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October 1, 2005

ASLA Announces 2005 Medal and Professional Award Winners

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has awarded Jane Silverstein Ries, FASLA, the ASLA Medal, the highest honor the organization bestows upon individuals, “for her lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession, the welfare of the public, and the environment.” Ries began her 56-year career in 1933 as the first female landscape architect in Colorado. Within six months she started her own firm. ASLA describes Ries as “an early advocate of sustainable design, aesthetic green spaces, and raising the standards of urban life.”
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