2024 Award Winners
The NY Upstate ASLA Chapter held its Annual Awards Celebration on April 26, 2024, at the new Palladian Hall venue at the Treasury in Syracuse, NY.
Design Awards
Planning & Analysis
Merit Award | Fulmer Green Plain & Main Street Park, Whitham Planning Design Landscape Architecture
Merit Award | South Campus Area Streetscape Plan, Molly Vendura Landscape Architect, PLLC
Historic Preservation
Merit Award | Martin House Landscape Rehabilitation, Bayer Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Research & Communication
Merit Award | Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force, Colliers Engineering & Design
Residential Design
Honor Award | Lakeshore Retreat, Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture
Unbuilt Design
Honor Award | Albany Pine Bush Preserve Discovery Center Grounds Concept, Colliers Engineering & Design
Built Design
Merit Award | Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, The LA Group
Merit Award | Waterman Conservation Center Green Infrastructure Project, Delta Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors, & Landscape Architects
Merit Award | University at Buffalo Paula Agrusa Plaza, Fisher Associates
Honor Award | Pathways Park at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fisher Associates
Individual Awards
JoAnn Beck
Lifetime Achievement
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual practitioner for their contributions to the profession over their career. This is an Executive Committee nominated award.
Valerie Aymer
Distinguished Practitioner, Academic Practice
This award recognizes an outstanding individual practitioner for their achievements in three areas - design, leadership, and ASLA Chapter involvement.
Elisa Gutierrez
SUNY ESF Distinguished Student
Emma Uzgiris
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
Bayer Landscape Architecture, PLLC
