Dear Members,
The HKILA is extremely proud to announce the 2020 Professional Landscape Awards winners this year. All the entries were of very high standards and our jurors from around the world had high praise of their projects. Here is a summary of the adjudication:
The adjudication was conducted in two stages. In the first each juror made a preliminary evaluation of the submitted entries against the detailed selection criteria, in the second they met online to debate the merits of the submissions, and agree on the winners. In a slight departure from previous award exercises, jurors’ discussions focused on the specific contribution of the landscape architect to the project. The jurors were impressed with the quality and richness of the work on show, and diversity of scale, type and geographical location of projects. Collectively the entries reflected the technical and intellectual strength of professional practice in Hong Kong and the very broad scope and relevance of work that HKILA members are presently engaged in. After lengthy discussion the jurors selected five projects in which that they considered that the landscape architect had exercised exceptional skill in achieving high quality results:
2020 Professional Landscape Awards winners: (sequence of the list is based on alphabetic order)
Architectural Services Department
– Cattle Depot Art Park 牛棚藝術公園 (Revitalisation of the Rear Portion of the Cattle Depot) (click here to view the images)
Earthasia Limited
– The Fangshan Wisdom Farm (click here to view the images)
– Restoration of Maozhou River (click here to view the images)
URBIS Limited
– Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront Revitalisation – Avenue of Stars (click here to view the images)
– Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront Revitalisation – Victoria Dockside (click here to view the images)
The exceptional circumstance this year has limited our announcement to a virtual one. We are not able to congratulate the winners in person this year as we normally do in the annual dinner celebrations. But with our annual dinner postponement to March 2021, we will still shake the winners’ hands at the upcoming event. Please join us in celebrating the fantastic works our Professional Members and Fellows have accomplished.
Regards,
Annual Awards OC
