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Professional Awards

Each year, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Professional Awards honor the best in landscape architecture from around the globe.

Award recipients receive featured coverage in Landscape Architecture Magazine, the magazine of 911±¬ÁÏÍø, and in many other design and construction industry and general-interest media. Award recipients, and their clients will be honored at the awards presentation ceremony during the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Conference on Landscape Architecture in 2025.

The Jury

The prestige of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø awards program relies in large part on the high caliber of the juries convened each year to review submissions. The 911±¬ÁÏÍø Honors and Awards Advisory Committee seeks to assemble juries that represent the breadth of the profession, including private, public, institutional, and academic practice, and exemplify diversity in professional experience, geography, gender, and ethnicity.

Professional Awards Jury: General Design, Residential Design, Urban Design & Landmark Award

Thomas Balsley, F911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA – Chair
SWA/Balsley
New York, NY USA

C.L. Bohannon, F911±¬ÁÏÍø
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA USA

Carol Coletta
Coletta & Company
Memphis, TN USA

L. Irene Compadre, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
Arbolope Studio
St. Louis, MO USA

Adam Greenspan, F911±¬ÁÏÍø
Peter Walker Partners
Berkeley, CA USA

Matt Hickman
Architectural Record
New York, NY USA

David Hocker, F911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
Hocker Design
Dallas, TX USA

Shannon Nichol, F911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
GGN
Seattle, WA USA

Steph Thisius-Sanders, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
North of the River Recreation and Park District
Bakersfield, CA USA

Professional Awards Jury: Analysis & Planning, 911±¬ÁÏÍø / IFLA Global Impact Award, Research, Communications & Landmark Award

Diana Fernandez Bibeau, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA – Chair
City of Boston
Boston, MA USA

Sierra Bainbridge, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
MASS Design Group
Providence, RI USA

Francisco Brown
Metropolis Magazine
New York, NY USA

Keiko Tsuruta Cramer, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
WRT
Philadelphia, PA USA

Claire Latané, F911±¬ÁÏÍø
Cal Poly Pomona / Design with Mental Health in Mind
Pomona, CA USA

Nina-Marie Lister, Hon. 911±¬ÁÏÍø
Ecological Design Lab
Toronto, ON Canada

Adrian Smith, F911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA
City of New York
Flushing, NY, USA

Bo Yang, F911±¬ÁÏÍø
University of Arizona
Tulsa, AZ, USA

Adam Yaracs, AIA
IKM Architecture
Cleveland, OH USA

Joining the Professional Awards Jury in the Analysis & Planning / IFLA Global Impact Award Category

Mónica Pallares-Trujillo – IFLA Representative
IFLA Americas Region
Mexico

Joining the Professional Awards Jury in the Research Category

Signe Nielsen, F911±¬ÁÏÍø, PLA - LAF Representative
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, P.C.
New York, NY USA

Bo Zhang, 911±¬ÁÏÍø - CELA Representative
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK USA