2026 Professional & Student Award Winners
Congratulations!
The North Carolina Chapter wishes to thank all of the firms and individuals that submitted projects for the 2026 State Awards.
Professional Awards
ANALYSIS & PLANNINg
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Project Title:
Goldsboro Community FloodprintProject Team: NCSU Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
Team: Travis Klondike, Madalyn Baldwin, Andy Fox, Marybeth Campeau, Evan Holliday
Client / Agency / Publisher:
City of Goldsboro -
Project Title:
The Great Coharie River Watershed: Restoring Resilience to a River and Her PeopleProject Team: NCSU Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
Team: Andy Fox, Madalyn Baldwin, Marybeth Campeau, Claire Henkel, Travis Klondike, Jacob Bratsch
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Pamlico County -
Project Title: Pamlico County Floodprint
Project Team: NC State University Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
Team: Andy Fox, Madalyn Baldwin, Marybeth Campeau, Claire Henkel, Travis Klondike, Jacob Bratsch
Client/Agency/Publisher: Pamlico County
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Project Title: Recover and Renew
Project Team: Amanda Lam, Instructor: Paul Russell
Client/Agency/Publisher: N/A
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Project Title: Piedmont Park Comprehensive Plan
Project Team: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Team: Thomas Woltz, Lanie McKinnon, John Tatro
Client/Agency/Publisher: Piedmont Park Conservancy
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Project Title: Headwaters Conservation Plan
Project Team: Equinox
Team: Owen Carson; Megan Foy, PLA, ASLA; Brad Spiegel, AICP; Megan Hester
Client/Agency/Publisher: MountainTrue
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Project Title: Carrs Elktonia Beach Concept Plan
Project Team: McAdams
Team: Owen Carson; Allison Holbrooks, Austin Bowman, Beth Powell, Bobby Mishler, Dave Toms, Eliza Monroe, Garrett Jenkins, Josh Decker, Maddie Gresh, Megan Pottenger, Mitchell Silver, Ryan Albracht, Shweta Nanekar, Skyler Smith
Client/Agency/Publisher: Resilience Authority Annapolis + Ann Arundel County
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Project Title: South Park Heritage Trail
Project Team: Design Workshop, Inc.
Team: Emily McCoy, Corey Dodd, Jeff Israel, Craig Klomp, Kathleen Elliot, City of Raleigh, SPERNA, NC State University
Client/Agency/Publisher: City of Raleigh
COMMUNICATIONS
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Project Title: Historic Resilience Primer: Resilient Strategies for North Carolina's Historic Properties
Project Team: NC State University Coastal Dynamics Design Lab
Team: Madalyn Baldwin, Marybeth Campeau, Andy Fox, Claire Henkel, Megan Hester, Lauren Joca, Sara Queen
Client / Agency / Publisher:
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
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Project Title: Sullivan's Island Native Tree Guide
Project Team: Surculus, LLC
Team: Erin Stevens, Aubrey Miller, and Maggie Gaston
Client / Agency / Publisher:
The Town of Sullivan's Island
general Design
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Project Title: Camp Hero State Park
Project Team: Clemson University
Team: Emma Rocchetta
Client / Agency / Publisher: Paul Russel
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Project Title: UNCC Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial
Project Team: Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture, PLLC
Team: Susan Hatchell, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP/Landscape Architect of Record, Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, PLA/Landscape Architect, Bill Washabaugh/Artist
Client / Agency / Publisher: Bandwidth, East West Partners
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Project Title: Conestee Natural Playscape
Project Team: Davis & Floyd
Team: Davis & Floyd, Treehuggers Customs Natural Learning Initiative
Client / Agency / Publisher: Conestee Nature Preserve
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Project Title: Grant Park Gateway
Project Team: HGOR
Team: HGOR, Landscape Architect, Smith Dalia Architects (SDA), Architect Winter Construction, General Contractor
Client / Agency / Publisher:
SDA
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Project Title: Truist HQ Plaza
Project Team: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc.
Team: Kenneth Bark
Client / Agency / Publisher: Truist
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Project title: Douglasville Town Green and Amphitheater
Project Team: TSW
Team: Adam Williamson (Principal-in-Charge, Lead Landscape Architect) + TSW Landscape Architecture Studio
Client / Agency / Publisher:
City of Douglasville, GA
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Project Title: Learning through Loss: Passing a Community's Legacy to the Next Generation
Project Team: Clemson University
Team: Celia Castellano, Valerie Duhamel (award submitters). Jessica Gray, Chase Kelly, Lawton Sifly (other team members)
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Clemson University
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Project Title: Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
Project Team: HGOR
Team: HGOR, Landscape Architect Reeves Young, General Contractor Long Engineering (Atlas), Civil Engineer
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Reeves Young
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Project Title: Mercer University College Street Transformation
Project Team: HGOR
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Mercer University
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Project Title: Pearl Street Park
Project Team: McAdams
Team: David Malcolm, Kristen Mansfield
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Mercer University
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Project Title: The Mill
Project Team: TSW
Team: Bryan Bays , TSW Landscape Architecture Studio
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Southeast Capital Partners
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Project Title: Chason Park Centennial Expansion
Project Team: TSW
Team: Bryan Bays, TSW Landscape Architecture Studio
Client / Agency / Publisher:
City of Bainbridge, GA
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Project Title: Reclaiming Space
Project Team: University of Georgia
Team: Holden McCullough
Client / Agency / Publisher:
City of Bainbridge, GA
Residential design - PROFESSIONAL
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Project Title: Arbutus Secret Garden
Project Team: Living Roofs, Inc.
Team: Kathryn Blatt Ancaya, Anna Ahern
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Private Client
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Project Title: Western Carolina University Lower Campus Residence Halls
Project Team: Surface 678, PA.
Team: Charles Bradley
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Western Carolina University
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Project Title: Duke University West Campus Residential Quads
Project Team: Surface 678, PA.
Team: Charles Bradley, Robert Pratt
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Duke University
RESEARCH DESIGN – PROFESSIONAL
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Project Title: Return to the Land
Project Team: Molly Foote.
Team: Charles Bradley, Robert Pratt
Client / Agency / Publisher:
urban design - PROFESSIONAL
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Project Title: Bell Tower Green
Project Team: Land Design, Inc
Team: Allison Merriman, Beth Poovey , Jeff Mis
Client / Agency / Publisher: Bell Tower Green, Inc.
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Project Title: Vantage South End
Project Team: LandDesign, Inc.
Team: Hattie Pavlechko-Reiter, Chase Weaver
Client / Agency / Publisher: The Spectrum Companies
2026 Student Award Winners
ANALYSIS & PLANNING
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Project Title: Shifting Shores: Reimagining a Coastal Community Facing Inundation
Project Team: North Carolina State University
Team: Elissa Boster, Lauren Briley, Erin Craven, Kathleen Elliott Abigail Lundergan
Client/Agency/Publisher: City of Goldsboro
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Project Title: The Living Axis: Connecting Nature, Knowledge, and Neighborhood
Project Team: NC State University Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Team: Jessica Weiss, Anna Earley, Olivia Segreto, Weatherley Tripp, Amanda Benwire
Client/Agency/Publisher:
NC State University
General Design
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Project Title: From Waste To Wild
Project Team: NCSU Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Team: Lizandro Marcial-Armas
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Town of Manteo
Residential Design
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Project Title: Landscapes and Livelihoods: An Integrated Approach to Coastal Housing
Project Team: Jacob Bratsch, Halina Pyzdrowski
Team: Charles Bradley, Robert Pratt
Client / Agency / Publisher:
Town of Manteo, Andy Fox, David Hill
Urban Design
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Project Title: Mexico Te Abraz
Project Team: NCSU
Team: Katie Pollok, Maria Bellalta, Claire Henkel
Client / Agency / Publisher: NCSU