2020’s winners highlight landscape’s power to transform the world for the better; retrofitting public green space, reimagining public realm, revitalising high streets, and building resilience and sustainability into our cities and spaces
2020 has been a difficult year; but it hasn’t changed the fact that the climate and biodiversity crises are the biggest challenges of our lifetime. And with the importance of public green spaces highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the transformative power of landscape is at the forefront of public thought and policy like never before.
On 26 November 2020, people from around the world tuned in to the Landscape Institute’s first ever online Annual Awards ceremony. No stranger to the small screen, presenter Julia Bradbury welcomed attendees: setting the scene for a unique virtual afternoon by discussing the delicate balance between people, place and nature and the crucial need to create habitats in which all flourish.
See the full list of winners here.
Building with Nature National Award 2020
Forth Valley Hospital and Larbert Woods
RaeburnFarquharBowen
Landscape Innovation Award
Thinking with my ears: Guidance on sound for Landscape Architects
Usue Ruiz Arana
Partnership and Collaboration Award
The Children’s Garden, Kew Gardens
Ground Control Ltd & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
© AECOM
The Dame Sylvia Crowe International Award
Da Sha River Ecological Corridor, Shenzen, China
AECOM Ltd.
Excellence in Community Engagement
Data and Design for Property Planning
Jenny Elliott (CMLI)
Excellence in Flood and Water Management
Eastcote Town Centre Rain Gardens
Project Centre
Excellence in Heritage and Culture
Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland
The Paul Hogarth Company Limited
Excellence in Horticulture and Planting Design
The Water Gardens, Hyde Park Estate, London
Refolo Landscape Architects
Excellence in Landscape and Parks Management
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
London Legacy Development Corporation
Excellence in Landscape Construction
The Green Heart, University of Birmingham
Churchman Thornhill Finch
Excellence in Landscape Design
The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice Glasgow
erz Ltd
Excellence in Landscape Planning and Assessment
South Essex Green and Blue Infrastructure Study
Alexandra Steed URBAN Ltd
Excellence in Masterplanning and Urban Design
Waterbeach Barracks and Airfield
Bradley Murphy Design Ltd (BMD)
Excellence in Place Regeneration
Urban Childhoods Belfast City Centre
Arup
Excellence in Public Health and Wellbeing
Gallions Park Play Area, Thamesmead
LUC
Excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure
Sauchiehall Street Avenue, Glasgow
Urban Movement Limited
© Berkeley Homes
Sir David Attenborough Award for Enhancing Biodiversity and LI President’s Award
Cator Park, Kidbrooke HTA Design LLP
Excellence in Tackling Climate Change
South Essex Green and Blue Infrastructure Study
Alexandra Steed URBAN Ltd
Landscape Legacy Award
Brian Clouston
Student Dissertation
Climate change policy at the local level, does it go far enough?
Rosie Hammonds, University of Sheffield
Student Portfolio
Pomona Island Ecological Park and Botanical Gardens
Beatrice Freeman, Leeds Beckett University
