Awards

Annual Professional Awards

The ASLA Colorado/Wyoming Design Awards recognizes Colorado and Wyoming Licensed Landscape Architecture professionals in their pursuit to lead, educate and participate in careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environment. Entries will be accepted from any licensed landscape architects who reside in Colorado or Wyoming and projects submitted may be located anywhere in the world. Winners will be announced and exhibited at our annual awards event. All submissions will be judged individually and awards will be given in the categories below.

General Design

Recognizes constructed, site-specific works of landscape architectural design.

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Residential Design

Recognizes constructed, site-specific works of landscape architectural design that have been designed for individual residences that have construction budgets over and under $100k.

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Planning & Analysis

Recognizes the wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, or evaluate landscape architectural design.

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Research & Communication

Recognizes work of accepted rigor relative to historical or technical research, providing evidence of examination of a problem, using recognized methods of research and arriving at supported and original findings of value to the profession.

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Urban Design

Projects built or currently under construction that activate networks of spaces that mediate between social equity, economic viability, infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and beautiful place-making in the public and private realms.

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Landmark Award

The Landmark Award is presented to a single project that was completed 15 - 50 years ago, that retains its original design integrity, and that contributes significantly to the public realm or community where it is located.

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Rotating Category

Recognizes built or unbuilt projects that focus on equity, inclusion, and diversity. This is a specialty award category that changes biannually.

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Award Designations

President’s Award of Excellence

The President’s Award of Excellence is presented to recognize the highest contribution to the advancement of the landscape architectural profession, which exemplifies the ethics upon which the profession was founded. Up to (2) two projects may be honored, if determined by an unanimous vote of the jurors.

Honor Award

Honor Awards are presented to recognize superior professional accomplishment. This award requires a minimum score of 35 points from the jury tabulation score sheet.

Merit Award

Merit Awards are presented to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the profession. This award requires a minimum score of 25 points from the jury tabulation score sheet.

Land Stewardship Award*

A Land Stewardship Award is presented to recognize project(s) that exemplify the stewardship of our landscape and its sustainability. It is given to a project as an addition to an award listed above.

Landmark Award*

The Landmark Award is presented to recognize a single project submitted in Category 5 completed between 15 and 50 years ago that retains its original design integrity and contributes significantly to the public realm of the community in which it is located.

*These awards are given as a distinction in addition to a project winning either President’s, Honor, or a Merit Award.

Awards Call for Entries
Is Your Project a Design and Planning Masterpiece?

Enter your project in the Colorado chapter’s prestigious Professional Design contest. Design and planning entries will be judged for creativity and sustainability in several categories including commercial, residential and urban projects. Annual Call for Entries are typically made available early in the calendar year.