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Arizona ASLA Chapter Announces Professional & Student Awards05-14-24 | News

Arizona ASLA Chapter Announces Professional & Student Awards

2024 ASLA AZ Awards

The Arizona ASLA Chapter announced their annual awards winners, including the Presidential Award and Award of Excellence Winner Dig Studio, who designed The Scottsdale Civic Center in Scottsdale, AZ. (Photo credit: ASLA Arizona)
Dry Falls Residence: In this desert home, Steve Marino & Associates did the upmost to combine comfort and luxury. (Photo credit: ASLA Arizona)
The Breakaway: ASU student Evan Sloan redesigned an outdoor space that sits at the heart of campus to minimize heat and maximize connectivity, longevity, and sustainability. (Photo credit: ASLA Arizona)

The ASLA Arizona (AZ) Chapter recently announced the winners of the 2024 awards cycle, recognizing 30 firms and individuals across both Professional & Student categories.
Individual Awards:
- Trailblazer of the Year: Chris Stebe, Norris Design
- Sage of the Year: Galen Drake, J2 Engineering and Environmental Design
- Emerging Professional of the Year: Veronica Luna, ABLA
- Landscape Architect of the Year: Allison Colwell, Colwell Shelor
- Educator of the Year: Kristian Kelley, Kristian Kelley Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University
Professional Categories:
Awards of Excellence:
- General Design: Dig Studio, Scottsdale Civic Center, Scottsdale, AZ
- Residential Design, $250K+: The Green Room Landscape Architecture, Foo Residence, Phoenix, AZ
Landmark Award: Floor Associates, Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Scottsdale, AZ

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President's Award: Dig Studio, Scottsdale Civic Center, Scottsdale, AZ
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Caption: Dry Falls Residence - In this desert home, Steve Marino & Associates did the upmost to combine comfort and luxury. (Photo credit: ASLA Arizona)
Honor Awards:
- General Design: TRUEFORM, Arizona State University Hayden Library Reinvention, Tempe, AZ
- General Design: Floor Associates, Arizona State University Health Futures Center, Tempe, AZ
- General Design: GBTWO Landscape Architecture, The Grand Canal Corridor, Phoenix, AZ
- General Design: Dig Studio, Shaver Learning Commons at All Saints Episcopal Day School, Phoenix, AZ
- Residential Design, $250K+: Steve Marino & Associates, Dry Falls Residence, AZ
- Residential Design, $100K-250K: The Green Room Landscape Architecture, Northview Residence, AZ
- Residential Design, $100K-250K: Floor Associates, Echo Canyon Residence, AZ
- Residential Design up to $100K: Colwell Shelor, Casa Buena Terra, AZ
- Residential Design up to $100K: The Green Room Landscape Architecture, Casa al Aire, AZ
- Residential Design up to $100K: The Green Room Landscape Architecture, Tapadero Estate, AZ
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Caption: The Breakaway - ASU student Evan Sloan redesigned an outdoor space that sits at the heart of campus to minimize heat and maximize connectivity, longevity, and sustainability. (Photo credit: ASLA Arizona)
Student Categories:
Award of Excellence:
- Student, Individual: Evan Sloan, The Breakaway, Arizona State University
Honor Awards:
- Student, Individual: Melissa McKinley, The Beauty of Biodiversity, Arizona State University
- Student, Individual: Meg Shropshire, The Poly Palm Walk, Arizona State University
- Student, Individual: Krista Planinac, Heightening the Presence, University of Arizona
- Student, Individual: Joanna Hanson, Fairway and Par, Arizona State University
- Student, Individual: Abdulhamid Al-Adawi, Sonoran Beltway, Arizona State University
- Student, Collaborative: Suhaib Al-Saadi, Chester Bischoffer, Isaiah Chadwick, Noah Cruz, Hailey Long, Emily Noelke, Jacqueline Olivas, William Tear-Swigart, Emma Walker, Alameda Neighborhood Green Infrastructure Study, Arizona State University
- Student, Collaborative: Lindsay Ball, Nakomis Buckingham, Alex Medina, Water the Farm, Arizona State University
A list of the projects and their descriptions can be found on the following website:
https://www.azasla.org/2024-awards

As seen in LASN magazine, May 2023.

Filed Under: AWARDS, LANDSCAPE, DESIGN, LASN
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