The San Diego Chapter of the ASLA recently presented its design awards to local landscape architects in a variety of categories. Jurors were chosen to represent the many diverse areas of the design and construction industries. Their knowledge and expertise include projects of both public and private nature. The four jurors were: Michael MacCaskey, SC Garden Editor, Sunset Magazine; Bill Davidson, President of BM of San Diego; Armistead Smith, Architect; and George Lattimer, Developer. Congratulations to the following winners:

The President’s Award Of Excellence

President’s Award: DeWeese Burton Associates

Project: Uptown (formerly the Sears Hillcrest Site)

Award Sponsor: Hunter Industries

Category I – Honors Residential Projects

Built single-family and multi-family housing projects:

Merit Award: LaJolla residence designed by KTU8A. Award Sponsor: Del Piso Tile

Honor Award: Melas residence in Poway designed by the Wiley Group. Award Sponsor: San DiegoTurf

Honor Award: Miraflores, a residence in Fairbanks Ranch designed by Land Studio. Award Sponsor: Classic Reprographics and Hillcrest Trees

Category 11 – Honors Private Commercial, Retail And Corporate - Built Projects

Honor Award: Wateridge Phase I at Wateridge Circle designed by Deweese Burton Associates. Award Sponsor: Dura Art Stone and Outerspace Furnishings.

Honor Award: Star Troughs, California First Bank Plaza in the GoldenTriangle, designed by Land Studio. Award Sponsor: Springtime Growers.

Category 111- Honors Civic, Governmental Or Institutional - Built Projects

Honor Award: Escondido Civic Center designed by Deweese Burton Associates. Award Sponsor: Mission Valley Landscape Company

Category IV – Honors Works Of Planning, Communication Or Research By A Landscape Architect. These projects, in most cases, are not yet built.

Merit Award: Golden Hill Revitalization Plan designed by Patrick O’Connor and Austin Hansen Fehlman Group. Award Sponsor: Sunny Slope Trees

Merit Award: Mission Valley River Park, a conceptual managed growth plan by the Wiley Group. Award Sponsor: David L. Cunningham

Merit Award: The City of San Diego Landscape Ordinance and Users Guide, prepared by the City of San Diego Planning Department. Award Sponsor: V.I.T. Company

Category V – Honors Built Parks Or Recreational Projects.

Merit Award: Coronado Tidelands Park designed by Wimmer Yamada & Associates. Award Sponsor: Hydro Plant

Honor Award: Mast Park in the City of Santee, designed by Van Dyke & Associates. Award Sponsor: Environmental Industries

Category VI – Not-Yet-Built Projects – salutes projects that are due to be constructed in the next two years.

Citation of Recognition: Escondido Transit Center designed by Marum Associates. Award Sponsor: Wilbur Ellis Company

Citation of Recognition: Mary Cossit House in San Diego designed by Vonn Marie May. Award Sponsor: Griswold Controllers and Kor Rock.

Citation of Recognition: Wheat Walk, designed for a site at the University of California Arboretum at Davis, designed by Rachada/Wiggington. Award Sponsor: Benchmark Landscape and Gro-Power

Citation of Recognition: Carlsbad Village Drive Downtown Enhancement Program designed by Austin Hansen Fehlman/Group. Award Sponsor: Mayer Blueprint and Pacific West Landscape

Category VII – Never-To-Be-Built Projects.

Citation of Recognition: “Crossed Allees” – The Post Office Square Wintergarden in Boston, designed by Wimmer Yamada & Associates. Award Sponsor: Di Giacomo and Progressive Concrete.

Citation of Recognition: Houston Sesquicentennial Park, designed by Nowell Thompson, ASLA & Associates. Award Sponsor: Wakefield Company

Citation of Recognition: Model Xeriscape Garden, designed by Schmidt Design Award Sponsor: Butlers Mill and Yasuda Tree Nursery

Congratulations from LASN!