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IFLA Global Landscape Architecture Awards
Overview and Vision
The IFLA Global Landscape Architecture Awards (IFLA GLA Awards) is a new, prestigious international programme from the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) designed to celebrate and showcase diverse, impactful projects from around the world. Unlike traditional awards that often focus solely on built scale and typology, this programme is strategically aligned to showcase the different facets that define the profession of landscape architecture globally.
Core Philosophy: "Recognition" over "Competition"
In alignment with feedback from our global community and Indigenous leaders, these awards are framed as an act of recognition; uplifting voices, elders, youth, and communities, rather than purely a competitive exercise. We aim to celebrate the collective effort required to address global challenges.
Strategic Goal
The awards serve a dual purpose:
Elevate the Profession: Highlight the role of landscape architecture in solving critical global issues like climate action, social equity, and biodiversity.
Create a Global Resource: Winning and shortlisted entries will form a rich database of case studies for the upcoming IFLA Hub, aiding research, advocacy, and policy-making.
Award Categories
The awards feature 20 categories that reflect the multifaceted nature of landscape architecture and the profession’s global contribution to tackling pressing contemporary issues. These categories also align with the themes of the IFLA Working Programmes.
1. Age-Friendly Communities and Landscapes
Projects that promote the design of inclusive environments that support the needs of older adults, fostering active ageing, social inclusion, and independent living.
2. Children and Youth
Landscape solutions that foster the design of inclusive environments that support the needs of older adults, promoting active ageing, social inclusion, and independent living.
3. Climate Action
Projects that respond to the urgent global challenge of climate change through innovative, impactful, and contextually grounded design. It celebrates work that places nature at the heart of resilient, sustainable futures, empowering collective climate action.
4. Desertification and Sustainable Land Management
Landscape-led strategies to combat desertification, restore degraded land, and promote sustainable management practices in arid and semi-arid zones.
5. Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction
Landscape solutions that mitigate the impact of natural and humanmade disasters, enhancing community resilience and recovery capabilities.
6. Ethics, Equity, and Justice
Projects that champion ethical practice, social equity, and the right to public space, addressing systemic inequalities through landscape architecture.
7. Energy-Efficient Design
Landscape interventions that promote renewable energy integration, resource efficiency, and circular economy principles within the built environment.
8. Food Systems and Agriculture
Projects that promote sustainable urban and rural food systems, integrating agriculture into landscape planning to enhance food security and community health.
9. Heritage
Projects that address the protection, management, and sensitive evolution of cultural landscapes, balancing conservation with contemporary needs.
10. Indigenous Knowledges
Landscape-led solutions that respect, integrate, and are led by Indigenous wisdom and stewardship, fostering deep connections between culture and land.
11. International Landscape Convention
Research, policy, or projects that support the development, transformation and implementation of landscape conventions and legal frameworks for landscape protection.
12. Landscapes for Cities, Settlements, and Territories
Sustainable urban interventions and territorial planning that enhance the quality of life, connectivity, and ecological function in human settlements.
13. Migration and Inclusive Communities
Landscape interventions that address the challenges of migration and displacement by creating inclusive spaces that promote social cohesion and a sense of belonging.
14. Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
Projects that protect, restore, and enhance biodiversity and ecosystems, prioritising ecological health and habitat connectivity.
15. Sustainable Development Goals in Landscape Architecture
Integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into landscape architecture practice, promoting sustainable design, social equity, and environmental responsibility.
16. Technology and Innovation
Innovative approaches that leverage emerging technologies to extend contemporary landscape architectural design, performance, and experience.
17. Urban Health and Well-being
Designing healthy, therapeutic environments that improve physical and mental well-being, reduce environmental stressors, and ensure equitable access to nature.
18. Water Security and Management
Projects across contexts and scales that address global water challenges through tackling pollution, floods, and drought while simultaneously creating a vibrant public realm.
19. Young Landscape Architects and Emerging Professionals
Celebrating outstanding work by individuals or teams within 10 years of their terminal degree. This category highlights innovation, leadership, and fresh perspectives.
Public Award:
20. IFLA Global Project of the Year: Selected from the winners of the categories above through public voting.
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