Winners announced: 2018 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards

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11 Aug 2018

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.

Darebin Yarra Trail Link by VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural Design Team.

Darebin Yarra Trail Link by VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural Design Team.

Image: Emma Cross

A cycling trail that responds thoughtfully to its context, a masterplan for one of Victoria’s most unique national parks, and a design for the open space of an alpine town were among the winners at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ (AILA) 2018 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards, announced Friday 10 August in Melbourne.

“This year the entries demonstrated not only the maturity of the profession but also investment in high-quality strategic and landscape design-led projects. We are fortunate to recognise an array of projects that enhance public spaces, engage with the community and exemplify enduring design,” said the awards jury chair Bronwen Hamilton.

AILA Victorian Chapter president Adrian Gray: “The rejuvenation of public and private spaces and a move towards integrated green infrastructure demonstrates the role that landscape architecture has in sustaining human health and well-being and the liveability of Melbourne. The awards are a great way to recognise the outstanding projects in our state and their contribution to the public and respective communities.”

The 2018 AILA VIC awards jury comprised Bronwen Hamilton – manager Victorian Design Review Panel at the Office of the Victorian Government Architect (jury chair); Mary Papaioannou, immediate past AILA Victoria vice-president and consultant landscape architect; Morag Ritchie – landscape architect in Campus Planning and Design at the University of Melbourne; Holly Hein – landscape architect at Playce and lecturer at RMIT University; Ben Kronenberg – senior landscape architect at Openwork; and Jocelyn Chiew – registered architect, landscape architect and urban designer at Monash University.

An exhibition of the award-winning projects in the Victorian state awards will be on display at RMIT Design Hub from 20 August. Projects receiving Awards of Excellence and Landscape Architecture Awards will proceed to the National Awards with winners announced on Thursday 11 October as part of this year’s International Festival of Landscape Architecture.

Civic landscape

Landscape Architecture Awards

MADA West Courtyard – Glas Landscape Architects

Pride of Melton – Outlines Landscape Architecture

Dawson Street Precinct Sunshine – Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture

Community Contribution

Landscape Architecture Award

Livvi’s Place Craigieburn – Aspect Studios

Cultural Heritage

Award of Excellence

Point Nepean National Park Master Plan – TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean) and Parks Victoria

Gardens

Award of Excellence

Earth Sciences Garden, Monash University – Rush Wright Associates

Landscape Architecture Awards

MPavilion 2017 – Tract Consultants

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre – Rush Wright Associates

Infrastructure

Award of Excellence

Darebin Yarra Trail Link – VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural

Design Team

Landscape Architecture Award

Skeleton Creek Bridges – Site Office

Land Management

Landscape Architecture Awards

The System Garden Masterplan – Glas Landscape Architects

Landscape Planning

Award of Excellence

Chain of Ponds - An Action Plan for Moonee Ponds Creek – Site Office

Landscape Architecture Awards

Puffing Billy Master Plan – Tract Consultants

Play Spaces

Landscape Architecture Award

Ballam Bumps Regional Playspace – Playce

Booran Reserve Playspace – ACLA Consultants

Mirambeena Park, Warralily, Armstrong Creek – GbLA

Parks and Open Space

Award of Excellence

Alpine Better Places: Porepunkah – MDG Landscape Architects

Landscape Architecture Award

Williams Reserve, Richmond – Hansen Partnership

Research Policy and Communications

Award of Excellence

Urban Choreography: Central Melbourne 1985–, by Kim Dovey, Rob Adams and Ronald Jones (Melbourne University Press, 2018) – Jones & Whitehead Pty Ltd with City of Melbourne and the University of Melbourne

Landscape Architecture Awards

Monash University - Civil Engineering Hydraulics ‘Living Lab’ – Aspect Studios

Embracing the Asian Century, Landscape Architecture Australia – Jillian Walliss, Heike Rahmann, Ricky Ray Ricardo

Small Projects

Award of Excellence

Immigration Museum Activation Project – Rush Wright Associates

Landscape Architecture Awards

Tarrawarra Abbey – Aspect Studios

Valley Lake Lookout – McGregor Coxall

Tourism

Award of Excellence

Carnivores Trail (Predators Precinct) – Urban Initiatives

Landscape Architecture Award

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing Master Plan – Mcgregor Coxall

Urban Design

Award of Excellence

Victoria Square, Kerang – Hansen Partnership

Landscape Architecture Awards

Geelong Laneways Precinct – Outlines Landscape Architecture

Future Leader

Commendation

Timothy D’Agostino – Aspect Studios

President’s Award

Anne-Marie Pisani

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Winners announced: 2018 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards
Winners announced: 2018 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards
Darebin Yarra Trail Link by VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural Design Team.

Darebin Yarra Trail Link by VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural Design Team.

Image: Emma Cross
Booran Reserve Playspace by ACLA Consultants.

Booran Reserve Playspace by ACLA Consultants.

Image: courtesy AILA
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by Rush Wright Associates.

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by Rush Wright Associates.

Image: Michael Wright
Embracing the Asian Century, Issue 157 of Landscape Architecture Australia, edited by Jillian Walliss, Heike Rahmann and Ricky Ray Ricardo.

Embracing the Asian Century, Issue 157 of Landscape Architecture Australia, edited by Jillian Walliss, Heike Rahmann and Ricky Ray Ricardo.

Image: courtesy AILA
Point Nepean National Park Master Plan – Point Nepean National Park Master Plan by TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean) and Parks Victoria.

Point Nepean National Park Master Plan – Point Nepean National Park Master Plan by TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean) and Parks Victoria.

Image: courtesy AILA
Earth Sciences Garden, Monash University by Rush Wright Associates.

Earth Sciences Garden, Monash University by Rush Wright Associates.

Image: John Gollings
Tarrawarra Abbey by Aspect Studios.

Tarrawarra Abbey by Aspect Studios.

Image: Andrew Lloyd
Mirambeena Park, Warralily, Armstrong Creek by GbLA.

Mirambeena Park, Warralily, Armstrong Creek by GbLA.

Image: Jeremy Minter
Carnivores Trail (Predators Precinct) by Urban Initiatives.

Carnivores Trail (Predators Precinct) by Urban Initiatives.

Image: Drew Echberg
Chain of Ponds - An Action Plan for Moonee Ponds Creek by Site Office.

Chain of Ponds - An Action Plan for Moonee Ponds Creek by Site Office.

Image: courtesy AILA
Ballam Bumps Regional Playspace by Playce.

Ballam Bumps Regional Playspace by Playce.

Image: Steve Brown
Victoria Square, Kerang by Hansen Partnership.

Victoria Square, Kerang by Hansen Partnership.

Image: Andrew Lloyd
Pride of Melton by Outlines Landscape Architecture.

Pride of Melton by Outlines Landscape Architecture.

Image: courtesy AILA
Dawson Street Precinct Sunshine by Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture.

Dawson Street Precinct Sunshine by Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture.

Image: David Waring
MADA West Courtyard by Glas Landscape Architects.

MADA West Courtyard by Glas Landscape Architects.

Image: courtesy AILA
Alpine Better Places: Porepunkah by MDG Landscape Architects.

Alpine Better Places: Porepunkah by MDG Landscape Architects.

Image: James Newman
The System Garden Masterplan by Glas Landscape Architects.

The System Garden Masterplan by Glas Landscape Architects.

Image: courtesy AILA
Williams Reserve, Richmond by Hansen Partnership.

Williams Reserve, Richmond by Hansen Partnership.

Image: Andrew Lloyd
Livvi’s Place Craigieburn by Aspect Studios.

Livvi’s Place Craigieburn by Aspect Studios.

Image: courtesy AILA
Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing Master Plan by Mcgregor Coxall.

Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing Master Plan by Mcgregor Coxall.

Image: courtesy AILA
MPavilion 2017 by Tract Consultants.

MPavilion 2017 by Tract Consultants.

Image: courtesy AILA
Urban Choreography: Central Melbourne 1985–, by Kim Dovey, Rob Adams and Ronald Jones (Melbourne University Press, 2018) – Jones & Whitehead Pty Ltd, with City of Melbourne and the University of Melbourne.

Urban Choreography: Central Melbourne 1985–, by Kim Dovey, Rob Adams and Ronald Jones (Melbourne University Press, 2018) – Jones & Whitehead Pty Ltd, with City of Melbourne and the University of Melbourne.

Image: courtesy AILA
Skeleton Creek Bridges by Site Office.

Skeleton Creek Bridges by Site Office.

Image: Lisbeth Grosmann
Puffing Billy Master Plan by Tract Consultants.

Puffing Billy Master Plan by Tract Consultants.

Image: courtesy AILA
Monash University - Civil Engineering Hydraulics ‘Living Lab’ by Aspect Studios.

Monash University - Civil Engineering Hydraulics ‘Living Lab’ by Aspect Studios.

Image: Dianna Snape
Immigration Museum Activation Project by Rush Wright Associates.

Immigration Museum Activation Project by Rush Wright Associates.

Image: Chris Erskine
Valley Lake Lookout by McGregor Coxall.

Valley Lake Lookout by McGregor Coxall.

Image: courtesy AILA
Geelong Laneways Precinct by Outlines Landscape Architecture.

Geelong Laneways Precinct by Outlines Landscape Architecture.

Image: courtesy AILA

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