New Haven, CT The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA Connecticut) has named the winners of its annual awards competition, recognizing excellence in landscape architectural design, planning and analysis, communication, and research. To be eligible, applicants must be a landscape architect or designer in the state of Connecticut, and the entrant or project location must be based in Connecticut.
“Masterful, clever, and beautiful landscape architecture is so important for the health of our local communities — both social and ecological — so it’s an honor to shepherd this process of peer review of all the great work in Connecticut,” said Ellen Fallon-Senechal, president of ASLA Connecticut and a landscape designer with S/L/A/M Collaborative. “All the award winners have proven themselves stewards of the environment and we look forward to watching their projects get better with age as well as seeing what they do next!”
Winners of the 2023 ASLA Connecticut Professional Awards competition include:
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Works — Corporate | Institutional Spaces
• Towers|Golde, LLC (New Haven, CT) — Merit Award for Alexander Walk at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Works — Municipal | Public Spaces
• Stantec Landscape Architecture and Planning (New Haven, CT) — Merit Award for Albany Skyway (Albany, NY)
Landscape Architectural Design/Built Works — Residential
• James Doyle Design Associates (Greenwich, CT) — Excellence Award for Borrowed Views (West Kill, NY)
• Renee Byers Landscape Architect (Greenwich, CT) — Merit Award for Riverfront Retreat (Westchester County, NY)
• Renee Byers Landscape Architect (Greenwich, CT) — Merit Award for Creekside Residence (Scarsdale, NY)
• Haver & Skolnick Architects (Roxbury, CT), in collaboration with Race Rock Garden Co. — Merit Award for Pointer Perch (Fishers Island, NY)
Landscape Planning & Analysis
• Reed Hilderbrand (New Haven, CT) — Honor Award for Renewing Storm King Art Center’s Allee (New Windsor, NY)
• Reed Hilderbrand (New Haven, CT) — Honor Award for Healthy Forest, Healthy City — The Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan (Cambridge, MA)
• Langan (New Haven, CT), in collaboration with Cooper Robertson — Merit Award for Return to the Riverbend (Middletown, CT)
Landscape Architectural Research
• University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) and James Corner Field Operations (New York, NY) — Merit Award for Shifting Minds Towards Greenspace and Well-being (Connecticut, New York & New Jersey)
The jury for this year’s competition was comprised of members of the Ohio Chapter of ASLA. Select images from this year’s award winners can be viewed at https://www.ctasla.org/2023-professional-awards-gallery.
Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication and fellowship.