In late 2017, WLA called for submissions to the annual World Landscape Architecture Awards. Entries came from all over the world and once again they were of a high-quality and addressed many themes, particularly climate change and creating places for people. After the jury shortlisted entries in March for each category including Built Design – Small, Built Design – Large, Conceptual and Student they then scored each entry. WLA is proud to announce the following winners of the 2018 WLA Awards:
BUILT DESIGN – SMALL PROJECT AWARD
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – WINNER
Cycling through Water – Provincie Limburg
MERIT
Night Garden – dwg.
BUILT DESIGN – LARGE PROJECT AWARD
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – WINNER
Klyde Warren Park – OJB Landscape Architecture
MERIT
Scioto Greenways – MKSK
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AWARD
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – WINNER
Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown – Stoss Landscape Urbanism
MERIT
Park Over GA400 -Rogers Partners & Nelson Byrd Woltz
STUDENT AWARD
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – WINNER
A moving story “National Geo-Monument Park” – Nipun Hettiarachchi (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
MERIT
Restoring the “Urban” Wilderness – Maria Taffuri (University of Edinburgh)
EDITOR’S AWARD
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – WINNER
Medellín River Parks – Sebastian Monsalve Gomez
Thank you to all the entrants in the 2018 WLA Awards and the jurors including Cheryl Barton, Isabel Zempel, Nadia Amoroso, Peter Chmiel, Simon Morrison.
A digital copy of the WLA Award Magazine can be purchased through the WLA Shop
2019 WLA Awards will be launched in November 2018 and there will be a call for jurors will be in August 2018.