Landscape Architecture Foundation 2013 Annual Report by Landscape Architecture Foundation

Annual Report 2013

Supporting the Preservation, Improvement and Enhancement of the Environment

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“ Through its research and educational programs LAF sends a clear and true message: landscape architecture creates lasting social, economic and ecological value. As it approaches its 50th year, LAF has never been stronger or better positioned to help us make a productive impact on the world around us.” — Richard Weller, University of Pennsylvania

Mission The mission of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is to support the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment. LAF invests in research and scholarship to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability. Founded nearly 50 years ago, the Landscape Architecture Foundation has been the nexus of inquiry and innovation for the profession. Today, our mission to support the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment has never been more relevant. Through its philanthropic activities, LAF advances the profession’s influence through:

Research. Facilitating the creation and dissemination of knowledge about sustainable landscape solutions. Scholarship. Supporting outstanding students to cultivate the next generation of sustainability leaders. Leadership. Strengthening the profession to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

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Letter From LAF President Bill Main, Hon. ASLA I am pleased to report to you that the Landscape Architecture Foundation experienced an exceptional year in 2013, making exciting and significant progress in research, scholarship, and leadership. Twenty-three new case studies for the Landscape Performance Series were completed through the innovative Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. CSI brings faculty, students, and participating firms together to do post-occupancy studies of exemplary landscape projects. The Landscape Performance Series is providing important new processes and ways of thinking for the profession and for future projects.

Bill Main, Hon. ASLA President

The Olmsted Scholars Program continues to recognize and support truly outstanding and inspiring future leaders. Sixty-seven landscape architecture programs participated in 2013. Meeting the nominees and hearing their stories is an experience that deeply touches everyone involved and builds faith in our future. This is a program that changes lives. Transformative initiatives like these are only possible when we join forces and work together. The Landscape Architecture Foundation has successfully pooled our contributions, big and small, financial and personal, and channeled them artfully into the exciting programs described throughout this annual report. Executive Director Barbara Deutsch has brought together an exceptional staff and a creative and committed Board of Directors. Together, they have dedicated themselves to improving the world around us by leveraging the efforts of landscape architects. It has been a rare honor and privilege to serve as President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation. It has been rewarding and eye-opening to meet and work with so many amazing people in the LAF network. Please join me in welcoming our new board president Jacinta McCann, Executive Vice President and Global Leader, Design + Planning and Economics at AECOM. Jacinta’s insights and leadership will help LAF continue to achieve success and to make a positive difference in the world. Thank you for your support. Let’s pledge ourselves to continuing this vital work and moving forward together. Sincerely,

Bill Main, Hon. ASLA Executive Chairman, Landscape Forms 2013 Annual Report | 3

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From LAF Executive Director Barbara Deutsch, FASLA Well-designed landscapes play a vital role in creating sustainable, livable, and economically-vibrant communities. As the environmental issues we face grow more urgent and the connection between environment and human health becomes more apparent, the power of landscape to not only mitigate, but also to heal and regenerate is paramount. The Landscape Architecture Foundation is working to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability, cultivate the next generation of leaders, and ensure that landscape is central part of development projects at all scales. I invite you to join us in building on the following successes to accomplish our 2014 priorities to broaden our reach and deepen our impact.

2013 Achievements Awarded a record-breaking $125,000 to students.

Barbara Deutsch, FASLA Executive Director

Recognized 67 Olmsted Scholars, including the first $15,000 undergraduate National Olmsted Scholar along with the $25,000 graduate winner. Produced 23 new LPS Case Study Briefs through the Case Study Investigation (CSI) program with 8 faculty-student-practitioner teams. Awarded $22,500 to researchers to analyze the first 60 LPS Case Study Briefs and develop a guidebook to metrics and methods for evaluating performance. Offered five $2,500 mini-grants to faculty to develop and test models for integrating landscape performance in design education. Met with over 1,400 professionals to increase awareness about landscape performance and the innovative resources in the LPS.

2014 Priorities Continue to provide much needed financial assistance, recognition, and research opportunities for students. Develop and launch a separate, stand-alone website for the Landscape Performance Series to reach new audiences and increase impact. Launch a new web-based Resources for Educators module to share models for integrating landscape performance in design education. Publish and promote a guidebook on metrics and methods to evaluate landscape performance. Offer quarterly webinars and self-study resources related to landscape performance. Continue to grow the LPS and measure its impact to transform landscape architecture practice, design education, and the demand for sustainable landscape solutions.

Thank you for your good work and support of these transformative initiatives. It is inspiring to work with LAF’s amazing Board of Directors, talented staff, generous donors, and thought-leading partners and to see the lift we generate together. Sincerely,

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Research Research is a key part LAF’s strategy to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability through landscape architecture. Since 1986, LAF has invested over $2.1 million in research initiatives.

Landscape Performance Series The Landscape Performance Series (LPS) is an online interactive set of resources to evaluate performance, share best practices, and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions. This award-winning platform showcases evidence-based environmental, social, and economic benefits of landscape, sharing information and innovations from design research, academia, and professional practice. Awareness and use of the LPS has increased steadily, with 36,000 unique visitors and nearly 200,000 pageviews in 2013. LAF presented the LPS to 1,400 professionals at 50 venues and developed a half-day workshop on the process of evaluating performance to show impact. In March, LAF awarded $22,500 to researchers from Utah State, Kansas State and Temple Universities to catalog and analyze the metrics and methods in first 60 LPS Case Study Briefs and make recommendations to improve the rigor of future case studies. The product will

“The concept of landscape performance bridges the gap between allied professions. Everyone can understand the benefit and purpose of landscape architecture when we can talk about what the landscape actually does economically, socially, and – Landscape Performance Series User ecologically.” be a guidebook on metrics and methods for evaluating performance, expected in mid-2014. To accelerate the adoption of landscape performance in design education, LAF launched a two-year $25,000 teaching grant initiative, offering five $2,500 mini-grants to select university faculty for the Spring 2014. Participants will work with LAF to develop and test models for integrating landscape performance into standard landscape architecture course offerings.

The Landscape Performance Series is made possible with support from Founding Partner: JJR|Roy Fund; Annual Sponsors: AECOM, American Society of Landscape Architects, CLASS Fund/Ralph Hudson Environmental Fellowship, and AILA/Yamagami/Hope Fellowship; Education Grant Sponsor: ICPI Foundation for Education & Research 6 | Landscape Architecture Foundation

LPS Components Case Study Briefs Database of projects with quantified landscape benefits.

Increased bicycle traffic by 12% to 3,500 cyclists per day. Helped reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities from a high of 18 to <1 per year. Increased estimated market value of surrounding properties by 37%.

Benefits Toolkit Calculators and tools to estimate landscape performance. Fast Fact Library A searchable collection of landscape benefits from published research. Scholarly Works Top student theses and dissertations related to landscape performance.

Case Study Brief: Dutch Kills Green, New York, NY

New LPS Case Study Briefs Alameda County Surplus Property Authority— Tassajara Creek Restoration Project, Dublin, CA

Hitchcock Design Group—Boneyard Creek Restoration, Champaign, IL

SmithGroupJJR—Carmel Clay Central Park, Carmel, IN

Conservation Design Forum—Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patient Tower, Park Ridge, IL

Jacobs/Ryan Associates—Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Smart Home, Chicago, IL

SmithGroupJJR—William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor, Phase 2 Lowland Park, Detroit, MI

Conservation Design Forum and InSite Design Studio—Ann Arbor Municipal Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Living Habitats—Chicago Botanic Garden Lake Shoreline Enhancement Projects, Glencoe, IL

Stoss Landscape Urbanism—Erie Street Plaza, Milwaukee, WI

de la fleur LLC—One Drop At A Time, Elmhurst, IL

MIG, Inc.—Napa River Flood Protection Project (1998-2012), Napa, CA

SWA Group—Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Houston, TX

The Office of James Burnett—Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX

Terry Guen Design Associates—63rd Street Beach, Jackson Park, Chicago, IL

OLIN—Simon and Helen Director Park, Portland, OR

WRT and Margie Ruddick Landscape (MRL)— Dutch Kills Green, New York, NY

Design Workshop, Inc.—Capitol Valley Ranch, Pitkin County, CO Design Workshop, Inc.—Cascade Garden, Pitkin County, CO Design Workshop, Inc.—Riverside Ranch, Pitkin County, CO

PWP Landscape Architecture—University of Texas at Dallas Campus Enhancements, Richardson, TX

Fred Phillips Consulting—Yuma East Wetlands, Phases 1 and 2, Yuma, AZ

Richard Burck Associates—Watch Factory, Phases 1 and 2, Waltham, MA

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP — Randall Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR

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Case Study Investigation (CSI) The Case Study Investigation (CSI) program is a unique research collaboration that matches LAF-funded faculty-student research teams with leading practitioners to document the benefits of exemplary high-performing landscape projects. Teams develop methods to quantify environmental, economic and social benefits and produce Case Study Briefs for LAF’s Landscape Performance Series. Nine faculty Research Fellows, 12 student Research Assistants, and over 20 design firm liaisons participated in the 2013 CSI program to evaluate and document the performance of 24 projects, from Detroit’s Milliken State Park to private residences in Aspen to the 1,000-acre Napa River Flood Protection Project. [See p. 7]

The CSI program is highly collaborative with the goal of better integrating the innovative work being done by academia and practice to advance our knowledge of landscape performance. The program also provides participants much-needed research and professional development opportunities. By investing in this research, LAF hopes that CSI can be a key impetus in moving the landscape architecture profession toward designing every project with specific performance objectives, routinely collecting performance data, and integrating landscape performance in design education.

“ Before CSI, we talked about how projects performed, but we didn’t use those words. We didn’t build a baseline of evidence. It was all anecdotal. Now, for every project we do, we have metrics on our radar screen.” — 2013 CSI Firm Liasion “ I feel like I am a step ahead of most students entering the work force because of the critical thinking skills I have developed through CSI.” – 2013 CSI Research Assistant

2013 CSI Research Fellows Maria Bellalta, Boston Architectural College Aidan Acker, Boston Architectural College M. Elen Deming, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jinki Kim, PhD, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign G. Mathias Kondolf, PhD, University of California, Berkeley Mary Pat Mattson, Illinois Institute of Technology Taner R. Ozdil, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington Roxi Thoren, University of Oregon Bo Yang, PhD, Utah State University

Research Fellow Taner Ozdil, PhD and Research Assistants Dylan Stewart and Sameepa Kashyap Modi from the University of Texas at Arlington survey users of Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park.

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The 2013 CSI program was supported by a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Landscape Performance Series Case Study Locations New Case Studies (2013)

Existing Case Studies (2010-2012) Not shown: Sydney, Australia Beijing, China Shanghai, China Tangshan, China Tianjin ,China Province of Siena, Italy Seoul, South Korea

Locations of the 80 exemplary projects documented as LPS Case Study Briefs. (International projects not shown.)

Scholarship LAF is the leading source of national scholarships for landscape architecture students. Since 1986, LAF has awarded over $900,000 in scholarships and fellowships to nearly 500 students. These awards support new generations of landscape architects by recognizing leadership, rewarding superior student performance, encouraging diversity, supporting original research, and assisting students with unmet financial need.

Leadership in Landscape Scholarships & Fellowships LAF’s Leadership in Landscape Scholarship Program supports future landscape leaders through named, endowed awards ranging from $2,000-$5,000. In 2013, LAF awarded $39,500 through nine different scholarships and fellowships.

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Eligible candidates are undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Additional requirements vary by scholarship/fellowship. Winners are chosen through a competitive process by leading academics and practitioners in landscape architecture.

2013 Leadership in Landscape

Scholarship Winners Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design Award: $4,000 Molly Briggs University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Hawaii Chapter / David T Woolsey Scholarship Award: $2,000 Angelica Rockquemore University of Washington

ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship Award: $4,000 Tania Hernandez Texas A&M University

Landscape Forms Design for People Scholarship Award: $3,000 Courtney Smith Clemson University

ASLA Council of Fellows Scholarship Award: $4,000 Quynh Pham University of Georgia

Peridian International Inc./Rae L. Price, FASLA Scholarship Award: $5,000 Jimmy Ta Cal Poly, Pomona

2013 Scholarship Jurors Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design Jury Joan Hirschman Woodward, FASLA, FCELA Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Stephanie Rolley, FASLA, AICP Professor and Head of Department of Landscape Architecture | Regional & Community Planning Kansas State University Lisa Delplace, ASLA Principal and CEO Oehme van Sweden Landscape Architects

Landscape Forms Design for People Scholarship Jury Daniel Winterbottom, RLA, FASLA Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington Kent Anderson Principal, Hamilton Anderson Associates Sheila Condon, FASLA Principal and CEO, Clark Condon Associates

Courtland Paul Scholarship Award: $5,000 Allison Hanna Temple University

Rain Bird Intelligent Use of Water Scholarship Award: $2,500 Jillian Broeckel Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

EDSA Minority Scholarship Award: $5,000 Ayaka Matthews West Virginia University

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship Award: $5,000 Kimberly Cloward Drown Utah State University

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship Jury Jena Ponti Jauchius, PLA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C Bruce Boody Landscape Architect, Inc. Kerry White, RLA, ASLA, LEED TM Urban Play Studio Susan Herrington Professor, University of British Columbia

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Olmsted Scholars Program LAF’s Olmsted Scholars Program is the premier national award and recognition program for landscape architecture students. The program recognizes and supports students with exceptional leadership potential, and in 2013 LAF added a separate $15,000 award for undergraduates.

2013 Graduate Scholars

2013 Undergraduate Scholars

National Olmsted Scholar

Leann Andrews, University of Washington

McKenzie Wilhelm, Ohio State University

Leann Andrews, University of Washington, received the $25,000 graduate prize and plans to use it to return to Lima, Peru to implement her certificate capstone project: a community gardening and ecological restoration initiative in a distressed informal ‘slum’ community.

National Olmsted Scholar Finalists

Jose Alvarez, Florida International University

Zachary Barker, State University of New York

Tina Chee, University of Southern California

Pamela Blackmore, Utah State University

Graham Prentice, University of Pennsylvania

Eliza Rodrigs, University of Massachusetts Amherst

McKenzie Wilhelm, Ohio State University, is the first to receive the new $15,000 undergraduate award and plans to use it to travel to Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska to research and develop speculative designs for alternative mining practices and interventions to enhance and protect salmon habitat.

Graduate Olmsted Scholars Jury

Undergraduate Olmsted Scholars Jury

Bill Main, Hon. ASLA President, LAF Board of Directors & Executive Chairman of Landscape Forms

Jacinta McCann, FAILA President-Elect, LAF Board of Directors & Executive Vice President, AECOM

Mark A. Focht, FASLA, PLA President-Elect, ASLA & First Deputy Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks + Recreation

Susan Hatchell, FASLA, PLA Immediate Past President, ASLA & President, Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture, PLLC

Joseph J. Lalli, FASLA Chairman and Principal, EDSA

Jim Laiche Business Manager, The Toro Company

Lucinda Sanders, FASLA CEO, OLIN

Elizabeth Brabec, JD, ASLA Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Perry Howard, FASLA Associate Professor and Coordinator, North Carolina A&T State University

George Schmok Publisher/Producer, Landscape Communications, Inc.

Also honored were six national finalists, who each receive a $1,000 award. An independent jury of leaders in the landscape architecture profession selected the winners and finalists from a group of 39 graduate and 28 undergraduate students who were nominated as Olmsted Scholars by their faculty. In November, 37 of the scholars attended a series of events in Boston, including a luncheon, office tours, and LAF’s 28th Annual Benefit where they were honored during a special ceremony. These future leaders of the profession form a growing community of 243 past and present Olmsted Scholars.

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Andrew Spiering Land8 Media, LLC Jack Ohly 2012 National Olmsted Scholar Associate, Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates

The Olmsted Scholars Program is made possible through the support of Lead Sponsor: The Toro Company; Annual Sponsors: EDSA, HOK, OLIN, Sasaki Associates, and Thomas C. and Gerry D. Donnelly; Promotion Partner: American Society of Landscape Architects

2013 Olmsted Scholars

Top: Leann Andrews, Winner, MLA, University of Washington, McKenzie Wilhelm, Winner, BSLA, Ohio State University | First Row: Danae Alessi, Jose Alvarez, Finalist, MLA, Florida International University, Zachary Barker, Finalist, BLA, State University of New York, Andrew Bernard, Lisa Biddle, Pamela Blackmore, Evan Blondell, Melissa Boffa, Ella Braco, Ashley Brenden, Glenis Canete, Elizabeth Carroll, Emilie Carter | Second Row: Tina Chee, Finalist, MLA, University of Southern California, Isaac Cohen, Carson Cooper, Dayton Crites, Tracie Curry, Deryn Davidson, Nicholas Denney, Catherine Druken, Lauren Ewald, Linda Fortin, Garrett Frank, Nathan Frazee, Bryce Frost | Third Row: Walter Graeber, Kristan Harrison, Tyrel Hill, Elizabeth Hixson, Forrest Hunt, Yinglin Ji, Tyler Kiggins, Nicholas King, Stephanie Kopplin, Colin Kreik, Taylor LaRocque, Jacob Leon, Pengzhi Li | Fourth Row: Katherine Lloyd, Eric Lucas, Cassidy Michaux, Grace Miller, Nicholas Mitchell, Luke Murphree, Jesse Nicholson, Jessica Pilon, Elizabeth Podowski, Graham Prentice, Finalist, MLA, University of Pennsylvania, Lori Race, Elissa Claire Ritchey, Eliza Rodrigs, Finalist, BLA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Fifth Row: Amarilys Rosa, Gabriella Salvemini, Devon Santy, David Shimmel, Dustin Smith, Joseph Starbuck, Dylan Stewart | Seventh Row: Rebecca Sunter, Maria Torres, Stephen Trigueiro, Andria Truax, Janice Tung, William Unkle

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Leadership Since its founding in 1966 by leading landscape architects of the day, LAF has worked to strengthen the profession and collaborate with leaders in practice, academia, and industry to provide thought leadership in designing sustainable landscape solutions. LAF also supports the development of emerging student leaders and young professionals.

XTreme LA XTreme LA is a creative challenge for the design leaders of tomorrow. This unique professional development program teams select young professionals and students with prominent landscape architects for an intense two-day charrette, in which participants develop design solutions for a significant local or regional challenge in a host city. The fifth XTreme LA Challenge was the most critical and complex to date. Held on April 3, 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley, participants were asked to develop design strategies and responses to address the impacts of projected sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay area around Berkeley Pier. Thirteen young professionals, who were identified by their firms as rising leaders, came from around the country to work with 15 students from the UC Berkeley graduate

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program in landscape architecture under two distinguished team leaders: Kevin Conger, President and CEO of CMG Landscape Architecture, and Brian Jencek, Managing & Design Principal at Hargreaves Associates San Francisco. The two teams worked together to create a common kit of parts, then divided to develop two radically different proposals: “Soft and Safe” and “Pierscape.” Presentation of these approaches spurred lively conversation among the policy-makers, designers, and scientists in attendance. Xtreme LA was developed by Landscape Forms and is co-sponsored by LAF. In addition to fostering critical thinking, team building, and creative expression, the program provides a unique opportunity for intergenerational professional development.

2013 XTreme LA Participants Hosts Richard Heriford, President, Landscape Forms Barbara Deutsch, Executive Director, Landscape Architecture Foundation Kristina Hill, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley Team Leaders Kevin Conger, President and CEO, CMG Landscape Architecture Brian Jencek, Managing & Design Principal, Hargreaves Associates, Young Professionals Valerie Ahyong, SmithGroupJJR Ellen Calhoun, StudioOutside Anna Cawrse, Design Workshop Andrew Elmer, Populous Lauren Hackney, PWP Landscape Architecture David Malda, Guthrie Gustafson Nichol Sean McKay, Altamanu, Inc. Whitney Proffitt, Coleman & Associates Christian Runge, Mithun Wesley Salazar, Kudela & Winheimer Lexi Tucker, Miles Associates Haley Waterson, CMG Landscape Architecture Aaron Williams, SAA Design Group, Inc. Students Joe Burg

Nate Kauffman

Mael Castellan

Kevin Lenhart

Daniel Collazos

lana MacWhorter

Eden Ferry

Erica Nagy

Marta Gual-Ricart

Daniel Prostak

Johanna Hoffman

Mariel Steiner

Rae Ishee

Rebecca Sunter

Erik Jensen

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Events Together, LAF’s 2013 Annual Benefit and Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised over $210,000 to support the foundation’s research and scholarship programs. Thank you to all of the sponsors, participants, and volunteers whose financial and in-kind support made these events so successful.

LAF 28th Annual Benefit: Rising Tide The LAF 28th Annual Benefit was held on November 15, 2013 at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room. With 400 guests and 32 sponsors, the benefit raised a recordbreaking $200,000. LAF was honored to have IRONSMITH as the Annual Benefit Lead Sponsor. The evening’s program included an update on the Landscape Performance Series and its impact, recognition of the 2013 CSI Research Fellows, and a ceremony honoring the 2013 Olmsted Scholars, including the $25,000 graduate national winner and the first winner of the new $15,000 undergraduate award. Thank you to all who attended!

LAF supporters enjoyed an evening with friends and leaders from design practice, academia, and industry.

Annual Benefit sponsors: IRONSMITH, Landscape Forms, Coldspring, John Deere Landscapes, ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, ANOVA, Aquatic Design & Engineering, B-K Lighting + TEKA Illumination, DeepRoot, EDSA, Hunter Industries, Kornegay Design, L.M. Scofield Company, Landscape Structures, Nemetschek Vectorworks, Playcore, Poligon, Rain Bird, Ruppert Landscape, Sweeney + Associates, The Toro Company, Davey Resource Group, Dennis Y. Otsuji FASLA, Ewing, Hanover Architectural Products, Kelco Landscaping, Maglin, Park West Companies, Permaloc, Sitecraft, and Stantec; Promotion Partner: American Society of Landscape Architects

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Annual Benefit guests enjoyed spectacular harbor views, cocktails, and local food while celebrating the rising tide of landscape performance and the next generation of leaders in the profession. 2013 Annual Reportâ&#x20AC;&#x192; |â&#x20AC;&#x192; 17

Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes LAF’s 5th Annual Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised $10,000 to support the foundation’s research and scholarship programs. Thanks to the 162 participants who made donations and entered to win and to the sweepstakes sponsors for providing the unique prize package. Miko Mikus, a MLA student at the University of Georgia, won the grand prize: a one-of-a-kind trip to Seattle, featuring tours of some of the city’s most acclaimed landscape architecture projects led by the designers themselves. Mikus and a guest will spend a full day touring sustainable sites in Seattle and one full day on Bainbridge Island. “Seattle is one of the top destinations for designers and design students, so this is a very welcome opportunity to experience the city under the guidance of the city’s top landscape architects!” said Mikus. “I have told other students how I won the sweepstakes, but still don’t believe it myself.”

Seattle Tour Sites Gas Works Park Guide: Richard Haag Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters Guide: Jennifer Guthrie, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Olympic Sculpture Park Guide: Julie Parrett, Seattle Design Commissioner Bell Street Park Guide: Nate Cormier, SvR Design Company Woodland Park Zoo’s Zoomazium and Humboldt Penguin Exhibit Guides: Deb Guenther, Mithun; Monica Lake, Woodland Park Zoo; and Jim McDonough, Portico Group Bloedel Reserve Guide: Ken Yocom, University of Washington IslandWood Guide: Deb Guenther, Mithun and Islandwood staff

“ We cannot thank LAF and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) enough for the wonderful trip to NYC! The tour day with team members from MVVA was certainly one we will never forget. Scott and I got to see first-hand how these projects contribute to a sustainable social and environmental network. We are so grateful for the time Michael Van Valkenburgh, Laura Solano, Steve Noone, Matt Urbanski, Jason Siebenmorgen, and Marisa Rodriguez spent with us.”

Sweepstakes sponsors: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, SvR Design Company, Mithun, EverGreen Escapes, Northwest Playground Equipment, Landscape Forms, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, and IslandWood

2012 sweepstakes winner Ashley Brenden (second from right) toured five MVVA-designed sites in New York City with senior designers from the firm.

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Miko Mikus learns that he won the sweepstakes from LAF Board President Bill Main.

— Ashley Brenden, 2012 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes Winner

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Finances & Development LAF has grown significantly over the past five years, with net assets surpassing pre-recession levels. This is attributable to the relevance of the LAF mission, its leadership, the many loyal donors in the profession, and LAF’s prudent investment strategies. Net Assets Over the Last Seven Years (in millions) $4.4 $4.2 $4.0 $3.8 $3.6 $3.4 $3.2 $3.0 $2.8 $2.6 $2.4 $2.2 $2.0

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Clarence & Ruth Roy Bequest 2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Other Assets

Statement of Activities & Changes in Net Assets For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013

Revenues

Revenue

Contributions & Sponsorships

$597,150

43%

43% Contributions & Sponsorships

Investment Income

$496,973

36%

In-kind Contributions

$212,167

15%

36% Investment Income

Grants

$35,000

Other Revenue

$32,079

$1,373,369

100%

Total Revenues Expenses

15% In-kind Contributions 3% Grants 2% Other Revenue

Program Services:

Research

$387,838

35%

Scholarship

$162,297

15%

Communications & Outreach

$219,225

20%

Supporting Services:

Management

$85,791

Development

$242,743

22%

$1,097,894

100%

Total Expenses Assets

Net Assets, Beginning of Year

$4,052,191

Net Assets, End of Year

$4,327,666

Total Change in Net Assets

$275,475

Expenses

35% Research 15% Scholarship 20% Communications & Outreach 8% Management

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is nonprofit charitable organization as qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

22% Development

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2013 Donors The Landscape Architecture Foundation is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their financial support of the Foundation’s research and scholarship programs in 2013. These donations include gifts to the Annual Fund, program and event sponsorships, and the deductible portion of Annual Benefit tickets.

Thank You, Supporters! $100,000+

$40,000—$49,999

American Society of Landscape Architects *

Landscape Forms

$50,000—$59,999

$30,000—$39,999

JJR | Roy Fund

IRONSMITH

$20,000—$29,999 EDSA HOK Planning Group

Landscape Architect and Specifier News * National Endowment for the Arts

The Toro Company ValleyCrest Landscape Companies

ICPI Foundation for Education & Research Illinois Chapter of ASLA OLIN

The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation Sasaki Associates SWA Group Venable LLP *

$10,000—$19,999 AECOM Aquatic Design & Engineering Civitas, Inc. Coldspring Hunter Industries

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$5,000—$9,999 Paul Bambauer Robert & Carolyn Belden B-K Lighting + TEKA Illumination Burton Landscape Architecture Studio CLASS Fund Mark O. Dawson DeepRoot Design Workshop

Thomas C. & Gerry D. Donnelly Forum Studio Gustafson Guthrie Nichol James Corner Field Operations Kornegay Design, LLC L. M. Scofield Company Landscape Structures Bill Main

Jacinta McCann Mia Lehrer + Associates Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. Mithun Nemetschek Vectorworks PlayCore Poligon by Porter Corp.

PWP Landscape Architecture Rain Bird Corporation Ruppert Landscape SvR Design Company Sweeney & Associates

Maglin Site Furniture Mathews Nielsen Michael Vergason Landscape Architects Forster Ndubisi Oehme van Sweden

Dennis Y. Otsuji The Office of James Burnett Park West Companies Permaloc Corporation Reed Hilderbrand Associates

SPJ Lighting, Inc. Stantec ValleyCrest Design Group

GGLO Hart Howerton Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects Jeffery L. Bruce & Company The Estate of Casey Kawamoto Steven G. King Klopfer Martin Design Group Joseph J. Lalli Landscape Technologies Landworks Studio Lee and Associates M. E. O’Brien & Sons, Inc. Mahan Rykiel Associates

MIG Debra Mitchell Virginia Murphy Nievera Williams Design The Office of Cheryl Barton Pamela Burton & Company Parker Reogriguez Inc. Peridian International, Inc. Pressley Associates Rabben/Herman Design Office Rhodeside & Harwell, Inc. robert chipman landscape architect, inc. Lucinda R. Sanders

J. Kipp Shrack SiteWorks Landscape Architecture SmithGroupJJR studioOutside Thomas Succop SWG Trees SWT Design TBG Partners Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc. Terry Guen Design Associates, Inc. W. Architecture and Landscape Architecture, LLC Beth Wehrle William Wenk

Barry Esslinger Andrea Gaffney Kristina Hill Carol Macht

David Malda Darwina L. Neal Sebastian & Associates John T. Shields

Laura Solano Stuart Foundation Lynda Wightman Jane Wolff

$2,500—$4,999 ANOVA Davey Resource Group Ewing Graham Landscape Architecture Adam Greenspan

$1,000—$2,499 AHBE Landscape Architects Altamanu Anchor QEA Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture Phil Arnold J. Dwane Baumgardner Dennis Carmichael CMG Landscape Architecture C. Christopher Degengardt Barbara Deutsch F. Christopher Dimond Barbara Faga Kathleen A. Garcia

$500—$999 Sadik Artunc Charles Campagna John Chipman Dick & Sally Brickman Fund

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$250—$499 Jerry L. Adamson Stephen Benz Barbara G. Clark Chip Crawford David Y. Tamura Associates, Inc. Divney Tung Schwalbe Susannah Drake Debra Guenther

Jason Hellendrung Larry R. Hensley Jeffrey Hou Peter Jacobs Timothy Marshall Dennis McGlade Allyson Mendenhall Miyabara Associates

Morrow Reardon Wilkinson Miller Barbara Nolan Northwest Playground Equipment, Inc. Jeffrey K. Olson Nancy Prine Ridge Landscape Architects Savanna Designs, Inc. Andrew Schmidt *

Alexis Slafer Stewart Engineering Gregg Sutton Swift Company The LaurelRock Company Urban Trees + Soils Victora and George A. Ranney, Jr. Fund

Claude Cormier Nate Cormier George Curry Linda Daley RJ Darling Jim Davis Dennis Day Thomas Doolittle Ann English Environmental Planning & Design, LLC Fernando Erazo Robert Espeseth Bob Evans Christopher Fannin Lila Fendrick Elizabeth Fischer William L. Flournoy, Jr. Mark A. Focht Rene Fransen Michelle Frier Emily Gabel-Luddy Jeffrey Gamboni Jay Gehler Shauna Gillies-Smith Liz Goodfellow Genevra Goodwin Robert Gunderson Halvorson Design Partnership

Karen Hanna Joel Harms William Havens Joseph Healy Randolph T. Hester, Jr. William Hibbs Ryan High Jeffrey Hodgson Mary Pat Hogan Pamela Holzapfel Leonard J. Hopper Mark Inglert Jim Jacobs Margot Jacobs John R. Jennings Dennis Jerke Linda Jewel Douglas M. Johnston Mikyoung Kim Paul Kissinger P. Jeff Knopp Joy Kuebler William Kuhl Anita Toby Lager Stephen Lederach Michael Lehrer Guy Litteken Pat Loheed

Cameron R. J. Man Steve Manton Katharine Martin Carol Mayer-Reed Chuck McCulloch Roger Mellick Jean Mellott Tawna Mertz Patrick A. Miller Ann Milovsoroff Gary Mock Thomas L. Mroz, Jr. Ann Mullins Deborah Nevins Patricia O’Donnell & Jim Donovan Susan Olmsted Nancy Owens Andrew Pittner Joe A. Porter F. Truitt Rabun Resource Design Richard Burck Associates, Inc. John Mack Roberts Iain Robertson Jon E. Rodiek Stephanie Rolley Joe Runco Virginia L. Russell

$100—$249 Amereq, Inc. Matthew Anacker Kathleen Armstrong George Arvanitis Adele Ashkar Jeffrey Aten Amanda Bailey William Baker David C. Baldwin Jim Ballantyne Ken Bassett Frederick Bonci Bruce Boody Erik Boyer Bill Browning Dennis Bryers Ignacio Bunster-Ossa BV Associates, LLC Henry L. Byma Robert Cardoza Casendino & Company Mary Anne Cassin Edward Castro Richard Centolella Arthur Chard, Jr. Clinton & Associates Kathryn Cochrane Charles Douglas Coolman

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$100—$249 (continued) Terry Ryan Tom Ryan Ryan Associates, Inc. Cynthia W. Smith Jerry Smith Robert Snieckus Graham Sones Biff Sturgess

Barbara Swift Eric Tamulonis Drew Tedford Lissa Thompson Kate Tooke Troller Mayer Associates, Inc. David Van Schaick Keith Wagner

David Walker Phyllis Wallenmeyer Kenneth Weikal Lee Weintraub Anne Wellington Carol A. Whipple Brian Wilhelm Rolla J. White

Jerry A. Wilson Tom Witten Mark Woolbright Tim Woolley Dana Worthington Patrick Wyss Bo Yang Mihaela Zaharescu

Bryan Carlson Lisa Cato Janice Cervelli Jon Champlin Michelle Chudzik Jennifer Claster Roger D. Clemence Susan Cohen Bradford Collett Marc Steven Cooper Cristina Cordero Paula Cortes Peter Del Tredici M. Elen Deming E. Thomas Deutsch, Jr. Jazmin Diaz Mervin Dickinson James Differding Luke Driscoll Kelly Duke Earth Design Associates, Inc. Jeron Eberwein E. P. Edinger, Jr. Anthony Exter Julius Fabos Leslie Fanger Craig D. Farnsworth Boris Feldblyum Kelly Ferguson

Sharon Floro William Foley Carol Franklin Louis C. Fusco Grace Gao Megan Gardner Antonia Gasperoni Larry Gersh Good Search Jack Goodnoe Mary Gordon Chris Green William A. Green Heather Greenaway Janice Griffin Melissa Guerrero Douglas Hadley Dennis Hansen Hillary Hanzel Robert Harris Heather Hardie Harwood Craig Heckman James Heroux Jerry Hill Jason Hodges Greg Hoer Claudia Horn Mark H. Hough Charles Howell

Dan Howse Joseph G. Hudak Earen Hummel Charles D. Hyams Joan Hyde Theresa Hyslop Dorothée Imbert J.A. Brennan Associates, PLLC John Charles Smith & Associates Julie Johnson Mark L. Johnson Patrick Johnston Jeffrey Jones Dirk Jongejan Christa Jordan Lucy Joyce Rebecca Kanfer Pat Katz Colleen Kaufman Kean Landscaping, Inc. Shawn Kelly Om Khurjekar Matthew Kirkwood Kevin Klassman Colin Kreik Mark Lacey Land Design Solutions Stephanie V. Landregan Anthony Le

Up to $99 Angelo Abbate John Ahern Michael Albert Joel Albizo Lina Alcide Matthew Alcide Sue Ann Alleger Charles Anderson J. Robert Anderson Jack G. Anderson Lyle Aten Brian E. Bainnson Mark H. Bayer Laura Beckering Adrian Benepe Karl Von Bieberstein Pamela Blough Melissa Boffa Uwe Brandes Barbara Brem Gary A. Brendle, Sr. Jorg Breuning Peter Briggs Judy Brittenum Travis Brooks Charyl B. Brown Jim Brown Frank Burggraf Jessica Canfield

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Up to $99 (continued) Charlene LeBleu David Lehmer Ignacio Leon Cristina Lewandowski Conrad Lindgren Audra M. Lofton Michael LoFurno Robin Lollar David Lycke Andrew Magee Lauren Mandel Frank L. Maraviglia Kirt Martin Deborah Marton Elizabeth Matthews Jean Mazabras Emily R. McCoy Drew McDermott Gavin McMillan Richard Meyers Joel & Deborah Minkoff Keith Mitchell Suzanne Mortier Melanie Moser Elizabeth Mossop Erika Mueller

Ruth Murayama Hannah Murray David Myers Mary Myers Edward Niedzwiecki Kate Notman Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Neil G. Odenwald Nancy Q. O’Donnell Robert Orestano Mary Padua Nadene Parzych Lisa Pearson Kenneth Peregon PGAdesign inc Danielle Pieranunzi Maxwell Pineau Nancy Prince Kevin Quach Scott Reinholt Barbara Restaino Lindsay Reul Jolene Rieck Susan Rieff Vaughn Rinner Claire Ritchey

Eliza Rodrigs Emily Rogers Harvey M. Rubenstein Victor Rydlizky Elena Saporta Terry Savage Neal Schafers Timothy Schmalenberger Rita Shaheen Matthew Sickle Patrick Sinnott Cara Smith Douglas Smith Robert W. Smith Julie Snell Fritz Steiner Hendrik Sterenberg Jared Stinehagen Martha Straus Chip Sullivan David Swanson Austin Tao Leslee A. Temple Helen Thompson Dustin Thornley Mary Beth Timm

Daryl Toby David Tomblin Stephanie Tuite Tony Tyznik Bob R. Uhlig Meredith Upchurch Brian Vavrina Greg Velis Mark Von Wodtke Dixi Wang Thaisa Way Adrianne Weremchuk Pamela White Peter White Stephanie White Aaron Williams Katherine Wilson Jane F. Winslow William P. Winslow, III J. Daniel Wojcik Judith Wong Yue Wu Steven Yavanian Janice Zafonte Jessica Zafonte

LAF Legacy Society

Honor Gifts

Memorial Gifts

Anonymous Barbara Deutsch Jay Graham Darwina Neal Clarence & Ruth Roy (in memoriam)

In Honor of Elaine Bassat & Hector Diaz (Jasmin Diaz) In Honor of Carl Johnson (Jack Goodnoe) In Honor of Andy Mandell (Colleen Kaufman) In Honor of Helen & Alyssa Sickle (Matthew Sickle)

In Memory of David Clark (Barbara G. Clark) In Memory of Elaine Gessner (Martha Straus) In Memory of Jean E. Griffin (Janice Griffin)

The LAF Legacy Society comprises supporters who have remembered LAF in their will or estate plans.

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Board & Staff LAF’s work would not be possible without the vision, talent, and commitment of the Board of Directors and staff. The 2012-2013 Board, consisting of members from landscape architecture practice, academia, industry, agencies, and allied professions, took the reins on September 28, 2012 and served through November 13, 2013.

2012-2013 LAF Board of Directors President

Immediate Past President

President Elect

Bill Main, Hon. ASLA Executive Chairman Landscape Forms Kalamazoo, MI

Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLA CEO and Partner OLIN Philadelphia, PA

Jacinta McCann, FAILA Executive Vice President AECOM San Francisco, CA

Vice President, Finance

Vice President, Communication

Vice President, Education

Mark O. Dawson, FASLA Principal Sasaki Associates Watertown, MA

Vice President, Development Gregg Sutton, ASLA Principal EDSA Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Nate Cormier, ASLA Principal SvR Design Company Seattle, WA

Vice President, Research Forster Ndubisi, PhD, FCELA, FASLA Professor and Department Head Texas A&M University College Station, TX

Kristina Hill, PhD, Affiliate ASLA Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Directors Paul Bambauer President and CEO IRONSMITH, INC. Palm Desert, CA

Debra Guenther, ASLA Principal Mithun Seattle, WA

Jane Wolff Associate Professor University of Toronto Toronto, ON

Kinder Baumgardner, ASLA, CSLA Managing Principal SWA Group Houston, TX

Jennifer Guthrie, ASLA Director Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Seattle, WA

Olmsted Scholar Representatives

Uwe Brandes Executive Director Masters of Urban & Regional Planning Georgetown University Washington, DC

Mia Lehrer, FASLA Founding Principal Mia Lehrer + Associates Los Angeles, CA

Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, FASLA Principal Wallace Roberts & Todd Philadelphia, PA Chip Crawford, FASLA Senior Principal Forum Studio St. Louis, MO Chris Fannin Senior Vice President, Regional Director HOK Hong Kong Adam Greenspan, ASLA Senior Design Partner PWP Landscape Architecture Berkeley, CA

Allyson Mendenhall, RLA Associate, Dir. of DW Legacy Design Design Workshop Denver, CO Deb Mitchell, FASLA, LEED AP Senior Vice President SmithGroupJJR Chicago, IL Ginger Murphy, ASLA Associate Chief USDA Nat. Res. Conservation Service Washington, DC Laura Solano, ASLA Principal Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Cambridge, MA Lynda Wightman Industry Relations Manager Hunter Industries Missoula, MT

David Malda, LEED AP Designer Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Seattle, WA Emily Vogler Critic Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI

ASLA Representatives

LAF Staff: Emily, Matt, Katharine, Heather, and Barbara

LAF Staff

Susan Hatchell, FASLA ASLA Past President President Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture Raleigh, NC

Barbara Deutsch, FASLA Executive Director

Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLA Executive Vice President / CEO American Society of Landscape Architects Washington, DC

Katharine Burgess, AICP Program Manager

Heather Whitlow Director of Programs & Communications

Matthew Alcide Development Manager

CELA Representative Ming-Han Li, PhD, PE, RLA CELA Vice President for Research Associate Professor, Dept. Head Texas A&M University College Station, TX

Emily DeDad Office Manager Leslie Johnson 2013 Scholarships Coordinator

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