These winners were announced in a first-ever online event Monday, June 29. Thank you all who joined us live!
Follow the link at www.bslanow.org to view the slideshow presented that evening, including images from all of the recognized projects. The slideshow also features the ASLA Student Honor & Merit Award winners, as well as those individuals from our chapter who will receive national ASLA medals and honors this year.
99 submissions were received, from 35 different firms and three different schools. Submitted projects are sited in 61 different cities and towns in 15 different US states and eight different countries across the world. To be eligible, the work can be anywhere though must be designed by a firm based in Massachusetts or Maine, or be located in our chapter.
There is no predetermined number of awards in any category; awards are entirely at the discretion of the jury, based on the individual merits of each project. It's a two-stage, blind, peer review. Juror comments were shared on Monday evening and are posted at www.bslanow.org.
Congratulations!
STUDENT AWARDS
Merit Awards
From Trash to Fish
By Xue Bai
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Stone Wall Trees 2040 - Hong Kong
By Anson Ting Fung Wong
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Returning to the River: Water as Public Space - San Agustin Amatengo, Oaxaca, Mexico
By Estello-Cisdre Raganit
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Healthy Place-Making for the Medical District - Springfield, Massachusetts
By Allyson Fairweather, Tor Gagnon, Tianyi Guan, James Mealey, Gwendolyn Stoll, Peter Wachernagel
(University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Where the Emerald Necklace Meets the Sea - Boston, Massachusetts
By Reif Larson
(University of Massachusetts Amherst)
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Honor Awards
Water Assemblage - Mekong Delta, Vietnam
By Tam Banh
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
Mobility is Equality - Los Angeles, California
By Amanda Ton, Weihsiang Chao, Xin Qian
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
...
Excellence Award
Right to Remain - Willis Wharf, Virginia
By Tina Yun Ting Tsai
(Harvard University Graduate School of Design)
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PROFESSIONAL AWARDS - ANALYSIS & PLANNING
Merit Awards
Healey and Mystic - Somerville, MA
Groundview (Somerville, MA)
Lincoln Park Master Plan - Albany, New York
STIMSON (Cambridge + Princeton, MA)
The Berm - Quincy, Massachusetts
Bishop Land Design (Quincy, MA)
Lakeview District - Mississauga, Ontario
Sasaki (Watertown, MA)
White River Vision Plan - Hamilton & Marion Counties, Indiana
Agency Landscape + Planning (Cambridge, MA)
Xinyang University Campus Master Plan - Xinyang City, Henan, China
Sasaki (Watertown, MA)
Climate Ready South Boston - Boston, Massachusetts
Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio (Boston, MA)
Reaching Beyond: Blackinton's Cultural Crossroads - North Adams, Massachusetts
Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture (Cambridge, MA)
Wuhan Yangtze Riverfront Park - Wuhan, China
Sasaki (Watertown, MA)
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PROFESSIONAL AWARDS - DESIGN
Merit Awards
A New Suburban Ecology - Newton, Massachusetts
Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design (Stoneham, MA)
Beach House - Coastal Massachusetts
Studio 2112 Landscape Architecture (Boston, MA)
Lafayette Park - Salem, MA
Crowley Cottrell (Boston, MA)
Symphony Park - Somerville MA
Groundview (Somerville, MA)
Lincoln Park - Somerville MA
Weston & Sampson (Boston, MA)
Neponset River Greenway - Boston & Mattapan, MA
Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge (Boston, MA)
Old Farm - Little Compton, Rhode Island
STIMSON (Cambridge + Princeton, MA)
Solitaire Residential Tower - Taichung, Taiwan
Landworks Studio (Boston, MA)
The Arsenal on the Charles - Garage and Pocket Park
Stantec (Boston, MA)
Baton Rouge Central Green - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture (Cambridge, MA)
Ferrous Foundry Park - Lawrence, MA
STIMSON (Cambridge + Princeton, MA)
Hancock Adams Common - Quincy, MA
Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio (Boston, MA)
Nature's Neighborhoods - Boston MA
Coyle & Caron (Orlando, Florida)
Phillips Square Tactical Plaza - Boston MA
Kyle Zick Landscape Architecture (Boston, MA)
T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge - Richmond, Virginia
Hargreaves Jones (Cambridge, MA)
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Honor Awards
401 Park - Boston MA
Leblanc Jones Landscape Architects (Boston, MA)
MBTA Govt Center Plaza - Boston MA
Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio (Boston, MA)
Bow Market - Somerville MA
Merritt / Chase (Pittsburgh, PA & Indianapolis, IN)
Northeastern University ISEC Plaza & Bridge - Boston MA
STIMSON (Cambridge, MA)
Xuhui Runway Park -- Shanghai, China
Sasaki (Watertown, MA)
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PROFESSIONAL AWARDS - COMMUNICATION
Excellence Award
WxLA
Submitted By Agency Landscape + Planning (Cambridge, MA)
