2024 Professional Awards

The 2024 World Landscape Architecture Professional Awards celebrate the pinnacle of design excellence, innovation, and sustainability in landscape architecture. The global jury of this year’s awards were impressed by the quality and diverse range of entries with over 250 entries from over 40 different countries. From urban parks and green spaces to restorative ecological projects, the entries reflect a broad spectrum of visionary solutions addressing global challenges. 

2024 Professional Awards Jury

Lauren Cantrell | Principal and Founder, DELINEATOR; 
Hanneke Kijne | Landscape architect and Owner, MORE landscape; 
Zhongwei Li | Founding Principal Lab D+H Shanghai; 
Manguesh R. Prabhugaonker | Architect & Landscape Architect; 
Sophie Thompson | Director and Head of Public Realm at LDA Design; 
Kongjian Yu | Founder and Principal Designer, Turenscape; 
Special Juror – Charles A. Birnbaum | President + CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation; 

2024 Professional Awards Winners

Conceptual – Small  

No entries were shortlisted or awarded in this category

Conceptual – Residential Landscape Design

Award of Excellence 
Binckhorst The Hague | Flux landscape architecture

Conceptual – Large Landscape Design 

Award of Excellence 
Belle Isle Vision Plan | Marvel & James River Park System

Merit Awards 
Biosynmedica Healing Park | Anjuna Architects
Printers Hill | Sasaki 

Honour Award
Shenzhen Natural History Museum | B+H Architects, 3XN, Zhubo Design

The Cultural Landscape Foundation – Cultural Landscape Award  

Peavey Plaza | Coen+Partners 
Image: Courtersy of Coen+Partners

2024 Professional Awards Shortlist

Built – Small Landscape Design
A greenhouse garden: the “Tree of Life” in school | Nanjing Forestry University; Nanjing Gongyong Jinpu Digital Urban and Rural Construction Co., Ltd
One Hive | StudioPOD
Shanghai Super Tube | FISH DESIGN
The Umbrella Pavilion | Beijing Jiaotong University Benzhi Studio
The Bowline | rankinfraser landscape architecture
Tile Garden | Landtek Group 风物营造
UAE Pavilion | BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Waste Recycling Showcase Gallery | SED Landscape Architects Ltd.

Built – Commercial Residential Landscape Design
High Park | veenenbos en bosch landschapsarchitecten
Island life in Antara | Platform Design Group
Jonas Amsterdam | Felixx Landscape Architects and Planners
LUXELAKES Rhythm Valley Residential | WTD GROUP
LUXELAKES Gem Harbor Residential | WTD GROUP
One9Five | Shma Company Limited
TAO ZHU YIN YUAN – Residential Courtyard Landscape | Muhe Landscape Engineering Co., Ltd.
The Ravine Park at Godrej Rivergreens | StudioPOD + Enviroscape

Built – Private Residential Landscape Design
Bridge House | LaGuardia Design Group
Cummings Estate | Elysian Landscapes
Dune Meadow | LaGuardia Design Group
High Alpine Modernism – Outcrop Haus | Design Workshop Inc. – Aspen, Colorado
House on the Bluff | LaGuardia Design Group
Nurturing Nature in the Mile-High City | Design Workshop Inc. – Aspen, Colorado
Private residence in the Lower Rhine area | WKM Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH

Built – Large Landscape Design
Daxi Port Lake Bay Children’s Friendly Wetland Park | Tus-Design Group Co. Ltd
Demonstration Area of Water Environment Improvement and Ecological
Construction Project of Muchun Lake and Fanchun Lake in Chenggong, Kunming | SHUISHI
Dongguan Central Park Phase 1 | Henning Larsen
Hangzhou Grand Canal Steelworks Park | TLS Landscape Architecture
Mill 19 | TEN x TEN and MSR Design
Reconnecting City Nature and People Ecological Restoration of Tongjian Lake Park | Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
St Petersburg Pier | Ken Smith Workshop
Tebet Eco Park | SIURA Studio
Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru | Grant Associates and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The Bay: “One Park for All” in Sarasota | Agency Landscape + Planning
The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | landMASS at MASS Design Group and TEN x TEN
The Park at Elephant Park | Gillespies
The Stork Meadow | C.F. Møller Architects
Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo | TEN x TEN and Snow Kreilich Architects
Where the Pollinators Are | Didier Design Studio with Lake Flato Architects, Phyto Studio

Built – Urban Design
Catharijnesingel | OKRA landscape architects
China-Singapore Friendship Garden | Grant Associates
Dynamic Boundaries Linking Time and Space: Duke Kunshan University 14 Year Commitment to Ecology | Futurepolis Urban Planning & Architecture Design Inc.
From Wharf 3 to Pearl River Blueway: Julong Bay Open Space Phase 1 | Sasaki
La Torura river flood park: landscape adaptations for climate change | Entropía Arquitectura Adaptativa, Land/ and Maleza Laboratorio del paisaje
Longtang Wetland Park | WTD GROUP
Lynn Wyatt Square for the Performing Arts | RIOS
Natural Integration With City Life: Shanghai Jiading New City Central Green Axis Landscape Renewal | Arcplus (Arcplus Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.)
Simeitang Cultural Park | SHUISHI and CSADI
Transforming Southbank Boulevard | TCL and the City of Melbourne

Conceptual – Analysis and Planning
Chengdu Pujiang River Masterplan | Henning Larsen
Reclaiming the South Platte – A Blueprint for Restoration + Resilience | Design Workshop Inc. – Denver, Colorado
Sepulveda Basin Vision Plan | OLIN
Seven Greenways: A Cooperative Vision for Water in the Arid West | Design Workshop Inc. – Aspen, Colorado
Wusong River – Wenzaobang Waterway Area Overall Spatial Design | MLA+ B.V.
The Resilient Campus Historic Ecology and Water Conservation at UCLA | Design Workshop, Inc.
A Resilient Working Seafront: Huangshi Bay Coastal Park Master Plan | Sasaki

Conceptual – Residential Landscape Design
Binckhorst The Hague | Flux landscape architecture
South Hill St Helier | Gillespies
Uly Dala | High Garden Architects

Conceptual – Large Landscape Design
Belle Isle Vision Plan | Marvel
Biosynmedica Healing Park | Anjuna Architects
“cultural osmosis” Redesign of three separate areas at Pavlos Melas Park | topio7 / Panita Karamanea – Thanasis Polyzoidis
Currie Park Redesign | OLIN and Chen Moore and Associates
La Salle Botanical Gardens | GROSS. MAX. Landscape Architects
Origin Park | OLIN
Printers Hill | Sasaki
Shenzhen Natural History Museum | B+H
The Ellinikon Metropolitan Park | Sasaki
The Lawn on Brushy Creek | Design Workshop Inc. – Austin, Texas
Warm Springs Preserve | Superbloom

Conceptual – Urban Design
Hengqin “Zero Carbon” Sewage Treatment Park | North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co.,Ltd.
Huishan Forest Park | Sasaki
Mexico City Innovation Ecosystem | Sasaki
Post-COVID Adaptive Planning In Wuhan: South Core of Optics Valley | Sasaki
Rimac River’s Special Landscape Project Green Corridor for Lima’s Historic Center | PROLIMA (GERENCIA DE PLANIFICACIÓN, GESTIÓN Y RECUPERACIÓN DEL CENTRO HISTÓRICO DE LIMA)
Sports Boulevard Masterplan | Coen+Partners
Shijiazhuang Taiping River Urban Design | MLA+ B.V.
Urban Transformation of the 5th street in the Center of Cali | Entropía Arquitectura Adaptativa

The Cultural Landscape Foundation – Cultural Landscape Award
Dialogue two thousand years Landscape design of the Bronze Chariot and Horse Museum | Zhongsen Architectural & Engineering Designing Consultants LTD.
Marble Garden – Saving an Iconic Landscape | Design Workshop Inc. – Aspen, Colorado
New Longfu Temple Cultural Center | Wscape Landscape Design (Beijing) Co., Ltd.,
Peavey Plaza | Coen+Partners
Re-Investing in a Legacy Landscape: The Franklin Park Action Plan | Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture with Agency Landscape + Planning and MASS Design Group
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Comprehensive Landscape Plan | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
University of Queensland Reconciliation Garden | Arcadia Landscape Architecture