Pedestrian Path and View Terrace at Sajutu Park, Valmiera has received
the Latvian Landscape Architecture
Award 2019 (LAABA). The prize was awarded for the first time this year, and it gathered
landscape architecture of the past 10 years. 77 projects were submitted for the prize and the
View
Terrace was the youngest of all applications, as its construction was completed only in
the middle of this summer.
Applications for LAABA prize were evaluated by national and
international jury. Members of international jury who selected the main prize winners were:
James Hayter (Australia), President of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape
Architects); Jenny B. Osuldsen, Partner at Norwegian Office Snøhetta; Kristiina
Kupper, president of the Estonian Association of Landscape Architects and Mantas
Pilskauskas, President of the Lithuanian Association of Landscape Architects.