American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 2009 Professional Award winners include NY-based firms in the following categories: General Design — The Museum of Modern Art Roof Garden and Observation Balloon Preview Park Orange County Great Park by WORKSHOPWEST Ken Smith Landscape Architect; Analysis and Planning — Brooklyn Bridge Park by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.; and Research — Restoration ecology processes to advance natural landscape design, by Steven N. Handel, Hon. ASLA…To view all award winners and images, click here…

Three NYC projects are among the winners of the Preservation League of New York State Excellence in Historic Preservation Award: The Emerson (team: Clinton Housing Development Company; New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Enterprise; Edelman Sultan Knox Wood / Architects; Abraham Joselow; Robert Silman Associates; Higgins Quasebarth & Partners; and Mega Contracting); The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (team: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; Wank Adams Slavin Associates (WASA/Studio A); Robert Silman Associates; Integrated Conservation Resources; William B. Rose & Associates; AKF Engineers; and Nicholson & Galloway, Inc.); and The Chapel of the Sisters, Prospect Cemetery (team: Cutsogeorge Tooman & Allen Architects; Hage Engineering; Gabor M. Szakal Consulting Engineers; Jablonski Building Conservation, Inc.; Fame Construction; The Gil Studios; Greater Jamaica Development Corp.; New York Landmarks Conservancy; Prospect Cemetery of Jamaica Village; and the New York City Parks Department)…

The 26th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards Winners include a Citation for the TKTS Booth in Times Square by Perkins Eastman based on a competition-winning concept by Choi Ropiha Architects with lighting design by Paul Marantz, FIALD… The 10th Annual SpecSimple.com Save A Sample! winners include Kim Farrah, Lauren Haber, Nicole Moudis, Heather Groff, Janet Rotondo, and Megan Meade… United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) has selected Juliette G. Lam, Director of Interiors for HOK NY, as a recipient of its “Women Who Care” honors…

Parsons, The New School for Design announced that Joel Towers, the inaugural director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center and Associate Provost for Environmental Studies, has been appointed as the Interim Dean… Ed Feiner, FAIA, has joined the Washington, DC-based office of Perkins+Will… Einhorn Yaffee Prescott recently appointed Judy Pullar as a principal and director of business development…