Image credit: CSLA The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Awards of Excellence. This year, a total of 15 projects received a national award. Kìwekì Point – Big River Landscape by Janet Rosenberg & Studio (JRS) was awarded the Jury’s Award of Excellence, which is given to one project each year that best demonstrates the CSLA’s vision of advancing the art, science, and practice of landscape architecture. These award-winning projects are examples of Canadian landscape architecture and demonstrate how landscape architects are helping to reshape communities by defining the places where we live, work, and play. Winners were selected by a national jury of landscape architects including chair, Claude Potvin, Elaine vanTol Smit, Travis Martin, Doug Fountain, Carol Craig, and Connor Budd. A total of 75 submissions were received. Criteria applied by the jurors included demonstration of a deep understanding of the craft of landscape architecture and attention to composition and detail, demonstration of excellence in leadership, project management, breadth of work, new directions, or new technology, innovation in concept, process, materials, or implementation, promotion of the discipline amongst related professions, clients, and the general public, and demonstration  of exemplary environmental and/or social awareness. The following is a list of the recipients. The recipient of the 2025 Jury’s Award of Excellence and a National Award is: Kìwekì Point – Big River Landscape (Ottawa, ON) by Janet Rosenberg & Studio (JRS). Image credit: CSLA Kìwekì Point – Big River Landscape (Ottawa, ON) by Janet Rosenberg & Studio (JRS) Janet Rosenberg, AALA, AAPQ, APALA, BCSLA, SALA, OALA, FCSLA, FASLA Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) The 2025 National Award Recipients are: Land Acknowledgement Project (Calgary, AB), City of Calgary, Doriena Hassett, AALA, CSLA, Category: Communication. Image credit: CSLA Land Acknowledgement Project (Calgary, AB) by Doriena Hassett, AALA, CSLA Category: Communication Love Park (Toronto, ON), CCxA Architectes paysagistes Marc Hallé, OALA, FCSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA Love Park (Toronto, ON) by CCxA Architectes paysagistes (Marc Hallé, OALA, FCSLA)  Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) Naskapi Community Boardwalk (Kawawachikamach, QC), CCxA Architectes paysagistes Sophie Beaudoin, AAPQ, FCSLA, Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha). Image credit: CCxA, courtesy CSLA Naskapi Community Boardwalk (Kawawachikamach, QC) by CCxA Architectes paysagistes (Sophie Beaudoin, AAPQ, FCSLA) Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (St. John’s, NL), Mills & Wright Landscape Architecture Inc.Matthew Mills, APALA, CSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (St. John’s, NL) by Mills & Wright Landscape Architecture Inc. (Matthew Mills, APALA, CSLA)  Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) Parc des Gorilles (Montréal, QC), civiliti Peter Soland, AAPQ, CSLA, Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha). Image credit: CSLA Parc des Gorilles (Montréal, QC) by civiliti (Peter Soland, AAPQ, CSLA)  Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) Parc Fluvial – Musée maritime du Québec (L’Islet, QC), Pratte Paysage Marjorie Pratte & Martin Bérubé, AAPQ, CSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA Parc Fluvial – Musée maritime du Québec (L’Islet, QC) by Pratte Paysage (Marjorie Pratte & Martin Bérubé, AAPQ, CSLA) Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville de Québec (Québec City, QC), Stantec + Lemay + Ville de Québec Gérald Pau, AAPQ, CSLA, André Plante, AAPQ, CSLA, Marie-Eve Parent AAPQ, CSLA, Jean Philippe André, AAPQ, CSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville de Québec (Québec City, QC) by Stantec + Lemay + Ville de Québec (Gérald Pau, AAPQ, CSLA, André Plante, AAPQ, CSLA, Marie-Eve Parent AAPQ, CSLA, Jean Philippe André, AAPQ, CSLA) Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) Riverside Ranch (Bayside, NB), Brackish Design Studio Inc., Matthew A.J. Brown, APALA, CSLA, Category: Residential Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect. Image credit: CSLA Riverside Ranch (Bayside, NB) by Brackish Design Studio Inc. (Matthew A.J. Brown, APALA, CSLA)  Category: Residential Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect The Sara Jackman Playground (Toronto, ON), PLANT Architect Inc., Eric Klaver, OALA, CSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA The Sara Jackman Playground (Toronto, ON) by PLANT Architect Inc. (Eric Klaver, OALA, CSLA) Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) Sp’akw’us Feather Park (Squamish, BC), Hapa Collaborative & Anchor QEA, Joseph Fry, BCSLA, CSLA, Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha). Image credit: CSLA Sp’akw’us Feather Park (Squamish, BC) by Hapa Collaborative & Anchor QEA (Joseph Fry, BCSLA, CSLA) Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) Square Viger Redevelopment (Blocks I and II) (Montréal, QC), NIPPAYSAGE, Mathieu Casavant, AAPQ, APALA, OALA, CSLA, Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha). Image credit: CSLA Square Viger Redevelopment (Blocks I and II) (Montréal, QC) by NIPPAYSAGE (Mathieu Casavant, AAPQ, APALA,  OALA, CSLA) Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) Tatlow and Volunteer Parks Creek Restoration (Vancouver, BC), Paul Sangha Creative, Paul Sangha, BCSLA, FCSLA, Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha). Image credit: CSLA Tatlow and Volunteer Parks Creek Restoration (Vancouver, BC) by Paul Sangha Creative (Paul Sangha, BCSLA, FCSLA) Category: Medium-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (1 to 5 ha) Vaughan Complete Streets Guide (Vaughan, ON), DTAH, Brent Raymond, OALA, FCSLA, Category: Planning and Analysis | Large-Scale Design. Image credit: CSLA Vaughan Complete Streets Guide (Vaughan, ON) by DTAH (Brent Raymond, OALA, FCSLA) Category: Planning and Analysis | Large-Scale Design Yarmouth Main St. Streetscape Phase 2 (Yarmouth, NS), Fathom Studio, Devin Segal, APALA, CSLA, Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha). Image credit: CSLA Yarmouth Main St. Streetscape Phase 2 (Yarmouth, NS) by Fathom Studio (Devin Segal, APALA, CSLA) Category: Small-Scale Public Landscapes Designed by a Landscape Architect (up to 1 ha) The Awards of Excellence Ceremony will take place during the 2025 CSLA-OALA Congress in Ottawa from June 5 to 7, 2025. For more information, click here. The post CSLA announces recipients of 2025 Awards of Excellence appeared first on Canadian Architect.