Landezine is calling landscape architects and architects to submit their built projects to the tenth edition of the LILA – Landezine International Landscape Award. There are more than 50 possible recognitions (shortlists, special mentions, awards). All shortlisted entries will be published on the front page of the LILA website. All entries will be published on the LILA website on its own page with full material. Winners will be promoted on Landezine all year round and also in Landezine and LILA newsletters. 

The Jury

We are honoured that four outstanding professionals joined Landezine for the tenth LILA jury. They will be evaluating built projects.

Maria Goula – Professor of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University, New York, US
Sotiria Kornaropoulou – Architect at 51N4E, BE
Martin Rein-Cano – Founder of Topotek 1, DE, CH
François Vadepied – Founder of Wagon Landscaping, FR

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Categories

Entrants can submit one or more projects in one or more project categories below. 

1. Built Landscapes – any landscape project built after 1/1/2020, regardless of its function and context – small, large, private, public, urban, rural, parks, squares, streets, infrastructure, residential, housing, campuses, corporate, gardens, hospitality, schools, playgrounds, cemeteries, memorials and others.

2. NEW: Landscape and Architecture – in this category, LILA focuses on the relationship between landscape and architecture, their unique dialogue and projects as a whole, regardless of typology, size, context and use. Projects need to be built after 1/1/2020. The recognition is shared between landscape architects and architects involved in the project.

3. Revisited Landscapes – Any landscape project completed before 1/1/2010 can be submitted to this category. The winners and special mentions will be selected by the invited jury.

4. The LILA Honour Award and LILA Office Award will be selected by the editors of Landezine and are not open for submissions.

5. LILA Portfolio Award for students and young professionals will also be selected by the editors of Landezine and is open for submission via the LILA website. More info here.

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Deadlines and fees for project entries

There are three registration deadlines and one submission deadline. You may register early to catch the low fee and submit the material no later than 8 May 2025.

1. Early bird registration deadline – 27 February: €150 per project /
2. Main registration deadline – 10 April: €200 per project /
3. Late and final registration deadline – 8 May: €250 per project /

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Submission material

There is no printing or layout design necessary. Each project presentation will need the following:

1. Description of up to 5.000 characters + info /
2. Hero image, jpg, landscape format, min 2500 px wide /
3. Gallery of up to 30 images, jpg, at least 2500 px by longer side /
4. Simple site plan (jpg)

All image files need to be in jpg or jpeg format only (tiff, png, bmp, and pdf file types will be ignored).

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Registration process

Registering is simple and can be done in minutes:

1. Decide how many projects you will be sending to the jury 
2. Register here: https://landezine-award.com/product/lila-registration-fee-offices/
3. After paying the registration fee, you will receive submission folders. Fill them with project material.
4. Upload the folders via https://landezine.wetransfer.com no later than 8 May 2025.

That’s it! For questions, please write to lila@landezine.com

Download step-by-step instructions (pdf)