Orlando landscape architects take home statewide awards

 ORLANDO, Fla., August 3, 2010 — Four Orlando-based landscape architectural firms took home awards received recently at the annual design competition gala held in Gainsville, Florida, sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Foster Conant & Associates took home two Awards of Honor, one for St. Johns Town Center Phase II in Jacksonville in the commercial category, and one for Shenfu New Town Discovery Lake District in the Peoples Republic of China in the planning and analysis category.

Also taking home two awards was Canin Associates, for the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in Lake Nona, an Award of Honor in the institutional category, and an Award of Excellence in the research and communications category.

In the conceptual category, an Award of Honor was presented to Morris Architects/Morris Terra for Tianjin Aviation City Central District Master Plan in Tianjin, Peoples Republic of China.

MSI Design received an Award of Excellence for Jungala at Busch Gardens in Tampa.

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