Recognition

The NC State Coastal Dynamics Design Lab is proud to have received honors and awards across the realms of design, teaching, research, and engagement. Accolades recognizing CDDL people, processes, and products have been bestowed by the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects, Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, NC State University, and many other professional, institutional and governmental organizations. Accomplishments of the CDDL include:

2025 Community Service Award — Organizational
American Society of Landscape Architects

2025 Award of Excellence in Analysis & Planning: Great Coharie River: Restoring Resilience to a River and Her People
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2025 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Pamlico County Floodprint
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2025 Merit Award in Analysis & Planning: Cherry Hospital: Envisioning a Resilient Future for a Historic Campus
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2025 Rural Witnesses: Retracing & Reimagining Rural Architecture in the South—Freedom River Living History Museum (in collaboration with the Town of Princeville and NC State School of Architecture Design+Build Studio)
701 Center for Contemporary Art in partnership with Clemson School of Architecture and Partners of Place (Columbia, SC)

2025 Community Impact Through Design Award: Freedom River Living History Museum (in collaboration with the Town of Princeville and NC State School of Architecture Design+Build Studio)
AIA Triangle

2024 Mobi Award (Rural Category Winner): Improvements to Main Street (U.S. 17 Business) – Pollocksville, NC (in collaboration with the Town of Pollocksville)
North Carolina Department of Transportation

2024 Merit Award in Analysis & Planning: Goldsboro Community Floodprint
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2024 Special Recognition Award in Communications: Historic Resilience Primer: Resilient Strategies for North Carolina's Historic Properties
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2023 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

2023 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Nicks Creek Longleaf Reserve Conservation & Management Plan
American Society of Landscape Architects

2023 Award of Honor in Analysis & Planning: Rivercrest Conservation Purpose and Public Benefit Study
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2023 Award of Merit in Research: Rural Resilience: Developing a Framework for Assisting Communities to Adapt in Place
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2023 Award of Merit in Social Impact: Recovery, Restoration, Resilience: The Whiteville Community Floodprint
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2023 North Carolina State University Board of Governors Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching (Fox: NC State College of Design nominee)

2022 Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Place Award
Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities

2022 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Accelerating Rural Recovery and Resilience: The Pollocksville Community Floodprint
American Society of Landscape Architects

2022 Gail Lindsey Sustainability Award
North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

2022 Honor Award in Communications: Eagles Island Nature Park: A Vision for Conservation, Education, and Recreation
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2022 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Taylor Farm Nature Area: Conservation Purpose + Public Benefit Study
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2022 Opal Mann Green Engagement and Scholarship Award
North Carolina State University

2021 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Nicks Creek Longleaf Reserve: Conservation + Programming Study
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2021 Merit Award in Analysis & Planning: Princeville Community Floodprint: Resiliency Strategies for Greater Princeville
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2021 Top Prize — Grant Proposal Competition: Seeding Resilience through Restoration and Education in Princeville, NC (in partnership with CTNC)
GrantStation and The Grant Professionals Association

2021 Excellence Award for One-of-a-Kind Publications — Green Category: North Carolina Coastal Planting Templates (in partnership with NC Sea Grant)
APEX Awards for Publication Excellence

2020 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Lumberton Floodprint: Strategies for Repurposing Vulnerable Landscapes After Disaster
American Society of Landscape Architects

2020 Award of Excellence in Research: Twin Creeks Conservation + Public Benefit Study
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2020 Honor Award in Analysis & Planning: Sycamore Creek Site Analysis and Planning Study
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2020 Honor Award in Communications: North Carolina Coastal Planting Templates
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2019 Inductee: Council of Fellows (Fox)
American Society of Landscape Architects

2019 Inductee: College of Fellows (Hill)
American Institute of Architects

2019 Award of Excellence in Analysis & Planning: Lumberton Floodprint
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2019 Honor Award in Research: Urban Water Rx: Prescribing Conservation through the Measurement of Two Urban Reservoirs
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2019 Merit Award in Analysis & Planning: Greater Princeville: Design Strategies to Restore and Celebrate America’s Oldest Black Town
American Society of Landscape Architects Southeast Regional Conference

2018 Honor Award in Communications: Homeplace: A Conversation Guide for Six Communities, Rebuilding after Hurricane Matthew
American Society of Landscape Architects

2018 President’s Council Award (Fox)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2018 Virginia Design Medalists (Fox + Hill)
Hanbury, Norfolk, VA

2018 Award of Excellence in Communications: Homeplace: A Conversation Guide for Six Communities, Rebuilding after Hurricane Matthew
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2018 Honor Award in Research: North Carolina Tidal Creeks Study
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2017 Center for Geospatial Analytics Faculty Fellows (Fox + Hill)
NC State University Center for Geospatial Analytics

2016 Excellence in Teaching Award (Fox)
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture

2016 Merit Award in Research: Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation Program (Fox)
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2015 Award of Excellence in Analysis & Planning: Shedding [b]Light – New Orleans
North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

2015 Research Fellow (Fox)
Landscape Architecture Foundation Case Study Investigation Program

2014 Decade of Design Award
American Institute of Architects / Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture / Clinton Global Foundation

2014 University Faculty Scholar (Hill)
North Carolina State University

2014 Inductee: Community Engaged Faculty Fellows (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2014 Inductee: Academy of Outstanding Teachers (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2014 Opal Mann Green Engagement Award (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2014 Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award (Fox)
North Carolina State University Senior Class Council

2014 Outstanding Teacher Award (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2014 Outstanding Teacher Award (Fox)
College of Design, North Carolina State University

2012 University Faculty Scholar (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2012 Inductee: Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2012 Outstanding Extension Service Award (Fox)
North Carolina State University

2012 Outstanding Extension Service Award (Fox)
College of Design, North Carolina State University

2012 Faculty Partnership and Academic Collaboration Award (Fox)
North Carolina Housing Officers

2011 Earthwise Award for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Sustainability on Campus (Fox)
North Carolina State University Campus Environmental Sustainability Team (CEST)