2025 Award Winners
The NY Upstate ASLA Chapter held its Annual Awards Celebration on April 25, 2025, at the Hotel Utica in Utica, NY.
Design Awards
Planning & Analysis
Merit Award | Inner Loop North Transformation Planning Study, Colliers Engineering & Design
Honor Award | Smokes Creek Passive Recreational Park, Wendel
Historic Preservation
Merit Award | Stever’s Candies Outdoor Renovation, LaBella Associates, DPC
Research & Communication
Merit Award | Newport Waterfront Recreation Path Wayfinding, Fisher Associates, P.E., L.S., L.A., D.P.C
General small-scale built Design
Merit Award | Lakeside Modern, Bayer Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Merit Award | Cape Dune Garden, Angell Landscape Architecture
Merit Award | Lafayette Square Park Renovations, Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
Merit Award | 5/14 Honor Space at Tops Market, Joy Kuebler Landscape Architect, PC
Honor Award | Harpursville Courtyard, Keplinger Freeman Associates
general large-scale built design
Merit Award | The Lake House, SWBR
Merit Award | Wetland Park: Flood Resilience and Ecological Wisdom, Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning; Shanghai WEME Landscape Engineering CO. LTD.
Merit Award | Olean CSD Athletic and Playground Complex, Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
Merit Award | Centennial Sculpture Park - Phase 2, Bayer Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Merit Award | Cornell NCRE, Fisher Associates, P.E., L.S., L.A., D.P.C.
Merit Award | Cataract Commons, Fisher Associates, P.E., L.S., L.A., D.P.C.
Merit Award | Union Square Park, LaBella Associates, DPC
Honor Award | Greylock Datum House, Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
Unbuilt Design
Merit Award | Ithaca Farmer’s Market Enhancements, Whitman Planning and Design Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Honor Award | Hamlin Beach Shoreline Restoration, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects & Planners
green ribbon awards
Beaver River CSD Constructed Wetland, Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture
Greylock Datum House by Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
Hamlin Beach Shoreline Restoration by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects & Planners
Lakeside Modern by Bayer Landscape Architecture, PLLC.
Smokes Creek Passive Recreational Park by Wendel
The Lake House by SWBR
Wetland Park: Flood Resilience and Ecological Wisdom by Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning; Shanghai WEME Landscape Engineering CO. LTD.
Individual Awards
Doug McCord
Distinguished Practitioner
This award recognizes an outstanding individual practitioner for their achievements in three areas - design, leadership, and ASLA Chapter involvement.
Kathryn Chesebrough
Emerging Practitioner
This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their professional career.
Amelia Ercolino
SUNY ESF Distinguished Student
Sam Rimm-Kaufman
Cornell University Distinguished Student
This award recognizes students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and service within the Department of Landscape Architecture or in other activities in the community related to the profession.
Golden Gnome Award
Martin House Landscape Rehabilitation
Joy Kuebler Landscape Architecture
