SOUTH AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES BEST LANDSCAPES
25 Jun 2025
Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo hosted the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) South Australia Awards on Friday 20 June. Over 20 projects competed for awards across categories spanning civic landscape, health and education, parks and open space, gardens and more.
Landscape architecture brings nature into the heart of daily life, shaping parks, open spaces, wetlands, streets and public places that invite us to gather, connect, and belong. Well-designed landscapes strengthen local economies by attracting visitors and creating jobs, but their deeper value lies in cooling our cities, restoring ecosystems, supporting well-being, and caring for Country.
The 2025 AILA South Australia Awards celebrate the projects and practitioners reimagining how we live with landscape and each other.
AILA SA Jury Chair Warwick Keates led this year’s panel of jurors. “What emerges clearly from this year’s awards is a profession that is a champion of the environment, people, culture and place,” Keates said. “We continue to demonstrate that landscape architects are respectful, inclusive and incredibly innovative.”
All winners of an AILA SA Award will now proceed to the National Landscape Architecture Awards, to be announced in October in Hobart.
Award of Excellence, Climate Positive Design Award, Water for Life Commendation and Healthy Parks Healthy People SA Commendation | Breakout Creek/Purrana Pari Stage 3
TCL with Green Adelaide, City of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens
Award of Excellence and Water for Life Award | Gumnut Garden
Oxigen
Award of Excellence | Murray Coorong Trail
Oxigen
Award of Excellence | Nightingale Bowden
Landskap and Openwork
People's Choice Award and Landscape Architecture Award | Transforming to an Age-friendly World: Models of Co-design for Creating Age-friendly Oublic Green Spaces in Urban Neighbourhoods
University of South Australia, City of Unley, Office for Ageing Well and Tract Consultants
Minister for Planning's Award, Landscape Architecture Award and Healthy Parks Healthy People SA Award | Moffin Reserve
Landskap and Outside Ideas
Regional Achievement Award, Landscape Architecture Award and Healthy Parks Healthy People SA Commendation | Port Lincoln Foreshore
WAX Design
Landscape Architecture Award | Marion Cultural Centre Plaza
Outerspace Studios and City of Marion
Landscape Architecture Award | Swallowcliffe Children's Precinct Vision
JPE Design Studio
Landscape Architecture Award | Port Noarluga South Memorial Seat
City of Onkaparinga with Turner Family
Landscape Architecture Award | Woodcroft College Junior School
Swanbury Penglase
Landscape Architecture Award | Greater Adelaide Open Space Strategy
Aurecon
Landscape Architecture Award | Dunstan Adventure Playground
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters and CLOVER Green Space
Water for Life Commendations and Healthy Parks Healthy People SA Commendation | Burchell Reserve
Outerspace Studios and City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Shadesmart Award | Playford Road Reserve Redevelopment
Campbelltown City Council
Shadesmart Award | Woodcroft Dog Park and Public Toilet
City of Onkaparinga
Future Leader Awards | Ziyan Qi and Tara Bogam
AILA is the peak body for landscape architecture in Australia, championing quality design for public open spaces, stronger communities and greater environmental stewardship.
