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2017 MDASLA Awards

The intent of the Annual Maryland ASLA Awards Program is to encourage professional excellence in Maryland and the Washington Metropolitan Area by recognizing significant completed as well as un‐built Landscape Architectural projects. The objective is to bring public attention to the outstanding services of landscape architects by honoring them with professional awards for projects that demonstrate a superior quality of design and execution.

Lifetime Achievement

This award was created to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of landscape architecture by our members.  They can be for lifetime achievement, service, knowledge, research or any other related subject the MDASLA executive committee chooses to honor.

David Locke

Award of Excellence​

Stan Skalka

Award of Excellence​

J.L. Fisher

Award of Excellence​

Spencer Ellis Award

The Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects established the Spencer Ellis Award to honor the service of Spencer P. Ellis to the environment. His career in landscape architecture included work at the Dept. of Natural Resources, Md. State Forests and Parks, the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and, important to today's occasion, Program Open Space.  The award is given annually to a program or organization that has made a significant contribution to the preservation ​and conservation of the local environment in Maryland.

Spa Creek Conservatory

Spencer Ellis Award

General Design

Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built. 

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Loyola University of Maryland: Gateway, Streetscape & Donnelly

Baltimore, Maryland

Hord Coplan Macht

Presidential Award of Excellence​

The Horticultural Research Center and Oxford Think Tank

Oxford, Maryland

Preservation Green LLC

Honor Award

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Pentagon Row

Arlington, Virginia

Mahan Rykiel Associates

Honor Award​

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Frederick Douglass Square

College Park, Maryland

Floura Teeter Landscape Architects

Merit Award​

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Watkins Regional Park

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commision

Merit Award​

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County Library Pond

Catonsville, Maryland

Site Resources, Inc.

Merit Award​

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Cottages and Bungalows at Crystal Mountain Resort

Thompsonville, MI

Clinton & Associates, PC

Merit Award​

Submission Documents
Shelley Rentsch - 3  Germantown Park Eye Lids
Shelley Rentsch - 5  Germantown Park bike trail with custom railings
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Shelley Rentsch - 8  Germantown Park sculpture by David Hess
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Germantown Town Center Urban Park

Germantown, Maryland

Annapolis Landscape Architects

Merit Award​

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Residential Design

Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built. 

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Forest Hills Residence

Washington D.C.

Moody Graham

Honor Award​

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Broadwater

Annapolis, Maryland

Campion Hruby Landscape Architects

Honor Award​

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Five Peaks

Annapolis, Maryland

Campion Hruby Landscape Architects

Merit Award​

Un-Built Design

Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built. 

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Congress Heights Park

Washington D.C.

LSG Landscape Architects

Honor Award​

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Research

Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built. 

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Green Tracks Study

Baltimore, Maryland

Mahan Rykiel Associates

Traveling Award for Innovative Excellence

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Analysis + Planning

Recognizes the wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, and evaluate landscape architecture design. Entries in this category are not required to be built or implemented

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South Wilmington Wetland Park

Wilmington, Delaware

Oasis Design Group

Honor Award​

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