Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) Awards
Descriptions
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Eligibility
Eligibility
Applicants
- Landscape architects practicing within or outside of Canada are eligible to enter, provided that at least one member of the project team who played a leading role in the project is a member in good standing of the CSLA.
- For the Research category ONLY, the following are eligible to enter:
- Professors or researchers employed by a LAAC-accredited university, or
- Landscape architects practicing within or outside of Canada who are CSLA members in good standing
- For projects in Canada outside the jurisdiction of the applicant's component association(s), the applicant must demonstrate that they held membership in the host jurisdiction for the project’s duration illustrated by obtaining a letter of membership confirmation from the host component association.
- For projects located outside of Canada, the applicant must provide proof of licensure in the host jurisdiction, if applicable.
Projects
- International projects may be submitted. For projects outside of Canada and the US: an external assessment may required.
- Previously submitted projects may be re-submitted provided they have not previously received a CSLA Award of Excellence and declared as such in the submission form.
Types of Awards
Submissions will be judged and awarded at two levels:
- National Awards, and
- Jury’s Award of Excellence
National Awards are granted for work that demonstrates excellence against all judging criteria. Up to fifteen National Awards may be awarded each year. These projects become nominees for the Jury’s Award of Excellence, which, at the pleasure of the jury, will be given to a project which best demonstrates the CSLA’s vision to advance the art, science and practice of landscape architecture.
Summary
About the Awards of Excellence
The CSLA Awards of Excellence celebrate work that is inspiring, exhilarating, and remarkably diverse. View our previous award recipients to experience the ever-expanding range of landscape architecture in Canada today. The Awards of Excellence honour distinctive design, ground-breaking research, sustainable landscape management and much more. Our CSLA landscape architects revitalize derelict inner-city shorelines and fashion pedestrian-friendly streetscapes. They build avant-garde residential gardens and turn brownfields into sustainable parks. They shape our urban landscapes, spearheading city-wide planning and design. Each year, jurors select exceptional projects across many areas of expertise.
GENERAL
It is important to ensure visual and verbal clarity in all aspects of the submission. Remember that jury members might be asked to review up to 80 submissions in two days. A winning submission must therefore stand out. In particular, jurors will be attracted to projects which:
- are innovative
- promote the discipline
- demonstrate excellence.
This can be summarized as “providing clear evidence of making the world a better place”.
Entrants should consider staging in-house reviews of projects before finalizing their submissions. These self-evaluations should be as honest, harsh and detached as possible. Ask yourself: why is this project worthy of an award?
IMAGES
Entrants should consider using professional photographers to document their work, and they should be highly selective over the images that they submit. Images should illustrate the project clearly and concisely and should also enable viewers from outside the profession to understand the project.
Wherever possible, images should show people using the project and should demonstrate the diversity of user experiences that are provided by the project.
WORDS
Jurors are sifting through thousands of words of text. The verbal description of projects has to grab them in the first 10 seconds. Edit it. Then edit it again. Make it as sparse as possible. Make it powerful and purposeful. Just as you could use a professional photographer, you could also use professional copy editor.
The text should be a direct response to the judging criteria and it should present the project in the context of the social and cultural history of the site.
Deadline
Friday, January 27th, 2023 4:30 pm CT
How to Submit a Project
- Read the awards guidelines, below
- Download and complete the submission form (Note: you must download the submission form before completing it)
- Pay the submission fee (according to your province)
AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, QC, SK, YT - Awards Submission Fee / Frais de soumission: Prix d'excellence
$441.00
Deadlines
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Approvals
NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.
Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.
Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.
Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:
- Principal Investigator
- Department Head
- Faculty ADR/Dean
- Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)
Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.
Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.