(OTTAWA) – The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is pleased to announce that 26 projects located in Canada as well as in South Korea, Cuba and the United States have won national and regional recognition in the prestigious 2008 CSLA Awards of Excellence in Landscape Architecture. In addition, the CSLA is delighted to honour seven Canadians with the Society’s 2008 Recognition Awards.
The CSLA Awards of Excellence recognize and encourage excellence in all aspects of the landscape architecture profession as well as promote a strong awareness of landscape architecture among related professions, potential clients and the general public. The 2008 Awards of Excellence winners are:
The three National Honour Award winners are:
· Zeidler Partnership Architects/Tarek El-Khatib (Toronto, Ontario) for the Canadian Diplomatic Complex in Seoul, South Korea;
· Serge Poitras, Jim Vafiades, Jim Melvin and Claude Potvin (Montréal, Québec; London, Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario) for Cuba 2007 – Landscape Synergy: An Exchange of Culture, Ideas & Opportunities; and
· PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc./Don Wuori Design (Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia) for the East Fraserlands – Phase I Public Realm Plan in Vancouver.