Thirty-five Professional Award winners represent the highest level of achievement in the landscape architecture professionWashington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2026 <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com" target="_blank">(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)</a> -- Today, the <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=dTMJpYbv_PRnCin74S5lGnPvoaX5nfRf6PucVosXEf5Xa0h43ZuXmieZAl-tTrM7Sf_D8A_nUwtJL3OBW-rzGRJceR9tvM1z5pJ3hVFigw0IbKqW5qVF2xwzdWZ2zcbi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)">American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)</a> announced the winners of the 2026 ASLA Professional Awards. This year, 35 professional award winners showcase innovation and represent the highest level of achievement in the landscape architecture profession. All winners and their locations are listed below. Full details can be found at <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tWAhHjbbX-jgs56MgcWsRj91YSVRqnqFbNGbAHwTL487CxicxSeFlB2ikwTJhFJa8uJ4BkvbtNDijqQqCnKzyqpnyoaiHajURylpS7qjeTzmSv48Kdrdyc6Obj0PW98z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="www.asla.org/2026awards.">www.asla.org/2026awards.</a> Jury panels representing a broad cross-section of the profession, from the public and private sectors, and academia, select winners each year and are listed below. The 35 winners were chosen out of 450 entries. The ASLA / International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Global Impact Award is presented to a project in the Analysis &amp; Planning category. The award is given to a work of landscape architecture that demonstrates excellence in addressing climate impacts through transformative action and scalable solutions, and adherence to ASLA’s and IFLA’s climate action commitments. The 2026 award goes to The Four Coasts Project. The Engineering With Nature–Landscape Architecture (EWN-LA) Design Research Initiative is an interdisciplinary collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop nature-based designs for coastal infrastructure in the San Francisco, Philadelphia, Mobile, and Great Lakes USACE Districts. The Professional Awards jury also selects a Landmark Award each year for a distinguished landscape architecture project completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes many benefits to the surrounding community. This year’s Landmark Award celebrates The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park, by GGN for the Millennium Park Foundation. The three-acre botanical garden opened in 2004 and is now a globally recognized symbol and space for dialogue around urban landscape architecture, native-plant gardening, sustainable horticulture practices, insect-and-bird-focused data and experiments, inclusive public garden programming, and equitable training and recruitment into landscape and horticultural fields. “From restoring waterways and coastal systems to creating healthier, more connected public spaces, these projects show how landscape architects are helping communities respond to some of our most pressing challenges,” said ASLA President Brad McCauley, FASLA, PLA. “The 2026 winners demonstrate the profession’s ability to bring design, science, and deep knowledge of place together to create landscapes that are beautiful and built to last. Congratulations to all.” “The 2026 Professional Award winners demonstrate the extraordinary range and impact of landscape architecture today,” added ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen, Hon. ASLA. “These projects make clear that landscape architects are not simply designing places—they are shaping how communities adapt to climate change, restore ecosystems, strengthen public life, and create healthier environments for all. We’re proud to celebrate the vision and leadership represented by this year’s winners.” Award recipients and their clients will be honored in person at the Awards Ceremony at the ASLA 2026 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Los Angeles, on Wednesday, September 16. Thank you to our Professional &amp; Student Awards Presenting Sponsor, PlayPower. Media are invited to attend the ceremony and the conference; email <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=Oyinjvj3oXtxaR9bQeubO8RMYmteTZe2-CFR8LbgoW9byMe63EtJEyd9Ca7Zt9PBSyQQOZlAPA40FPyTJeWFQg==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="press@asla.org">press@asla.org</a> for credentials. 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Award Categories Analysis &amp; Planning Sponsored by USA Shade Award of Excellence     H2Oquirrh: Regional Water Reform for a Resilient Salt Lake Valley         Salt Lake, Utah Design Workshop     Client: Wasatch Front Regional Council, Salt Lake County ASLA / IFLA Global Impact Award     The Four Coasts Project     Auburn University EWN-LA Design Research Initiative     Client: Engineering with Nature Honor Award Allensworth Rising: Rural Resilience in California's Freedom Colony         Allensworth, California  Alison B. Hirsch, Landscape Design/Planning/History and the Landscape Justice Initiative Client: Allensworth Progressive Association Honor Award City of Hope Medical Campus Resilient Healing Landscape Master Plan Hongjoo Kim Landscape Architects, Inc       Client: City of Hope Honor Award Houston Resilience Hub Network Master Plan         SWA Group - Houston                Client: City of Houston Honor Award Where Industry Meets the Tide: A New Horizon for Huangshi Bay                 Yantai, Shandong Province Sasaki Associates, Inc.- Boston          Client: Yantai Huang-Bohai New District Natural Resources Planning Bureau Communications Sponsored by Soft Play Award of Excellence  Details and Materials for Resilient Sites: A Climate Positive Approach    Meg Calkins, FASLA   Honor Award Lo—TEK Water. A Field Guide for TEKnology Julia Watson, ASLA Honor Award Sediment Strategies: Considerations and Case Studies for Beneficial Use           Tess Ruswick, ASLA    General Design Sponsored by Miracle Recreation Award of Excellence  Kìwekì Point - Returning to One's Homeland Ottawa, Ontario, Canada        Janet Rosenberg &amp; Studio Inc. Client: National Capital Commission (NCC) Honor Award Houston Arboretum &amp; Nature Center              Houston, Texas Design Workshop &amp; Reed Hilderbrand Client: Houston Arboretum &amp; Nature Center Honor Award Gathering Place Tulsa, TX Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.  Client: George Kaiser Family Foundation, Gathering Place, River Parks Authority, City of Tulsa Honor Award As Far as One Can See: Indigenous Knowledges and Design at Tekakapimǝk Portland, ME Reed Hilderbrand LLC - Cambridge Client: Elliotsville Foundation Honor Award Harbor Wetland: Green Infrastructure as Civic Space Baltimore, Maryland Ayers Saint Gross Client: National Aquarium Honor Award SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park Public Realm Los Angeles, California Studio-MLA Client: The Kroenke Group Honor Award Hudson River Park’s Gansevoort Peninsula: Engaging with the River New York, New York Field Operations - New York Client: Hudson River Park Trust Honor Award Guangming Dadingling Mountain Forest Greenway: Bridging City and Canopy Shenzhen, Guangdong, China SWA Group – Shanghai Client: OCT Guangming (Shenzhen) Investment Co., Ltd.; China Construction Shenzhen Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. Honor Award Industrial Revival - From Pollution to Regeneration Guilin, Guangxi, China P Landscape Co., Ltd. Client: Integral Honor Award Civic Park at Hemisfair San Antonio, Texas      GGN Client: City of San Antonio Public Works Department and Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation Research Sponsored by Little Tikes Commercial Honor Award Heat Health: A pre- and 5-year post-occupancy thermal case study. SmithGroup - Ann Arbor Residential Design Sponsored by EZ Dock Award of Excellence Datum House West Stockbridge, Massachusetts Wagner Hodgson          Honor Award Designed to Disappear: Hayden House Aspen, Colorado           Design Workshop         Honor Award Thunder River Residence: Restoration at the Riparian Edge Rocky Mountains, Colorado Design Workshop - Aspen      Honor Award Peak House Dali, Yunnan, China                     Z'scape                Client: Xun Ba Honor  Award A Flowing Stream through Aranya Community Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China Z'scape Client: Aranya Honor Award The Havens: A Landscape-Led LEED Platinum Neighborhood Snowmass Village, Colorado                 Design Workshop Client: East West Partners Honor Award Moss Rock        Healdsburg, California GROUND STUDIO        Honor Award Bella Oaks Napa, California Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture   Honor Award Pamet Bend Truro, Massachusetts LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects, Inc Urban Design Sponsored by Playworld Award of Excellence  The Gowanus Lowlands: From Industrial Canal to New Civic Landscape Brooklyn, New York SCAPE Client: Gowanus Canal Conservancy; The Domain Companies; Property Markets Group; Monadnock Development Honor Award Restoring a River, Reconnecting a City: Longgang River Blueway Shenzhen, Gangdong, China SWA Group, Houston Office; Shenzhen BLY Landscape, Architecture and Planning Design Institute Co., Ltd.; HASSELL Studio Pty Ltd (Hassell); Shenzhen Urban Planning &amp; Design Institute Co., Ltd. (UPDIS) Client: Water Authority of Shenzhen Municipality, Water Authority of Longgang District, and China Resources Land Shenzhen Honor Award Highland Bridge: Healing through Hydrology              Minneapolis, Minnesota Confluence      Client: Ryan Companies, City of Saint Paul, Capitol Region Watershed Honor Award Seattle Waterfront Park: Reconnecting the City to the Bay Field Operations - New York                   Client: City of Seattle Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects Honor Award The Plaza and Cellars at Pearl Brewery San Antonio, Texas      The University of Texas at Austin        Client: Silver Ventures, Inc. The Landmark Award               Lurie Garden at Millennium Park Chicago, Illinois GGN Client: Millennium Park Foundation Professional Awards Jury Members: General Design, Residential Design, Urban Design &amp; Landmark Award Chair: Adam Greenspan, FASLA PWP Landscape Architecture Berkeley, CA Patricia Akinaga, Intl ASLA Patricia Akinaga Landscape Architecture, Ecological Urbanism &amp; Environmental Planning Miami, FL Sarah Fitzgerald, ASLA Dallas, TX Cory Henry Atelier Cory Henry Los Angeles, CA Dena Kennett, ASLA National Park Service Santa Fe, NM Christopher LaGuardia, FASLA LaGuardia Design Group Water Mill, NY Katharine Logan Architectural Record Vancouver, BC Allyson Mendenhall, FASLA Sasaki Associates Denver, CO Douglas Williams, Ph.D., ASLA University of Illinois Chicago, IL Professional Awards Jury Members: Analysis &amp; Planning, ASLA / IFLA Global Impact Award, Research, Communications &amp; Landmark Award Chair: Sierra Bainbridge, ASLA MASS Design Group Boston, MA David Archambault, Hon. ASLA 45th Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Cannon Ball, ND Valerie Aymer, ASLA Cornell University Ithaca, NY Connie (YunHui) Fan, FASLA LSG Landscape Architecture McLean, VA Jane Margolies The New York Times New York, NY Wendy Miller, FASLA Wendy Miller Landscape Architecture Winston-Salem, NC Thomas Oslund, FASLA 02 Design Minneapolis, MN Cassandra Rice, ASLA Perkins&amp;Will Chicago, IL Thomas Tavella, FASLA Tavella Design Group Orange, CT Joining the Professional Awards Jury in the Analysis &amp; Planning / IFLA Global Impact Award Category Mónica Pallares-Trujillo – IFLA Representative IFLA Americas Region Mexico Joining the Professional Awards Jury in the Research Category Dimond Kirk, ASLA - CELA Representative University of Arizona Tucson, AZ Allison Harvey, ASLA - LAF Representative OJB Landscape Architecture Philadelphia, PA <pre>CONTACT: Press Office 
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