GENERAL
COMMENTS
The Awards Jury were extremely impressed
by the high standard of projects entered this year and had some difficulty
in deciding which projects received awards. The design excellence displayed
in the various entries confirms the professional contribution being achieved
in our profession.
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President's
Award
Alan Chenoweth:
The
2005 President’s Award has been awarded to Alan Chenoweth to honour his
outstanding contribution to the profession through both his ongoing commitment
and energy in representation and advocacy as well as his professional practice
involving highly successful environmental projects.
Design
Awards in Landscape Architecture
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Excellence
Award
City Design - Landscape Architecture
Rocks Riverside Park
Client: Brisbane City Council - Natural Environment & Sustainability
The establishment of this regional park is a significant addition to
the city’s infrastructure. The park provides a much valued asset to
the resident and has a variety of active and passive areas that establish
a strong message of sustainability. This public open space sets a direction
for future development and creates a platform for more informed decision making
and resolution of community needs and civic objectives.
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Merit
Award
City Design - Landscape Architecture
Playground Design
Client: Brisbane City Council - Natural Environment & Sustainability
Well executed integration of innovative and exciting playground facilities
and
spaces into a variety of inner city parks. Site specific and creative design
solutions provide play opportunities for everyone and take playground design
to
a superior level. The integration of Brisbane’s sub tropical climate has
been achieved by the strong use of colour, water and landscape elements. The
collaboration with artists and specialist consultants has resulted in establishing
a palette
of interesting and exciting playground facilities.
Merit
Award
HASSELL Ltd
Inner Northern Busway - Section 5
Client: Queensland Transport and Clough Seymour Whyte
The careful placement of the landscape design sets a foundation for the long-term
integration of the bus way infrastructure with minimal visual intrusion. The
concept, although not revolutionary is creative in its adaptation to the context
of site and surrounding infrastructure. Merit
Award
HASSELL Ltd
Bongaree Esplanade
Client: Caboolture Shire Council
This design solution acknowledges and maintains local character while
providing a new level of community amenity. It reflects and preserves what
we hold dear in our Australian culture – open
space, functionality, simplicity and the acknowledgement of our natural assets.
Merit
Award
Jeremy Ferrier
St Aidans "The Art Quadrangle"
A playful response which creates both an outdoor room for the art school
and provides a vibrant, imaginative and shaded courtyard with ample seating
areas for the students.
Merit
Award
Tract Consultants
University of Queensland Chancellors Place & Queensland Biosciences
Precinct
Client: University of Queensland
This challenging project combines a strong entry statement for the University
while adding transport and pedestrian movements. The result is an accessible
and pleasing pedestrian space, which unifies the diverse architecture styles
of the surrounding buildings. A well constructed design that resolves bus and
pedestrian movements creating a strong entry statement of public open space.
It provides a unification to the diverse architectural
styles of the surrounding buildings.
Merit
Award
EDAW Gillespies Australia
Wuxi New Lake City
Client: Wuxi Li Lake District Planning & Construction
Wuxi is a highly resolved broad scale project. It demonstrates an excellent
collaboration with the Wuxi Government and a thorough understanding of the
site’s
landscape and cultural past. This project is an excellent example of environmental
restoration, which balances the integration of art, lighting, landmarks and
structures resulting
in a cohesive public open space.
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Commendation
Award
HASSELL
Ltd
Warwick Town Centre and Streetscape Strategy
Client: Warwick Shire Council
The streetscape has achieved a good balance of design while
maintaining the retail and civic heart and character of a local
heritage. The design has established a consistency by the
use of avenue shade trees, widened footpaths and added significantly
to the public space within the town centre.
Commendation
Award
HASSELL Ltd
Kelvin Grove Urban Village
The
project has a remarkable history and offers some significant potential
for directing future inner urban redevelopment. The role of the Landscape
Architect has been an integral part in the creation of public spaces
and establishing a strong streetscape that defines pedestrian and
vehicular movement. The design foundations set a standard for ongoing development
and success of highly urbanised Kelvin Grove Village.
Commendation
Award
Place Design Group
ARIA
The work of the landscape architect has provided a significant
contribution to the public realm of this mixed use project. The project
has set
a new benchmark for the Broadbeach precinct and successfully combines
public
and private open space.
Commendation
Award
Gamble McKinnon Green
Lake Kawana
Client: Stockland Kawana Waters Pty Ltd
A simple design which integrates a high level of meaning demonstrated
in the public open space elements, such as rowing centre and tower, bicycle
network, and a variety of passive and active recreation activities.
Commendation
Award
Place Planning & Design
Star Residence
The scale of this project provided the Landscape Architect with challenges
in the materials and the scale of outdoor spaces. The design resolution
sits in harmony with the architecture of the home and extends the living
space within an integrated landscape setting.
Commendation
Award
Jeremy Ferrier
Wardell Street - Inner City
Garden
A well resolved small garden with a simple yet highly textured design.
The water feature, use of hardworks and simple plant palette result
in a relaxing environment.
Commendation
Award
S.P.L.A.T.
Emporium
Client: Anthony John Group Pty Ltd
The skills demonstrated by the Landscape Architect integrate artwork
within the landscape providing an overall consistent theme. These strong
urban art elements are a highly successful extension of this contemporary
inner city development and provide a highly successful design resolution
reflecting the retail/residential setting.
Environment
Awards in Landscape Architecture
Merit
Award
EDAW Gillespies Australia
Bellvista Translocation Project
Client: Stockland Kawana Waters
A successful translocation of a natural ecosystem within a residential estate.
Through creative thinking and use of translocation of flora and fauna by moving
blocks of soil, vegetation and fauna to a new location, thus preserving the bio-diversity
of the local ecosystem.
Merit
Award
Chenoweth EPLA and Uplan Pty Ltd
Whitsunday Horizons
Client: DMHP Pty Ltd
An excellent example of a collaborative design approach for the subdivision
of a highly sensitive tropical coastal environment. The landscape design solution
for this subdivision asserts a major contribution to maintaining the quality
of the existing environment while still allowing development to
occur. The results demonstrate harmony between the built and
natural environment.
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Commendation
Award
John Mongard Landscape Architects
The Caral Ecovillage
Client:Gung Ho Enterprises
An alternative to the conventional development planning process
to achieve sustainability through community engagement and place
making. A well documented communicated scheme for an eco-village amongst
the sprawling Hervey Bay development climate.
Planning
Awards in Landscape Architecture
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Excellence
Award
EDAW Gillespies Australia
Cairns Botanic Gardens
Client: Cairns City Council
A project that demonstrates the value of larger scaled thinking and planning.
A comprehensive Master Plan and vision for the development of an important community
and tourism asset.
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Merit
Award
EDAW Gillespies Australia
Ipswich River Heart - City Axis Masterplan and Stage One Design
Client: Ipswich City Council
The plan delivers significant change to an area in need of renewal and rejuvenation.
The enhancement of the physical environment provides the needed catalyst for
further
renewal and engagement by
business and residents.
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Commendation
Award
John Mongard Landscape Architect
Gladstone CBE & Waterfront
Redevelopment Plan
Client: Gladstone City Council
This project has delivered a blueprint for transformation,
which will allow Gladstone to become a premium
Central Qld city. The planning creates an integrated
strategy involving cultural and social planning,
urban
development, and transportation planning and public
space, which allows revitalisation of this public
realm.
Commendation
Award
Tract Consultants
Northquarter Masterplan
Client: Dennis Family Corporation
The project exemplifies the significant benefit of site appreciation
and the enhancement of natural assets. This subdivision, in a generally
non-descript area, takes a residual water body and enhances it for
the benefits of all residents and in doing so, creates additional
value for the area and developer.
Commendation
Award
Place Planning & Design
Wuxi - Swan Lake Masterplan
The project displays a strong example
of the Landscape Architect’s professional
ability to contribute to the Master Planning
of large scale urban projects. The study
produced comprehensive planning
options, and provided the client with
innovative Master Planning options. The
understanding
of the site and the clients
vision were creatively expressed in the
development of the preferred Master Plan.
Research
and Communication
Awards in Landscape Architecture
Merit
Award
Gamble McKinnon Green
Queens Park Conservation Management Plan
Client: Maryborough City Council
A highly resolved and well-structured conservation management plan to ensure
the preservation of Queens Park and its infrastructure for future generations.
Commendation
Award
EDAW Gillespies Australia
North Lakes Town Centre - Landscape
Design Manual
Client: Stockland North Lakes
Excellent communication of principles and guidelines for the
controlled development of the North Lakes Town Centre. Production
of the design guidelines provides the opportunity for
development of the town centre by including the definition of soft
and hard landscape elements. The vehicular and pedestrian network
is clearly demonstrated in the design manual.
2005
Queensland Jury Members:
Michael
Ewings
Kate
Yates
Wayne
Petrie
Katharina
Nieberler-Walker
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