Projects by Vancouver landscape architects dominated the 2023 CSLA Awards of Excellence with five honours. A total of 15 projects received a national award.
The winning projects illustrate the range of what landscape architects do and how landscape architects are helping to reshape our communities by defining the places where we live, work, and play.
The five winning projects are:
2023 | Planning and Analysis
Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant and Regional Park Projects
space2place design inc.
The conceptual design for the IIIWWTP Project was developed through a multidisciplinary integrated design process and with input from Musqueam Indian Band, neighbours and stakeholders. This project is a transformative opportunity to integrate urban infrastructure with ecological restoration, climate change adaptation and Indigenous reconciliation to create a significant and ongoing legacy for the region.
2023 | Communication
Co-creating the St. George Rainway
City of Vancouver
“Co-creating the St. George Rainway” was a two-year public engagement process to envision how a buried stream in Vancouver could be re-imagined on the surface of a four-block neighbourhood street using green infrastructure.
2023 | Planning and Analysis
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation – CitySkate, Skateboard Amenities Strategy
Van Der Zalm + Associates (VDZ+A)
VDZ+A set out to meet the needs of this vibrant and growing community in Vancouver and define a 20-year plan. Over a year of community engagements, inter-departmental workshops and strategic planning lead to Vancouver CitySkate.
2023 | Small-Scale Public Landscapes
Rainbow Park
Dialog
“Rainbow Park” serves 30,000 neighbours through complex terracing, elevated walkways and an integrated café pavilion that makes space for a vibrant and diverse community to come together. The result is a deeply connected, multi-dimensional experience that bridges nature and culture, past and future.
2023 | Residential Landscapes
Peitree Yaoliang Eco Resort
PFS Studio
Peitree Resort is a well-executed example of the meaningful shift in interest emerging within the hospitality industry in China. This eco-resort clearly moves away from the more ubiquitous, large-scale and highly embellished Chinese tourism experiences and welcomes guests into a setting with a more Zen-like relationship between landscape and built form, between people and nature, and between history and modernity.
The Jury’s Award of Excellence was awarded to The Ring by Montreal based CCxA. The award is given to one project annually which best demonstrates the CSLA’s vision – of advancing the art, science, and practice of landscape architecture.
The Awards of Excellence Ceremony will take place during the 2023 CSLA-SALA Congress in Saskatoon this June.
