Peter Jacobs Honoured with Governor General's Medal in Landscape Architecture

The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is pleased to announce that Professor Peter Jacobs, AAPQ, FCSLA, FASLA, was selected by a jury as the 2020 recipient of the Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture. Peter Jacobs is the third landscape architect to receive this prestigious award. 

The Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture (GGMLA) is the highest honour bestowed on a landscape architect by the CSLA. The medal is intended to honour exceptional landscape architects whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession have had a unique and lasting impact on Canadian society. 

Professor Peter Jacobs is a true renaissance man: award-winning practitioner, published author, orator, educator, leader, trailblazer, consultant, and mentor. He is best described as having an insatiable curiosity, a clear vision, and an unfailing desire to contribute to a better world. Far from pursuing a predetermined path, Professor Jacobs has, during his 50-year career, successfully navigated uncharted waters to mark our world through the practice of landscape architecture.

Read the full jury statement here: https://www.csla-aapc.ca/awards/peter-jacobs-2020