"This year’s awards projects demonstrated the rising cultural relevance of responsible planning and good design across a range of scales and project types in the United States and abroad," said Gary Hilderbrand, FASLA, jury chair and principal at Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc. "By bringing forward a compelling set of diverse projects, this jury showcased some of the successes landscape architects are having with the complex issues that arise for thoughtful design practices today, including the drive for clarity, expressiveness, rigor, and durability in design."

Link: ASLA 2005 Professional Awards

A few of the award winners:

The Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA
Firm: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.

The Heart of the Park at Hermann Park, Houston, TX
Firm: SWA Group
Conceptual Design Collaboration Consultants: Olin Partnership, Ltd.

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., South Campus, Torrance, CA
Firm: LPA, Inc.

Ben Gurion International Airport, Lod, Israel
Firm: Shlomo Aronson Architects

Capitol Plaza, New York, NY
Firm: Thomas Balsley Associates

Private residential garden, Minneapolis, MN
Firm: oslund.and.assoc.
Reference: Penthouse Garden (Land+Living)

Island Modern, Key West, FL
Firm: Raymond Jungles, Inc.

Private Residence/Garden of Planes, Richmond, VA
Firm: Gregg Bleam Landscape Architects

Ivy Street Roof Garden, San Francisco, CA
Firm: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Reference: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture (Land+Living)

Reyrosa Ranch, Waxahachie, TX
Firm: MESA Design Group
Reference: Texas Twister (Land+Living)