Open Call: LILA 2026

Landezine invites landscape architects, architects, and students to submit their work to the 11th edition of LILA – Landzine International Landscape Awards. 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. Recognized projects and practitioners receive sustained visibility throughout the year on Landezine, as well as inclusion in Landezine and LILA newsletters. See past LILA winners here.

Categories

1. Built Landscapes – Landscape architecture projects regardless of function, context, geography, or scale. Eligible projects are those for which the last phase of construction was completed after 31 December 2020.

2. Landscape and Architecture – 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.

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.

Deadlines and registration fees

January 20th – Call for entries opens

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

LILA Portfolio Award for Students and Young Professionals

Landezine is inviting students of landscape architecture and young professionals from the field of landscape architecture to submit their personal portfolios to LILA – Landezine International Landscape Award. 

Only people born after 7 May 1990 can participate. Each participant can only submit one portfolio. The winner can only be an individual – the LILA Portfolio Award is not intended for offices, groups or brands.

The student or young professional behind the winning portfolio will be awarded a monetary prize of 1000 euros.

The personal portfolio must be a PDF booklet, A3 format (single page, not spreads), max 100MB, max 25 single pages, including the front page.

One registration deadline – 7 May: €40 per project
Submission deadline – 7 May

Read more about submission material and how to register here.