2026 WLA Professional and Student Awards will open for registration on January 13, 2026
Following a rigorous evaluation by a world class jury for the 2025 WLA Awards submissions, World Landscape Architecture is proud to announce the winners. This year’s competition saw a remarkable 300+ entries from 30 countries, a testament to the awards’ truly international scope and the diverse excellence within the landscape architecture profession worldwide.
JURY
Anya Domlesky | Director of Research at SWA Group
Philip Dugdale | Associate Principal at Sasaki
Jon Hazelwood | Principal & Public Realm Sector Lead at Hassell
Yan Peng | General Manager of Wide Horizon Landscape Center
Steven Petit | Creative Director at OMGEVING
Ming Zhang | Chief Architect (Landscape Architecture), Tongji Architectural Design Group
Special Juror – Charles A. Birnbaum | President + CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
The WLA Awards were established to showcase projects that push the boundaries of design, demonstrate exceptional environmental stewardship, foster vibrant communities, and address critical global challenges through landscape-led solutions. After careful consideration, our esteemed international jury, which brought diverse perspectives and rigorous standards to the judging process, has made its final selections. We are thrilled to now reveal the projects that stood out as the very best in their categories.
BUILT AWARDS
Built Commercial Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
The Beach at Elliot Bay (Expedia HQ) | Surfacedesign, Inc.
Outstanding Award
Helios Education Foundation & Vince Roig Convening Center | Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
The Xi’an Central Cultural District | WTD Group & Heatherwick Studio
Honourable Mention
One Team One Campus | OJB Landscape Architecture
Built Hospitality Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
The Holdsworth Center Campus at Lake Austin | Ten Eyck Landscape Architects
Outstanding Award
Four Seasons Tamarindo | GDU-Mario Schjetnan
Rainforest Wild Asia | DP Green Pte Ltd & Grant Associates
Honourable Mention
DUO Hotel | LJ-Group
Erth | WAHO Landscape LLC
Built Institutional Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Gulbenkian Foundation Garden Extension | Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
Outstanding Award
From Barrier to Hybrid Interface: Beikun Garden’s Topological Strategies for the Campus | Studio RUAN Xing, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
PTTLNG Nong Fab | TK STUDIO Company Limited
Honourable Mention
Terra Firma | Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
The Museum of Bronze Chariots and Horses | Atelier Diameter
Built Large Public Space Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
The Opera Park | Cobe
Outstanding Award
Grønningen-Bispeparken | SLA
Honourable Mention
Cultivating Nature and Flourishing Community | OJB Landscape Architecture
Embracing Flood: Xinjiang River Ecological Corridor | Turenscape
Built Small Public Space Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Karanga Jump Platform | LandLAB
Outstanding Award
Riverside Promenade | MKSK, Inc.
Honourable Mention
Lantern | TLS Landscape Architecture
WE-SPACE | Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Architecture Design and Research Institute of BUCEA Co., Ltd., Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, ShineWing Group
Built Commercial Residential Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Beyond the Car: LEED Platinum Living at The Havens | Design Workshop, Inc.
Outstanding Award
Highnote Almere | Flux landscape architecture
The Park | TROP: terrains + open space
Honourable Mention
101 Green Banyan Park of Guangzhou | 容心设计ROXin Design
Courtyard in Wilderness | Mind Studio
Built Private Residential Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Inez Point Embracing an Old Growth Forest | Design Workshop, Inc.
Outstanding Award
The Ruins | Estudio Ome
Honourable Mention
Dreaming in the Lotus Bay | W. W. Designs, Inc.
Built Masterplan & Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Revitalize BOS | Ground Inc. Landscape Architecture, Höweler and Yoon Architecture, Richard Burck Associates Landscape Architecture
Outstanding Award
Post Oak Boulevard | Design Workshop, Inc.
Upgrading River Lys | SBE nv
Honourable Mention
Pierpoint Lane | Surfacedesign, Inc
Heart of the City & Discovery Walk | Coen + Partners
Built Sustainability & Resilience
Award of Excellence
Bridgefoot St Park | DFLA
Outstanding Award
Al Fay Park | SLA
Honourable Mention
Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization | Living Habitats LLC, Moffatt & Nichol, and Michels Corporation
Eden Dock | Howells and HTA Design
CONCEPT (UNBUILT) AWARDS
Concept Private Space
Award of Excellence
City of Hope Medical Campus: Resilient Healing Landscape | HKLA
Outstanding Award
Corallium Marine Life Institute AMAALA | The Vero Studio
Honourable Mention
Arena in Diriyah | LandDesign
Concept – Public Space
Award of Excellence
Te Ara Tukutuku | LandLAB + SCAPE
Outstanding Award
Benjamin Franklin Parkway | Design Workshop, Inc.
Honourable Mention
Bradfield Central Park Design Competition | Arcadia Landscape Architecture
David Crombie Park Revitilization | SLA
Concept – Residential Landscape Design
No Awards were given by the jury in this category
Concept – Analysis and Planning
Award of Excellence
Trail for Healing the Burn: An Interpretive Network Supporting Post-Fire Recovery | Yuehui Gong, Ziyu Huang
Outstanding Award
About Time Adaptive Management for Coastal Salt Marshes | EMLab, University of Pennsylvania McHarg Center
Honourable Mention
Mountain to Bay | Landworks Studio,Inc.
Concept – Masterplan and Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Earls Court | SLA, Hawkins\Brown, Studio Egret West
Outstanding Award
Dordrecht City Park | Flux landscape architecture
Honourable Mention
Arnos Vale Resilient City Masterplan | Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Watercity 2100 | De Urbanisten
Editors’ Award
An award selected by the Editor from the shortlisted entries that promotes landscape architecture and addresses the current issues facing the world.
Network of Green Public Spaces for the City Centre | Martijn Al landscape architect + Natascha van den Ban landscape architect + Bart Bordes urbanism
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AWARDS
Design Excellence and Innovation Award
Machicomoco State Park | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Planning and Research Award
Ko Te Pūkākī | LandLAB and Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 WLA Awards. Also, thanks to the hard-working jury for volunteering their time. The winners’ list is completed, and no further awards will be given.
The 2026 WLA Awards will be launched in Januarty 13, 2026