Call for entries - LILA 2026

Landezine invites landscape architects, architects, and students to submit their work to the 11th edition of LILA.

Categories

Across the categories, more than 50 recognitions are possible, including shortlists, jury commendations, and awards. 

Every submitted project is published on the LILA website with a dedicated page and full material. Recognised projects and practitioners receive sustained visibility throughout the year on Landezine, as well as inclusion in Landezine and LILA newsletters.

What to submit?

1. Built Landscapes 

Landscape architecture projects, regardless of function, context, geography, or scale. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to: small and large projects, private and public spaces, urban and rural landscapes; parks, squares, streets, infrastructure, residential parks, private gardens, campuses, corporate and hospitality landscapes, schools, playgrounds, cemeteries, memorials, temporary installations, exhibitions, and related works. Eligible projects are those for which the last phase of construction was completed after 31 December 2020.

2. Landscape and Architecture 

Built projects that foreground the relationship between landscape and architecture, irrespective of typology, use, or size. Eligible projects are those for which the last phase of construction was completed after 31 December 2020.

3. Revisited Landscapes

Landscape projects of any typology, use, or size, presented through historical and recent(-ish) photographs that illustrate how the project has evolved over time. The last phase of construction must have been completed between 1 January 1991 and 31 December 2010.

The Revisited Landscapes category explicitly acknowledges the reality of long-term use. Traces of everyday life, such as wear, appropriation, graffiti, modification, or material ageing, are understood as normal conditions of lived landscapes and will not negatively affect a project’s chances of recognition. The professional jury will evaluate how forward-looking a project was at the time of its completion and how it continues to operate over time. Rather than rewarding perfected imagery, the jury will look beyond conventional signs of ageing and focus on designs that were ahead of their time and remain meaningful, robust, and actively used despite—or precisely through—these visible signs of life.

Editorial Awards

Editors of Landezine will select LILA Honour Award and LILA Office Award. There are no applications open for these two awards, and member offices of Landezine will be considered automatically.

Students and young professionals are invited to send their personal portfolios to the LILA Portfolio Award. Read more below.

Deadlines and registration fees for offices

• Early bird registration deadline – on or before 20 February: €150 per project
• Main registration deadline – on or before 26 March: €200 per project
• Late registration deadline – on or before 7 May: €250 per project
• Early June - shortlist announcement,
• Late June - Winners announcement on landezine-award.com
• The deadline for sending the material is only one, regardless of your registration date: 7 May 2026. You may register early to catch the low fee and submit the material no later than 7 May.

More information on the dedicated website.