2021 Finalists
We are pleased to announce the finalists of the LI Awards 2021!
The 73-strong shortlist, up from 66 the previous year, covers 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.
Finalists include projects that 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 the shortlist below!
Open categories
The Dame Sylvia Crowe International Award
Street Renovation & Improvement in Futian Central Area, Shenzhen
Shenzen Urban Transport Planning Center CO., Ltd
Guangzhou Ecological Belt Master Plan and Implementation
Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute
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
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
Ecosystem Resilience Field Guide
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru Natural Resources Wales, LDA Design and Environment Systems
Trumpington Meadows Country Park
Terence O’Rourke, Wildlife Trust BCN, Grosvenor and USS
Excellence in Community Engagement
Rectory Lane Cemetery – from Dead Space to Living Place
Friends of St Peter’s Great Berkhamsted
Excellence in Flood and Water Management
Fairhaven and Church Scar Sea defence project
JV VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins
Excellence in Heritage and Culture
Rectory Lane Cemetery – from Dead Space to Living Place
Friends of St Peter’s Great Berkhamsted
Excellence in Horticulture and Planting Design
Southmere Public Realm
LUC
Excellence in Landscape Construction
The London Blossom Garden
Davies White Ltd (with The Edible Bus Stop) Constructed by Idverde UK
Excellence in Landscape Design
Quarry Gardens in Nanning Garden Expo Park
Beijing Forestry University, Atelier DYJG
Excellence in Landscape Planning and Assessment
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
Excellence in Place Regeneration
East Street Placemaking and Public Realm Masterplan with Bedminster BID and Bristol City Council
McGregor Coxall
Excellence in Public Health and Wellbeing
Excellence in Small Landscape and Garden Design
Excellence in Sustainable Infrastructure
Excellence in Tackling Climate Change
Excellence in Visualisation and Digital Practice
Special category
Building with Nature National Award 2021
Student categories
Student Dissertation
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
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
Student Portfolio
Returning the Natural Capital to Cromarty Firth
University of Edinburgh
David Mahon, Fairbourne 2070 The New Gold Rush
Birmingham City University