A public park that celebrates an existing grassland, an accessible green roof on a former industrial site and an imaginative garden for wild play were among fifteen projects across twelve categories to receive awards at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ (AILA) 2018 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards, announced Thursday 5 July in Sydney.
“NSW continues to be a centre for activity for landscape architects. The diversity of the different work in the state is captured in the entries. There is some world class work emerging now, as landscape architects respond to the growth in major regional centres, Western Sydney development and the renewal work in Sydney,” said AILA NSW President Mark Tyrrell.
“Landscape architects represent a profession increasingly dominating policy debate. Landscape architects are beginning to lead policy making to deliver exemplary outcomes for our cities, towns, regions and their inhabitants.”
The winners of Awards of Excellence or Landscape Architecture Awards will be considered for the AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards, to be announced at the AILA International Festival of Landscape Architecture on the Gold Coast in October.
Civic landscape
Award of Excellence
Matron Ruby Grant Park – Sprout Landscape Architecture in collaboration with CAB Consulting
Parks and Open Space
Award of Excellence
Bungarribee at Doonside, Western Sydney Parklands Trust – JMD Design
Play Spaces
Award of Excellence
The Ian Potter Children’s Wild Play Garden at Centennial Parklands – Aspect Studios
Infrastructure
Award of Excellence
‘Enviro Cycle’ – Woolooware Shared Pathway Stage 6 – Sutherland Shire Council
Tourism
Award of Excellence
Bald Hill – Wollongong City Council
Urban Design
Landscape Architecture Award
Woolgoolga Town Centre Masterplan – Lat27 and Coffs Harbour City Council
Landscape Planning
Landscape Architecture Award
Southern Parklands Vision 2036 at Western Sydney Parklands – Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership Collaboration (TDEP)
Research, Policy and Communication
Award of Excellence
Greener Places – Government Architect NSW (GANSW)
Landscape Architecture Award
Interpretive Wonderings – Interpretive Wonderings Team
Landscape Architecture Award
Brilliant Cities – Aecom
Community Contribution
Award of Excellence
Hassell Travelling Scholarship – Hassell
Gardens
Award of Excellence
Eve – 360 Degrees Landscape Architects
Cultural Heritage
Award of Excellence
Coal Loader Platform – North Sydney Council
Landscape Architecture Award
Plantbank – 360 Degrees Landscape Architects
