Wendy J. Miller, ASLA
City of Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Wendy Miller, of the City of Winston-Salem Department of Transportation, received her nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the North Carolina Chapter. Through her collaborative spirit and approachable personality, Miller has made a significant difference to her community, North Carolina and the profession of landscape architecture. Her career in the public sector working in planning and transportation has extended her sphere of influence far beyond the confines of any single site. She is credited with the improved visual quality of North Carolina's highways, byways and public realm through her planning, policy and transportation work. She facilitates dialogue among landscape architects, artists, planners and engineers toward safe, efficient, beautiful corridors and transportation systems. Her work has raised awareness of landscape architecture to both the public and to allied professionals. Under her years of leadership, a wealth of exceptional policies and community-based projects have clearly enhanced the profession.
G. Glenn Oder, ASLA
Fort Monroe Authority
Fort Monroe, Virginia
G. Glenn Oder, of the Fort Monroe Authority, received his nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the Virginia Chapter. During his 10 years as a highly respected and accomplished member of the Virginia General Assembly, and, more recently, as the executive director for the state stewardship and management of the Fort Monroe historic site, Oder has led many initiatives to improve communities and steward resources across the Commonwealth. A highly visible landscape architect and public policy leader, he has advanced state and local programs that reflect the values and policies of the profession. As the sole landscape architect during his tenure in the Virginia General Assembly, he is viewed by the Virginia ASLA chapter and the greater landscape architecture community as one of the most critically important individuals as he expanded and protected the scope of practice and elevated the regulatory status of the profession.
Peter O'Shea, ASLA
Siteworks
Earlysville, Virginia
Peter O'Shea, of Siteworks, received his nomination, in Works, from the Virginia Chapter. In projects of every scale, budget, and location O'Shea consistently strives to achieve things transformational and memorable. The creativity of his practice is evidenced by notable design work within the confines of constrained sites, limited budgets and accelerated schedules. Despite operating a small practice, he has built a predominantly institutional, educational, and public portfolio of projects. Known mostly for his mid-Atlantic focus, he collaborates across the United States, in Canada, Central America and Europe. He is a well-respected collaborator, in particular with architects, and an eloquent community advocate. His work is consistently creative, socially and environmentally integrative, and specifically responsive to the inherent cultural and natural histories of a place. He has received many national and regional awards, including a Rome Prize Fellowship.
George Radnovich, ASLA
Sites Southwest
Albuquerque, New Mexico
George Radnovich, of Sites Southwest, received his nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the New Mexico Chapter. Radnovich takes landscape architecture to its pinnacle in the high desert of New Mexico and the Southwest. His approach to landscape design for arid regions is emulated widely. This is good news for both the profession and this water-strapped region. His interest in water conservation and the use of environmentally appropriate landscaping drove him to build a nonprofit organization that has educated thousands of professionals about this design approach over 27 years. His personal speaking engagements throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico have brought his message to hundreds more like-minded professionals. Besides these efforts towards sustainability and landscape resiliency, he also works with political leaders to create legislation to guide water conservation on sites and landscapes in a region that needs it profoundly.
Chris Reed, ASLA
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Boston
Chris Reed, of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, received his nomination, in Works, from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects. Reed's leadership on thought-provoking and innovative projects around the globe, his award-winning work in the public realm and his integration of ecology and infrastructure in landscape projects distinguish him as one of the leading design practitioners of his generation. He is a prominent author, lecturer and faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Design since 2008 and, earlier, at the University of Pennsylvania. Among the many prestigious awards his firm has received is the 2012 Smithsonian/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in landscape architecture. His work ranges from very large-scale master plans for Detroit and brownfield riverfronts and lakefronts in Dallas, Green Bay and Mississauga, Ontario, to public waterfronts and campus/institutional landscapes. It also includes playgrounds and garden installations in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts, and Grand-Metis, Quebec.
Dr. Robert G. Ribe, ASLA
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Robert Ribe, of the University of Oregon, received his nomination, in Knowledge, from the Oregon Chapter. Ribe is a leader in the practice of scenery management by landscape architects. At the University of Oregon, he teaches ecological planning studios and research methods to students in landscape architecture, planning and environmental studies. From 1999 to 2010 he directed the Institute for a Sustainable Environment (ISE), leading that interdisciplinary group to provide primary research and advice to governments in Oregon and Washington on issues of growth, ecosystem preservation and agricultural and forest productivity. His research on the theory of forest landscapes has advanced that body of knowledge internationally. His work is methodologically rigorous and applicable to the real world. His collaborations have investigated public landscape perceptions extensively and built strong evidence that validates regional landscape plans and policies. He is also a prolific author.
Dennis W. Rubba, ASLA
studioINSITE
Denver
Dennis Rubba, of studioINSITE, received his nomination, in Works, from the Colorado Chapter. Rubba has had a lifelong acumen for design and passion for the outdoors. Throughout his career, he has shown a breadth of extraordinary design ability that includes large-scale master planning down to the most intricate design details. With more than 200 design awards and 800 built projects over 30 years, he is nationally known as a masterful landscape architect. His guiding principles to create meaningful and memorable works within campus, civic and downtown environments are significant in scale and impact, continuously sustain client and project relationships and result in built works that bring a meaningful transformation and new identity to district-scale projects. He has created a legacy of iconic outdoor spaces that command praise from clients, educators, city fathers, citizens, peers and fellow team members.
Steven Spears, ASLA
Design Workshop
Austin, Texas
Steven Spears, of Design Workshop, received his nomination, in Works, from the Texas Chapter. In landscape architecture, where decisions can have a substantial impact on communities, it is imperative that design balances ecology and humanity. Throughout his 16-year career, Spears has masterfully integrated the principles of environmental sensitivity, community benefit, economic sustainability and sensory art and aesthetic elements in each project with which he has engaged. His body of work proves that no matter how complex the project or how fast a city is growing, designs can be implemented with sensitivity and grace. These results are realized in several of the national award-winning projects he has led, including Wimberley Blue Hole Regional Park, Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, Lafitte Greenway and Corridor Revitalization plans, Residences at The Little Nell and Avon West Town Center Redevelopment and Implementation.
Laura Starr, ASLA
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners
New York City
