AILA NATIONAL AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

20 Aug 2025

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the contenders for this year’s national awards. The list of nominees was compiled from winning designs honoured at this year’s state awards, celebrating the very best of landscape architecture.

Eligible projects are now vying for national awards across a range of categories. This year, Victorian projects lead the tally board — with the state competing for more than 30 gongs. Over the border, and not far behind, Queensland and New South Wales each racked up nominations for more than 25 awards.

ASPECT Studios, Hassell Studio, Tract, REALMstudios and TCL, as well as City Councils, are among the most frequently nominated designers this year.

National Jury Chair Kate Luckraft describes the nominees as championing the very best of landscape architecture. “The diversity of this year’s designs illustrate how landscape architects are leading transformative projects — from creeks and beaches, to train stations, universities and parklands — it’s an incredible line up of outstanding projects,” she said.

“To be privileged with critiquing these designs is to witness, firsthand, the power of landscape architecture to enliven and enrich our natural and built environments,” Kate said. “The legacy of these awards will, of course, be the positive contributions made to communities, lands and waterways around the country.”

Winners will be awarded on 21 October.

CIVIC LANDSCAPE NOMINEES

Bridge Hall Redevelopment | VIC
Hassell Studio

Cusack Lane Streetscape Ugrade | QLD
Logan City Council and AECOM Australia

Marion Cultural Centre Plaza | SA
Outerspace Studios and City of Marion

Middleton Beach Foreshore - Stage 1 | WA
City of Albany and See Design Studio

Port Lincoln Foreshore | SA
WAX Design

Prahran Skatepark and Basketball Court | VIC
Convic

The Oval at Subi East | WA
UDLA + OCULUS

Turbot Street Underpass Revitalisation | QLD
Vee Design

Woodlea Town Centre | VIC
MDG Landscape Architects

Bridge Hall Redevelopment | photographed by Tom Roe

CLIMATE POSITIVE DESIGN NOMINEES

Breakout Creek / Purrana Pari - Stage 3 | SA
TCL with Green Adelaide, City of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens

Messara Park | VIC
SMEC

Michelle Guglielmo Park | VIC
GLAS Landscape Architects

Wagonga Inlet Living Foreshore | NSW
REALMstudios

Washpool Creek Catchment Master Plan | QLD
Tract

Michelle Guglielmo Park | photographed by Merri-Bek Council

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION NOMINEES

24 Carrot Gardens | TAS
Inspiring Place Pty Ltd

Brightwater Huntington's Campus | WA
PLAN E

Lalor Neighbourhood House Garden | VIC
FOOKS Landscape Architecture

Living Lab Northern Rivers | NSW
University of Technology Sydney and Living Lab Northern Rivers

Swallowcliffe Children's Precinct Vision | SA
JPE Design Studio

Tiny Patches | VIC
GLAS Landscape Architetcs

Lalor Neighbourhood House Garden | photographed by William Hamilton-Coates

CULTURAL HERITAGE NOMINEES

Port Noarlunga South Memorial Seat | SA
City of Onkaparinga with Turner Family

The Meandering Pathway of Tranquility | NSW
Phillips Marler

The Oval at Subi East | WA
UDLA + OCULUS

Port Noarlunga South Memorial Seat | photographed by City of Onkaparinga

GARDENS NOMINEES

Green Our Roof | VIC
Hassell Studio

Gumnut Garden | SA
Oxigen

Hedge House | VIC
Emergent Studios (Bush Projects)

Hope Street | WA
ASPECT Studios with Officer Woods Architects & MDC Architects

NINE | NSW
McGregor Coxall

Private Garden | VIC
T.C.L. with Paul Thompson

Wallumbum at Lake Cooroibah | WLD
Coco-Dash Landscape Architecture

Hedge House | photographed by Rory Gardiner

HEALTH AND EDUCATION NOMINEES

All Hallows' School St Gertrude's Lawn | QLD
Place Design Group

Brighton High School | TAS
Playstreet Pty Ltd

Moondani Balluk | VIC
REALMstudios

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | VIC
Emergent Studios (Bush Projects)

Resilience - Karuah Primary School B NSW
Terras Landscape Architects

Riawunna Garden - River's Edge, University of Tasmania | TAS
ASPECT Studios, Palawa Artists - Lynne Spotswood & Genie Battese, T3D Studios

Richmond High School | VIC
SBLA Studio

Scotch College Junior School Playspace | WA
Four Landscape Studio

The Green - Matthew Flinders Anglican College | QLD
Tract

The University of Queensland Ampitheatre | QLD
Hassell

Woodcroft College Junior School | SA
Swanbury Pengalese

Scotch College Junior School Playspace | photographed by Silvertone Photography

INFRASTRUCTURE NOMINEES

Barangaroo Station Park | NSW
Arcadia

Breakfast Creek / Yowoggera Bridge | QLD
LatStudios & Brisbane City Council with COX Architecture and SMEC

Kangaroo Point Bridge | QLD
ASPECT Studios

Mt Derrimut Road, Deer Park Station | VIC
Hassell Studio

Northshore Brisbane Street Renewal Program | QLD
Urbis Ltd

Parramatta Light Rail - Stage 1 | NSW
Transport for NSW, Context and COX

Stonehill Gully and Escarpment Regeneration | VIC
Thomson Hay Landscape Architects

Kangaroo Point Bridge | photographed by Florian Groehn

LAND MANAGEMENT NOMINEES

Archerfield Wetlands Land Management | QLD
Brisbane Sustainability Agency

Breakout Creek / Purrana Pari - Stage 3 | SA
TCL with Green Adelaide, City of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens

Karunjie Homestead Visioning Plan | WA
Wiliggan Aboriginal Corporation, MudMap Studio & Conservation Management

Stonehilly Gully and Escarpment Regeneration | VIC
Thomson Hay Landscape Architects

Wagonga Inlet Living Foreshore | NSW
REALMstudios

Stonehilly Gully and Escarpment Regeneration

LANDSCAPE PLANNING NOMINEES

Adventurous Spaces Guideline | NSW
The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Frankston Play Strategy and Let's Play Implementation | VIC
Frankston City Council

Greater Adelaide Open Space Strategy | SA
Aurecon

Hilton Park Masterplan | WA
REALMstudios, Shape Urban and City of Fremantle

Logan Gold Coast Faster Rail Precinct Planning | QLD
Archipelago

Murray Coorong Trail | SA
Oxigen

South Bank Biodiversity Strategy | QLD
McGregor Coxall, BAAM and South Bank Corporation

Warrnambool Foreshore Framework Plan | VIC
REALMstudios

Washpool Creek Catchment Master Plan | QLD
Tract

Greater Adelaide Open Space Strategy | photographed by Fabio Borges

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE NOMINEES

Archerfield Wetlands District Park | QLD
Urbis Ltd

Bong Bong Common Landscape Stages 1 and 2 | NSW
Phillip Marler

Breakout Creek / Purrana Pari - Stage 3 | SA
TCL with Green Adelaide, City of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens

Callan Park Waterfront Green | NSW
Tyrrell Studio

Campbelltown Billabong Parklands | NSW
Campbelltown City Council in collaboration with Arcadia

Devonport Waterfront Park | TAS
ASPECT Studios and Lyons

Future South Bank Masterplan | QLD
Urbis and South Bank Corporation

Maidens Reserve | WA
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Messara Park | VIC
SMEC

Michelle Guglielmo Park | VIC
GLAS Landscape Architects

Mofflin Reserve | SA
Landskap and Outside Ideas

Pendle Hill Civic Park and Wetlands | NSW
Tract

Tallowwood Cemetery Masterplan | QLD
McGregor Coxall and City of Moreton Bay

The Oval at Subi East | WA
UDLA + OCULUS

Wimbo Park Surry Hills | NSW
sue barnsley design

Archerfield Wetlands District Park | photgraphed by Sue Wang

PLAY SPACES NOMINEES

AJ Davis Reserve Playspace |VIC
Playce

Archerfield Wetlands District Park | QLD
Urbis Ltd

Billubera Park - Yarrabilba | QLD
RPS

Caboolture Region Environment Education Centre (CREEC) Playground | QLD
SLR Consulting

Casuarina Park | QLD
ASPECT Studios

Central Park All-Abilities Playground | VIC
SBLA Studio with City of Stonnington

Dunstan Adventure Playground | SA
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and CLOVER Green Space

Fagan Park Children's Forest | NSW
Hornsby Shire Council

Gregson Park Playspace | NSW
Phillips Marler

Ian Stromborg Play Space at Paul Keating Park | NSW
ASPECT Studios

Melton Botanic Garden Nature Playspace | VIC
Melton City Council

Parks for People - Beaumont Hills | NSW
Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure with PLACE Lab

Billubera Park - Yarrabilba | photographed by FORGE

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT NOMINEES

Bridge Hall Redevelopment | VIC
Hassell Studio

Devonport Waterfront Park | TAS
ASPECT Studios and Lyons

Karunjie Homestead Visioning Plan | WA
Wiliggan Aboriginal Corporation, MudMap Studio & Conservation Management

Living Lab Northern Rivers | NSW
University of Technology Sydney and Living Lab Northern Rivers

Logan Gold Coast Faster Rail Precinct Planning | QLD
Archipelago

Maidens Reserve | WA
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Middleton Beach Foreshore - Stage 1 | WA
City of Albany and See Design Studio

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | VIC
Emergent Studios (Bush Projects)

Port Lincoln Foreshore | SA
WAX Design

Shepparton Art Museum | VIC
Urban Initiatives

Washpool Creek Catchment Master Plan | QLD
Tract

Devonport Waterfront Park | photographed by Peter Bennetts

RESEARCH, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS NOMINEES

Biodiversity in Place Framework | NSW
Government Architect NSW with Hassell

Climate Resilience Index | VIC
Tract and OneMap

Department of Communities Landscape Design Brief and Guide | WA
REALMstudios and Grafted Studio

Food | Landscapes Australia | NSW
Dr Joshua Zeunert, UNSW

Nature Co-benefits in Practice | NSW
Tract

Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070 | VIC
National Gallery of Victoria (curator), ASPECT Studios, Bush Projects, McGregor Coxall, OFFICE, Openwork, REALMstudios, SBLA and TCL

Transforming to an Age-friendly World: Models of Co-design for Creating Age-friendly Public Green Spaces in Urban Neighbourhoods | SA
University of South Australia, City of Unley, Office for Ageing Well and Tract Consultants