The 2026 WLA Professional Awards received over 275 entries across 16 categories from landscape architecture firms worldwide. This year, the jury has had a hard time selecting the shortlist from entrants 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 shortlist highlights work that should inspire pride among landscape architects for their peers’ contributions.
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)
World Landscape Architecture is pleased to announce that the jury has selected the following entries for the 2026 WLA Professional Awards shortlist (alphabetical order by project name):
BUILT CATEGORIES
Built | Commercial Landscape Design
Conservation Centered Campus | OJB Landscape Architecture
Ecology as Infrastructure | OJB Landscape Architecture
Genesis Design California | Elysian Landscapes
Global Technology Company | Berger Partnership with OLIN
HAID Science Park | LOLA Landscape Architects B.V.
Stream Valley | Landscape Collaboration
Suan Dusit Arun | Landscape Collaboration
Timewalk Myeong-dong Shared Garden | Lab D+H Seoul (랩디에이치 조경설계사무소)
Built | Commercial Residential Landscape Design
Brave Hill Land | Shenzhen L&A Design Holding Limited
Century Land (Phase II) | JTL Landscape Design
Greentown Yiwu · Fengqi Yilu | Change Studio
Guobin No.7 Residence | Change Studio
Oriental One | GM LANDSCAPE DESIGN & Gillespies
Riverside Mansion | Chongqing Donehome Landscape Architecture Planning Design Co.,ltd
The Brentford Project | Grant Associates
The Forest Threshold | Landscape Tectonix
Xi’an Imperial Mansion | JTL Landscape Design
Built | Private Residential Landscape Design
Fire-Adapted Living | Robert Mowat Associates
Hayden House | Design Workshop
High Meadow | bluegreen
House of Rain | TRUEFORM
Thunder River Residence | Design Workshop
Woodland Glade Sanctuary | Stefano Marinaz Landscape Architecture
Built | Institutional Landscape Design
City Park Nature Play | Dig Studio
Ismaili Center, Houston | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Oman Botanic Garden | Arup
Stratford Waterfront East Bank | LDA Design
The Urban Nature Project | J&L Gibbons + Feilden Fowles
XYU New Campus Gateway | Sasaki
Built | Hospitality & Tourism Landscape Design
Grand Hyatt Singapore | Grant Associates
Landscape of Forking Paths | boll
Namia River Retreat | LJ-Group
PDX Airport Main Terminal | PLACE
Silver Sands | Hollander Design Landscape Architects
Suan Dusit Arun | Landscape Collaboration
Built | Small Public Space Design
Finsbury Circus Gardens | Realm
LongiPark! | Shma Company Limited
Passerelle | Karres en Brands
PORCH | TEN x TEN
Redstone Coke Ovens | bluegreen
The Social Spine | SLA
Built | Large Public Space Design
16th Street Revitalization | Dig Studio
Benjakitti Forest Park | Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect + TURENSCAPE
Changchun Jingyue Central Park | Shanghai Shuishi Landscape Design Co.,Ltd.
Dumas Sea Front Development | INI Design Studio
Haitang River Eco Park Phase I AECOM
Hechai 1972 | Shenzhen L&A Design Holding Limited
Lakeshore Park | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Leidsche Rijn Centre Utrecht | Baljon landscape architects
Moncus Park | Design Workshop
Returning to One’s Homeland | Janet Rosenberg & Studio Inc. (JRS)
Rihui Greenland | Lab D+H Shanghai
Suzhou Museum of Contemporary | Shanghai Shuishi Landscape Design Co.,Ltd.
Woolwich Town Centre | LDA Design
Xiaoxita Forest Park | HID Landscape Architecture
Built | Masterplanning & Urban Design
Greenford Quay | HTA Design
Haitang River Eco Park II | LOLA Landscape Architects B.V.
Hong Kong East Coast Boardwalk | LWK+PARTNERS
Honggang Park | SWA Group
Panlong Tiandi | Sasaki
Reclaiming the Urban Plaza | OJB Landscape Architecture
Built | Sustainability & Resilience
104 Abu Dhabi Park | SLA
Benjakitti Forest Park | Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect + TURENSCAPE
Chenhu International Wetland | Shanghai WEME Landscape Design Engineering Co.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Wetland Eco Sponge Park | Sponge Collaborative (Samanea Consultancy Pvt Ltd)
Grand Junction Park and Plaza | DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
The Queen Elizabeth II Garden | HTA Design
Xili Lake Greenway | SWA Group
Yangtze Delta Living Loop | Arcplus Shanghai Xiandai Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
CONCEPTUAL AWARDS
Conceptual | Private Space Design
Ant Annual Ring | TLS Landscape Architecture
Central Yards | PWP Landscape Architecture + Urbis + Henderson Land Development Company Limited
Six Senses Belize | Cayo Rosar | Maat Handasa
Tianfu Zoological & Botanical | Grant Associates
TP-LINK LXD HQ: Ribbon Trail | TLS Landscape Architecture
Conceptual | Public Space Design
Al-Sulaimi Park | KEO – InSite
Franklin Park Conservatory North Star Master Plan | MKSK, Inc.
Little Rock 30 Crossing Park | Sasaki
Montreal Irish Monument | Lemay
Resilient Moakley Park | Stoss Landscape Urbanism
The Park at Expo Idaho | PORT
Wandering Spirit | groundcubed
Waterside Park | PORT
Conceptual | Residential Landscape Design
62 Bayview Parkway | WW+P Architects & Planners
Green Town·Guanhe Jinglu | Hangzhou Puyi Landscape Design Co., Ltd.
Stadsdommel Eindhoven | Flux landscape architecture
The Ivakino Residence | Viewga
The Right Life | Deeproots Design
Conceptual | Analysis and Planning
Arboretum San Antonio | Sasaki
Chaobai River Basin | Sasaki
Denver’s Forestry Plan | Design Workshop
Groene Scheggen Arnhem-Nijmege | Flux landscape architecture
Lim Chu Kang | Sasaki
Living Quarry | epd Landscape
Malmi Meadow Park | PORT
Peru Reconstruction Programme | Arup
The Great Trinity Prairie | Site Agency
Conceptual | Masterplanning & Urban Design
Field Studies | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Jefferson Memorial Forest Masterplan | MKSK, Inc.
Moline Riverfront+Centre Plan | MKSK, Inc.
OCVIBE: Planning for Wellness | Fletcher Studio
SeedCube: Agri-Urban Coupling | SHANGHAI EDGING Architecture&Landscape Architecture Co., LTD.
Shanghai Midtown Belt | MLA+ B.V.
Strategic Green Plan Leuven | Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners
The Living Ravine | Benoy
The Cultural Landscape Foundation | Cultural Landscape Award – Design
Al Ain Oasis | WAHO Landscape Architects
Longjiang Time Town Phase I Guangzhou GVL International Planning & Design Co.,Ltd.
National World War I Memorial | DAVID RUBIN Land Collective
Park Borneoplein – Light of Re | Baljon landscape architects
Wenmiao Dongfang | GM LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Yitpi Yartapuultiku | WAX Design
The Cultural Landscape Foundation | Cultural Landscape Award – Planning & Research
Charles River Wetland | Sasaki
Liberty Park CLR & Vision Plan | Mundus Bishop
Living Moso Cultural Landscape | LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co., Ltd.
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Shortlist/Finalist Certificates will be issued after the winners are announced.