Purpose & Background

Unlandscaped, the Landscape Architecture Australia prize for unrealized landscapes, seeks thought-provoking responses to contemporary issues.

The prize promotes ideas and debate about landscape architecture by rewarding challenging new work.

The annual program is open to landscape architects, graduates, students and other built environment professionals and students who are invited to enter their unrealized projects, propositions and scenarios. The overall winner receives a prize of $3000.

Entry Submissions

Entries have closed for 2010

Eligibility

Landscape architects, landscape architecture graduates, landscape architecture students, other built environment professionals and all members of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects are invited to submit eligible projects.

Unrealized landscape projects proposed for or about Australia are eligible for Unlandscaped. International projects are eligible if undertaken by Australian-based practitioners or by members of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (no matter where they are based).

Entries are encouraged from individuals, groups, partnerships and those working in larger practices.

Entered projects must be unrealized as of 31 January 2010.

Entries can be proposals that are intended to be realized, or they may be theoretical explorations that exist on paper or in electronic format.

Entries can be for works of any scale or type.

Recognition

One overall award, with a cash prize of $3,000.

The jury may make honourable mentions at their discretion.

Winning projects will be published in the May 2010 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia, online at www.architecturemedia.com/unlandscaped/, and in other Architecture Media publications such as Architecture Australia and Architectural Product News.

Award winners will receive a certificate and use of the Unlandscaped logo for printed and promotional materials (on request).

Presentation Of Awards

The Awards will be announced at an invitation-only cocktail party in May 2010, during the AILA National Conference. A summary will be published on-line at www.architecturemedia.com/unlandscaped/, after the announcement.

Architecture Media

Architecture Media is the leading specialist publisher for the design industry in Australasia. An associate company of the Australian Institute of Architects, Architecture Media is a prominent supporter of the design community in both Australia and New Zealand. Through Architecture Australia (the national magazine of the Australian Institute of Architects), Artichoke (the official magazine of the DIA), Landscape Architecture Australia (the official magazine of the AILA), the suite of Houses magazines and Architectural Product News and similar publications under the AGM Publishing mark in New Zealand, Architecture Media presents the best Australian and New Zealand design to the world.