The Landscape Institute has announced the shortlist for the 2013 Awards with some great projects vying for the President’s Award including Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, the Olympic Park design for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Gorky Park in Moscow and the transformation of London’s Leicester Square. The winner will be announced on the 21st November at a lunchtime ceremony hosted by Wayne Hemingway
MBE.
2013 sees the introduction of some changes to the award categories. A new award for ‘Adding Value through Landscape’ has been included. There is also a new ‘Science, Management and Stewardship’ category to replace the ‘Landscape Science and Ecology’ category. In addition, the design awards now distinguish between public and private work at differing scales, with six awards to be given.
For more details about the lunchtime ceremony goto Landscape Institute Awards.
2013 Landscape Awards Shortlist:
Accordia – the transformation of former government offices into sustainable city living in Cambridge – by Grant Associates
The creation of new perimeter screening at Bayston Hill Quarry Southeastern Extension by SLR Consulting
Beam Parklands – a new 53 ha park for East London – by Arup with the Environment Agency and Land Trust
Management Plan for Black Brook Corridor – long-term strategy to safeguard the mix of habits, heritage and landscape character of the Black Brook Corridor in Merseyside – by TEP
Bridgecroft Housing Development, Herefordshire – the UK’s largest Passivhaus housing scheme in a rural setting – by Churchman Landscape Architects Ltd
‘The City in the Forest’ Moscow City Region Plan – a masterplan which makes use of Moscow’s close relationship with its boreal forest – by Gillespies
The Connected Croydon Programme – a £50m programme of public realm and landscape projects for Croydon – by Croydon Council
The restoration of the ecosystem and landscape at Datong Wenying Lake,Datong City, China by Aecom
The David Livingstone Centre Landscape Masterplan – a new landscape of art, trails, play and education for South Lanarkshire Museum – by Erz
Embassy Gardens Marketing Suite -a landscape to tell the story of the future Linear Park for London and what it will be like to live there – by Camlins
Ebrington Square, Derry-Londonderry – the creation of a ‘Peace Bridge’ and new cycle/pedestrian connection on a former military site – by Optimised Environments Ltd
Enabling Creative Independence in Child’s Play by Jono Burgess
Gardens by the Bay – a landmark project in Singapore, including themed gardens, conservatories and aerial walkway – by Grant Associates
AECOM’s Global Cities Programme – communicating urban visions and frameworks across landscape, urbanism, infrastructure, engineering, economics and ecosystems
Gorky Park – creating an important new park for Moscow – by LDA Design
Harlow Open Space Study and Green Infrastructure Plan by Land Use Consultants
Harrogate Green Infrastructure Guide by Harrogate Borough Council
The redevelopment and modernisation of Heworth Grange Comprehensive School in Gateshead by Capita
The landscape in the first phase of the 400-home ICON development in Somerset by Grant Associates
The restoration of Lichfield Historic Parks Project by Chris Blandford Associates
Leicester Square City Quarter – the transformation of a previously hostile and disconnected environment into a green oasis within London’s busy West End – by Burns + Nice Ltd
National Character Area Project: a new integrated framework for landscape planning by Natural England
NEO Bankside, London – a biodiverse landscape for the luxury, high-rise housing development next to Tate Modern – by Gillespies supported by Growth Industry
Network Rail National Lineside Vegetation Management Strategy by LDA Design
New Islington – the development of a sustainable community in one of Manchester’s worst estates – by Grant Associates
The creation of a new public square for Newcastle University Student Forum by Southern Green Ltd
Northumberland Street, Newcastle Public Realm Vision – a 10-point plan to revitalise the street – by J&L Gibbons Landscape Architects
The Restoration of Priory Park, Reigate by Land Use Consultants
Re-evolution of the corporate landscape: converting Luserna San Giovanni townscape with the Caffarel Chocolate Factory in Italy by Martine Sechi
Aecom’s winning design for the 2016 Rio Olympic Park
Sammy Ofer Wing, National Maritime Museum – the creation of two water features and a 160m rill within the Greenwich World Heritage Site – by Churchman Landscape Architects Ltd
The rehabilitation of Shek O Quarry, Hong Kong following years of industrial use by Urbis Ltd
Stewart Park, Middlesbrough – a project to safeguard a designed landscape in Middlesbrough – by Southern Green Ltd
Temporary Landscape and the Post-Industrial City – a study of post-industrial Glasgow – by Lisa Jeffrey
Urban Wilderness – the value of post-industrial landscapes in providing a new form of urban wilderness by Sophie Tombleson
Victoria Park, London – the restoration of London’s first public park – by LDA Design
What Makes a View? A comprehensive study of Blackdown Hill AONB – by Fiona Fyfe Associates Ltd
Student portfolios by: Zhongyi Zhang, Bethany Gale and Sophie Tombleson
The list of awards categories in full:
- Adding Value through Landscape
- Design for a Small Scale Private Development
- Design for a Medium Scale Private Development
- Design for a Large Scale Private Development
- Design for a Small Scale Public Development
- Design for a Medium Scale Public Development
- Design for a Large Scale Public Development
- Communications and Presentation
- Heritage and Conservation
- Science, Management and Stewardship
- Landscape Policy and Research
- Neighbourhood Planning
- Strategic Landscape Planning
- Urban Design and Masterplanning
- Student Dissertation
- Student Portfolio
