LI Awards

The Landscape Institute Awards are presented to encourage and recognise outstanding examples of work by the landscape profession. The Awards aim to bring greater awareness of the best contributions from Landscape Institute members in creating an improved environment.

2008 Awards Schedule

  • Awards registration and payment – 28 March 2008
  • Completed entries returned – 20 June 2008
  • Judging and site visits – July – October 2008
  • Awards ceremony confirmation forms – returned to the LI by 7 November 2008
  • Awards ceremony – 20 November 2008
  • 2007 Award Winners and Highly Commended

    List of winners

    Special Awards

    President’s Award - The Gold Route, Sheffield

    Peter Youngman Award - Milton Keynes

    Category Awards

    Heritage and Conservation

    Winner

    Barrow Park, Barrow /LDA Design

    Highly commended

    Historic Squares, London/Land Use Consultants

    Trentham Gardens, Trentham /Land Use Consultants

    Commended

    Polesworth Abbey, Warwickshire/Waterman CPM

    Urban Design

    Winner

    Dongtan eco-city, Shanghai/ARUP

    Highly commended

    Old Market Square, Nottingham/Gustafson Porter

    Commended

    Tower Hill, Knowsley/Maxim Urban Design

    Research

    Winner

    Survey of Heritage Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Ireland/Richards, Moorehead & Laing Ltd.

    Commended

    The Sun King’s Garden/Ian Thompson

    Landscape Sciences

    Winner

    Sefton Coast and Ribble Estuary NVC Project, Lancashire/TEP

    Management

    Winner

    Risk Management Strategy for Tree Resource/TEP

    Design 1-5ha

    Winner

    Sheaf Square/Howard Street, Sheffield/Sheffield City Council

    Commended

    Lightwood Reservoir, Derbyshire/Severn Trent Water

    Lamberhurst Land Bridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells/Land Use Consultants

    Salcey Forest Treetop Walkway, Northamptonshire/River Nene National Park

    Coultry Park (Phase 1), Ballymun, Dublin/Rummey Design

    Strategic Landscape Planning

    Winner

    Northamptonshire Environmental Character Suite, Northamptonshire/LDA Design

    Highly commended

    Forest Landscape South Wales/Forestry Commission Wales

    Commended

    Lsp sensitivity study, Hampshire/Hampshire County Council

    Lsp Character Assessment Hinckley, Leicestershire/FPCR

    Local Landscape Planning

    Winner

    The Gold Route, Sheffield/Sheffield City Council

    Highly commended

    Radstock Regeneration, Somerset/LDA Design

    Design over 5ha

    Winner Westergasfabriek Park, Amsterdam/Gustafson Porter

    Highly commended

    Dolwyddelan to Pont-yr-Afanc Improvement, White Young Green

    Design under 1ha

    Winner

    Centenary Community Garden, Manchester/ Groundwork Manchester, Salford and Trafford

    Highly commended

    Edward Square, Kings Cross, London/J&L Gibbons LLP

    Sunniside Garden, Sunderland/Robinson Landscape Design Ltd

    Commended

    Old Basing Infant School, Basingstoke/Hampshire County Council

    HM Treasury Courtyard, London/Gustafson Porter

    Promenade Landscape Scheme, North Norfolk/Mott McDonald

    Landscape Policy

    Winner

    Forest of Dean District, LDA Design

    Commended

    Effect of Road Schemes on Historic Landscape, Highways Agency

    Northamptonshire’s Green Infrastructure Study, Northamptonshire/River Nene Regional Park

    Communications and Presentation

    Winner

    Groundwork Playscape, London/Groundwork West London

    Commended

    Stevenage Town Centre Gardens, Stevenage/HTA Architects

    Student Categories

    Winner

    Ella Rose Magwood/Leeds Metropolitan University

    Commended

    Sam Thomas/Edinburgh College of Art

    Michelle Quin/University of Sheffield

    Download 2008 Award Pack and Entry Form

    LI Awards 2008