The winners of this year’s QLD Landscape Architecture Awards were chosen from 11 categories, including civic landscape, parks and open space, infrastructure, conservation, tourism, urban design, communities and gardens. The 14 winners were chosen in recognition of the best projects in design, planning and delivery of parks, greenlinks and urban spaces across the state.

As climate change becomes increasingly challenging for the sunshine state, this year’s awards saw a shift towards climate-conscious design as a core value necessity as landscape architects pave the way toward more resilient communities.

“The result of dynamic engagement and collaboration with clients, communities and cultures, and between the public and private sectors, this year’s submissions illustrate the critical role of landscape planning and design as catalysts for expressing community identity, sense of place, and for energising local economies,” comments the expert jury.

“Design for living with climate change, for living within our means, is also evidently no longer a special add-on to well-funded projects alone: it is now core business. The 2016 jury applauds this demonstrated strength of our profession, and urges Landscape Architects to intensify our advocacy for the design of more resilient landscapes, and to continue to give voice to communities and promote the work of landscape architects in creating innovative living places.”

The Queensland State Landscape Architect Awards 2016 took place at a cocktail event on Friday 3 June in Fortitude Valley in the presence of industry heavyweights and was live streamed across the country.

AWARD WINNERS

CIVIC LANDSCAPE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Brisbane Ferry Terminals Project
Lat27

ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Chinatown Gold Coast
City Place Making - City of Gold Coast

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Riverside Green Playground
RPS Australia Asia Pacific & Urban Play

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Orion Lagoon
Vee Design

INFRASTRUCTURE

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Kingsford Smith Drive Upgrade Project - Reference Urban Design Framework
FRED St Pty Ltd

LAND CONSERVATION

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Bill Benham Park
Projects Office, Brisbane City Council

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Palmview Forest Stages 1 to 5
Greenedge Design Consultants

TOURISM

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Yeppoon Water Play
Vee Design

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Cairns Foreshore Development
RPS Australia Asia Pacific

URBAN DESIGN

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Albert Street Vision
HASSELL + Urban Renewal Brisbane, Brisbane City Council

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Place Making Mooloolaba Master Plan
AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

COMMUNITIES

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
The Green Space Strategy
John Mongard, Gavin Hardy, Alvin Kirby, Michelle Kirby-Brown

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Place Making Mooloolaba
Sunshine Coast Council & AECOM

GARDENS

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Mount Alvernia College, Kedron
Lat27 Pty Ltd

Images (top to bottom): Albert Street Vision; Orion Lagoon; Mount Alvernia College; Riverside Green Playground; Yeppooon Water Play.