LUC celebrated two wins and three commendations at the Landscape Institute Awards this week.

Southmere Estate in Thamesmead, commissioned by Peabody, picked up the award for Excellence in Horticulture and Planting Design. West Downs Campus, University of Winchester picked up the top prize for Excellence in Small Landscape and Garden Design.

The Landscape Institute also commended three LUC projects:

• Gloucester Gate Playground, Excellence in Public Health and Wellbeing
• Westfield Court, University of Hull, Excellence in Flood and Water Management
• Lews Castle Grounds Regeneration Project, Excellence in Heritage and Culture

Adrian Wikeley, Board Director for Landscape Architecture at LUC, said: “Our Design Team is honoured to receive these two major awards from the Landscape Institute. They celebrate the diversity of our work, and the quality for which our team is well known.”

See the full list of winners.

Learn more about Landscape Design at LUC.

Judges comments

Southmere Estate in Thamesmead

“LUC has demonstrated excellence in planting design and horticulture through its commitment to the longevity of the designed landscape.

With really strong ecological and environmental principles, planting design appears effortless to merge many environmental requirements, optimising biodiversity, improving health and wellbeing and reviving communities.

This scheme is a good case study for implementing green infrastructure in an existing urban residential environment. We praise how it maintains great care and sensitivity to the existing environmental conditions as well as its cultural and social past.”

West Downs Campus, University of Winchester

“This is truly exemplary, distinctive landscape design in the current age – a total credit to the profession as a whole.

This project has developed an intelligent and intrepid relationship with the adjacent street by using native meadow plantings as the setting of its main entrance. Users are invited to a gorgeous series of different spaces, supported by great material choices, imaginative planting design and integration of sympathetic water features.

Early collaboration with the maintenance team has also been crucial to create successful and sustainable design.

It’s hard to find fault with the project. Well done indeed!”