From our inception, SLA has believed that in large part, success would not be measured in awards, but in the success of our Clients and our Team collaborators. For over more than 2 decades, SLA has experienced a wide range of economic and market changes that span the distance between London to Texas to Tokyo. Our Clients’ successes through those changing times have been the true measure of the service quality we provide.

SLA is also proud of the professional recognition thus far achieved. SLA has received numerous national and international honors and awards. This professional recognition covers a wide range of practice and project types including Planning, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture.


The following honors cover the first 20 years of practice:

AOIA Master Plan

Seiyo Kankyo Kaihatsu Corporation

AIA Houston Chapter Urban Design

1995

AOIA Splash Garden

The Seiyo Corporation

AIA Urban Planning Merit Award

1990

Avion Business Park Master Plan

Trammell Crow Co.

NAIOP Honor Award

1985

Bugis Junction Mixed Use

Steamship Investment & Development

Singapore Institute of Architects

1992

Chester Business Park

Warrington plc

Northern England Institute of Chartered Surveyors

1990

Hermann Park McGovern Lake Expansion

Friends of Hermann Park

Greater Houston Preservation Alliance’s Good Brick Award

2001

Lakewood “New Town”

Asia City Development

Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper First Place Urban Planning Competition

1990

Moody Gardens

Moody Foundation

ASLA National Merit, ALCA Grand National

1987

Houston Environmental Improvement Award,
ASLA Chapter Honor Award

1984

Second Ward Plan

2nd Ward Association

ASLA Texas Chapter Merit Award

1996

South Freeway Corridor

South Freeway Corridor Association

City of Houston
Environmental Improvements

1987

Tateshina Club Resort

Haseko Corporation

Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects

1992

Tateshina Dam

Haseko Corporation

Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects

1992

The Woodlands Community Entry

The Woodlands Operating Company

Texas Chapter ASLA Honor Award

2000

Seagate Colony

GAA Architects

Merit Award, Council of the Building Industry

1989

Sienna Retreat

Sienna Plantation

ASLA Merit Award

1986

Hamilton Cove

Canada Bell Enterprises

Merit Award, California Council ASLA

Tamari

Tamari, Japan

ASLA Honor Award Texas Chapter

1997

The Johnson Residence

Houston, Texas

ASLA Honor Award Texas Chapter

1997

Home Store

Aliso Viejo, CA

The Nationals Obsession

1997

Sullivan Residence

ASLA Southern California Chapter Merit Award

1992

Moody Gardens

The Moody Foundation

Architectural Record, Excellence in Planning and Design

1989

Reflections at Summer Creek

Pacific Coast Builders Conf.,

Gold Nugget Award

1991

Sugar Land Town Square

Houston Business Journal

Best Community Impact

2005

Sugar Land Town Square

Houston Business Journal

Best Mixed Use Development

2006

Design and Planning Competitions

The Arboretum Master Plan,
Austin Texas

Trammel Crow Company

1983

First Place

City Center Plaza,
Chandler Arizona

City of Chandler

1983

Fourth Place

Moody Gardens,
Galveston, Texas

The Moody Foundation

1984

First Place

Bay Oaks Community Master Plan,
Clear Lake City, Texas

Friendswood Development

1985

First Place

Avion Business Park,
Fairfax County Virginia

Trammel Crow Company

1987

First Place

Kuala Lumpur City Center Master Plan,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur City Center Corporation

1990

First Place

Lakewood “New Town”

Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper

1990

First Place

Heart of the Park @ Herman Park,
Houston, Texas

Friends of Herman Park

1998

Second Place