AILA has revealed the winners of the 2022 National Landscape Architecture Awards at a celebration in Magandjin (Brisbane). 40 projects were recognised across the program’s 17 categories.
AILA President Claire Martin says now, more than ever before, Australians understand the need to connect to each other and their environment.
She explains this stems from factors like COVID-19, a growing mental and physical health crisis, and the climate and biodiversity emergency.
“People want where they live to improve their quality of life, their physical and mental health, and the health of Australia’s waterways, habitats and wildlife,” Claire says. “Landscape architects work every day to design the sort of spaces and places that deliver these social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits.”
Claire says the National Landscape Architecture Awards showcase the positive impact of landscape architects on our people and Country.
“The spaces and places landscape architects design help people to care, play, learn, and work, to exercise or to rest, to find respite or to gather, to celebrate or commemorate. They help to tell the truth about our history and speculate about a more equitable future.”
“The range of projects recognised in this year’s awards illustrate how children and adults of diverse cultures and backgrounds connect to landscapes every day across a range of scales – from neighbourhoods to campuses, buildings to infrastructure, suburbs to cities.”
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Image: Koolangka Koolangka Waabiny on Whadjuk Nyoongar Country in Perth. By City of Perth with Playce, alongside the Whadjuk Working Party, Moodjar Consultancy, Nixon Creative and others. Photograph by Jarrad Seng.