ABOUT

HONORS

LECTURES & JURIES

• Speaker, University of Houston, “Ideas Matter” Lecture Series, Spring 2009

• Lecture, Asia Society, December 2008

• Speaker, ASLA 2008 Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Speaker, Urban Land Spring Forum 2007

• Lectures, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Lectures, Rice University, Houston, Texas Lectures, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

• Lectures, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

• Lectures, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

• Speaker, “Gardens with Meaning”, American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, Houston, Texas. October 1999

• Speaker, “Restorative Gardens”, The Eleventh Symposium on Healthcare Designs, Marriott Hotel San Francisco

• Jury Participant, 1997 New Mexico Chapter ASLA Design Awards

• Speaker, “The Anatomy of a Healing Garden”, The Tenth Symposium on Healthcare Design, Hyatt Regency Hotel San Diego 1997

• Guest Critic, Louisiana State University , Department of Landscape Architecture, “Design Week”, January 1996, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• National Section Leader, “Therapeutic Landscapes,” The Eighth Symposium on Healthcare Design, November 1995, San Diego, California; National Advisory Council Member

• Guest Critic, University of Houston School of Architecture, March 1995, Saintes, France

• Speaker, “Designing for Community, A New Perspective,” Alaska Design Forum Fall Lecture Series, October 1995, Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, Alaska

• Guest Critic, University of Texas School of Architecture, Fall 1995, Austin, Texas

• Jury Participant, 1995 Florida Chapter ASLA Design Awards

• Jury Participant, 1995 National ASLA Excellence in Communications and Marketing Competition, sponsored by Landscape Architecture Magazine

AWARDS

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Constructed-Public, for The Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University 2009

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Constructed-Residential, for The Del Mar Beach House in Del Mar, California 2009

• Decorative Center Houston, “Stars of Design” Award in the field of Landscape Design, 2009

• Mayor Daleys Landscape Awards 2008, 1st Place for The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2008

• The American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design for The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2008

• FIABCI Prixd Excellence Award, for The Lakeshore East Master Plan 2008

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, International, for Bejing Television Station, Beijing, China 2007

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design for The Woodlands Oasis, The Woodlands, Texas 2007

• Best New Park – Chicago Magazine, August 2006, The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

• Best New Open Space – Friends of Downtown Chicago, The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

• Builders Choice Design & Planning Award – Builder Magazine, The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

• Tucker Design Award – The Building Stone Institute, The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Waterway 1 & 2, The Woodlands, Texas 2006

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for The Park at Lakeshore East, Chicago, Illinois 2006

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for NASA Astronaut Quarantine Facilty, Clear Lake, Texas 2006

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for 9/11 Memorial, Houston, Texas 2006

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for The Crossings, Austin, Texas 2005

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Power Block, Houston, Texas 2005

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Halliburton Plaza at Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas 2005

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Planning & Analysis, for Lakeshore East Master Plan, Chicago, Illinois 2004

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Malkhassian Residence, Houston, Texas 2004

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Memorial Garden at First Presbyterian Church of Houston, Houston, Texas 2004

• AIA Excellence in Regional and Urban Design, for Lakeshore East Master Plan / Harbor Park, Chicago, Illinois 2002

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Splitrock Services, Houston, Texas 2002

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Unbuilt, for Warren Medical Office Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2002

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Introgen Therapeutics, Houston, Texas 2001

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Westwood Technology Center, Houston, Texas 2001

• Excellence in Marketing & Communications, National Competition, Landscape Architecture Magazine, 2001

• ASLA Honor Award, Design, for Reid Residence, Houston, Texas 2000

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Memorial Hermann HBU Wellness Center, Houston, Texas 2000

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for The Enclave, Office Complex, Houston, Texas 2000

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Reid Residence, Houston, Texas 2000

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Exxon Production & Research Facility, Houston, Texas 2000

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Methodist Community Health Center, Sugar Land, Texas 1999

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for American General Call Center, Houston, Texas 1999

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Unbuilt, for Central Michigan University, Sculpture Court, 1999

• Terrain de Golf Classique, Land Forum – Designed Landscape Forum II: Unbuilt Landscapes, 1999, Vol. 06

• Airport Community Farms, Land Forum – Designed Landscape Forum II: Unbuilt Landscapes, 1999, Vol. 06

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design, for Exxon Greens Road Campus, Houston, Texas 1998

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Haskell Street Townhomes, Houston, Texas 1998

• Houston Chapter AIA, Design Award for Haskell Street Townhomes, Owner & Developer 1998

• Texas Society of Architects, Honor Award for Haskell Street Townhomes, Owner & Developer 1997

• The Park People Award for Tree Preservation, Exxon Brookhollow Heart of the Campus, 1997

• ASLA Texas Chapter Award of Excellence, Design, St. Elizabeth Wellness Center, Beaumont, Texas 1997

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design, for Exxon Brookhollow Heart of the Campus, Houston, Texas 1997

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Planning, for Exxon Brookhollow Campus Master Plan, Houston, Texas 1997

• ASLA Texas Chapter Award of Excellence, Design, for St. Michael Rehabilitation Hospital, Texarkana, Texas 1995

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design-Unbuilt, for Airport Community Farms, 1995

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award for St. Elizabeth Hospital Master Plan, 1995

• Honorable Mention in Concepts for Airport Community Farms in the 41st I.D. Annual Design Review, 1995

• “Visionary Landscapes: National Competition”, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Airport Community Farm, 1994

• “Starting Fresh: The Top New Firms of the 90s”, National Competition, Landscape Architecture Magazine, March 1994

• Excellence in Marketing & Communications, National Competition, Landscape Architecture Magazine, 1994

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design; IBM, Austin, Texas 1993

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design; Chrysler Technology Center, 1993

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Research; “Case Study – A Room in the Garden: Nature as a Stimulus to Recovery”, 1993

• Excellence in Marketing & Communications, National Competition, Landscape Architecture Magazine, 1993

• 2nd Place, “Heart of the Park”, National Competition, Hermann Park, 1992

• “Visionary Landscapes: National Competition”, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Classical Golf Course, 1992

• ASLA Texas Chapter Honor Award, Design Unbuilt; Classical Golf Course, 1992

• ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award, Design; Sisters of Charity Headquarters, 1992