Design Workshop Wins Multiple Colorado Design Awards
Firm receives 14 awards in the areas of design, planning, communications and land stewardship, including prestigious President's Award of Excellence
13 October 2010
Denver, CO – Design Workshop, an international landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and strategic services firm with six offices in the U.S. and work spanning the globe, recently won 14 American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Colorado Chapter Awards, which are the highest local honors presented by the ASLA.
Honored with more awards than any other firm this year, Design Workshop also will receive the prestigious President's Award of Excellence—an award that recognizes outstanding contribution in the advancement of the landscape architectural profession and exemplifies the ethics upon which the profession was founded. Design Workshop was also honored with the President's Award of Excellence in 2009 for its Callaway Gardens Strategic Land Management Plan (located in Pine Mountain, Georgia).
Design Workshop will be recognized for its work at the ASLA Colorado Awards event being held on October 14, 2010, at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
Design Workshop received 10 Professional Awards in the following categories:
- President's Award of Excellence in Planning: Isla Palenque Eco-resort in the Golfo de Chiriquí, Republic of Panama
- Honor Award in Planning:
- Homestead Preserve in Hot Springs, Va.
- Wildcat Ranch in Pitkin County, Colo.
- Park Avenue Redevelopment in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
- Merit Award in Planning: Aspen Area Community Plan in Aspen, Colo.
- Merit Award for General Design:
- The Inn at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.
- The Redevelopment of the Gant in Aspen, Colo.
- Honor Award in Communications: Trees of Aspen at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colo.
- Honor Award in Residential Design: Capitol Valley Ranch in Old Snowmass, Colo.
- Merit Award in Residential Design: Teton Overlook in Jackson, Wyo.
In addition, Design Workshop also received four Land Stewardship Designation Awards (recognizing projects that exemplify the stewardship of our landscape and its sustainability) for the following projects:
- Isla Palenque in the Golfo de Chiriquí, Republic of Panama
- Homestead Preserve in Hot Springs, Va.
- Wildcat Ranch in Pitkin County, Colo.
- Capitol Valley Ranch in Old Snowmass, Colo.
“What an incredible honor to win these awards. We are overjoyed to see the brilliant work of our team receiving national recognition, and it is certainly a proud day for all who work at Design Workshop,” said Becky Zimmermann, president of Design Workshop. “The Colorado ASLA Awards Program is always very competitive. There are so many deserving candidates each year, and to receive such honors by our peers is just tremendous for our firm.”
About Design Workshop
Founded in 1969, Design Workshop is an international landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and strategic services firm with six offices in the U.S. and work spanning the globe. The firm has been recognized with over 150 prestigious awards for its work in new communities, urban centers, resorts, public parks, golf courses and residences. The firm's philosophy challenges the project team to equally integrate and balance artistic vision, environmental sensitivity, community values and sound economics to create unique places that stand the test of time. It refers to this approach as DW Legacy Design®.
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