2012 AILA WA landscape awards announced

Click to enlarge
Walyjala-jala buru jayida jarringgun buru Nyamba Yawuru ngan-ga mirli mirli by UDLA. Shown here is an aerial view of Thangoo coastline.

Walyjala-jala buru jayida jarringgun buru Nyamba Yawuru ngan-ga mirli mirli by UDLA. Shown here is an aerial view of Thangoo coastline. Image: Sarah Yu

1 of 6
Rapids Landing Residential Estate by William James Landscape Architects and Earth Essence Landscape Architecture.

Rapids Landing Residential Estate by William James Landscape Architects and Earth Essence Landscape Architecture. Image: Tarna Osborne

2 of 6
Rapids Landing Residential Estate – an off-stream drainage treatment basin in the formally degraded natural stream-line just after planting.

Rapids Landing Residential Estate – an off-stream drainage treatment basin in the formally degraded natural stream-line just after planting. Image: Bill James

3 of 6
A community gathering space – Kings Park and Botanic Garden by Plan (E).

A community gathering space – Kings Park and Botanic Garden by Plan (E). Image: Richard Gale

4 of 6
Place of Reflection, Kings Park and Botanic Garden by Plan (E) – serpentine paths and sculptured seating niches offer visitors intimate reflection spaces.

Place of Reflection, Kings Park and Botanic Garden by Plan (E) – serpentine paths and sculptured seating niches offer visitors intimate reflection spaces. Image: Courtesy of Plan (E)

5 of 6
New Perth to Bunbury Highway (under construction) by Urbis.

New Perth to Bunbury Highway (under construction) by Urbis. Image: Courtesy of SGA

6 of 6

The 2012 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects WA awards were announced at a ceremony in Perth on 25 May.

AILA WA Medal for Landscape Architecture

Walyjala-jala buru jayida jarringgun buru Nyamba Yawuru ngan-ga mirli mirli, by UDLA

AILA WA Excellence Award for Landscape Architecture

Place of Reflection, Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, by Plan (E)

AILA WA Landscape Architecture Award for Design

Rio Tinto Naturescape, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, by Plan (E)
Rapids Landing Residential Estate, Margaret River, by William James Landscape Architects and Earth Essence Landscape Architecture

AILA WA Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management

Cygnia Cove Development Rehabilitation Works, Waterford, by Plan (E)
New Perth to Bunbury Highway by Urbis

AILA WA Landscape Architecture Award for Planning

Kimberley LNG Precinct Strategic Assessment, Ethnobiological Report, James Price Point, by UDLA

AILA WA Landscape Architecture Award for Urban Design

Claremont Central Precinct Shared Space by Blackwell and Associates

AILA WA Future Leaders Award (Graduate)

Eion Gladish

AIA WA Future Leaders Award (Student)

Stefanie Jones for Bayswater Constructed Wetland Project – Draw / Cleanse / Fuse

The 2012 WA AILA awards jury consisted of Jeppe Aagaard Andersen (vice president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects), Helen Whitbread (associate director of Built Environment at the University of Western Australia), Jean Brodie-Hall (landscape architect), Niall Simpson (the AILA national president), Terry Thompson (senior landscape architect for the City of Canning) and Philip Palmer (landscape architect with the National Trust of Australia).


More awards

Most read

Taringa House

Taringa House

A prewar Brisbane home adapted by Loucas Zahos Architects “bookends” old and new elements.
Czech-Seidel House

Czech-Seidel House

Richard Stampton Architects adapts an early 1980s Melbourne house, building on its natural assets.