The 2020 WLA Awards received over 230 entries from across the world including the USA, China, Australia, Singapore, Belgium, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Netherlands and many more. The jury found that it is encouraging that the entries in the 2020 WLA Awards dealt with challenges that the profession is facing across a large range of scales and provided solutions that are relevant, adaptive and resilient.
The winners of the 2020 WLA Awards in each category are as follows:
Built Large
Award of Excellence
Image credit: Arch-Exist
“A unique and compelling project that shows a level of restraint” – Jury Member
Merit Award
Image Credit: da landscape, Jin Xiaohui, Shinning
Image Credit | RIYE & HUARUI
Built Residential
Award of Excellence
TOPO Design Group / Chongqing Donehome Landscape Architecture Planning Design Co.,Ltd
Image Credit| RIYE Photography
Merit Award
Image Credit: Brandon Huttenlocher / Design Workshop, Inc.
Image Credit: John Gollings
Built Small
Award of Excellence
Image Credit: WU Siming
Merit Award
Image Credit: Visit Limburg
Image Credit: Qingshan Wu
Concept – Analysis & Planning
Award of Excellence
Image Credit: Wyrd Tree
Merit Award
Image Credit: Stoss
Image Credit: Lat27
Concept – Design
The jury felt that only one Merit Award would be awarded in 2020.
Award of Excellence
Image Credit: SHUISHI
Merit Award
Image Credit: Nomad Studio
Student – Analysis & Planning
Award of Excellence
Merit Award
Yuxuan Cai – Wuhan Polytechnic University; Bowen Dong, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology; Weiyang Tang – Tianjin University Urban and Rural planning; Yixin Jia – Zhejiang A&F University;
Student – Design
The jury felt that due the high level of the quality that they wished to also award an Honourable Mention.
Award of Excellence
Merit Award
Honourable Mention
Editor’s Award
Awarded by the Editor of WLA website to a project that the Editor feels is deserving of a WLA Award.
Photography credits: zystudio, Xiaowen Jin
Thanks goes to the hard-working jury who volunteered their time to judge the large number of entries in this years WLA awards.
- Claire Martin – Associate Director – OCULUS
- Daniel Woodroffe – Principal – dwg.
- Deborah Nagan – Director – Uncommon Land
- Jack Qian – Founder & Director – Gossamer 怡境国际
- Luc Wallays – Creative Director – OMGEVING
- Maria Debije Counts – Knowledge Manager, Landscape Architecture – Perkins and Will
- Michelle Delk – Partner / Discipline Director – Snøhetta
- Tao Zhang – Principal – Sasaki
Each project that has won an award will be Featured on WLA over the coming weeks.
We look forward to your entries in the 2021 WLA Awards with jury nominations in October 2020.
