AILA SA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

The annual awards recognise the contribution of landscape architecture projects to enhancing South Australia’s liveability, economic development and global profile. 

This year 16 awards were presented across seven categories – civic landscape, parks and open space, infrastructure, tourism, urban design, research, policy and communications, and communities. Some of the key winning projects included Flinders University Hub & Hub Plaza, Henley Square and the Preschool Outdoor Learning Areas. 

“A key aspect in the success of the awarded projects is the facilitation of engagement, with community taking an active role in the shaping of public spaces; dialogue with local communities to produce equitable outcomes with meaning and relevance for those communities,” the 2016 jury comments.

“Increasingly our complex interactions with the natural environment in a built world, requires a sensitive and informed response. The necessity and relevance of the profession in highlighting these challenges and leading with considered and nuanced design is an imperative for the sustainability of our cities.” 

“South Australian’s should be so proud of these projects that exemplify the importance of innovative, well planned spaces that allows for the outdoor lifestyle we all enjoy,” says Ben Willsmore, AILA SA President.

“With over 60 per cent of Australia’s population now living in the major capitals, quality designed outcomes [have] never been more vital.”  

The South Australian State Landscape Architect Awards 2016 took place at a cocktail event on Friday 29 July at the Office for Design and Architecture (ODASA).

The projects awarded an Award of Excellence and a Landscape Architecture Award will proceed through to the national awards, to take place in the second half of the year, where one project will be awarded the best landscape architect project in the country.  

AWARD WINNERS

CIVIC LANDSCAPE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Flinders University & Hub Plaza
Oxigen in association with Woods Bagot

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Anzac Centenary Memorial Walk
Tract Consultants

Rundle Mall
HASSELL

Ergo Apartments Public Realm
Tract Consultants

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Henley Square
City of Charles Sturt and TCL/Tropp

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Glenelg Foreshore Playspace
WAX Design

Oaklands Recreation Plaza
City of Marion / Outerspace Landscape Architects

INFRASTRUCTURE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Keyneton Wind Farm Landscape Character and Visual Assessment
Wax Design / BGLA

TOURISM

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Adelaide Airport Landside
TCL with Woodhead Architects, Mark Stoner & Waterforms Australia

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Adelaide Zoo Nature's Playground
Wax Design

URBAN DESIGN

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Riverbank Pedestrian Precinct Bridge
TCL with TZG Architects, Aurecon & Karl Telfer

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Unley Central Precinct Plan
TCL with City of Unley

RESEARCH, POLICY AND COMMUNICATION

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
The Adelaide Design Manual
Design + Strategy and Adelaide City Council

COMMUNITIES

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
River & Coastal Communities Urban Design Framework and Master Plans
Outerspace Landscape Architects, Masterplan and Ian Robertson Design

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Resthaven Paradise
DesignWELL Landscape Architects

DECD Preschool Outdoor Learning Areas
JPE Design Studio

Images (top to bottom): Flinders University & Hub Plaza; Henley Square; Adelaide Airport Landside; Riverbank Pedestrian Precinct Bridge; River & Coastal Communities Urban Design Framework and Master Plans.