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.
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
Pentagon Row
Arlington, Virginia
Mahan Rykiel Associates
Honor Award
Frederick Douglass Square
College Park, Maryland
Floura Teeter Landscape Architects
Merit Award
Watkins Regional Park
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commision
Merit Award
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Library Pond
Catonsville, Maryland
Site Resources, Inc.
Merit Award
Cottages and Bungalows at Crystal Mountain Resort
Thompsonville, MI
Clinton & Associates, PC
Merit Award
Germantown Town Center Urban Park
Germantown, Maryland
Annapolis Landscape Architects
Merit Award
Residential Design
Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built.
Forest Hills Residence
Washington D.C.
Moody Graham
Honor Award
Broadwater
Annapolis, Maryland
Campion Hruby Landscape Architects
Honor Award
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.
Congress Heights Park
Washington D.C.
LSG Landscape Architects
Honor Award
Research
Recognizes site specific works of landscape architecture or urban design. Professional entries in this category must be built.
Green Tracks Study
Baltimore, Maryland
Mahan Rykiel Associates
Traveling Award for Innovative Excellence
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
South Wilmington Wetland Park
Wilmington, Delaware
Oasis Design Group
Honor Award