2026 Awards

At our Awards Gala on May 7th  at MLK Library, Washington DC, the Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects honored the recipient of our Lifetime Achievement Award and recognized 16 winners of Chapter professional awards.  

 

Individual Recognition

 

2026 Lifetime Achievement Award – Elliot Rhodeside, FASLA
Rhodeside Harwell, Inc

Following his life-long interest in the diverse challenges presented by different scales of work, Elliot currently leads design and planning projects ranging from gardens to regions. He is happiest when the projects are complex, the stakeholders are many and the assignments are full of challenges. He loves mentoring staff and maintaining a high creative bar from which each project is measured.

 


Professional Awards
Honor Award

Analysis, Planning & Design

HOK

for

 Gateway Master Plan

 

Honor Award

Design Built

Mahan Rykiel Associates

for

Strathmore Square

Honor Award

Design Unbuilt

AECOM 

for

Parkland Shepard Parkway

Honor Award

Residential Design

Horn & Co

for

Palisades Woodland Retreat

Merit Award

Analysis, Planning & Design

HOK

for

Catawba College Regenerative Campus Landscape Plan

Merit Award

Communications and Research

MKSK

for

Placemaking Vision & Design Framework for Tysons VA

Merit Award

Design Built

LandDesign

for

7200 Wisconsin Avenue

Merit Award

Design Unbuilt

LSG

for

Clemyjontri Park Playground Revitalization

Merit Award

Design Unbuilt

MKSK

for

Landmark West Terraces

Merit Award

Historic Preservation

Moody Graham

for

East Potomac Miniature Golf

Merit Award

Residential Design

Clinton Ries

for

Mondrian Garden

Merit Award

Residential Design

Pristine Acres

for

Chilean Escape

Merit Award

Social Impact

Moody Graham

for

Ivy City Resilience Strategy