Connect One Design Receives CNU 2026 Award

Sole landscape architecture firm representing the industry in this year's award program
by Keziah Olsen Morris, LASN

Of 15 awards given, Connect One Design was the only winning project to come from a landscape architecture firm in the 2026 CNU Charter Awards. Photo Credit: Lieutenant Aaron Much

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Of 15 awards given, Connect One Design was the only winning project to come from a landscape architecture firm in the 2026 CNU Charter Awards. Photo Credit: Lieutenant Aaron Much

Connect One Design - now part of Lionheart Places following their recent merger with Lionheart and Studio Balcones - has received a merit award from the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) for their work on the Basalt Downtown Streetscape & River Park in Basalt, Colorado. CNU's annual Charter Awards recognize professional and student work in urban design, placemaking, and community building done at the region, neighborhood, and street scale. The nonprofit organization works to bring practitioners of all disciplines together in building structurally and socially resilient communities, and Connect One Design's project represents the important work of landscape architecture in this year's program. Read LASN's Mark 2025 Park's Issue to learn more about Basalt River Park: https://landscapearchitect.com/digital-magazine/landscape-architect/lasn-march-25.pdf&page=80. To see all the winners and learn more about CNU, go to: https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/charter-awards