Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Current and former Texas A&M landscape architecture students made an impressive showing at the April 16 Texas Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects Awards Banquet in Austin, earning 11 awards for individual and group projects.
The 2009 Award of Excellence went to Dennis Jerke MLA 1978 for “Urban Design & the Bottom Line,” a project he spearheaded for Jacobs. Jerke is an Outstanding Alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture and a member of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning’s Professional Advisory Board.
Aggie landscape architecture graduates contributing to their firms’ Texas ASLA 2009 Merit Award winning projects included: David Hocker BLA 2001 for the Hocker Design Group’s Midbury House project and Travis Hawkins BLA 2008 for the SWA Group’s Arabian Canal project.
Former students who helping their firm capture a Texas ASLA 2009 Honor Award were David Hocker BLA 2001 for Hocker Design Group’s House on Cedar Hill project; Aan Colman BLA 1981 for Coleman & Associates Southpark Meadows project; Elizabeth McIlrath MLA 2001 for Jacob’s Dallas Trail Network Plan project; and Randy Phillips BSLA 1979 of Jacobs for his design of the 2009 ASLA State Awards Book.
Texas ASLA 2009 Student Honor Awards were presented to Keaton Tucker, Steven Wesolowski, and Bernard Ng of the BLA Class of 2010 for their Post Oak Preserve project; John William Seyer, Angel Manuel Ruvalcaba, Jeremy Spade and Andrew Brown, members of the BLA Class of 2010, for their Destination Healthcare: Resort & Hospital project; Paul Cozzolino and Ryan Halbert of the BLA Class of 2009 for a Post-Occupancy Evaluation project; and Xun Sun MLA 2009 for a Fung-Shui-Based Urban Design & Site Design.
- Posted: May 5, 2009 -
