ASLA Nominated for a ''Webby''

This path in the Haupt Garden, one of the more than 75 landscapes of interest in D.C., leads to the Moongate Garden, a view framed by pink granite sculpted pieces. Definitely the place for clandestine intrigue.
Image: OLIN

The American Society of Landscape Architects' The Landscape Architect's Guide to Washington, D.C. has been nominated for Best Websites: Guides/Ratings/Reviews in the 17th Annual Webby Awards. The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international award honoring excellence on the web.

The Washington, D.C. guide is a mobile-friendly website that helps visitors and even locals discover more than 75 historic, modern and contemporary landscapes in the District of Columbia and Arlington, Va. Commentary and more than 800 photos are provided by 20 landscape architects.

The guide is divided into 16 distinct tours in all four quadrants of the District, plus a tour of the new D.C. bicycle network. Each tour covers multiple neighborhoods, and includes a printable walking or biking map.

The guide was created by ASLA in partnership with 20 nationally recognized landscape architects, all designers in the public realm and leaders in sustainable design. These guides explain the sites from a landscape architect's point of view, and show how the designs influences how people interact with or even feel about these places.

As a nominee, The Landscape Architect's Guide to Washington, D.C. is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe. From now until April 25th, fans of the guide can cast their votes at pv.webbyawards.com.

Winners will be announced April 30, 2013, and honored at a May 21st ceremony at Cipriani on Wall Street in New York City. The Webby winners will have the opportunity to deliver, as tradition has it, a five-word speech, the most terse thank you in all awardom. For a full list of last year's five-word speeches, visit webbyawards.com/press/speeches.php.