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HONORS AND AWARDS

APWA Colorado award for best structure in the large community category, 47th & York Pedestrian Bridge, 2020

Denver Mayor’s Design Awards, West Colfax Mobility, 2015

National Association of Counties Achievement Award, Sedalia Village Community Visioning and Zoning, 2012

ACEC Merit Award, Core to Shore Plan OKC, 2009

Best of Westword, Best New Light Rail Station, 2007

Denver Mayor’s Design Awards, Jurassic Leaves, 2006

American Public Works Association, Broadway Reconstruction, 2006

American Society of Landscape Architects, Colorado Chapter, Honor Award, The CreekFront Project, 1994. 

The Public Landscapes of America Award for Excellence, Landscape Architecture Magazine, The CreekFront Project, 1994.

Orchids and Onions, Orchid Award, Curtis Street Streetscape Project, 1994.

The Electrical Vehicle and the American Community National Design Competition, First Place Award, 1993.

American Society of Landscape Architects, Colorado Chapter, Honor Award, First Avenue and Speer Boulevard Renovation, 1993. 

Downtown-Denver Partnership, Downtown Award, CreekFront Project, 1993. 

Orchids and Onions, Orchid Award, The CreekFront Project, 1993.

Green Industries of Colorado, Honor Award, First Avenue and Speer Boulevard Renovation, 1993. 

Best of WestWord, “Best Sign That Someone in the City has a Sense of Humor About all This Construction”, The Cone Zone Sign, 1992.

Best of Westword, Best Contemporary Public Art, Jade Spire, by Kevin Oehler, 1992. 

Best of Westword, Best Public Art, Union Spire, by Kevin Oehler, 1991. 

American Society of Landscape Architects, Colorado Chapter, Merit Award, Lower Downtown Streetscape, 1990. 

Downtown Denver Partnership, Downtown Award, Lower Downtown Streetscape, 1990.

Art Director’s Club of Denver, Award of Excellence, for design of office “capability” brochure for Ohlson Lavoie Corporation, 1985. 

HONORS AND AWARDS, PERSONAL

Lower Downtown District Inc., Brick and Mortar Award, 1996.

The West 38th Avenue Merchants Association Good Neighbor Award, 1995.

Cherry Creek Improvement Association, “You Made a Difference” Award, 1993. 

 

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