ASLA has announced its 2024 Professional Awards. Thirty-nine Professional Award winners showcase innovation and represent the highest level of achievement in the landscape architecture profession.

Jury panels representing a broad cross-section of the profession, from the public and private sectors, and academia, select winners each year and are listed below. The 39 winners were chosen out of 465 entries.  

For the second year, the ASLA / International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Global Impact Award is presented to a project in the Analysis and Planning category. The award is given to a work of landscape architecture that demonstrates excellence in addressing climate impacts through transformative action and scalable solutions, and adherence to ASLA’s and IFLA’s climate action commitments. The 2024 award goes to the Puente Hills Landfill Park Plan in Los Angeles, by the landscape architecture firm Studio-MLA and their client the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation. Puente Hills Landfill Park, re-purposes what was once the nation’s second largest landfill into a park for all. The plan identified extreme heat and drought as the most likely climate impacts over time.  

ASLA/IFLA 2024 Global Impact Award. Puente Hills Landfill Park. Los Angeles, California. Studio-MLA / Studio-MLA 

The Professional Awards jury also selects a Landmark Award each year; this year’s Landmark Award celebrates Xochimilco Ecological Park by Grupo de Diseño Urbano, S.C. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988, the 3000 hectare cultural landscape of the Chinampas region is home to a sustainable agriculture system that is pre-hispanic in origin. The park includes a plant and flower market, a sports complex and wetlands that are home to more than 200 species of birds and hosts 2.5 million visitors annually.  

ASLA 2024 Landmark Award. Xochimilco Ecological Park. Mexico City, Mexico. Grupo de Diseño Urbano, S.C. / Francisco Gómez Sosa 

"These award-winning projects are transformative and inspiring,” said ASLA President SuLin Kotowicz, FASLA, PLA. “The project leaders clearly demonstrated technical excellence, elegant design and a deep connection to human experiences in nature. Congratulations to you all.” 

“These winners showcase landscape architecture as the profession that’s leading the way in helping communities thrive,” said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. “These projects successfully address multiple challenges and have set a high bar for excellence. Equitable design, economic growth, capturing more carbon and increasing the health, safety, and well-being of communities all at the same time is a stunning display of leadership and innovation. 

Award winners will be archived in the Library of Congress and celebrated in person during the Student and Professional Awards Ceremony at the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 7th. Join us in honoring excellence in landscape architecture—conference attendees are invited to be part of this special event. Register today! 

Explore all 2024 Professional Award winners.