ASLA-NY Design Awards

ASLA-NY Design Awards

Status: Active annual competition

Geographic Scope: New York Metropolitan region (five boroughs of NYC, Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland counties)

Focus Areas: Excellence in landscape architecture practice with focus on resilient design strategies, innovative use of materials, community engagement

Overview

The ASLA-NY Chapter Design Awards bolster local visibility, acknowledge and promote the work of chapter membership, and publicly recognize excellence in the practice of landscape architecture. The program emphasizes design excellence with focus on resilient design strategies and innovative solutions to challenging sites.

Award Categories

Competition typically includes categories recognizing:
• Design excellence across residential, commercial, institutional, and public projects
• Community-engaged design
• Resilient design strategies
• Innovation in landscape architectural leadership

Award Levels

• Honor Awards - Highest level of achievement
• Merit Awards - Distinguished achievement

Recognition

• Public presentation at Design Awards Ceremony and Reception
• Exhibition of winning projects
• Recognition in World Landscape Architecture Month (April)
• Local visibility and professional recognition
• Featured in ASLA-NY media and publications

Eligibility

• Open to landscape architects and firms in ASLA-NY region
• Both built and conceptual projects eligible
• Projects demonstrating:
- Design excellence - Resilient design strategies - Community engagement - Environmental and social issue addressing

Contact

American Society of Landscape Architects, New York 450 Lexington Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10017 aslany.org