual award given to an exemplary project of landscape architecture 25 years or older that has withstood the test of time. Eligible projects must meet the following criteria:
- Projects must be at least 25 years old but not more than 50 years old
- Projects completed prior to 1975 must have been designed by a Landscape Architect working in the State of Minnesota
- Projects completed after 1975 must have been designed by a Landscape Architect registered in the State of Minnesota
- Project is largely unchanged from completion of construction to current existing condition
- The project’s detailing, materials, and original design have endured the test of time and the site continues to be a valued place to users
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