Honors & Awards
2017 Charles Birnbaum, FASLA
Charles Birnbaum, FASLA
2017
ASLA Medal: Charles Birnbaum, FASLACharles Birnbaum, FASLA, will receive the ASLA Medal, the Society’s highest award for a landscape architect. Over the years, Birnbaum has methodically dedicated himself to the task of preserving designed landscapes and the narratives and individuals responsible for their creation. As the CEO and founder of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), he has done more to create public awareness and importance of the designed landscape than any of the professional societies, individually or collectively. Ultimately, what Birnbaum and TCLF have been able to accomplish is transformative in recognizing the potential of landscape to thrill, heal and inspire
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