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Winners of the Best Landscape Award 2008 were announced today (October 29). With outstanding landscape design, Ma Wan Park – Nature Garden won the Grand Award of Excellence in private developments category while Deep Bay Link received the Grand Award of Excellence in public projects category.
In addition to these two Grand Awards of Excellence, 16 Gold Awards and 24 Merit Awards were given at the prize presentation ceremony to commend organisations for their good efforts in greening, and to enhance green consciousness of public.
The Best Landscape Award 2008 aims to sustain the betterment of living environment in private properties and promote excellence in greening of public projects through outstanding landscape design and horticultural maintenance.
Launched in 2000, the Best Landscape Award is organised every two years. This year, 315 nominated entries were received. The response was overwhelming and the standard of the nominated entries was also very high.
The nominated projects show that respective professionals, architects and landscape architects have added green elements to the properties in the planning and development stages of the projects. In addition to the appearance of green features, sustainability, enhancement to urban livability, and involvement of users have also been considered. Property management and maintenance professionals have also kept good care of the landscape to offer quality greening areas to the public.
Officiating guests at the ceremony, which was held at the Hong Kong Central Library Exhibition Gallery, were the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Mr Thomas Chow; Patron of Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong), Sir David Akers-Jones; President of Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, Mr Leslie Chen; President of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Mr Yu Kam-hung; Vice-President of Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Ms Elizabeth Chan; Vice Chairman of Professional Green Building Council, Mr Sam Cheng; and President of Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies, Mr Kendrew Leung.
The Best Landscape Award 2008 is organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and co-organised by the Home Affairs Department, the Buildings Department, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, the Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong), the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, the Professional Green Building Council, and the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies.
The awards are presented in five categories. Three of them are for private developments and two for public projects. The awardees are as follows:
Private Developments:
(1) Large Scale Residential Property
(more than 1,000 units)
Class 1: Soft Landscape Design Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Gold Award: Vision City
Merit Award: Vista Paradiso
ii) Properties between 11 and 20 years of age
Merit Award: Affluence Garden
Class 2: Horticultural Maintenance Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Gold Award: Royal Peninsula
Merit Award: Oscar By The Sea
Merit Award: The Belcher's
Merit Award: Aegean Coast
Merit Award: Ocean Shores
ii) Properties between 11 and 20 years of age
Gold Award: Kingswood Villas – Lynwood Court
Merit Award: Kingswood Villas – Chestwood Court
Merit Award: Sceneway Garden
Merit Award: Fung Tak Estate
iii) Properties over 20 years of age
Gold Award: Jat Min Chuen
Merit Award: Pokfulam Gardens
(2) Residential Property (1,000 units or less)
Class 3: Soft Landscape Design Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Gold Award: Mount Beacon
Merit Award: The Vineyard
ii) Properties between 11 and 20 years of age
Gold Award: Hillsborough Court
Merit Award: Classical Gardens II
Class 4: Horticultural Maintenance Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Gold Award: Deerhill Bay
Merit Award: Mount Beacon
Merit Award: Villa Concerto – Symphony Bay
Merit Award: Villa Rhapsody - Symphony Bay
Merit Award: Dynasty Heights
ii) Properties between 11 and 20 years of age
Gold Award: Ville de Cascade
Merit Award: Jubilant Place
Merit Award: Hillsborough Court
Merit Award: Woodland Crest
Merit Award: Royal Palms
iii) Properties over 20 years of age
Gold Award: Woodland Heights
Merit Award: La Hacienda
(3) Non-residential Property
Class 5: Soft Landscape Design Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Grand Award of Excellence/Gold Award:
Ma Wan Park – Nature Garden
Class 6: Horticultural Maintenance Award
i) Properties up to 10 years of age
Gold Award: Ma Wan Park – Nature Garden
Merit Award: Sky Garden – 909 Cheung Sha Wan Road
ii) Properties between 11 and 20 years of age
Gold Award: New Town Plaza (Phase III)
iii) Properties over 20 years of age
Gold Award: New Town Plaza I
Public Projects:
(4) Infrastructures Category
Class 7: Soft Landscape Design Award
i) parks, gardens, public amenity areas
Gold Award: Shing Mun Valley Park
ii) roads, bridges, railways, drainage works,
piers, slopes, reservoirs
Grand Award of Excellence/Gold Award: Deep Bay Link
Class 8: Horticultural Maintenance Award
i) parks, gardens, public amenity areas
Gold Award: Tai Po Kau Park
(5) Buildings Category
Class 9: Soft Landscape Design Award
ii) non-residential
Merit Award: Tuen Mun Children & Juvenile Home
Class 10: Horticultural Maintenance Award
i) residential
Merit Award: Sun Chui Estate
Photographs of the winning projects will be on display from tomorrow (October 30) to November 9 at Kowloon Park Arcade.
Ends/Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:22
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