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The highest honor of the San Diego ASLA Chapter, the President's Award, went to the Charles David Keeling Apartments at U.C. San Diego's Revelle College, designed by Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects. The LEED platinum project features an expansive roof with more than 4,000 plants that capture stormwater and provide thermal insulation. The project is named for the late Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor who created the "Keeling curve," which measures the progressive buildup of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. "We have zero water demand for any irrigation on site," said Martin Poirier, the project's principal landscape architect. The San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects www.asla-sandiego.org announced winners of its 2012 design awards, recognizing professional excellence for outstanding works of landscape architecture and environmental planning. Forty-nine landscape architectural projects designed by members of ASLA San Diego were submitted and reviewed by a multidisciplinary jury in November. The prestigious jury included: Calvin Abe, ASLA of AHBE Landscape Architects; Baxter Miller, ASLA of bmla Landscape Architecture; Joyce Cutler-Shaw, artist in residence, UCSD School of Medicine; David Mitchell, ASLA of San Jose City Parks & Recreation; Phyllis Van Doren, senior editor of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles; Rob Wellington-Quigley, FAIA of Rob Quigley Architecture & Planning. The project categories were environmental solutions; commercial, institutional and urban design; communications; residential; landmark; planning and analysis; and parks and recreation. Seven firms received awards: eight Merit Awards, three Honor Awards, and the top honor, the President's Award. Also recognized was the 2012 Community Grant Project, the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead. Information Request # 626 84 Landscape Architect and Specifier News American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego 2012 Design Awards President's Award Planning and Analysis Charles David Keeling Apartments at UCSD Commercial, Institutional, & Urban Design Category Landscape Architect: Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects Client: University of San Diego Torrey Pines City Park General Development Plan Landscape Architect: WRT (Wallace, Roberts, & Todd) with principal, Laura Burnett Client: City of San Diego Honor Awards LakesideÕs River Park Conservancy Environmental Solutions Category Landscape Architect: Ruyle Landscape Architecture Client: Lakeside Conservancy Walter and Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology at Caltech, Pasadena Commercial, Institutional, & Urban Design Category Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett Client: Annenberg Foundation Sunnylands Center & Gardens in Rancho Mirage, California Commercial, Institutional, & Urban Design Category Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett Client: Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Commercial, Institutional, & Urban Design UCLA South Campus Student Center Landscape Architect: landLAB, Inc. Communications A HomeownerÕs Guide to WaterSmart Landscape Landscape Architect: Schmidt Design Group Client: San Diego County Water Authority Client: University of Los Angeles Residential Malibu Residence Landscape Architect: Spurlock Poirier Landscape Architects Client: Confidential Landmark SwamiÕs Beach Access Landscape Architect: Schmidt Design Group Client: City of Encinitas Information Request # 648