Awards
Honors, Awards, and Grants
Honors
2013
Utah’s 15, The Fifteen Most Influential Artists in Utah, 15 Bytes Magazine
Catalyst 100, selected one of the 100 Most Influential Change Agents in Utah, Catalyst Magazine
2002
Springville Museum of Art 2002 Curatorial Committee, named “One of the Hundred Most Honored Artists of Utah”
Awards
2019
Lifetime Sustainability Leadership Award, University of Utah
2017
Dark Sky Defender Award, International Dark Sky Association
2016
Certificate of Appreciation, Troop 429, Muslim Girl Scouts of Utah
2010
Urban Communications Foundation Award for book, What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs
ASUU 2010 Student Choice Teaching Award, University of Utah
2008
American Institute of Architects Western Region “Award of Distinction”
2007
Alta Club’s “Artist Laureate” 2007-2011, Salt Lake City, UT
2002
National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, honorary Pi Alpha Alpha initiation
2001
American Planning Association, Utah Chapter, Achievement Award - Unique Contribution in Urban Design for Towards a Walkable Downtown: Urban Design Strategies to Improve the Pedestrian Environment in Downtown Salt Lake City
1999
Downtown Retail Merchant’s Association, Annual Appreciation Award: Friend of the Retailer
1998
Utah Humanities Council, Friends of the Humanities Award
1998
Catholic Diocese of Utah, Outstanding Community Service Award
1997
NAHRO, National Design Excellence in Affordable Housing Award
1995
American Society of Landscape Architects, Merit Award for "Temporaria"
Downtown Alliance, Individual Achievement Award
1993
American Concrete Institute, Award for Excellence for "Seven Canyons Fountain"
1992
Mayor's Award in the Arts for Visual Arts 1991 Utah Heritage Foundation, Preservation Project Award for "General Engineering Building"
1991
Utah Heritage Foundation, Preservation Project Award for "Terry-Gile Residence"
1989
Utah Association of Gifted Children, Achievement Award
Grants
2008
Graham Foundation, Grant to Individuals for book Studio Without Walls: Living Creatively Across Disciplines