Less than two weeks after being announced as the winner of a MacArthur fellowship, the landscape designer and public artist Walter Hood is adding another award to his shelf: the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

The Gish Prize Trust has announced that Mr. Hood has been selected as the recipient of the 26th edition of the honor, which currently carries a cash award of about $250,000. The prize is given each year to a “highly accomplished artist from any discipline who has pushed the boundaries of an art form, contributed to social change and paved the way for the next generation.”

“I tend to call my practice a cultural practice,” Mr. Hood said in a phone interview on Monday. “I want the work to speak to the broadest public. It’s really fantastic to be recognized, and looking at the esteemed winners — to be part of that collection is pretty mind blowing.”

Previous winners of the Gish Prize include Meredith Monk, Suzan-Lori Parks, Maya Lin and Frank Gehry, who won the inaugural award . The prize was established in 1994 through the will of the actress Lillian Gish.