Applications
are open for the Landscape Institute Awards, the landscape profession’s most
illustrious awards, until the end of the month - July 2018.
Celebrating
excellence, innovation and creativity in the natural and built-environment, the
Landscape Institute Awards showcase the exceptional work of the many different
types of landscape professionals, including landscape designers, managers,
planners and researchers and the impact it has on people’s lives.
There
are two new categories this year: The Dame Sylvia Crowe Award for Outstanding
International Contribution to People, Place and Nature – the first Landscape
Institute Award that is open to individuals and organisations globally; and an
award for Planting Design, Horticulture and Strategic Ecology.
Dame Sylvia Crowe was president of the Landscape Institute
(then the Institute of Landscape Architects) between 1957 and 1959. A
pioneer of landscape design, she is associated with the ‘landscape of power’ –
writing about, as well as creating landscapes at nuclear power stations.
Her books include: The
Landscape of Power and The Landscape of Roads. One of the most remarkable characteristics of her work is
that she handled landscapes of hugely diverse scales, from small private
gardens to hundreds of acres of new towns, forestry and reservoir
margins. She exerted a huge influence on projects, persuading
interdisciplinary teams to recognise the significance of views, landform and
local character in determining the location and impact of new interventions in
the landscape.
In her
honour, and sixty years since the publication of The
Landscape of Power, this new award recognises the global reach of the
profession and celebrates major achievements that benefit people, place and
nature through landscape-led approaches. Entries can be from any individual,
organisation, employer, government or university or combination of groups, and
can relate to any project, design, management plan, delivery or research that
has contributed to knowledge and learning in any field of landscape practice.
The
new Planting Design, Horticulture and Strategic Ecology category is broadening
the reach of the awards and will showcase established planting schemes and horticulturally
focused projects which contribute to the art and science of landscape
architecture. This could include a range of sites that are either standalone or
form part of a larger project. Entries should be innovative and appropriate to
the setting; creative; functional; aesthetically pleasing and demonstrate an
environmental, ecological or educational responsibility.
Dan Cook, CEO of the Landscape Institute said: “There is no doubt
that there is growing pressure on our towns, cities and environment. The
landscape profession plays a critical role in connecting people, place and
nature together in clever and sympathetic ways, and these awards celebrate
novel and exciting approaches in the profession. They also recognise the different public
benefits that good landscape can bring, including health, environmental,
social, and economic and we are delighted to have two new awards this year that
will help broaden the reach of projects that can enter.”
“Entries are also welcome from students, as well as
qualified professionals, which we are keen to encourage as we are running a new
campaign #chooselandscape. One of the most pressing challenges for the landscape profession is a skills shortage at a time when
the sector is growing steadily, and our new campaign aims to inspire
more people into the profession which really makes a difference to people’s
lives.”
In
total there are 21 award categories including:
- 13
professional categories reflecting the breadth of work done by landscape
professionals
- two student
categories
- one open
category, the new Dame Sylvia Crowe Award for Outstanding International
Contribution to People, Place & Nature, which rewards excellence and
leadership in the worldwide field of landscape and place.
The deadline for online submissions is Tuesday 31st July, and a paper copy (where this is
required) must be submitted by Monday 6th
August.
