LIRIO AWARDS
2024
Betsey Williams Sycamore: Legacy Tree Conservation Using Indigenous Japanese Techniques, Jurors’ Award to a Project of Special Significance, Providence (RI) Preservation Society “… a unique and deeply moving heritage project that combined elements of research, craft, preservation, community engagement, global exchange, and even social practice art that is as significant for its process as for its outcome … a strong statement to the preservation community that trees are as important as buildings, and that living landmarks must be given the same attention and care as our inert landmarks. When the jury met, there was no precedent for singling out a project in this way, but the jury unanimously felt that this project merited this elevation.” Marisa Angell Brown, Executive Director
2023
Sakura Orihon, Exhibition, United State National Arboretum, Honor Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects “A gorgeous collection of extended horizontal drawings that document the movement, experiential sequences, conversations, cultural significance, and seasonality of Sakura (cherry blossom). The richness of the subject matter is surpassed only by the elegance, artistry, and craft of the orihon sketchbooks themselves and the drawings within.” Jury Statement
Hoozue: Indigenous Japanese Techniques for Legacy Tree Conservation, Merit Award for Research, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
2022
Blue Sail Headquarters, Shanghai, Merit Award for Unbuilt Projects, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Buffalo/Western New York Chapter. Awarded to CannonDesign with LIRIO as landscape architecture consultant
2021
Sakura Orihon, Exhibition, United State National Arboretum, Honor Award for Communications, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
2018
Le théâtre du château d'Hardelot, Condette, France, World Architecture News, Wood Building of the Year, with Studio Andrew Todd “The approach is deliberately indirect, obliging you to stroll round the edge of the building through a grove of chestnuts and limes, pause before a fine view of the landscape and another of the castle, and turn to enter the theatre. That the building is of timber – which is not easy to achieve in a complex structure built to modern regulations about such things as spread of fire – gives it a provisional air, as if it might disappear in an act of Prospero’s magic.“ Rowan Moore, The Guardian
2017
The Driverless City Project, Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
2016
Le théâtre du château d'Hardelot, Condette, France, Nominee for European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, with Studio Andrew Todd
2015
The Gardens of Suzhou, Special Recognition Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
City Walk, Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Kiruna City Hall Square, Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harleston Parker Award, Boston Society of Architects, with Renzo Piano Building Workshop “…this challenging urban site successfully integrates a diverse and complex program into a dynamic series of spaces that are grounded and united in their beautiful expression of craft, materiality, and proportion.” (photo above left, Nic Lehoux)
2014
Field's Point Wastewater Treatment Facility (Landfill Garden), Honor Award for Infrastructure Project less than $100 million, Construction Management Association of America/New England
2013
Memorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage, Nantes, Nominated and Shortlisted, European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Prize, with Wodiczko+Bonder
Landfill Garden, Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Hainan Cancer Research Hospital (Hainan, China), Citation of Merit, Healthcare Design, with CannonDesign
2012
Memorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage, Nantes, Special Mention, European Prize for Urban Public Space, with Wodiczko+Bonder “With this intervention, Nantes has been endowed with a public space imbued with ethical sense which sheds light on one of the most reprehensible periods of its past. The transformative ambition of a work that offers the city a new riverside walk transcends physical dimensions in order to attend to the political dimension. The significant coincidence of architectural form and content goes beyond a mere act of constriction to adopt a civic commitment to the defence of human rights.” David Bravo Bordas, Jury Statement
Memorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage, Nantes, Honor Award for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects, with Wodiczko+Bonder
Memorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage, Nantes, Small Firm Hobson Honor Award, Boston Society of Architects, 2012
Memorial de l’abolition de l’esclavage, Nantes, First Prize, Premio Bianual de Arqitectura, Sociadad Central de Arquitectos y Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Buenos Aires, with Wodiczko+Bonder
2011
Pawtucket Downtown Design Plan, Honor Award for Planning, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island, with Thurlow/Small
Anthracite Garden, Merit Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Elmwood Avenue Enhancement Study, Special Recognition Award, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Pawtucket Downtown Design Plan, Award for Comprehensive Planning, American Planning Association/Rhode Island, with Thurlow Small
Pawtucket Downtown Design Plan, Merit Award for Planning, American Institute of Architects/Rhode Island, with Thurlow Small
Pawtucket Downtown Design Plan, Smart Growth Award, GrowSmart Rhode Island, with Thurlow/Small
Pettasquamscutt Residence, American Institute of Architects/Rhode Island, with 3SIX0
Narragansett Bay Commission, Unbuilt Project Award, American Institute of Architects/Rhode Island, with KITE
2009
Yinzhou Park, Honor Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island, with TeamMinus and Thurlow/Small
Wickenden Street Urban Design, Special Recognition Award for Planning, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
The Plant - Event Courtyards, Merit Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Routine Maintenance: Caring for Plants in China, Merit Award for Communication, American Society of Landscape Architects, Rhode Island
Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Honor Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects, (design consultant to the Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute / THUPDI)
2008
Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Premio Torsanlorenzo International Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture, with THUPDI “This project was planned for the Olympics, but planted for the future. The landscape architect had an incredible opportunity to create something astounding on a monumental scale and they took it. This will transform Beijing as Central Park did New York City." 2009 ASLA Professional Awards Jury
Sokoloff Rakatansky Garden, Honor Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
The Plant, Honor Award for Adaptive Reuse and Neighborhood Revitalization, Providence Preservation Society
2006
East Greenwich Commuter Rail Study, Honor Award, American Planning Association/Rhode Island, with Barbara Sokoloff Associates
2005
Arboreal Infrastructure, Honor Award for Planning and Analysis, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island
Fuzhou University Landscape Master Plan, Honor Award for Planning, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island, with THUPDI
Xi Haizi Model Ecological Park, Merit Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects/Rhode Island, with THUPDI and Betsy Damon
with prior affilitations
Hawk Rise, Merit Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 2004, (Landscape Architect, Stephen Stimson Associates)
Cove House, Honor Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 2005, (Landscape Architect, Stephen Stimson Associates)
Riverside Park, Honor Award for Design, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 2003 (technical consultant to StoSS LU)
Agriculture in the Modern Garden: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Special Honor Award for Temporary Exhibition, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 1999 (Landscape Architect, Stephen Stimson Associates, initiated by Ron Henderson)
Agriculture in the Modern Garden: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Gold Medal, Massachusetts Horticulture Society, 1999, Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 1999 (Landscape Architect, Stephen Stimson Associates, initiated by Ron Henderson)
Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Honor Award, American Institute of Architects/Texas, 1997 (Landscape Architect, Olin)
The Battery, Admiral Dewey Esplanade, Honor Award, New York Historical Commission, 1997 (Landscape Architect, Olin )
Indiana State Capital Parking Facility, Monumental Award (highest award), American Institute of Architects/Indiana, 1988 (Project Designer, Kennedy Brown McQuiston)
Second Presbyterian Church, Honor Award, American Institute of Architects/Indiana, 1988 (Project Manager, Kennedy Brown McQuiston)