Recognition
2025 SIT Furniture Design Award 2025; Public Park & Public area furniture – Butterfly
2025 ACEC (Engineering Excellence Awards, National), Honor Award, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2025 AIA (National Architecture Honor Award), Architecture Award (Top 10 Winners), U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara, Mexico
2025 Architizer A+Awards — Jury Winner, Institutional: Government & Civic Buildings, U.S. Embassy Guatemala City, Guatemala
2025 Lecture: “Global Grounds to Northwest Gardens: Designing with Cultural and Ecological Intent,” Hardy Plants Society
2024 ALA / IIDA (American Library Association & International Interior Design Association), Library Interior Design Awards, On the Boards Category, Gateway Library, Mesa, Arizona
2024 International Ideas Competition; American School in Quito, Ecuador; Top Three Finalist
2024 International Association for Public Participation, USA Core Values “Respect for Diversity, Inclusion and Culture” Award for Nature in Neighborhoods Community Choice Grants
2024 Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance 1882 Event: Keynote Speaker
2024 American Institute of Architects, Oregon; Citation Award; Oregon Supreme Court Rehabilitation
2024 AIA|DC Design Awards, Honor Award in Architecture, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2024 DOE (Federal Energy & Water Management Awards) — Project Award: Solar & Battery, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2024 AIA Seattle, Honor Award (Built), U.S. Embassy Guatemala City, Guatemala
2024 AIA Seattle, Merit Award, Stanford University School of Medicine Center for Academic Medicine
2024 Monocle Design Awards, Best Institutional Renovation, U.S. Embassy Guatemala City, Guatemala
2024 Lecture, “Nature in Neighborhoods Community Choice Grants,” Oregon Recreation Planners Association
2024 Lecture, “Department of Land Conservation and Development: Equitable Engagement Toolkit and Community Explorer Tool Panel Discussion,” Oregon Chapter of American Planners Association
2023 AIA Virginia Design Awards, Honor Award, Contextual Design, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2023 FRAME Awards, Shortlist, Institution/Government Interior, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2023 Archello Awards, Longlist, Government Building of the Year, U.S. Embassy Guatemala City, Guatemala
2023 FRAME Awards, Shortlist, Governmental Interior of the Year, U.S. Embassy Guatemala City, Guatemala
2022 ENR (Engineering News-Record, Global Best Projects), Global Best Project, Government Building, U.S. Embassy Niamey, Niger
2022 Oregon ASLA People’s Choice Award, Gabriel Park Adaptive Playground
2022 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Gabriel Park Adaptive Playground
2022 Oregon ASLA Honor Award Residential Design, Glasslink Residence
2021 Gray Award Winner, Landscape – Residential Design, The Dean
2020 Gold Nugget Grand Award – Best Custom Home 6,000-8,000 sf, Glass Link Residence
2020 Lecture: “Care Practices: Past and Future Histories” University of Oregon
2019 Oregon ASLA Award of Excellence, Luuwit View Park
2019 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, Luuwit View Park Shelter (Skylab Architecture)
2019 Lecture: “Difficult Landscapes” Fuller Center for Productive Landscapes; University of Oregon
2019 Daily Journal of Commerce Landscape Architecture Firm of the Year Award
2018 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, N M Bodecker Foundation (Sinbin)
2018 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Cully Park
2018 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Big Rock Candy Mountain
2018 Oregon ASLA People’s Choice Award, Luuwit View Park
2018 Oregon ASLA People’s Choice Award, Cully Park
2018 National ASLA Honor Award, YARD
2018 Roundtable Discussion: “The Pace of Vibrant Communities” Metropolis Magazine
2018 DJC Top Project Award, Luuwit View Park, Third Place Parks & Public Spaces, with Stacy and Witbeck
2018 Exhibition: OUT in FRONT | Landscape Leading; University of Washington
2017 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Block 17
2017 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Lumascope
2017 Oregon ASLA Award of Excellence, YARD
2017 Gray Award Finalist, YARD
2017 Gray Award Editor’s Picks for Best Mixed Use, YARD
2017 Lecture: “Dawson Park: Witness to History” Design Week Portland
2017 DJC Top Project Award, Cosmopolitan on the Park, First Place Multifamily, with Bora
2017 DJC Top Project Award, The Abigail, Third Place Mixed Use, with Ankrom Moisan
2017 DJC Top Project Award, Salem Health Rehabilitation Center, Finalist Private, with S|EA
2017 DJC Top Project Award, Yard, Finalist Mixed Use, with Skylab Architecture
2015 Lecture: “Public Landscapes: Art and Memory” Idaho/Montana ASLA Conference
2014 Oregon ASLA Award of Excellence, Columbia Blvd Wastewater Treatment Plant Support Facility
2014 Oregon ASLA Merit Award, Dawson Park
2014 Oregon ASLA People’s Choice Award, Dawson Park
2014 AIA Regional Honor Award, The Columbia Building, with Skylab Architecture
2014 Architizer A+ Award The Columbia Building, with Skylab Architecture
2014 Discussion Series: “The Next Portland Parks”; Portland Art Museum
2014 Lecture: Inspiring Design Futures Symposium; University of Idaho
2014 Guest Critic, University of Idaho Department of Landscape Architecture
2013 Lecture “Current Work”; Portland State University
2012 Oregon ASLA Honor Award, Martin Luther King Jr. Gateway and Heritage Markers
2012 Oregon ASLA Merit Award, Columbia Blvd Wastewater Treatment Plant Support Facility
2012 Oregon ASLA Merit Award, Hoke Residence
2012 Guest Critic, Portland State University Department of Architecture
2010 AIA Sustainability Award, Hayes Freedom School, with Mahlum Architects
2008 Natural Cycles Exhibit & Lecture, Tryon Creek State Park