BALI Member takes home Landscape Institute award
BALI Member Ground Control have taken home a prestigious Landscape Institute award for their work on The Children’s Garden in Kew Gardens.
On 26 November 2020, people from around the world tuned in to the Landscape Institute’s first ever online Annual Awards ceremony. Its 21 winning projects and entries were dedicated to transforming the world for the better, building resilience and sustainability into our cities and spaces.
LI President Jane Findlay said:
It’s been another record year for Awards entries, all of such an exceptional standard - especially in our new categories. In line with our climate and biodiversity declaration, we've aligned our judging criteria to include sustainability, and introduced more specific categories based around these topics.
The pandemic has really highlighted the vital role that public space, greenery and nature play in our lives. The judges and I saw projects that retrofit our public green space, reimagine our public realm, transform our high streets, and make our cities more resilient to climate change with proper, in-practice sustainability - all such important tasks.
LI Chief Executive Dan Cook added:
Before the lockdown, too many saw these spaces as a luxury. As something nice to have, but not essential. But now more than ever, we all realise their importance - for health, nature, and wellbeing.
I continue to be impressed by the range of finalists and winners coming from all over the world. It's great to see green and blue infrastructure combined to find creative and impactful nature-based solutions to the major challenges of our time. Whether it be climate, biodiversity, health or other social issues, we all need to work to accelerate this movement in the years ahead.
The winners in full:
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
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
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