The City Renewal Authority has taken home three awards at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects ACT Awards, with the winners to compete nationally later this year.
Celebrating its success, the Authority said the Landscape Architecture Awards recognised and promoted achievements of landscape architects across Australia.
“We were among some truly spectacular projects and we wish to congratulate the many other winners and nominees,” the Authority said.
“It’s a privilege to be able to enjoy so many other excellent landscape architecture projects across our city!”
It said its City Walk Urban Renewal project took out the top spot in the Civic Landscape Award category which celebrates projects that were public in nature and contributed to the culture and amenity of the urban environment around them.
“The design of our City Walk Urban Renewal project offers visitors a variety of spaces and places in which they can gather, from a large formal expanse of grass dotted with seating, to more intimate spaces incorporating raised garden beds and diverse planting, providing welcome relief from an otherwise hard-scaped and heat island-affected urban setting,” the Authority said.
It said that in the Landscape Planning category it was recognised for its “constructed or strategic projects, including strategic design and guiding policy documents and visual assessments.”
“Congratulations to our Place Success Dashboard project which draws together diverse ACT Government data including urban planning information, tree information, public use surveys and transport data, and presents it in a unified manner allowing for real-time interrogation and comparison,” it said.
The Authority said that its award in the Parks and Open Space category went to Henry Rolland Park and recognised the contribution parks and open space, or strategic open space projects make, in balancing the demand for recreation, culture and the environment.
More information about the awards and winning projects can be accessed on the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects at this PS News link.
