Firm: Mayer/Reed, Inc., Portland, Oregon

ASLA Election Year: 2017

Category: Works

Teresa Chenney, of Mayer/Reed, received her nomination for 'Works' from the Oregon Chapter. Teresa's innovative, sustainable public spaces and urban designs display a synthesis of art and science that interweave the social, aesthetic and practical. She engages clients and communities in neighborhood improvement, volunteers in the community and mentors her staff to aspire to social and environmental betterment. As a senior designer, she has contributed significantly to Mayer/Reed's rise to prominence with her designs of parks, plazas, college and corporate campuses and health care facilities. A lifelong student of landscapes, arts and culture in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, her artful compositions of stone and plant materials are sophisticated and inspired.