05.12.2021
Double up for Al Fay Park and Copenhill at the World Architecture Festival
Al Fay Park is named World Landscape of the Year while Copenhill is named World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival.
We are thrilled and humbled to share that Al Fay Park has been named World Landscape of the Year by the World Architecture Festival – one of the world’s most prestigious architectural awards.
Out of more than 100 landscape entries from around the world, Al Fay Park emerged victoriously. Al Fay Park was also declared the winner of the ‘Landscape: Urban Context’ category.
“Al Fay Park is a thoughtful and intelligent response which takes into consideration pressing contemporary social and environmental issues. It is more over a delightful and biodiverse oasis in a dense desert city.”
— World Architecture Festival Super Jury
We are equally happy and proud to share that Copenhill/Amager Bakke furthermore received the coveted ‘World Building of the Year’ award. Copenhill is designed together with BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group.
“Copenhill addresses the role of architecture in the new world of recycling and zero carbon. It treats infrastructure projects in a way which makes people say 'Yes in my back yard' rather than 'no.' It encourages designers to think beyond the brief, to argue for ideas, and to ride the tides of politics and economics in the pursuit of the socially beneficial. And it reminds us that buildings can be fun!”
— World Architecture Festival Program Director, Paul Finch
The double-win for SLA in the World Architecture Festival’s two main categories is an unprecedented achievement. No architect or landscape architecture practice has ever won both awards the same year.
We are immensely proud and happy and congratulate all our friends and collaborators!
Al Fay Park: Our client Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport, and Parsons (architect of record), iGuzzini (lighting), and Barari (contractor).
Copenhill/Amager Bakke: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group (building architect), MOE (engineers), and Malmos (contractor).
13.04.2025
SLA inaugurates UAE Pavilion Landscape at Osaka 2025 Expo
We are very proud to share that Sunday April 13, we inaugurated the UAE Pavilion landscape at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai.
09.04.2025
SLA wins 150 ha Trafford Wharfside masterplan in Manchester
We are thrilled to share that we – together with Allies & Morrison, Civic, and JLL – have been awarded the task of creating a strategic masterplan for one of the UK’s largest urban development projects: The transformation of the 150-hectare, £4.2 billion Wharfside district around Manchester United’s legendary Old Trafford stadium.
03.04.2025
David Crombie Park wins Pineapples Award
We are very proud that our David Crombie Park Revitalization has won the coveted The Pineapples Award – the UK’s premier award celebrating excellence in placemaking.