2022 Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards Announced
The Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects 50th anniversary celebrations wrapped up last night with the Gala Dinner celebrating the best of the best within the profession.
The 2022 Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards were presented at the Cordis Hotel in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with 39 awards being handed out.
The Great Room at the Cordis Hotel in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Three supreme awards were announced by MC Melissa Stokes.
The George Malcolm Supreme Award Winner was Te Wānanga by Isthmus, as part of the City Centre Design Collective, in partnership with Mana Whenua and the Downtown Programme.
The Charlie Challenger Supreme Award went to Te Whakaoranga o Te Puhinui: Te Rautaki | Te Puhinui Regeneration Strategy prepared by Resilio Studio, Eke Panuku, Te Waiohua – Ngaati Te Ata, Ngaati Tamaoho and Te Ākitai o Waiohua with Support from Crank, Done Ltd, Healthy Waters, Jasmax, Johnnie Freeland, Mau Studio, Morphum Environmental, Native by Nature and WSP.
Te Karanga o te Tui Supreme Winner was Kaikōura Earthquake Response: The recovery of the Kaikōura transport corridor and landscape by North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, KiwiRail, Aurecon, Tonkin & Taylor, WSP and Boffa Miskell, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
Two awards gained special recognition in Te Karanga o te Tui category,
Te Mahere Aranga Tuatoru: A 30 Year Overall Plan for Parihaka by Beca and the Parihaka Community
Warrior Mountains’ Playground – Te Papa Tākaro o Ngā Maunga Toa, by Bespoke Landscape Architects. Taupō District Council with cultural design by Kingi Pitiroi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Melissa Stokes was the MC for the awards gala dinner.
The full list of category winners is;
Parks, Open Spaces and Recreation
Award of Excellence - Amey Daldy Park + Daldy Street Linear Park by LandLAB, Auckland Transport, Eke Panuku and Watercare.
Award of Excellence - He Puna Taimoana Hot Pools by Glasson Huxtable Landscape Architects, DCL (Development Christchurch Ltd) Acknowledgement: Matapopore on behalf of Ngāi Tūāhuriri (co-design of the public realm, public interface and cultural design components).
Award of Excellence - Tank Park by LandLAB, Eke Panuku, Tessa Harris and Reuben Kirkwood
Category Winner - Maungawhau Tihi Boardwalk by Isthmus, Tūpuna Maunga Authority, Tūpuna Taonga Trust, mana whenua, and with Stellar Projects and HEB Construction.
Education and Play
Award of Excellence - Te Āhuru Mōwai Playground by Boffa Miskell Ltd in association with Marton Development Group, Rangitikei District Council, Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa and the community and businesses that brought the project to life.
Joint Category Winner: Education - Te Raekura Redcliffs School by Canopy Landscape Architects, Ministry of Education, Tennent Brown Architects and Ngāi Tūāhuriri
Joint Category Winner: Play - Warrior Mountains’ Playground – Te Papa Tākaro o Ngā Maunga Toa by Bespoke Landscape Architects, Taupō District Council with Cultural design by Kingi Pitiroi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Thirty-nine awards were presented throughout the night.
Civic and Urban Design
Award of Excellence - Quay Street Upgrade by LandLAB, City Centre Design Collective, Mana Whenua, and the Downtown Programme, Kāhui Kaiarataki, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport
Category Winner - Te Wānanga by Isthmus, as part of the City Centre Design Collective, in partnership with Mana Whenua and the Downtown Programme.
Residential and Gardens
Award of Excellence - Millbrook Residential Garden by Baxter Design Group Limited and Stewart Callaghan
Category Winner - Te Whare Māra by local landscape architecture collective and Jocelyn Yip
Institutional and Commercial
Award of Excellence - Galbraith's Alehouse Beer Garden by Neville Design Studio and Keith Galbraith
Award of Excellence - Te Rau Karamu Marae by Studio Pacific Architecture, Athfield Architects, and Te Kāhui Toi
Category Winner - Central Energy Trust Arena (CETA) by local landscape architecture collective
Transport
Award of Excellence - Tahitai—one tide, one journey by Isthmus
Category Winner - Kaikōura Earthquake Response: The recovery of the Kaikōura transport corridor and landscape by North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR), Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, KiwiRail, Aurecon, Tonkin & Taylor, WSP and Boffa Miskell with Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Resource Management and Strategic Planning
Award of Excellence - Napier Landscape Study by Isthmus with Te Taiwhenua ō Te Whanganui ā Orotū and Napier City Council
Master Planning and Urban Design Strategy
Award of Excellence - City Centre Design Collective, Auckland Council in partnership with Mana Whenua and the Downtown Programme
Award of Excellence - Ngāmotu New Plymouth City Centre Strategy by Isthmus, New Plymouth District Council in partnership with Ngāti te Whiti.
Award of Excellence - Te Mahere Aranga Tuatoru: A 30 Year Overall Plan for Parihaka by Beca and the Parihaka Community
Category Winner - Te Whakaoranga o Te Puhinui: Te Rautaki | Te Puhinui Regeneration Strategy prepared by Resilio Studio, Eke Panuku, Te Waiohua – Ngaati Te Ata, Ngaati Tamaoho and Te Ākitai o Waiohua with Support from Crank, Done Ltd, Healthy Waters, Jasmax, Johnnie Freeland, Mau Studio, Morphum Environmental, Native by Nature and WSP.
NZILA President Henry Crothers welcoming guests.
He Iti Pounamu
Award of Excellence - Murihiku Marae Ātea by local landscape architecture collective and Waihōpai Rūnaka.
Award of Excellence - Eastern Porirua – People Changing Streets by Studio Pacific Architecture and Collaborators
Porirua City Council.
Joint Category Winner - Place Cadets at Phillipstown Hub: Exploring design thinking by Gather Landscape Architecture and the Phillipstown Community Centre Charitable Trust.
Joint Category Winner - Te Maharatanga o Ngā Wai - remembering our waters by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau.
Research and Communication
Award of Excellence - The Carbon Footprints of Urban Rain Gardens, Beca, Craig Pocock and Shayne Noronha.
Joint Category Winner - Te Tangi a Te Manu: Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Assessment Guidelines by Gavin Lister, Rachel de Lambert and Alan Titchener. Me te hunga katoa i āwhina i a mātou.
Joint Category Winner - Kia Whakanuia te Whenua by the Landscape Foundation.
Student
Award of Excellence - Envisioning Predator Free Miramar by Shanika Tuinder, Victoria University of Wellington.
Award of Excellence - Ōtamahua: The past, the present, the future by Natasha Ryan, Lincoln University.
Award of Excellence - Towards co-creation: A design-led study of ecological shifts in the tidal margin by Celia Hall, Victoria University of Wellington.
Category Winner - Ecological experience in Aotearoa's deathscapes by Logan Drummond, Victoria University of Wellington.
Enduring Landscape
Joint Category Winner - 220kv Transmission Line by Lucas Associates, Ines Stäger and Transpower.
Joint Category Winner - Fairlie Main Street Upgrade by WSP – formerly Opus International Consultants, Mackenzie District Council, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency - formerly Transit NZ.
You can see Judges Panel chair Dr Jacky Bowring speaking about the Supreme Award Winners in the videos below.
