Winners of the 2018 National Landscape Architecture Awards announced
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 National Landscape Architecture Awards, recognising and celebrating the contributions of the 38 winners across 14 categories,to Australia’s regional and metropolitan landscapes.
The annual awards program acknowledges the ability of landscape architects to shape cities and towns to tackle the major challenges facing Australian cities and their residents, including an ageing population, climbing obesity and diabetes rates, transport challenges and the increasing importance of positive mental health.
The awards reflect the broad scale of projects designed by landscape architects with projects such as the Sunshine Coast’s Palmwoods Town Square awarded, through to smaller projects like the Ian Potter Children’s WILDPLAY Garden and the Darebin Yarra Trail Link.
According to the Awards Jury, landscape architects are fundamental to the health and wellbeing of our communities, expanding their skillset to help the world deal with critical issues.
The awarded projects are sensitive, thoughtful and ambitious responses to repairing and improving our Australian landscapes. This is of critical importance at a time of increasing urbanisation and climate change.
- Sara Kjaersgaard, AILA National Awards Jury Chair
The awards coincided with the 2018 AILA International Festival of Landscape Architecture: The Expanding Field, which celebrates the great diversity within Landscape Architecture practice, promoting the critical role the profession has in confronting and contributing to the social and economic challenges of the coming century.
The Expanding Field Creative Directors, Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL), say the social and environmental challenges we face are large-scale and systemic, from climate change to growing wealth inequality and a politically volatile climate worldwide.
Winners are Grinners
Civic Landscape category
Award of Excellence
Newman Town Centre (WA) | UDLA
Landscape Architecture Award
Palmwoods New Town Square (QLD) | Sunshine Coast Council
Railway Square (WA) | Place Laboratory
Earth Sciences Garden (VIC) | Rush Wright Associates
Parks and Open Space category
Award of Excellence
- Bungarribee at Doonside (NSW) | JMD Design
Landscape Architecture Award
- Rockhampton Riverside (QLD) | Urbis
Oaklands Park and Wetland (SA) | TCL
Alpine Better Places Porepunkah (VIC) | MDG LAs
Play Spaces category
Award of Excellence
Optus Stadium Park (WA) | HASSELL
Landscape Architecture Award
Mukanthi Nature Playspace (SA) | PSLA Playspaces
BallamBumps (VIC)| Playce
Ian Potter Children’s WILDPLAY Garden (NSW) | Aspect
Infrastructure category
Award of Excellence
Darebin Yarra Trail Link (VIC) | Vic Roads
Landscape Architecture Award
- Skeleton Creek Bridges (VIC) | Site Office
Cultural Heritage category
Award of Excellence
Plantbank (NSW) | 360 degrees LA
Landscape Architecture Award
Point Nepean National Park MP (VIC) | TCL
Railway Square (WA) | Place Laboratory
Land Management category
Award of Excellence
- The Living Knowledge Stream for Curtin University (WA) | Syrinx Environmental
Tourism category
Landscape Architecture Award
HOTA Outdoor Stage (QLD) | CUSP
Maravista (QLD) | CUSP
Urban Design category
Award of Excellence
Optus Stadium Park (WA) | HASSELL
Landscape Architecture Award
Fish Lane (QLD) | RPS
Victoria Square Kerang (VIC) | Hansen Partnership
Landscape Planning category
Award of Excellence
Chain of Ponds (VIC) | Site Office
Landscape Architecture Award
- Southern Parklands Vision 2036 (NSW) | Turf Design and TDEP
Research, Policy and Communications category
Award of Excellence
Green Infrastructure Planning a National Green Network (WA) | Simon Kilbane
Landscape Architecture Award
Greener Places (NSW) | GANSW
Monash University Civil Engineering Hydraulics Living Lab (VIC) | ASPECT Studios
Interpretive Wonderings (NSW) | Interpretive Wonderings Landscape Architecture
Community Contribution category
Award of Excellence
Place of Healing (WA) | UDLA
Landscape Architecture Award
- Palmwoods New Town Square (QLD) | Sunshine Coast Council
Small Projects category
Landscape Architecture Award
Immigration Museum Activation Project (VIC) | Rush Wright Associates
Valley Lake (VIC) | McGregor Coxall
Gardens category
Landscape Architecture Award
Eve Apartments (NSW) | 360 degrees LA
Vic Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VIC) | Rush Wright Associates
International category
Award of Excellence
Temaiku Land and Urban Planning, Kiribati | Jacobs
Landscape Architecture Award
Lingang Bird Airport | McGregor Coxall
DaNang Railway Connectivity Improvement and Urban Redevelopment Study | Hansen Partnership