World Landscape Architecture Unveils Highly Anticipated 2025 WLA Awards Shortlist

[MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA] - [July 15, 2025] - World Landscape Architecture (WLA) is thrilled to announce the official shortlist for the 2025 WLA Awards. This year's awards saw an exceptional response with over 300 entries from 30 countries, unequivocally demonstrating that the WLA Awards are truly international and showcasing the global breadth and diverse excellence of the landscape architecture profession.

The WLA Awards aim to highlight projects that push the boundaries of design, demonstrate exceptional environmental stewardship, foster vibrant communities, and address critical global challenges through landscape-led solutions.

The WLA Awards aim to showcase projects that push the boundaries of design, demonstrate exceptional environmental stewardship, foster vibrant communities, and address critical global challenges through landscape-led solutions.

Submissions have undergone rigorous evaluation by an esteemed international jury, bringing diverse perspectives and high standards to the judging process.

The distinguished 2025 jury panel includes:
Anya Domlesky | Director of Research at SWA Group
Philip Dugdale | Associate Principal at Sasaki
Jon Hazelwood | Principal & Public Realm Sector Lead at Hassell
Yan Peng | General Manager of Wide Horizon Landscape Center
Steven Petit | Creative Director at OMGEVING
Ming Zhang | Chief Architect (Landscape Architecture), Tongji Architectural Design Group
Special Juror - Charles A. Birnbaum | President + CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The jury has meticulously reviewed entries across various categories and has provided the following shortlist (listed alphabetically by project within each category): https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/2025-wla-awards-shortlist-announced/

BUILT AWARDS
Built Commercial Landscape Design
Helios Education Foundation & Vince Roig Convening Center | Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture
One Team One Campus | OJB Landscape Architecture
Shunde Joy Marina Public Realm | Martha Schwartz Partners
The Beach at Elliot Bay (Expedia HQ) | Surfacedesign, Inc.
The Creative Campus | OJB Landscape Architecture
The Green Heart: an Inclusive Public Space within a Commercial Site | Lab D+H Shanghai
The Xi'an Central Cultural District | WTD Group & Heatherwick Studio

Built Hospitality Landscape Design
DUO Hotel | LJ-Group
Erth | WAHO Landscape LLC
Four Seasons Tamarindo | GDU-Mario Schjetnan
Hyperspace at Donum | Arterra Landscape Architects
Rainforest Wild Asia | DP Green Pte Ltd & Grant Associates
The Holdsworth Center Campus at Lake Austin | Ten Eyck Landscape Architects
Yangzhou Slender Lake Hot Spring Renovation | Wscape Landscape Design (Beijing) Co., Ltd

Built Institutional Landscape Design
The Museum of Bronze Chariots and Horses | Atelier Diameter
From Barrier to Hybrid Interface Beikun Garden's | RUAN Studio, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Gulbenkian Foundation Garden Extension | Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture
PTTLNG Nong Fab | TK STUDIO Company Limited
A Sanctuary for the Soul| Shunde Yunlu Wetland Pavilion | Change Studio
Terra Firma | Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture

Built Large Public Space Landscape Design
Bobigny Memorial | OKRA
Bronx Point | Marvel & Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP
Cultivating Nature and Flourishing Community | OJB Landscape Architecture
Embarcing Flood: Xinjiang River Ecological Corridor | Turenscape
Grønningen-Bispeparken | SLA
Jingzhang Railway Heritage Park | TLS Landscape Architecture
Tidal Park Keilehaven | De Urbanisten
Lebuinus Squares | BoschSlabbers Landscape + Urban Design
Memorial Park | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Network of Green Public Spaces for the City Centre | Martijn Al landscape architect + Natascha van den Ban landscape architect + Bart Bordes urbanism
Rihui Greenland: The Commoners' Grove | Lab D+H Shanghai
The Lower Ramble | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
The Meelfabriek Garden | LOLA Landscape Architects and Piet Oudolf
The Opera Park | Cobe
Wuhu Jiangdong Water Ecopark | Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute Co., Ltd.
Zuidpark | Tractebel

Built Small Public Space Landscape Design
The Growing Skills Garden | Dutch Landscape Studio
Karanga Jump Platform | LandLAB
Kunyu Mountain National Nature Preserve | Atelier Scale
Lantern | TLS Landscape Architecture
Lotus Market of Anyue Sleeping-Buddha Temple | XW Architects
Riverside Promenade | MKSK, Inc.
WE-SPACE | Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Architecture Design and Research Institute of BUCEA Co., Ltd., Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, ShineWing Group

Built Commercial Residential Landscape Design
101 Green Banyan Park of Guangzhou | 容心设计ROXin Design
Courtyard in Wilderness | Mind Studio
Fanny Hill Cabins The Car-Free Mountain Neighborhood | Design Workshop, Inc.
Highnote Almere | Flux landscape architecture
Living with mountains and forest | Mind Studio
MAHA Residences | Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM)
Pulse of Amsterdam | DELVA Landscape Architecture | Urbanism, MVSA Architects, VMX Architects
The Park | TROP: terrains + open space
Valerius | DELVA Landscape Architecture | Urbanism, MVSA Architects

Built Private Residential Landscape Design
Dreaming in the Lotus Bay | W. W. Designs, Inc.
Family Winery | Arterra Landscape Architects
Inez Point Embracing an Old Growth Forest | Design Workshop, Inc.
Opus One | TROP: terrains + open space
The Ruins | Estudio Ome
Venice Studio Sanctuary | Elysian Landscapes
Built Masterplan & Urban Design
Civita Park | Schmidt Design Group
Heart of the City & Discovery Walk | Coen + Partners
Pierpoint Lane | Surfacedesign, Inc
Post Oak Boulevard | Design Workshop, Inc.
Revitalize BOS | Ground Inc. Landscape Architecture, Höweler and Yoon Architecture, Richard Burck Associates Landscape Architecture
Upgrading River Lys | SBE nv

Built Sustainability & Resilience
Al Fay Park | SLA
Bridgefoot St Park | DFLA
Eden Dock | HTA Design, James Lord
Glasgow-Claypits | LUC
Houguan Lake Eco Demonstration Park | Valeche Studio Limited
Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization | Living Habitats LLC, Moffatt & Nichol, and Michels Corporation
Paradise for Migratory Birds -- Ecological Restoration of Daheihe River in Inner Mongolia, China | Shanghai Landscape Architecture Garden Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd (SLADI)
Rural Landscape Restoration of Zhujiadian Village | China Architecture Design& Research Group
The Walkway of CGT & Aranya Jiulong Lake Eco-Leisure Resort | Fanu Studio (Shenzhen) Landscape Design Co.ltd
Yangcheng Lake Cultural Heritage Rural Park | China Architecture Design& Research Group

CONCEPT (UNBUILT) AWARDS
Concept Private Space
Arena in Diriyah | LandDesign
City of Hope Medical Campus: Resilient Healing Landscape | HKLA
Corallium Marine Life Institute AMAALA | The Vero Studio
Ritz-Carlton AMAALA | The Vero Studio
Simmons Quad Revitalization | Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Concept Public Space
Alia Riverside Park | VIEWGA
Ben Franklin Parkway | Design Workshop, Inc.
Bradfield Central Park Design Competition | Arcadia Landscape Architecture
David Crombie Park Revitilization | SLA
Eindhoven Kanaalzone | DELVA Landscape Architecture & Urbanism, Houben / Van Mierlo
Feasibility Study and Program Design of Qianwan Park | Arup
Ocean Beach Pier | Civitas, Inc.
Podgorica Museum | LJ-Group
Santa Brígida Town Square | LPA Studio
Te Ara Tukutuku | LandLAB + SCAPE
The Ecological Restoration and Quality Enhancement of Bamboo River | China Urban Construction Design&Research Institute
The Tree | Pentatonic LLC

Concept Residential Landscape Design
India House | B+H
Rivana | InSite International
Tall Trees | INI Design Studio Pvt Ltd.
Concept - Analysis and Planning
About Time Adaptive Management for Coastal Salt Marshes | EMLab, University of Pennsylvania McHarg Center
Eastrail Wilburton Framework Plan | The Berger Partnership
Lower Darent River Strategy | Arup
Mountain to Bay | Landworks Studio,Inc.
Singapore Makers Land: Kallang - Kolam Ayer Masterplan | Broadway Malyan Asia Pte Ltd
Trail for Healing the Burn: An Interpretive Network Supporting Post-Fire Recovery | Yuehui Gong, Ziyu Huang

Concept Masterplan and Urban Design
Aioi Street Transit Park | PLACE
Arnos Vale Resilient City Masterplan | Stoss Landscape Urbanism
BID Masterplan | OKRA
Bishopsgate Goodsyard | Spacehub Design Ltd
Domein aan de Dommel | DELVA Landscape Architecture & Urbanism, BiermanHenket
Dordrecht City Park | Flux landscape architecture
Earls Court | SLA, HawkinsBrown, Studio Egret West
East Kingston Neighborhood Plan | Design Workshop, Inc.
Rewilding the Haitang River | LOLA Landscape Architects and Piet Oudolf
Suzhou Super Forest | Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM)
Thimphu Green Infrastructure Masterplan | Arup Landscape
Watercity 2100 | De Urbanisten

THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AWARDS

Design Excellence and Innovation
Barongarook Creek Gulidjan Burial Place | Hansen Partnership
Inherited Memories | S.D. Atelier design & planning
Machicomoco State Park | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Rehabilitation of the Historic Center of San Pedro Garza García | GDU-Mario Schjetnan and Área Común,
The Monticello Memorial Project | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
The Museum of Bronze Chariots and Horses | Atelier Diameter

Planning and Research
Ko Te Pūkākī | LandLAB and Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei
SEEPARK: Restoring Nature, Redefining Place | Alexandra Steed Urban
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm Comprehensive Landscape Plan | Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Thomas Marcuccilli Nature Park | MKSK, Inc.

The winners will be announced on August 12, 2025.

For images of some of the shortlisted entries, please contact Damian Holmes via submit@worldlandscapearchitect.com

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The WLA Awards were started in 2017 to recognise the best landscape architecture projects from across the world by landscape architects and designers.

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