AWARDS
The Acacia Group
has been the recipient of 37 local awards and 3 national awards for
excellence in design, research and resource planning. The national awards
are indicated by an asterisk.
2002 Merit
Award, Design Category, Arizona Chapter of the American Society of
Landscape Architects (ASLA), Professional Design Awards Program. Sabino
Estates Reservoir, Tucson, Arizona.
2002 Public
Works Project of the Year in the Structures, $2-$10 million Category,
Arizona Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Sabino Estates
Reservoir and Booster, Tucson, Arizona.
2001 Honor
Award, Analysis and Planning Category, Arizona Chapter of the American
Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Professional Design Awards
Program. Irvington Road Landfill End-Use Masterplan, Tucson,AZ.
1996 First
Place Award, Arizona Landscape Contractor’s Association (ALCA) Annual
Awards Program. Barraza-Aviation Parkway Irrigation Design and
Installation, Tucson, Arizona.
1996
Outstanding Planning Accomplishment Award, Nevada Chapter, American
Planning Association, Annual Awards Program. Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
State Historic Park Master Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1996
Statewide Preservation Award, Preservation Association of Clark County,
Annual Awards Program. Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
Master Plan, Las Vegas, Nevada.
1994 Award
of Distinction, Arizona Landscape Contractor’s Association (ALCA) Annual
Awards Program. University of Arizona NCAA Women’s Softball Stadium,
Tucson, AZ.
1992 Judges
Award, Southern Arizona Water Resources Association (SAWARA) Annual Awards
Program.
U of A Central Refrigeration Plant Buffer, Tucson, Arizona.
“Best Integration of Neighborhood and
Institutional Uses.”
1991
Xeriscape Visionary Award, Annual SAWARA Awards Program. Awarded to Walt
Rogers on behalf of the firm’s design work for Sunrise Drive Arterial,
2.5-miles, Pima County, Arizona.
1990*
National Award, Annual National Awards Program for Energy Innovation,
United States Department of Energy. Sunnyslope Transit Center, Phoenix,
Arizona for the utilization of a cooling tower in a public facility.
1990 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Public Works Category, Annual SAWARA Awards
Competition. South Tucson Municipal Center and City Hall Complex, South
Tucson, Arizona.
1989 Public
Works Honor Award, Arizona Chapter ASLA, Highest Award for Site Design of
Public Space. Sunnyslope Transit Center, Phoenix, AZ.
1989 Visual
Improvement Award, City of Phoenix Visual Improvement Awards
Committee. Sunnyslope Transit Center, Phoenix, AZ.
1989 Site
Development Award, Commercial/Industrial Category, Valley Forward
Association, Environmental Excellence Awards. Sunnyslope Transit Center,
Phoenix, Arizona.
1989 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Commercial Category, Southern Arizona Water
Resources Association (SAWARA) Awards Competition. Saint Thomas The
Apostle Catholic Church, Tucson, Arizona.
1989 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Public Works Category, SAWARA Awards Competition.
Rita Ranch Entry Monuments and Roads, Pima County, Arizona.
1988 Merit
Award, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern Arizona Chapter.
St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Church, Tucson, Arizona.
1988* Merit
Award, Research Category, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
National Professional Awards Program. “Conservation Potential Analysis
for Turf Facilities in Arizona: Criteria for the Second Management Period
1990-2000, Arizona Groundwater Management Act.”
1988 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Commercial Category, SAWARA Awards Competition.
Valley National Bank Service Center, Tucson, Arizona.
1988
Xeriscape Award of Recognition, SAWARA Awards Competition. La Paloma
Estates, Tucson, Arizona.
1987 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Residential Category, SAWARA Awards Competition.
Botwin Residence, Tucson, Arizona.
1987 First
Place Xeriscape Award, Public Works Category, SAWARA Awards Competition.
Kolb Road through Alta Vista, Tucson, Arizona.
1987
Honorable Mention, TORO Landscape Industry Advancement Award Competition.
“Conservation Potential Analysis for Turf Facilities in Arizona: Criteria
for the Second Management Period 1990-2000, Arizona Groundwater Management
Act.” This honorable mention award was created specifically to award our
firm for this project, since TORO Awards Competition normally awards only
two first-place awards on an annual basis. The judges commented as
follows:
“It
is reflective of a tremendous amount of work and may well prove invaluable
to the entire industry... We feel, in time, the entire state of Arizona
may be submitted as a project site due to the scope and magnitude of this
report.”
1986 Award
of Distinction, Arizona Landscape Contractor’s Association (ALCA) Annual
Awards Program. Paloma del Sol Model Home Complex, La Paloma Planned
Community, Tucson, Arizona.
1986 Merit
Award, AIA, Southern Arizona Chapter. Mountain View High School, Tucson,
Arizona.
1985 Merit
Award, ASLA Professional Awards Program. Loews Ventana Canyon Resort,
Tucson, Arizona. The firm served as planting and irrigation
subconsultants on this project.
1985
First Place Award, ALCA Annual Awards
Program.
Mehl Residence, Tucson, AZ.
1985 Honor
Award, AIA, Southern Arizona Chapter. Western Savings and Loan
Association, Ina Road and La Cholla Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona.
1984 Honor
Award, AIA, Southern Arizona Chapter. Ventana Canyon Golf and Racquet
Club, Tucson, Arizona.
1984* Merit
Award, ASLA Professional Awards Program. Inventory and Evaluation of the
Health and Moveability of 8,056 Mature Giant Saguaro Cacti on the 800-acre
Siteof La Paloma Planned Community,
Tucson, Arizona.
1984 First
Place Award, ALCA Annual Awards
Program.
Sampliner Residence, Tucson, AZ.
1984 Honor
Award, Arizona Society of American Institute of Architects, Annual
Professional Awards Program. La Paloma Golf Course
Maintenance Building, Tucson, AZ.
1981
Outstanding Contribution to the Environment Award, City of Casa Grande,
Arizona. The Central Business District Revitalization Plan. (Walt Rogers
with the University of Arizona Landscape Architecture Program, Fourth Year
Urban Design Studio.)
1980
Special Sensitivity Award, ALCA Annual Awards Program. Roger Andrews
Residence, Tucson, Arizona.
1980 First
Place, Salt River Project/Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona
“Arid-zona” Landscape Competition. Roger Andrews Residence, Tucson,
Arizona.
1980 Gold
Award, City of Tucson, Citizens Water Advisory Committee, First Annual
Desert Landscape Competition. Desert Glen Townhomes, Tucson, Arizona.
1980 Gold
Award, City of Tucson, Citizens Water Advisory Committee, First Annual
Desert Landscape Competition. Roger Andrews Residence, Tucson, Arizona.
1980 Silver
Award, City of Tucson, Citizens Water Advisory Committee, First Annual
Desert Landscape Competition. West Center at Tucson General Hospital,
Tucson, Arizona.
1980
Heritage Award, City of Tucson, Citizens Water Advisory Committee, First
Annual Desert Landscape Competition. Category: Properties Established
since 1977. Placita Kino at Kino Community Hospital, Tucson, Arizona.
1980 First
Place, City of Tucson, Citizens Water Advisory Committee, First Annual
Desert Landscape Competition. Desert Glen Townhomes, Tucson, Arizona.
