2016 AILA NATIONAL LANDSCAPE AWARDS
28 Oct 2016
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects paid homage last night to the best in Australian open, public and green spaces with the 2016 national Landscape Architecture Awards. Find out who the big winners are...
Showcasing leading green, open and public spaces from around the country, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture (AILA) announced the winners of the 2016 National Landscape Architecture Awards last night at a glossy affair at the National Arboretum in Canberra. The annual awards night serves to highlight how landscape architecture can complement built environments to produce rejuvenated and reinvented spaces.
With categories ranging from Civic Landscape to Land Conservation to Tourism and Gardens, the winners span a range of focus and themes, but all have appreciated the merit of urban green spaces and sustainably minded infrastructure to promote health, social and economic prosperity for urban and regional communities.
Daniel Bennett, National Awards jury chair, comments on this year’s winners: “There has been a definite shift toward preserving old, relevant buildings in the past couple of years and it’s important that new developers consider integrating historical sites with modern buildings and precincts.
“Australia draws on a relatively short national history comparatively to many other places in the world and the architectural conservation of cultural space and identity is key to linking past to present,” says Daniel.
And the Winners are...
CIVIC LANDSCAPE
Award of Excellence
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (roof gardens) by Conrad Gargett
Landscape Architecture Awards
Fiona Stanley Hospital – Hassell
Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP!) Stage 2 – McGregor Coxall
One Central Park – Aspect | Oculus
Rundle Mall – Hassell
The Goods Line – Aspect Studios
UTS Alumni Green – Aspect Studios
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
Award of Excellence
MacKenzie Gorge Trail by Hansen Partnership
Landscape Architecture Awards
Adelaide Botanic Garden First Creek Wetland – TCL
Barangaroo Reserve – Johnson Pilton Walker in association with PWP
Braithwaite Park Nature Play – Emerge Associates
McCulloch Avenue Boardwalk – Site Office
Return to Royal Park – City of Melbourne – City Design Studio
INFRASTRUCTURE
Award of Excellence
Bowen Place Crossing by Spackman Mossop Michaels
Landscape Architecture Awards
John Whitton Bridge Open Space – Oculus
Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project Stage 2 – Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership (TDEP)
Victorian Desalination Plant and Ecological Reserve – Aspect Studios
CULTURAL HERITAGE
Award of Excellence
Harts Mill Surrounds by Aspect Studios
Landscape Architecture Award
Completion of the Courtyards at the Shrine of Remembrance –Rush\Wright Associates
LAND CONSERVATION
Award of Excellence
Gum Scrub Creek, Officer by Outlines Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture Awards
Shipwreck Coast Master Plan – McGregor Coxall
West Belconnen Landscape and Open Space Strategy – McGregor Coxall
TOURISM
Award of Excellence
Penguins Plus viewing area by Tract Consultants with Wood Marsh Architecture
Landscape Architecture Awards
Jetty to Jetty Trail – UDLA
The Gap and Natural Bridge – Department of Parks and Wildlife (WA)
URBAN DESIGN
Award of Excellence
Parramatta City River Strategy by McGregor Coxall
Landscape Architecture Awards
Elizabeth Quay – ARM and TCL
Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga Urban Regeneration Project – TCL
RESEARCH, POLICY AND COMMUNICATION
Award of Excellence
The Urban Forest Strategy and Precinct Plans by City of Melbourne
Landscape Architecture Awards
Sydney Green Grid – NSW Government Architects Office
The Adelaide Design Manual – Design and Strategy, Adelaide City Council
Urban Green Cover in NSW Technical Guidelines –NSW Government Architects Office
COMMUNITIES
Award of Excellence
Afghan Bazaar by Hassell/Sinatra Murphy
Landscape Architecture Awards
Get Sunflowered – OUTR Research Lab, RMIT University
The Green Space Strategy – John Mongard, Gavin Hardy, Alvin Kirby, Michelle Kirby-Brown
GARDENS
Award of Excellence
Forest Edge Garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture (JILA)
Landscape Architecture Awards
Garangula Gallery – Tract Consultants
North Shore Estate – CALDesign
INTERNATIONAL
Award of Excellence
Nanjing Tangshan Geopark Museum –Hassell
Landscape Architecture Award
Nanjing Tangshan Geopark Museum public realm by Hassell
* The Award of Excellence is given to the work judged to be the most significant for the advancement of Landscape Architecture in each category. The Landscape Architecture Award is granted to works of excellence demonstrating consummate skill that contributes to the advancement of landscape architecture.
Images (top to bottom): Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Conrad Gargett; Adelaide Botanic Garden First Creek Wetland, TCL; Parramatta City River Strategy, McGregor Coxall; One Central Park, Aspect | Oculus; Forest Edge Garden, Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture (JILA).