Old black and white photo of a woman in a white dress stnding next to a river. On the other side of the river is a ferris wheel. The word Reno can be seen handwritten on the photo.
Award certificate with text: HAL HISTORIC AMERICAN LANDSCAPES SURVEY 2025 HALS CHALLENGE FIRST PLACE AR WINGFIELD PARK, RENO, WASHOE COUNTY, NEVADA MELINDA GUSTIN ADAM KING DR. JUNG-HWA KIM DANIEL MOSS AMANDA ROOKEY JACEL ZERES AVILA
Oct. 15, 2025

We're thrilled to announce that our UNLV Architecture and NVASLA collaborative team has won first place in the 2025 Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge! The team documented Wingfield Park in Reno, NV, and this winning submission will be added to the HALS collection at the Library of Congress. 

Team Members:
Dr. Jung-Hwa Kim, Assistant Professor,  Landscape Architecture
Adam King, Senior Student, Landscape Architecture
Jacel Zeres Avila, Alumni (Landscape Architecture '25)
Amanda Rookey, PLA, ASLA, Nevada HALS Liaison
Melinda Gustin, ASLA, Nevada HALS Co-Liaison
Daniel Moss, City of Reno Utility Services Department

The winners were officially announced at the ASLA Annual Conference on October 11, 2025.
This is our second consecutive year of national recognition. In 2024, we earned second place for documenting Cochran Ditch in Reno! 

Historic Image: Photograph of Belle Isle at Wingfield Park, 1911, WA-02934, Nevada Historical Society, Reno.