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Southern California ASLA Accepting Entries for Awards07-28-14 | News

Southern California ASLA Accepting Entries for Awards

The SCC ASLA is accepting entries for the 2014 Quality of Life Awards, which celebrate professional excellence from firms, individuals, and agencies in six different categories.
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The Southern California Chapter of ASLA is accepting entries for the 2014 Quality of Life Awards, which celebrate professional excellence from firms, individuals, and agencies responsible for outstanding works of landscape architecture in Southern California and beyond. Submissions will be judged on:

Quality of design

Functionalism

Relationship to context

Overall relevance to the profession, the public, and the environment

Promotes the enhancement of quality of life

Environmental responsibility and sustainability

Entries will be accepted for projects from ASLA Fellows, Members, Associates, or Affiliates; from other non-member landscape architects; public agencies and private developers with the endorsement of landscape architects connected with the submitted entry. Students enrolled in a college, university, or extension landscape architecture curriculum are eligible for Category VI, Student Work.

Winners will be announced and exhibited at a celebration on the evening of Thursday, October 23 at the Historic Ebell Club, 290 Cerritos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802.

Three types of awards – Award of Excellence, Honor Award, and Merit Award, in six categories will be given. Categories are as follows:

Design
Planning & Analysis
Research
Communication
Concepts, Ideas & Theories
Student Work
Public Stewardship

This year you may submit your project descriptions, images, and image summaries online using Dropbox. The deadline to submit is Friday, August 29 by 5:00 pm (PST). Submissions may also be sent to: SOCAL ASLA, 360 East First Street, P.M.B. 371; Tustin, CA 92780.

Questions about the awards program or submission requirements should be directed to Vicki Phillipy, Executive Director, SOCAL ASLA at (714) 838-3615.

For more information about SCC ASLA, please visit socal-asla.org.

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