New Haven, CT – The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CTASLA) has announced the winners of its annual Connecticut Design Awards competition. CTASLA conducts the Connecticut Design Awards each year to recognize excellence in landscape architectural design, planning and analysis, communication, and research. To be eligible, an applicant must be a licensed landscape architect in the state of Connecticut, and the entrant or project location must be based in Connecticut.
“These award-winning projects showcase the various ways that landscape architects enhance the built environment and contribute to the cultural resources of our communities,” said Eric Rains, president of CTASLA and principal of Norwalk-based Eric Rains Landscape Architecture LLC.
Winners of the Connecticut Design Awards competition, announced at the chapter’s annual meeting in December, include:
Landscape Architectural Design – Corporate/Institutional
Robert Olson Associates (Boston, MA), Excellence Award for Community Health Center Roof Garden (Middletown)
Towers|Golde, LLC (New Haven), Honor Award for Gateway Community College (New Haven)
Milone & MacBroom, Inc. (Hamden), Merit Award for West Bristol K-8 School (Bristol)
Landscape Architectural Design – Municipal/Public Spaces
Erskine Middeleer Associates LLC (Georgetown), Honor Award for Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve (Westport)
Landscape Architectural Design – Residential
Anne Penniman Associates LLC (Essex), Honor Award for A Rower’s Landing (Lyme)
Devore Associates, LLC (Fairfield), Honor Award for A Sustainable Homestead (New Canaan)
Louis Fusco Landscape Architects (Pound Ridge, NY), Honor Award for Grey Goose Pond Retreat and 1940s Pavilion Restoration (Greenwich, CT / North Castle, NY)
Wesley Stout Associates (New Canaan), Honor Award for Connecticut Country Retreat (Weston)
Landscape Elements, LLC (New London), Merit Award for A Vacation Destination (South County, Rhode Island)
Richard Bergmann Architects (New Canaan), Merit Award for Lakeside Landscape (Connecticut)
Spaulding Landscape Architects, LLC (Stamford), Merit Award for In Town Retreat (Stamford)
Landscape Planning and Analysis
Anne Penniman Associates LLC (Essex), Honor Award for A New Park for Madison (Madison)
Stantec Consulting Services Inc. (Hamden), Merit Award for Pleasure Beach Park Master Plan (Bridgeport)
TO Design LLC (New Britain) and Landscape Elements (New London), Merit Award for Waterbury Green Master Plan (Waterbury)
Landscape Architectural Communications
Richard Bergmann Architects (New Canaan), Honor Award for “What Tree Is This?” (booklet)
Artemis Landscape Architects, Inc. (Bridgeport) Merit Award for “Bridging the Landscape of Autism: Definitions, Design Guidelines, and Schematic Concepts” (PowerPoint presentation)
The jury for this year’s competition was comprised of members of the Tennessee Chapter of ASLA.
Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 16,000 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.