Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Announces Award Winners

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects recently announced the results of the 2009 CSLA Professional Awards Program.

The annual awards program hosted by the University of Manitoba Department of Landscape Architecture recognizes excellence in Landscape Architecture in categories of Design, Planning & Analysis, Research, Communications, Landscape Management, New Directions, and Residential Design.

This year out of 56 entries, there were 13 National Honor Awards

National Honor Awards (4)

Project Name: La Promenade Samuel-De Champlain
Organization: La consortium Daoust Lestage inc. - Williams Asselin Ackaoui- Option Amenagement
Client: Commission de la capitale nationale du Quebec
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Category: Design

Project Name: Outremont Campus - Universite de Montreal
Organization: Groupe Cardinal Hardy
Client: Universite de Montreal
Location: Outremont’s railroad yard, Montreal
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: Lake Ontario Park Master Plan
Organization: Field Operations
Client: Waterfront Toronto
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: Point Pleasant Park Comprehensive Plan
Organization: Ekistics Planning and Design, NIPpaysage and HRM
Client: Halifax Regional Municipality
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category: Planning and Analysis

National Merit Awards (6)

Project Name: Lakeview: Community Education and Landscape Politics
Organization: Centre for Landscape Research, University of Toronto
Client: None-community service work - pro bono
Location: Lakeview, Mississauga, Ontario
Category: New Directions

Project Name: Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly
Organization: Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
Client: Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
Location: n/a
Category: Communications

Project Name: Green Infrastructure in Calgary’s Mobility Corridors
Organization: Design Centre for Sustainability, University of British Columbia
Client: City of Calgary
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Category: Research

Project Name: Southeast False Creek Waterfront - Phase 1
Organization: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Ltd.
Client: SEFC Project Office - City of Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Category: Design

Project Name: Garden City Play Environment
Organization: space2place design inc.
Client: City of Richmond
Location: Richmond, British Columbia
Category: Design

Project Name:  Spadina Wavedeck
Organization: West 8 + DTAH (du Toit Allsopp Hillier)
Client: Waterfront Toronto
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Category: Design

National Citation Awards (3)

Project Name: Port to Port Corridor Study
Organization: CBCL Limited
Client: Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: Urban Corridor Planning/City of Houston
Organization: The Planning Partnership Limited
Client: City of Houston/Main Street Coalition
Location: Houston, Texas
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name:  Square des Freres-Charon
Organization: Ville De Montreal - Direction des grands parcs et de lat nature en ville
Client: Ville de Montreal
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Category: New Directions

12 entries received awards at a regional level.

Regional Awards

Regional Honour Awards (3)

Project Name: Renaturalization of the St-Charles River, Phases 3 to 6
Organization: IBI Group/DAA
Client: Quebec City, Environment Department
Location: City of Quebec
Category: Design

Project Name: Cornell Master Plan for The Ithaca Campus
Organization: George Dark, OALA, FCSLA, ASLA, Urban Strategies Inc.
Client: Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York, USA
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: Spirit Trail
Organization: space2place design inc
Client: City of North Vancouver
Location: City of North Vancouver, BC
Category: Planning and Analysis

Regional Merit Awards (4)

Project Name: Mountain View Cemetery: Masonic Area Redevelopment
Organization: LEES + Associates & Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
Client: City of Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, BC
Category: Design

Project Name: Franklin Children’s Garden
Organization: Janet Rosenberg + Associates (JRA)/Schollen & Company Inc./City of Toronto
Client: City of Toronto; Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division
Location: Toronto Islands
Category: Design

Project Name: Ellis Avenue Stormwater Management Wetlands
Organization: Ecoplans Limited
Client: City of Toronto
Location: Toronto, ON
Category: Landscape Management

Project Name: Boustrophedon Garden
Organization: PLANT Architect Inc.
Client: Societe du 400e anniversaire de Quebec
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Category: Design

Regional Citation Awards (5)

Project Name: Seaton Natural Heritage System Management Plan and Master Trails Plan
Organization: Schollen & Company INC.
Client: Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Location: Toronto, ON
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) Energy Centre
Organization: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
Client: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Location: Vancouver, BC
Category: Design

Project Name: Safeco Insurance Roof Gardens
Organization: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
Client: Genstar
Location: Seattle, Washington
Category: Design

Project Name: Red Deer Country Open Space Master Plan
Organization: Bev Sandalack and the EVDS Urban Lab, and Dillon Consulting Limited
Client: Red Deer County
Location: Red Deer County, Alberta
Category: Planning and Analysis

Project Name: The Winnipeg Humane Society
Organization: Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram Landscape Architecture and Planning
Client: The Winnipeg Humane Society
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Category: Design