Sources: Dan Donelin, 785-532-5961, dandon@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu
Thursday, May 24, 2007
K-STATE STUDENT RECEIVES AWARD AT 2007 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CENTRAL STATES CONFERENCE
MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University graduate student in landscape architecture received an award at the 2007 American Society of Landscape Architects Central States Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Brett Tagtmeyer, Emporia, received an Honor Award in the student unbuilt design category for "Confluence," a study of Sullivan's Cove in southern Tasmania's River Derwent Estuary. His design solution centered on returning a water drainage channel to its original path and creating wetlands that filter urban runoff. Melanie Klein, K-State assistant professor of landscape architecture and regional and community planning, was studio instructor for the project. Tagtmeyer is working this summer at EDSA in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The master and bachelor of landscape architecture programs in K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design are ranked second and third, respectively, in a 2007 nationwide survey of leading firms across the United States.