The 2024 Iowa Awards Program was juried by members of the Louisiana Chapter. These awards were presented at the Fall Awards Gala in Cumming, Iowa on Sept. 17th, 2024. Congratulations to all of our winners!

Student Awards:

Design, Unbuilt

David Del Torro, Jack Schultz, and Juan Rodriguez | Ripples, Boone, Iowa, Merit Award

Professional Awards:

Design, built

Shive-Hattery | Howard Commons in the Village of Howard, Wisconsin, Award of Excellence

Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) | Stanley Center for Peace & Security in Muscatine, Iowa, Honor Award

Beck Engineering | Lake Street Streetscape in Arnolds Park, Iowa, Merit Award

Confluence | EMC Downtown Park, Des Moines, IA, Merit Award

Bolton + Menk | Indianola Downtown Park, Indianola, Iowa, Merit Award

RDG Planning & Design | Marion Uptown District: 7th Avenue Streetscape in Marion, Iowa, Merit Award

Genus Landscape Architects | Raccoon River Park Playground in West Des Moines, Iowa, Merit Award

ISG | Waterworks Park Improvements in Grimes, Iowa, Merit Award

Design, unbuilt

Bolton + Menk | Colby Park in Windsor Heights, Iowa, Honor Award

Confluence | Willow Creek Riverwalk in Mason City, Iowa, Merit Award

Bolton + Menk | Water Plaza at Linn Creek District in Marshalltown, Iowa, Merit Award

Confluence | Wallace Park Master Plan in Grimes, Iowa, Merit Award

Confluence | Gray’s Lake Play & Spray in Des Moines, Iowa, Merit Award

Planning & Analysis

SWT Design in collaboration with Substance Architecture | Woksape Makoce Food Systems District Vision Plan in Porcupine, SD, Honor Award

RDG Planning & Design | Downtown DSM: Future Forward Vision & Action Plan in Des Moines, Iowa, Merit Award

Confluence | Mud, Camp, and Spring Creek Watershed Master Plan in Polk, Jasper, Marion, & Warren Counties, Iowa, Merit Award

RDG Planning & Design in collaboration with BarberMcMurray Architects, Aquatic Design Group, and Stecker Harmsen, Inc | Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville RecSports Planning & Expansion in Knowville, TN, Merit Award

Communications

City of Des Moines Parks & Recreation Dept | Systemic Condition and Analysis Management for Multi-Use Trails (SCAMMUT), Merit Award

Historic preservation

Seelman Landscape Architecture | Restoring a Vision: Brucemore’s Post-Derecho Woodland Restoration at the Burcemore National Trust Site in Cedar Rapids, IA, Honor Award

Snyder & Associates | Camp Dodge Perimeter Fence and Gatehouse Restoration Project for the Iowa Army National Guard in Johnston, Iowa, Merit Award