New York Upstate Chapter Design Awards Program

The New York Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects established the Professional Awards Program to encourage the participation and recognition of Landscape Architects and to better familiarize the public with their activities and projects. The program recognizes a full spectrum of innovative projects and efforts executed by individuals, firms, agencies, and academic institutions. Entries are judged by a multidisciplinary jury from outside the NY Upstate Chapter of ASLA.

The Honor Award of Excellence and Merit Award of Achievement are granted in the professional categories of Built Design; Unbuilt Design; Residential Design; Planning & Analysis; Research & Communication, and Historic Preservation.

Distinguished Practitioner & Student Awards Program

This chapter program annually recognizes outstanding individual practitioners for their achievements in the Academic, Public, Private sectors as well as Students from participating colleges and universities. Biennially, we either recognize an individual that has had a profound impact on the practice of Landscape Architecture within the Upstate New York Chapter or an emerging practitioner of less than 10 years within the industry whose impact is up and coming.