Renovations and renewals of Canberra’s parks and landscapes impressed at the 2022 AILA ACT Landscape Architecture Awards, where 10 projects received awards.
Announced on 6 July, the ACT awards celebrated urban greening and community engagement. Winning projects included pollinator-friendly habitats, the reimagining of a traditional cemetery, and the revitalization of an urban space for social connection.
Jury chair Julian Raxworthy said Canberra has landscape architecture in its DNA, its urban form having been shaped by landscape architects over the past 100 years.
“With such a rich history in landscape architecture, it is unsurprising that the winning projects in this year’s Australian Institute of Landscape Architects ACT Chapter Awards were concerned with tweaking, upgrading, or adding new layers to existing landscape architecture projects in Canberra,” he said.
Gardens
Award of Excellence
National Museum of Australia Forecourt Garden – T.C.L.
Parks and Open Space
Award
Henry Rolland Park – City Renewal Authority
Civic Landscape
Award of Excellence
Belconnen Arts Centre Walkway – Harris Hobbs Landscapes
Awards
City Walk Urban Renewal Project – City Renewal Authority
The Capitol, Hobart Place – LSA Design Landscape Architecture
Urban Design
Award
Belconnen Land Release Place Design Brief – Place Laboratory
Landscape Planning
Award of Excellence
Southern Memorial Park – Place Laboratory and TCL
Award
Place Success Dashboard – City Renewal Authority
Research and Policy
Award
Overgrown: practices between landscape architecture and gardening – Julian Raxworthy (The MIT Press)
Community Contribution
Award
Think outside the box and BEE aware – Redbox Design Group
