Eligibility & Selection Process

Eligibility

Eligible recipients of the prize must satisfy one of the following sets of criterion:

Be a legal Minnesota resident at time of award (as defined by the State of Minnesota for income tax purposes) and a graduate within ten (10) years of the time of award of an accredited professional program in landscape architecture as determined by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB) or international equivalent and is currently practicing landscape architecture for a public, private, and/or non-profit entity. *

OR

Have earned the degree of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA), Bachelor of Environmental Design (BED), and/or Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) within ten (10) years of the time of award from the University of Minnesota and is currently practicing landscape architecture for a public, private, and/or non-profit entity.

Note : Applicants do no need to be members of ASLA or Registered Landscape Architects to enter the competition.

Competition and Selection Process

The process to select a winner has two phases:

Phase 1 in the selection process is a short design competition. This competition will be judged by a selection committee as primary criterion for narrowing entrants to (up to) five finalists. This short design competition is intended to assess the entrant’s abilities and skill in understanding, analyzing, and designing landscapes.

Phase 2 asks only invited finalists to prepare a travel proposal and interview with the selection committee to determine a winner. Roger Martin traveled extensively for research and this phase is intended to assess the quality and value of the entrant’s proposed travel plan(s).

Each phase will be weighed in the final selection decision. The winner will be announced at the ASLA-MN Awards Event in April.