ASLA Delivers Design Honors to New York Projects

The New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has recognized several New York projects. Also, Local 164 in New Jersey honors long-serving members.

Top Landscape Design Awards

The New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects announced winners of its 2005 awards, which recognize top landscape projects by New York-based firsms and those with New York offices.

The association bestowed an Honor Award to Mark K. Morrison & Associates of New York for its design of Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island, which is in the East River in New York City. It gave a similar award to San Francisco-based EDAW, which also has offices in New York, for landscape design of the grounds of the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Uncasville, Conn. EDAW also received a merit award for its design of the Idlewild Park Experimental Research & Education Center in Queens.

Other merit awards went to Mathews Nielsen of New York for its design of the 72nd Street Subway Station Plaza in Manhattan; Araiys Design Landscape Architects of Southampton, N.Y., for Demchak Residence in Hampton Bays, N.Y.; and Edmund Hollander Landscape of New York for A Farm, Reinterpreted - a "post agricultural family compound" in East Hampton, N.Y.

IBEW Local 164 Honors Long-Timers

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 164, headquartered in Paramus, N.J., recently honored several members whose combined contribution to the industry exceeds 2,280 years.

The union honored 42 veterans out of its combined total of more than 3,900 members throughout Hudson, Bergen, and Essex counties in New Jersey. This year's honorees included Fraser Holzlhner of Plainfield and Reinhold MacDonald of Union, both honored for their 65 years of service to the profession. Robert Brant Sr. of Middletown and Robert Clarfield of Manalapan were honored for logging 60 years each.

New Free Course Offered on Plaster

The Plastering and Spray Fireproofing Contractors of Greater New York, an industry association, has launched a continuing education course on plaster work.

The association plans to offer a six-credit course entitled, "The Science and Art of Plastering in Today's Contemporary Buildings." It will offer the course twice a year free of charge.

The daylong class, validated by the American Institute of Architects under the Health, Safety, Welfare classification, combines classroom lectures, luncheon presentations, live casting, and a walking tour of New York City's plaster projects. The next course is planned for later this spring.

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