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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. YU <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> wins ASLA Design<br />

Honor Award <strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--04--16<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=176690462<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, April. 12th, 2007: American Society <strong>of</strong> Landscape Architects<br />

(ASLA) announced the pr<strong>of</strong>essional awards <strong>of</strong> this year, the ―ASLA Design Honor<br />

Award‖ <strong>of</strong> which was won by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Yu Kongjian <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>'s Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Landscape Design for the design he took charge, which was called "shaded red<br />

pennant-Qinhuangdao Tanghe Park", on April 9th, 2007. It‘s the fourth time that<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Yu and his group had obtained the prize, following the Zhongshan Qijiang<br />

Park in 2002, Shenyang Architectural <strong>University</strong> Campus and Taizhou "anti-planning" in<br />

2005 and Zhejiang Huangyan Yongning Park in 2006.<br />

According to the <strong>of</strong>ficial website <strong>of</strong> ASLA, more than 500 projects from different<br />

countries participated in the selection. There were 13 Integrated Design Award, 8<br />

Planning Award, 11 Settlement Design Award, all <strong>of</strong> which were won by designs in the<br />

United States, except for 2 in China, 2 in Lebanon and 1 in Mexico. 2 design institutes in<br />

China gained the awards along with 1 in Lebanon, 1 in Canada, 1 in Mexico and others<br />

in America. All prizes will be granted in the Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the American Landscape<br />

Designers that held in San Francisco on October 8th.<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>'s Institute <strong>of</strong> Landscape Design had aroused wide attention from the<br />

international counterparts because it won frequently. Its design works have been widely<br />

published in foreign journals, and a number <strong>of</strong> designs have been taken as teaching<br />

cases in the United States and other foreign universities.<br />

Edited By : Li Nanxin<br />

Translated By : Chen Zhenxia<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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