Honors & Awards

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The LaGasse Medal, Landscape Architect category, recognizes individuals who have made notable contributions to the management and conservancy of natural resources and/or public lands. The recipient must be a landscape architect or hold a degree in landscape architecture and possess a minimum of ten years experience in the profession.

For the past 26 years, Steve D. Livingston, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, has managed and conserved natural resources, parks, open space, and public lands in one of the most beautiful cities in the world--Charleston, South Carolina. As Director of the Department of Parks for the city, Mr. Livingston heads up a staff of 150 people who plan, design, construct, and maintain 1,200 acres of urban public facilities. He chairs Charleston¡¯s Design Review Committee, reviewing and approving all public space and facility design. In addition to restoring and maintaining the city¡¯s large existing park system, Mr. Livingston has led the development of several significant new projects, including the South Carolina Aquarium. The letter nominating him for this award reads ¡°the parks and open space in the city of Charleston and the city¡¯s approach to preservation and revitalization are an example to the entire country.¡±

Read the nomination letter from Rodney Swink, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, and support letters from Michael Van Valkenburgh, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, J. Edward Pinkney, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, The Honorable Joseph P. Riley, Honorary Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, Stuart O. Dawson, FË¿¹ÏÊÓƵ, and William T. Eubanks, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ.

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