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Potomac ASLA Chapter Announces Professional Awards07-11-24 | News

Potomac ASLA Chapter Announces Professional Awards

2024 ASLA Potomac Awards
by Staff

The Potomac ASLA Chapter announced their annual awards winners, including this project from HOK who received the President's Award for their Built Design of the UPMC Mercy Pavilion in Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo credit: Alan Karchmer)

Threading Ecologies - Besides receiving yet another award for their Holly Beach Farm Stewardship Plan, Moody Graham also received an Honor Award for Threading Ecologies. This residential design project took a formerly monoculture piece of land and blended it in with the native surroundings using a hedgerow, native plants, and a wildlife corridor. (Photo credit: Moody Graham)

House on Willow Hill - Horn & Co. was charged with preserving this family farm and residence in Vienna, VA that eventually included the 19th-century log cabin, the single-family home, a pool, sport court, small barn, vegetable garden, chicken coop, greenhouse, and more. (Photo credit: Horn & Co.)

Future Neighborhood Park - Landscape Architects in the Park Development Division at M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks designed this 0.71-acre park that will connect two communities in Lyttonsville, Maryland. (Phot Credit: M-NCPPC)

The ASLA Potomac Chapter - which comprises Landscape Architects and firms in Washington, D.C., northern Virginia, and Maryland - announced the winners of the 2024 awards cycle, recognizing thirteen firms and individuals across five categories.

President's Award
- Design (Built): HOK, UPMC Mercy Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA

Honor Awards
- Analysis, Planning, and Urban Design: Moody Graham, Holly Beach Farm Stewardship Plan, Annapolis, MD
- Design (Built): Parker Rodriguez, Park + Ford, Alexandria, VA

- Design (Built): Scape Studio, Neal Place Park, Washington, D.C.
- Residential Design: Moody Graham, Threaded Ecologies, Montgomery County, MD

Merit Awards:
- Analysis, Planning, and Urban Design: MKSK Studios, Southwest & Buzzard Point Flood Resiliency Master Plan, Washington, D.C.
- Analysis, Planning, and Urban Design: AECOM, Downtown Flint Gameplan, Flint, MI
- Analysis, Planning, and Urban Design: Moody Graham, Southwest and Buzzard Point Flood Resilience Strategy
- Design (Built): AECOM, An Entrance for All at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
- Design (Built): Michael Vergason LA, City Ridge, Washington, D.C.
- Design (Unbuilt): M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks, Future Neighborhood Park, Lyttonsville, MD
- Residential Design: OEHME, VAN SWEDEN | OvS, Basil Green, McLean, VA
- Residential Design: Horn and Company, House on Willow, Hill Vienna, VA
- Social Impact: Lee and Associates, Swampoodle Terrace, Washington, D.C.

Individual Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Snieckus, FASLA
- Emerging Leader Award: Logan Staley, Bradley Site Design

A list of the projects and their descriptions can be found on the following website:
https://www.potomacasla.org/2024-awards/