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2009 Hawaii ASLA Chapter Awards09-09-09 | News

2009 Hawaii ASLA Chapter Awards

The Hawaii Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) presented the 2009 Professional Awards at the Waikiki Yacht Club in Honolulu on August 25.

The awards are given every three years to recognize the best in landscape architecture in the categories of design, planning and analysis and communications.

The chapter presented three Awards of Excellence:

Waikiki Beach Walk

Walters, Kimura, Motoda, Inc., general design, Waikiki Beach Walk.

Knudson residence at Hualalai (Big Island)

Loriann Gordon, ASLA, Knudson residence at Hualalai (Big Island), cited for integrating architecture, landscape architecture and art.

East-West Center Campus, landscape improvement master plan

Umemoto Cassandro Design Corp., planning and analysis, East-West Center Campus, landscape improvement master plan.

The Honor Awards recipients are:

National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hana, Maui

PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc., planning and analysis award for the Kahanu Garden master plan for the remote National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hana, Maui that preserves important cultural and natural landscapes.

The Shidler College of Business

Helber Hastert & Fee, general design award for the Shidler College of Business, which transformed once dingy and unused spaces into vibrant spaces. ''The school is a model that other public buildings should follow,'' the judges said.

The Aliomanu Residence, Kauai

Umemoto Cassandro Design Corp., with Leland Miyano, residential design of the Aliomanu Residence, Kauai. The landscape design incorporated intimate, charming spaces within the expansive grounds.
PBR Hawaii & Associates, communication award for the Ho'opili community task force vision statement for the Ewa community.

Recipients of the 2009 Merit Awards are:

Waikoloa Performance and Cultural Gardens

Helber Hastert & Fee, general design award for the Waikoloa Performance and Cultural Gardens.

Pu'ukani water feature at the Sacred Hearts Academy on Oahu.

Lester H. Inouye & Associates, general design award for the Pu'ukani water feature at the Sacred Hearts Academy on Oahu.
PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc., planning and analysis award for the Lihu'e Civic Center master plan.

The Hualalai Canoe Club (Big Island).

Umemoto Cassandro Design Corp., general design award for the Hualalai Canoe Club (Big Island).

The Royal Hawaiian Center revitalization on Oahu.

Walters, Kimura, Motoda, with EDAW of Irvine, Calif., general design award for the Royal Hawaiian Center revitalization on Oahu.

Hokulani Elementary School Peace Garden and Hawaiian Garden on Oahu.

Dana Anne Yee, general design award, Hokulani Elementary School Peace Garden and Hawaiian Garden on Oahu.

ASLA Hawaii also presented its Malama Aina award for environmental stewardship to Charles ''Chipper'' Wichman, CEO of the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kauai, and to Stan Oka of the Honolulu Urban Forestry division.

Honored with the Pookela award for lifetime achievements in landscape architecture were Juli Kimura Walters and Paul Weissech. Honored posthumously were Ray Cain, Tom Papandrew and George Walters.

The 2009 ASLA Hawaii Professional Awards were chosen from 24 entries by a juried panel. ''The jury was drawn to honor projects that had transformational qualities; landscapes and plans that changed the community not just through design but by providing sensitive, creative and sustainable environmental design solutions,'' said Chris Dacus, ASLA Hawaii Chapter president.

Jury members were Allison Holland, president of the Garden Club of Honolulu; Clark Llewellyn, dean of the University of Hawaii School of Architecture; Jeffrey Nishi, president of the Honolulu chapter of the American Institute of Architects; Boyd Ready, president of the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii; David Kumasaka, landscape architect with the Honolulu Urban Forestry Department; and Matt Flach, landscape architect with the U.S. Navy.