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Awards to Landscape Architecture Magazine (2010 to 2020)
These awards represent the collective success of LAM's staff, particularly Chris McGee, art director; Lisa Schultz, copy chief; and Jennifer Reut, senior editor (now editor in chief) and Leah Ghazarian, managing editor; as well as Emily Cox, former editorial design assistant; Lisa Speckhardt, former managing editor; and Daniel Jost, former staff writer; plus numerous contributors as noted.
2021
EXCEL Awards, Association Media & Publishing, editorial honors for specialized journalism (10,001 to 20,000 circulation)
Gold Award, Design Excellence. For February, March and April 2020 issues.
Gold Award, Feature Article Design, for "Have Van, Will Garden," March 2020 issue.
Silver Award, General Excellence, for March, April, and May 2020 issues.
Jesse H. Neal Awards, Software & Information Industry Association, for excellence in business publications (revenue under $3 million)
Best Overall Art Direction/Design
Best Single Article, "Lethal Glass Landscapes," about efforts to reduce bird deaths in cities, by Jeff Link.
Best Profile, "Hell of Fun," a profile of the landscape architect Claude Cormier, by Brian Barth.
2020
EXCEL Awards
Gold Award, Single Topic Issue, for TREES, March 2019 issue.
Gold Award, Feature Article, for "The Schoolyard is Sick," by Jane Margolies; a June 2019 feature on the landscape architect Claire Latane's advocacy to improve environments around schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Silver Award, General Excellence; April, May, and June 2019 issues.
Silver Award, Feature Article Design, for "In Kilauea's Wake," November 2019 issue.
Bronze Award, Feature Article Design, for "Garden Punk," May 2019 issue.
Bronze Award, Cover Photography, for "Nice Catch," November 2019.
2019
EXCEL Awards
Gold Award, General Excellence; October, November, and December 2018 issues.
Gold Award, Feature Article, for "The River Beneath the River," by Jennifer Reut, a November 2018 feature on long-range efforts to clean up the Anacostia River.
Bronze Award, Design Excellence; October, November, and December 2018 issues.
2018
EXCEL Awards
Gold Award, Single Topic Issue; "Found Ground," on public spaces built above and below city infrastructure.
Best Cover Contest, American Society of Magazine Editors
Finalist for "The Big Blow," an April 2017 cover feature by Michael Dumiak on plans for wind electrification in the North Sea.
2016
EXCEL Awards
Gold Award, Design Excellence; October, November, and December 2015 issues.
Gold Award, Feature Article Design, for "Street Theater," a feature on the Public Media Commons in St. Louis; November 2015 issue.
Silver Award, Feature Article Design, for "We Got Fun. And Foam," a feature on the construction of Maggie Daley Park in Chicago; November 2015 issue.
2014
Ellie Awards, the American Society of Magazine Editors
Finalist, General Excellence, Special Interest category.
2012
Eddie Awards, Folio Magazine
Bronze Award, Best Full Issue, for September 2011 issue on 9/11 Memorials.
Ozzie Awards, Folio Magazine
Bronze Award, Best Cover, for "Small Worlds," August 2011, photography by Elizabeth Felicella.
Silver Award, Best Feature Design, for "Morocco's Spell," a February 2012 feature by Julie Lasky about the Moroccan Courtyard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, an installation by the landscape architect Achva Benzinberg Stein.
Bronze Award, Best Feature Design, for "Skatepark Unintended," a February 2012 feature about guerrilla skate culture in Fort Worth; story and sketches by Nicholas Nelson; photography by Tiffany M. Sheppard.
Bronze Award, Best Use of Photography, for "Morocco's Spell, February 2012; photography by Michael Moran.
Individual Honors, Bradford McKee
2025
Bradford Williams Medal, for the feature "The Woods Are Warming" (November 2024), a report on climate disruption in Olmsted Woods in Washington, D.C.; presented by the American Society of Landscape Architects for exemplary coverage of landscape architecture.
2017
President's Award, presented by the American Society of Landscape Architects, New York City Chapter; Jennifer Nitzky, president.