The LI received over
160 entries from firms and practitioners around the world.
The 36 shortlisted
projects showcase the breadth of exceptional work across the landscape
profession, including landscape design, planning, management and research – in
particular, the powerful impact this work has on people’s lives.
The winners will be
announced at theAwards ceremony on Thursday 22 November at The Brewery in London. New
York Times best-selling author and journalist Florence Williams will be the
ceremony’s keynote speaker, while broadcast journalist and BBC London radio
contributor Ebs Akintade will compère the event.
The shortlist is:
- Mill Lane and De
Montfort University Public Realm - AECOM - The new design of
the main pedestrian spine running through De Montfort University in Leicester
promotes walking and cycling, and the rain gardens support ecology and managing
water.
- Neighbourhood
Planning Support Services: Heritage and Character Assessment - AECOM - Since 2015, AECOM
have provided a national programme of technical support to groups engaged in
preparing neighbourhood plans. This project draws specifically on the delivery
of over 50 Heritage and Character Assessments, which apply the best of local
landscape planning practice.
- Quarry Garden in
Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden - Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning
and Design Institute - Inspired by the
concept of “Taoyuan” (an ideal paradigm of East Asian natural landscape), the
quarry creates a series of attractions, re-establishing the connection between
human beings and natural wasteland which is integrated with the adjacent
botanical garden.
- Connecting Burton
and the Trent Washlands: A New Vision - Black and Veatch Ltd - Combining Ecosystems
Services Valuations, and more traditional heritage and landscape techniques,
including hand-drawn visualisations, to connect Burton to the Trent Washlands
in Staffordshire.
- Seething Lane Gardens, Ten Trinity Square - Capita
Lovejoy - Facilitating the
reuse of the listed Ten Trinity Square in London, which was at risk due to
non-occupancy, a pocket park was created that balances the needs of people,
environment, heritage and townscape.
Landscape Institute
CEO Dan Cook said: "The Landscape Institute Awards aim to really push the
boundaries of landscape design, and to bring together professionals from the
entire sector to collaborate and inspire.
"They
demonstrate what is unique about the profession, which at its heart is focussed
on creating and managing places that benefit people, place and nature.
"Interestingly,
one of the common themes this year across many entries is the importance
of community engagement. This is symbolic of the values held by the next
generation of the profession."
LI President Adam
White remarked upon the huge diversity of projects, which were chosen from a
record number of entries.
"We have had an
impressive number of entries this year, all of an incredibly high
calibre," Adam said. "The shortlisted projects range from small but
creative UK projects to hugely innovative international designs.
"With 21
different Awards categories in the Awards, there is tremendous diversity in the
approaches demonstrated. And as a landscape design professional myself, it is
really satisfying to see the contrasts in design, planning and management
across the 36 projects that have made it to this year’s shortlist.
‘I wish all of the
finalists the very best of luck at the Awards ceremony on 22 November."
