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Nature Conservancy Visitor Center Wins Landscape Architecture Award

Unique Design Recognized by the Utah Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Salt Lake City, Utah—30 September 2005—The Nature Conservancy’s Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve Visitor Center has won an Honor Award for design from the Utah Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.  

A jury has selected a handful of projects from around the state to be honored with the 2005 Awards. The awards will be presented on Friday, September 30, at the Utah Chapter’s annual meeting.  The chapter biennially gives awards in five categories: Design, Planning and Analysis, Communication, Paper Landscape Architecture, and Research.

“It’s wonderful to have this unique facility recognized,” said Dave Livermore, the Conservancy’s Utah State Director. “We worked hard to create a visitor center that truly complements the landscape and encourages people to explore the incredible habitats at the Preserve.”

Program entries were judged on the clarity of the submittal, the significance of the work to the profession of landscape architecture, and the overall quality of the work.  The Honor Award was presented to entries that represent outstanding accomplishment in the profession of landscape architecture.

Salt Lake City landscape architects James Bach and Associates designed the facilities at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve Visitor Center. The center consists of an open-air pavilion, one-mile boardwalk trail through prime bird-watching habitat, and a 30-foot-high observation tower—all constructed of recycled trestlewood.  It also features more than 34 educational and way-finding exhibits. 

The Preserve and Visitor Center are free and open to the public everyday.  For a map or more information, visit www.nature.org/utah.

Founded in 1899, the Association of Landscape Architects is the national professional association for landscape architects. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.

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The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy and its more than one million members have protected more than 2 million acres in the United States and helped protect more than 80 million acres in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. In Utah, The Nature Conservancy has completed over 140 conservation projects protecting nearly 900,000 acres of public and private land statewide.