Awards
2021 President's Medal
2021 | The Architectural League of New York
Academy of Arts and Letters Member
2021 | Academy of Arts and Letters
2021 | United States Artists
2021 | Harvard University, GSD
Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
2019 | The Gish Prize Trust
2019 | MacArthur Foundation
2019 | John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
AIA Award, Architecture, Crosstown Concourse
2019 | Memphis, TN
with Looney Ricks Kiss, DIALOG
and Spatial Affairs Bureau
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Plaza Design Competition Finalist
2018 | Detroit, MI
with CultureLab, NADAA, and Alibi Studios
MLK Jr. Branch Design Competition Finalist
2018 | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Public Library
with MASS Design Group
Jones Plaza Redesign Competition Finalist
2018 | Houston, TX | Houston F1rst |
with Thomas Phifer & Partners
Detroit West Riverfront Design Competition Finalist
2018 | Detroit, MI
Congress for New Urbanism Charter Award, Crosstown Concourse
2018 | Memphis, TN
Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award, Crosstown Concourse
2018 | awarded for Crosstown Concourse | Memphis, TN
California’s American Academy in China Research Fellowship
2017 | Los Angeles, CA | Univ. of Southern California
Wade Park Design Competition Finalist
2017 | Cleveland, OH
California Preservation Award, Bay View Opera House
2017 | San Francisco, CA
First Place, “Double Sights,” Wilson Marker Competition
2017 | Princeton, NJ | Princeton University
Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award in Architecture
2017 | American Academy of Arts and Letters
First Place, “Carry On,” San Diego International Airport Arts Program
2017 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Airport Authority
People’s Choice Award, “Symbiotic Village”
2016 | Bi-City Biennale of Architecture/Urbanism
Shenzhen, China
Nominated to the President’s National Council on the Arts
2014 | National Endowment for the Arts
Dean’s Medal
2014 | Buffalo, NY | University of Buffalo
The Best Architecture of 2014, “Solar Strand”
2014 | The Wall Street Journal
Yerba Buena Island Park Competition Winner, Hilltop Park
2014 | San Francisco, CA
David K. Woo Chair in Environmental Design
2013 | Berkeley, CA | University of California, Berkeley
ASLA National Honor Award, Powell Street Promenade
2012 | San Francisco, CA
Goldman Sachs Fellowship
2011 | Washington, DC | Smithsonian Institution
President’s Park South Design Competition Finalist
2011 | Washington, DC
National Capital Planning Commission
Robert Taylor Fellow
2011 | Cambridge, MA | Mass. Institute of Technology
Stuckeman Chair
2011 | University Park, PA
Stuckeman School of Arch. and Landscape Architecture
Penn State
Kalil Fellow
2011 | New York, NY
School of Constructed Environments
Parsons, The New School
USA Character Approved Honoree
2011 | NBC Universal
AIA Award for Collaborative Achievement
2011 | American Institute of Architects
Master of Design
2010 | Fast Company
Solar Park Competition Winner
2010 | Buffalo, NY | University at Buffalo
Venice Biennale Bid Winner
2010 | Venice, Italy and Atlanta, GA
Venice Biennale and The High Museum
National Design Award for Landscape Design
2010 | Washington, DC
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Pittsburgh Garden Passage Design Competition Winner
2009 | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh Garden Passage
Black History Month Award
2009 | San Francisco, CA | KQED
Educator Fellow, Art About Place
2007 | San Francisco, CA | For-Site Foundation
First Prize, Virginia Key Beach Museum Competition
2005 | Miami, FL | with Huff Good Architects
ASLA Merit Award, Northern California Chapter, Oakland Waterfront
2005 | Oakland, CA
Top Honor Award, Excellence on the Waterfront
2005 | Oakland, CA | Oakland Waterfront
APWA Distinguished Project of the Year, Splash Pad Park
2004 | Oakland, CA
American Public Works Association
Mayor’s “Walter Hood Day” Pioneering Achievements in Urban Landscape Design
2004 | Oakland, CA | City of Oakland
ASLA National Award of Honor, Baldwin Hills Master Plan
2003 | Los Angeles, CA
American Society of Landscape Architects
ASLA Merit Award, Southern California Chapter, Baldwin Hills Master Plan
2003 | Los Angeles, CA
American Society of Landscape Architects
Southern California Chapter
Best of the Best, California Park and Recreation Society, Lafayette Square Park
2002 | Oakland, CA
Place Design Award, Lafayette Square Park
1999 | Oakland, CA | EDRA/Places
Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture
1996-1997 | Rome, Italy
The American Academy in Rome
ASLA Research Merit Award, Urban Diaries and Jazz and Blues Landscape Improvisations
1994 | American Society of Landscape Architects
Community Development Award
1988 | Mount Vernon, WA | Mount Vernon Riverfront Plan
Merit Award, Design Arts Competition
1988 | Davis, CA | Univ. of California Arboretum at Davis
ASLA Certificate of Excellence, Study of Landscape Design
1987 | American Society of Landscape Architects
Thomas Church Design Award for Excellence in Landscape Design