2017 WASLA Professional Award Winners

The 2017 WASLA Professional Awards were held on November 2nd at the Paccar Pavilion Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, WA. The Arizona-based jury consisted of a diverse, allied profession panel that included: Aaron Allan, Brett Anderson, Mary Estes, Jay Hicks, and Laura Paty. The jury bestowed eight awards to Washington Landscape Architects for their outstanding work out of the 15 submissions received. Projects had to be completed by a landscape architect registered in Washington State but the work could be completed anywhere. The Professional Awards have been ongoing for the past 30 years, and 2017 was the first consecutive year of the annual competition and ceremony.

The awarded projects are listed below. 

Category I - General Design

Prairie Line Trail
Award of Excellence
PLACE
Tacoma, WA

Mercer Corridor Improvements Project East Phase
Honor Award
HBB Landscape Architecture
Seattle, WA

Pike Place MarketFront Expansion
Merit Award
Berger Partnership
Seattle, WA

National Museum of African American History and Culture
Merit Award
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Seattle, WA

 

 

 

 Category II - Open Space Design

Huntington Park
Merit Award
Land Expressions, LLC
Spokane, WA

 

Category III - Small Projects Under $750,000 Landscape Construction Budget

Pyrotek Headquarters
Honor Award
Land Expressions, LLC
Spokane, WA

 

Category V - Analysis and Planning

Sound Transit Lynnwood Link Light Rail Extension
Honor Award
Swift Company
Seattle, WA

RainBellow Biomimicry Solution 
Merit Award
Weber Thompson
Seattle, WA