We’re thrilled to announce that two SCAPE projects were honored in the 2024 National American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Awards.
Tom Lee Park | Memphis, TN
Honor Award: General Design
Tom Lee Park is a 31-acre riverfront park on the Mississippi River in Memphis. It has been celebrated and cited as a national model for inclusive placemaking and ecological regeneration.
The park is named for Tom Lee, a Black river worker who became a hero after risking his own life to save 32 people from a capsized steamboat in 1925. The design celebrates Lee’s legacy of generosity, while still confronting conversations about justice.
The park sends a warm welcome to its neighbors. Its forms create space for a range of programs that reflect input from thousands of residents: a destination playground, outdoor learning classroom, two art installations, water play features, a hammock grove, and a shelter at its heart.
2023 Coastal Master Plan | Louisiana Gulf Coast
Honor Award: Communications
Louisiana is facing a land loss crisis. Over the past century, the state has experienced massive changes to its landscape that pose challenges to many Louisianans. The 2023 Coastal Master Plan is a living document that guides and summarizes the state’s coastwide investments in risk reduction and coastal restoration projects.
Landscape architects led the document’s visual communications strategy: reframing the overall plan’s graphic identity, improving project and data visualizations, enhancing reading comprehension, and refocusing on a community-centric narrative structure. The plan demystifies the processes behind coastal risk reduction and restoration projects and communicates the value of the landscape and the livelihoods tied to it.
Congratulations to the full teams behind each project, our clients and collaborators, and fellow honorees!