Three projects have received Awards of Excellence at the 2022 Qld Landscape Architecture Awards.
The jury celebrated The Spit Redevelopment by Place Design Group with the top award in the Parks and Open Space category, lauding it for providing a “sensitive, inclusive and elegant” solution for a challenging site. “The design recognizes and respects the power of the landscape as the hero whilst incorporating bold gestures,” the jury citation reads. “The built elements are simple yet playful, taking clues from the site. The fluid forms and robust materials compliment rather than overwhelm the seawall and spit with great synergy.”
Another Award of Excellence was given out to Carol Park by Fred St in the Small Projects section of the program. “Carol Park is an example of a small project that achieves a great outcome and an enduring high quality active transport connection,” stated the jury. The project delivers a “permeable urban solution that is simply yet exquisitely detailed and executed, resulting in an activated community link.”
The final Award of Excellence was given out in the Landscape Planning category to the Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study and Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study by Lat27 with Trace Visual Planning and Design, Extent Heritage, PSA Consulting and The Comms Team. “This project reinforces the importance of establishing the basis of community values to inform strategic planning and illustrates a clear development in thinking and process,” said the jury. “The outcomes [of the study] are clearly articulated in a comprehensive series of documents that will play a key role in informing the mechanisms of the planning scheme for Toowoomba Regional Council to ensure the liveability of this growing area.”
All award recipients will progress to the 2022 National Landscape Architecture Awards to be announced in mid October.
Parks and Open Space
Award of Excellence
The Spit Redevelopment – Place Design Group
Civic Landscape
Landscape Architecture Award
Mollison Park – RP
Community Contribution
Landscape Architecture Award
Afghanistan War Memorial – Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture
Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown by LA3 Landscape Architecture
Image: Andrew Prowse
Cultural Heritage
Landscape Architecture Award
Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown – LA3 Landscape Architecture
Gardens
Landscape Architecture Awards
Tree House – RPS
North Maleny Garden Project – Sod Design
Health and Education Landscape
Landscape Architecture Awards
Brisbane South State Secondary College – JFP Urban Consultants
Fortitude Valley State Secondary College (Stage 1) – Arcadia Landscape Architecture and RPS
Student Central – The University of Queensland – Hassell
Fortitude Valley State Secondary College – Stage 1 by Arcadia Landscape Architecture and RPS
Image: Scott Burrows
Infrastructure
Landscape Architecture Award
Sippy Downs Drive – Boulevard and Gateway – Sunshine Coast Council
Land Management
Landscape Architecture Award
Small Creek – Stage 3 – CUSP
Landscape Planning
Award of Excellence
Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study & Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study – Lat27 with Trace Visual Planning and Design, Extent Heritage, PSA Consulting and The Comms Team
Landscape Architecture Award
Ipswich Central Revitalisation – Vee Design, Fourfold Studio and Urban Enquiry
Play Spaces
Landscape Architecture Awards
POD Early School – Wearthy
Schuster Park Jungle Playground – Zone Landscape Architecture
Schuster Park Jungle Playground by Zone Landscape Architecture
Image: Zone Landscape Architecture
Small Projects
Award of Excellence
Carol Park – Fred St
Landscape Architecture Awards
Duet: Illuminated Peewees at Oxford Street Bulimba – Brisbane City Council – Design Brisbane with Belinda Smith (artist)
Eminence – CUSP
Regional Achievement Awards
Central Queensland
Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Stage 1) – Zone Landscape Architecture
Sunshine Coast
Nambour Forecourt Revamp – Sunshine Coast Council
President’s Award
David Uhlmann
Future Leader’s Award
Nathan Merlano
