2021 Finalists and Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the LI Awards 2021!
The 73-strong shortlist, up from 66 the previous year, covered an impressive array of projects, from a £250 million car-free, low-carbon housing development in Leeds to a waterfront master plan on the shores of the Yangtze River.
This year’s projects improve physical and mental health and wellbeing, promote sustainability and show excellence in preserving heritage and culture. Applications have come from all sections of society, including a community project to transform a neglected cemetery in Berkhamsted into a beautiful outdoor space, complete with its own Angel of the South sculpture.
View our finalists and winners below!
Open categories
The Dame Sylvia Crowe International Award
🏆 WINNER
Guangzhou Ecological Belt Master Plan and Implementation
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute
Street Renovation & Improvement in Futian Central Area, Shenzhen
Shenzen Urban Transport Planning Center CO., Ltd
Longhua Green Ring
Wei Wei, Landscape Department, LAY-OUT Planning Consultants Co. Ltd.
Landscape Innovation Award
Mapping Mental Health: Measuring Effects of Urban Streets on Mental Health by Using Machine Learning
South China Agricultural University, SCULAB
A Cost-Benefit Analysis Framework for the Most Optimal LID Layout
South China University of Technology
Landscape Legacy Award
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Yantai Mountain Urban Micro-Renewal: The Restoration of a Historic District with Complimentary Intervention
Lab D+H
Landscape Planning for Key Sections of South China Historical Trail in Haifeng County, Shanwei City, China
Urbanspace Planning And Architectural Design CO., Ltd. (Shenzhen)
Partnership and Collaboration Award
Professional categories
Excellence in Biodiversity Conservation and Enhancement
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Trumpington Meadows Country Park
Terence O’Rourke, Wildlife Trust BCN, Grosvenor and USS
Ecosystem Resilience Field Guide
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru Natural Resources Wales, LDA Design and Environment Systems
Excellence in Community Engagement
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Rectory Lane Cemetery – from Dead Space to Living Place
Friends of St Peter’s Great Berkhamsted
Excellence in Flood and Water Management
🏆 WINNER
Fairhaven and Church Scar Sea defence project
JV VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins
Excellence in Heritage and Culture
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Rectory Lane Cemetery – from Dead Space to Living Place
Friends of St Peter’s Great Berkhamsted
Lews Castle Grounds Regeneration Project
LUC
Excellence in Horticulture and Planting Design
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Southmere Public Realm
LUC
Excellence in Landscape Construction
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The London Blossom Garden
Davies White Ltd (with The Edible Bus Stop) Constructed by Idverde UK
Excellence in Landscape Design
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Quarry Gardens in Nanning Garden Expo Park
Beijing Forestry University, Atelier DYJG
Excellence in Landscape Planning and Assessment
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Gilston Area Neighbourhood Plan – The importance of landscape in areas of growth
URBAN Silence / HEGNPG
From History to Future—Multi-faceted Seafront Landscape Corridor of Xiamen
Beijing Forestry University, Atelier DYJG
Cambridgeshire Open Space Mapping and Standards
Arkwood Ltd T/A Jon Sheaff and Associates
Excellence in Masterplanning and Urban Design
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Excellence in Place Regeneration
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East Street Placemaking and Public Realm Masterplan with Bedminster BID and Bristol City Council
McGregor Coxall
Excellence in Public Health and Wellbeing
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Excellence in Small Landscape and Garden Design
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Excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure
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Excellence in Tackling Climate Change
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Excellence in Visualisation and Digital Practice
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Special category
Building with Nature National Award 2021
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Special category
President’s Award
🏆 WINNER
Guangzhou Ecological Belt Master Plan and Implementation
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute
Student categories
Student Dissertation
🏆 WINNER
How can the multi-disciplinary approach to the recovery of the wetland landscape of Srinagar, India benefit ecosystems and the indigenous community?
Manchester School of Architecture
Unravelling the Anthropocene, Rethreading Steady-state landscapes: Narratives of sympoiesis in the Carbon Farming Meshwork
University of Edinburgh
Burning Biomes: What can be learnt from the implementation of fire in land stewardship practice by Indigenous cultures as a way to inform approaches to landscape architecture?
University of Edinburgh
Transformative Resilience: Enclosure, Exclusion, Inclusion
University of Edinburgh
How can access and engagement with a new greenspace improve the mental health of residents in a nearby deprived urban community?
University of Sheffield
How do different landscape values enter into conflict?
Manchester School of Architecture
Student Portfolio
🏆 WINNER
Returning the Natural Capital to Cromarty Firth
University of Edinburgh
Heal the Lost Island— Pomona Island Natural Restoration Scheme
University of Sheffield
David Mahon, Fairbourne 2070 The New Gold Rush
Birmingham City University