ASLA announces 2013 Honors

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) today announced the 2013 Honors recipients. Selected by ASLA’s Board of Trustees, the Honors represent the highest awards ASLA presents each year.

2013 Honors List
ASLA Medal: Warren T. Byrd Jr., FASLA, will receive the ASLA Medal, the Society’s highest award for a landscape architect. Byrd taught full-time for 26 years at the University of Virginia, serving seven years as chair of the landscape architecture department.
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Reed Hilderbrand to redesign Speed Musuem landscape

89.3 WFPL reports

The landscape architects Reed Hilderbrand from Boston will redesign the Museum’s setting along South Third Street on the northwest corner of the University’s Belknap campus. At present the Speed hopes to be in a position to unveil the new master plan in Spring 2010. The Board of Governors has approved a $40 million capital campaign for the design, construction, furnishings, and endowment support.

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