Innovative solutions celebrated by the American Society of Landscape Architects

The World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) theme chosen for April this year by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is ‘Beyond Boundaries’ to convey “how landscape architects are breaking down barriers—whether physical, political, or cultural—to create innovative solutions for today”.

ASLA has started the month with a set of prompts (grouped below) and the World Landscape Architecture website has published 11 tips for celebrating WLAM.

On the eve of WLAM, the ASLA New York Chapter (ASLA-NY) has presented its 2025 Design Award Winners, juried by an interdisciplinary team of professionals from the ASLA Florida Chapter. Out of a record-high 94 submissions, the jury selected one Award of Excellence, eight Honor awards, and 20 Merit award winners - all available to view here.

The accompanying media release further profiled a selection of the winners, not all of them located in New York. The full list is:

Excellence

  • Presidio Tunnel Tops - Field Operations

Honor

  • Bergen Arches Greenway & Transit Feasibility Study - Supermass Studio

  • East Midtown Greenway - Stantec

  • Greylock Datum House - Wagner Hodgson, Inc.

  • Interplay Park - Terrain Work

  • St. John’s Terminal - Future Green Landscape Architecture DPC

  • The Pier 42 Upland Park and Pier - MNLA

  • West End Waterfront Master Plan - Snøhetta/ PFS Studio

  • Stephen Wise Towers - Dirtworks Landscape Architecture

Merit

  • A Woodland Respite on the Upper East Side - Harrison Green

  • Beech House - Hollander Design Landscape Architects

  • Chelsea Waterside Park, Phase 2 - Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP

  • East Newark Riverfront Park - AECOM

  • Gravity Field - Terrain Work

  • Lantern Terrace - Hollander Design Landscape Architects

  • Ledge House - Steven Yavanian Landscape Architecture

  • Malt Drive Park - SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

  • Manhattan West - Field Operations

  • NYCHA Playground Redevelopment Post-Hurricane Sandy: A Story of Resilient Community-Driven Design - Grain Collective Landscape Architecture & Urban Design PLLC

  • Ooms Nature Conservancy: Bridging Accessibility and Ecological Integrity - Dirtworks Landscape Architecture

  • Port of Los Angeles Wilmington Waterfront Promenade - Sasaki

  • Pratt East Hall Plaza - SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

  • Rebuild by Design Hudson - AECOM

  • Seaside Villa - Enea Landscape Architecture

  • Sendero Verde - AECOM

  • The Shepherd Arts Park: Community, Art, Play - OSD—Office of Strategy + Design

  • THE VILLAGE GREEN: a catalyst for the community - Louis Fusco Landscape Architects

  • Tribeca Green - Hollander Design Landscape Architects

  • Wayward Point - STIMSON

The 2024 ASLA-NY Design Award winners can be seen here.

WLAM, ASLA, AwardsStephen Olsen