Laureates of the Latvian Landscape Architecture Award!
On June 9, 2023, the Latvian Landscape Architecture Award 2022 award ceremony was held. The Association of Latvian Landscape Architects organized the Latvian Landscape Architecture Award (LAABA) for the second time, with the aim of promoting the understanding of the public and specialists of other sectors about the outdoor space as an important point of contact between aesthetics and the social environment, a cultural environment of national and local importance and a sustainable component of development.
National jury commission: Barbara Ābele, Elmārs Daniševskis, Inese Grundule, Linda Leitāne, Līga Jumburga, Mārtiņš EnĖelis, Zane Legzdiņa, Aija Žagariņa. More information about the composition of the jury: https://www.laaab.lv/laaba-balva/nacionala-zurija/
International Jury Commission: Bruno Marques, Maarja Gustavson, Henri Bava, Peter Veenstra, Pia Kuusiniemi. More information about the composition of the jury: https://www.laaab.lv/laaba-balva/starttautiska-zurija/
In the nominations of the INTERNATIONAL JURY AWARD, ARTELPA:
Landscaping at Hansa Peron
Private garden in Jurmala “The Lost Garden”
Kemeri Historical Park
The heritage of the Southern Kurzeme coast through the centuries. Creation of the Åland River Recreation Complex
In the nominations of the INTERNATIONAL JURY AWARD, PROCESI:
The outdoor area of Riga Psychiatry and Narcology Center
Sports palace gardens
The set of events were organized within LAAA 2022 highlights landscapes, their values in the past and in the future.
Important facts about all LAAA 2022 applications: LAAA 2022 received a total of 57 applications in nominations - Space, Processes, Personality.
All applications available on https://www.laaab.lv/laaba-balva/pieteikumi-2022/.
The financing invested in the creation of objects and places in total, from the presented data, covers a budget of almost 189 million euros, covering an area of 127.27 ha in Latvia.
More than 100 design companies, 73 construction companies and leading specialists have worked in the design and creation of objects.
Access to the digital map here: https://www.laaab.lv/projekti/latvija/
