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  Awards of Excellence > 2008 CSLA Awards

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 12, 2008

 

CELEBRATING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE:  2008 CSLA EXCELLENCE & RECOGNITION AWARDS

 

(OTTAWA) – The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is pleased to announce that 26 projects located in Canada as well as in South Korea, Cuba and the United States have won national and regional recognition in the prestigious 2008 CSLA Awards of Excellence in Landscape Architecture.  In addition, the CSLA is delighted to honour seven Canadians with the Society’s 2008 Recognition Awards.

 

“This year CSLA Award jurists—including the Globe and Mail newspaper’s “Cityscapes” columnist Lisa Rochon—received 57 incredible project applications from landscape architects across Canada for its Awards of Excellence.  The Society also received recommendations from landscape architects across Canada about who among their peers have shown the incredible community spirit and commitment to landscape architecture that the CSLA should celebrate with the presentation of its Recognition Awards”, says CSLA President Cathy Sears. 

 

“For me, this demonstrates the vitality of landscape architecture as a profession in Canada.  All applicants and every award winner should be proud of the recognition.  But the real winners are the people in Canada and around the world who get to use the fruits of great landscape architecture work on a daily basis”, concludes Ms. Sears.

 

The CSLA Awards of Excellence recognize and encourage excellence in all aspects of the landscape architecture profession as well as promote a strong awareness of landscape architecture among related professions, potential clients and the general public.  The 2008 Awards of Excellence winners are:

 

Zeidler Partnership Architects/Tarek El-Khatib (Toronto, Ontario); Serge Poitras, Jim Vafiades, Jim Melvin and Claude Potvin (Montréal, Québec; London, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario); PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc./Don Wuori Design (Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia); Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (Vancouver); space2place design inc. (Vancouver); Lees & Associates (Vancouver); EIDOS Consultants Incorporated, Robert Gibbs, FSCLA (Edmonton, Alberta) – two project awards; Carlyle + Associates (Edmonton) – three project awards; Katherine Dunster – Unfolding Landscapes (Bowen Island, British Columbia); Beaupré & Associés Experts Conseils inc. (Laval, Québec); Schollen & Company International Inc. (Toronto); Janet Rosenberg & Associates (Toronto); Crosby Hanna & Associates (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan); PMA Landscape Architects Ltd. and Vafiades Landscape Architect Inc. (Toronto and London); Plant Architect Inc. (Toronto); du Toit Allsopp Hillier (Toronto); Vafiades Landscape Architect Inc. (London); Alexander Budrevics & Associates Ltd. (Don Mills, Ontario); BDA Landscape Architects (Sussex, New Brunswick), Garry Hilderman (Winnipeg, Manitoba); Landplan Associates Ltd./Marc Boutin Architect (Calgary, Alberta); Pluram/Daniel Arbour & Associés (DAA) Inc. (Montréal); and Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram (Winnipeg).

This year the CSLA honours seven Canadians with its Recognition Awards to recognize their commitment to the profession of landscape architecture:  Donald W. Graham (Iroquois, Ontario); James Taylor (Guelph, Ontario); Peter Jacobs (Montréal); Liane McKenna (Vancouver); Cathy Sears (Calgary); Judy Lord (Chelsea, Québec) and Wendy Graham (Montréal).

 

The attached backgrounder describes the work of the Awards of Excellence/Recognition Award winners in more detail.

 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Tim Stutt, (613) 726-2957, (613) 220-4714 (cell) or alphaottawa@rogers.com

 

BACKGROUNDER:  THE 2008 CSLA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND RECOGNITION AWARDS

 

A.            Landscape Architecture and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)

 

Landscape architecture is the profession concerned with analysis, design, planning, management and rehabilitation of the land.  Landscape architects integrate and apply knowledge of ecology, socio-cultural factors, economics and aesthetics to create environments that are functional, innovative, appropriate and attractive. 

 

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is the national professional association that represents landscape architects in Canada.  The CSLA is dedicated to advancing the art, the science and the business of landscape architecture.  The Society has a Board of Directors composed of a President, President-Elect, Past-President, an Executive Director and one representative of each of the ten CSLA component associations.

 

B.            The 2008 CSLA Awards of Excellence

 

The 2008 CSLA Awards of Excellence recognize and encourage excellence in all aspects of the landscape architecture profession.  The Awards have three National and three Regional components.

 

The three National Honour Award winners are:  

 

  • Zeidler Partnership Architects/Tarek El-Khatib (Toronto, Ontario) for the Canadian Diplomatic Complex in Seoul, South Korea;
  • Serge Poitras, Jim Vafiades, Jim Melvin and Claude Potvin (Montréal, Québec; London, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario) for Cuba 2007 – Landscape Synergy: An Exchange of Culture, Ideas & Opportunities; and
  • PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc./Don Wuori Design (Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia) for the East Fraserlands – Phase I Public Realm Plan in Vancouver.

 

The four National Merit Award winners are:

 

  • Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (Vancouver) for the Bellevue City Hall in Bellevue, Washington, United States;
  • space2place design inc. (Vancouver) for the University of British Columbia Sustainability Street  in Vancouver;
  • Lees & Associates (Vancouver) for the Air India Memorial in Vancouver; and
  • EIDOS Consultants Incorporated, Robert Gibbs, FSCLA (Edmonton, Alberta) for the Capital Region River Valley Park in Edmonton.

 

The four National Citation Award winners are:

 

  • Carlyle + Associates (Edmonton) for the Shumka Stage (Millennium Plaza), Louise McKinney Riverfront Park in Edmonton;
  • Katherine Dunster – Unfolding Landscapes (Bowen Island, British Columbia) for The Garry Oak Gardener’s Handbook published on the web site of the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team in Victoria, British Columbia;
  • Beaupré & Associés Experts Conseils inc. (Laval, Québec) for the Écran acoustique végétal in Laval; and
  • Schollen & Company International Inc. (Toronto) for the Town of Markham Small Streams Study in Markham, Ontario.

 

 

The one Regional Honour Award winner is:

 

  • Janet Rosenberg & Associates (Toronto) for the HtO in Toronto.

 

The seven Regional Merit Award winners are:

 

  • Crosby Hanna & Associates (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) for the River Landing Riverfront Master Plan in Saskatoon;
  • PMA Landscape Architects Ltd. and Vafiades Landscape Architect Inc. (Toronto and London) for the Forks of the Thames Revitalization in London;
  • Plant Architect Inc. (Toronto) for Lisa’s Garden in Toronto;
  • du Toit Allsopp Hillier (Toronto) for the Corktown Footbridge in Ottawa;
  • Vafiades Landscape Architect Inc. (London) for the Central Library Rotary Reading Garden in London;
  • Alexander Budrevics & Associates Ltd. (Don Mills, Ontario) for the East Kiwanis Place in Hamilton, Ontario; and
  • Carlyle + Associates (Edmonton) for An Alberta City Garden in Edmonton.

 

The seven Regional Citation Award winners are:

 

  • BDA Landscape Architects (Sussex, New Brunswick) for Place 1604 in Dieppe, New Brunswick;
  • Carlyle + Associates (Edmonton) for the PCL Centennial Learning Centre, Garden Court in Edmonton;
  • Garry Hilderman (Winnipeg, Manitoba) for History Place and Politics: Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park and Interpretive Centre in Winnipeg;
  • Landplan Associates Ltd./Marc Boutin Architect (Calgary, Alberta) for the Eau Claire Plaza Redevelopment in Calgary;
  • EIDOS Consultants Incorporated, Robert Gibbs, FSCLA (Edmonton) for the Ecological Restoration, Roper Regional Wetland in Edmonton;
  • Pluram/Daniel Arbour & Associés (DAA) Inc. (Montréal) for La Fontaine de Tourny in Québec City, Québec; and
  • Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram (Winnipeg) for The Winnipeg Folk Festival Site Master Plan in Winnipeg.

 

 

C.            The 2008 CSLA Recognition Awards

 

The 2008 CSLA Recognition Awards honours the work and commitment of seven Canadians to the profession of landscape architecture.

 

The CSLA-AAPC Lifetime Achievement Award may be awarded annually to a landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of the public and on the environment.  This year’s winner is Donald W. Graham of D.W. Graham and Associates Ltd. in Iroquois, Ontario who has made exceptional contributions to landscape architecture in Canada.

 

 

 

 

The Schwabenbauer Award may be granted annually to one or more worthy CSLA members in recognition of their unselfish and devoted service to the CSLA at the national level over a period of not less than five years.  This year’s winner is Professor James Taylor of the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Design and Rural Development in Guelph, Ontario.  Among his many contributions to the CSLA Professor Taylor serves as the CSLA delegate to the International Federation of Landscape Architects.

 

The CSLA Teaching Award recognizes an individual who has made a substantial and significant contribution to landscape architecture education.  Nominees must be full time or emeritus landscape architecture faculty members who have made sustained, significant contributions to a landscape architecture program.  The 2008 CSLA Teaching Award winner is Professor Peter Jacobs who teaches at the School of Landscape Architecture of the University of Montréal.

 

The CSLA awarded its Presidents Award this year to four individuals for the excellence of their work and their service to the landscape architecture profession:

 

·         Liane McKenna, a landscape architect who works as the Director of Operations for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation;

·         Cathy Sears, a landscape architect and a Vice-President of Stantec Consulting in Calgary who currently serves as the 2008-09 CSLA President;

·         Judy Lord, a resident of Chelsea, Québec, who is Editor-in-Chief of the CSLA publication Landscapes/Paysages; and

·         Wendy Graham, a landscape architect who works for the City of Montréal’s Parks and Recreation Division.

 
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