The 2026 WLA Professional Awards received over 275 entries across 16 categories from landscape architecture firms worldwide. This year, the jury had a hard time selecting the winners from over 25 countries.
The WLA Awards aim to celebrate the top achievements in global landscape architecture, acknowledging both built and conceptual projects. Many of these projects develop landscapes and spaces that tackle challenges faced by communities, cities, and the natural environment. This year’s winners showcase exceptional projects from around the world.
Jury
Bottom Left to Right – Yuan Songting, Chris Tidswell, Cindy Zerger, Charles A. Birnbaum;
Niels de Bruin
Senior Landscape Architect and Head of Landscape Architecture at Kragh & Berglund
Kate Larsen
Director at Snøhetta
Stephanie Lau | 劉婕妤 PLA (US-CA), ASLA
Senior Project Manager at EADG
Terence Lee
Senior Landscape Architect Associate at DIALOG
Yuan Songting
Founder, Chairman, and the principal designer at DDON
Chris Tidwell
Director at Arcadia Landscape Architecture
Cindy Zerger
Urban Design Practice Lead at Toole Design
Special Juror – Charles A. Birnbaum
President + CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation (Bottom Far Right)
The jury undertook a rigorous three-round judging process (which included jurors recusing themselves when a conflict of interest arose) over the past few months. World Landscape Architecture is pleased to announce that the jury has selected the following entries from the shortlisted entries as winners of the 2026 WLA Professional Awards (alphabetical order by project name):
BUILT CATEGORIES
Built | Commercial Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Suan Dusit Arun | Landscape Collaboration
Outstanding Award
Stream Valley | Landscape Collaboration
Honourable Mention
Global Technology Company | Berger Partnership with OLIN
HAID Science Park | LOLA Landscape Architects B.V.
Built | Commercial Residential Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
The Brentford Project | Grant Associates
Outstanding Award
Greentown Yiwu · Fengqi Yilu | Change Studio
Riverside Mansion | Chongqing Donehome Landscape Architecture Planning Design Co., Ltd
Honourable Mention
Guobin No.7 Residence | Change Studio
The Forest Threshold | Landscape Tectonix
Built | Private Residential Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
High Meadow | bluegreen
Outstanding Award
Hayden House | Design Workshop
Thunder River Residence | Design Workshop
Honourable Mention
House of Rain | TRUEFORM
Fire-Adapted Living | Robert Mowat Associates
Built | Institutional Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
The Urban Nature Project | J&L Gibbons + Feilden Fowles
Outstanding Award
Oman Botanic Garden | Arup
Stratford Waterfront East Bank | LDA Design and Allies and Morrison
Honourable Mention
Ismaili Center, Houston | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
XYU New Campus Gateway | Sasaki
Built | Hospitality & Tourism Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
PDX Airport Main Terminal | PLACE
Outstanding Award
Grand Hyatt Singapore | Grant Associates
Namia River Retreat | LJ-Group
Honourable Mention
Silver Sands | Hollander Design Landscape Architects
Built | Small Public Space Design
Award of Excellence
The Social Spine | SLA
Outstanding Award
Finsbury Circus Gardens | Realm
Redstone Coke Ovens | bluegreen
Honourable Mention
Passerelle | Karres en Brands
Built | Large Public Space Design
Award of Excellence
Kiweki Point: Returning to One’s Homeland | Janet Rosenberg & Studio Inc. (JRS)
Outstanding Award
Benjakitti Forest Park | Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect + TURENSCAPE
Rihui Greenland | Lab D+H Shanghai
Honourable Mention
Changchun Jingyue Central Park | Shanghai Shuishi Landscape Design Co.,Ltd.
Dumas Sea Front Development | INI Design Studio
Built | Masterplanning & Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Honggang Park | SWA Group
Outstanding Award
Haitang River Eco Park II | LOLA Landscape Architects B.V.
Panlong Tiandi | Sasaki
Honourable Mention
Hong Kong East Coast Boardwalk | LWK+PARTNERS
Greenford Quay | HTA Design
Built | Sustainability & Resilience
Award of Excellence
Xili Lake Greenway | SWA Group
Outstanding Award
Chenhu International Wetland | Shanghai WEME Landscape Design Engineering Co.
Grand Junction Park and Plaza | DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
Honourable Mention
Benjakitti Forest Park | Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect + TURENSCAPE
Yangtze Delta Living Loop | Arcplus Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
CONCEPT CATEGORIES
Concept | Private Space Design
Award of Excellence
TP-LINK LXD HQ: Ribbon Trail | TLS Landscape Architecture
Outstanding Award
Central Yards | PWP Landscape Architecture + Urbis + Henderson Land Development Company Limited
Honourable Mention
Ant Annual Ring | TLS Landscape Architecture
Concept | Public Space Design
Award of Excellence
The Park at Expo Idaho | PORT
Outstanding Award
Resilient Moakley Park | Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Waterside Park | PORT
Honourable Mention
Montreal Irish Monument | Lemay
Wandering Spirit | groundcubed
Concept | Residential Landscape Design
Award of Excellence
Stadsdommel Eindhoven | Flux landscape architecture
Outstanding Award
The Right Life | Deeproots Design
Honourable Mention
62 Bayview Parkway | WW+P Architects & Planners
Green Town·Guanhe Jinglu | Hangzhou Puyi Landscape Design Co., Ltd.
Concept | Analysis and Planning
Award of Excellence
Living Quarry | epd Landscape
Outstanding Award
Peru Reconstruction Programme | The UK Delivery Team (Arup, Mace and Gleeds)
The Great Trinity Prairie | Site Agency
Honourable Mention
Chaobai River Basin | Sasaki
Lim Chu Kang | Sasaki
Concept | Masterplanning & Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Field Studies | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Outstanding Award
Jefferson Memorial Forest Masterplan | MKSK, Inc.
Shanghai Midtown Belt | MLA+ B.V.
Honourable Mention
Strategic Green Plan Leuven | Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners
Editor’s Award
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Wetland Eco Sponge Park | Sponge Collaborative (Samanea Consultancy Pvt Ltd)
The Cultural Landscape Foundation | Cultural Landscape Award – Design
National World War I Memorial | DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
The Cultural Landscape Foundation | Cultural Landscape Award – Planning & Research
Living Moso Cultural Landscape | LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co., Ltd.
The above list of 2026 WLA Professional Award winners is final, and all awards have been determined by the jury.
Shortlisted (Finalists) will receive their certificates in the coming week.