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The 5th LIAS Awards of Excellence 2013 Recognising Partners of the Singapore Landscape Industry

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Best of Category Winners The Landscape Industry Association Implementation • Sustainability Turnkey Nyee Phoe Flower Garden has established slimmest green wall systems installed in this (Singapore), a representative organisation • Quality of plant materials • Ease of maintenance Name: — ESPA itself as a brand for quality horticulture and part of the world. These green wall systems, for local landscape professionals and • Degree of difficulty • Environmental Benefits Award Recipient: Tropical Environment landscape services. Today, it is one of the some free form and others modular and companies, gave out awards to 50 winners • Craftsmanship Pte Ltd most unique holistic garden destinations in rigid, had to be lightweight and slim. of the LIAS Awards of Excellence 2013 • Standards of maintenance Maintenance Location: Singapore Singapore. Visitors can admire the nature- Compared to thick plastic modular systems, at its awards ceremony and dinner on 17 • Finished appearance of the project • Overall appearance of the project Completion Date: 2012 inspired design concepts in various thematic they also have the ability to contain and October. This marks the fifth edition of the • Installation techniques • Condition of plant materials/ plant beds zones and get tips from floral artists on withhold the media without subsiding or competition, which is organised biennially • Execution of construction details • Arboriculture practices Launched in 2012 at the western end of the floral decor at the boutique. In line with collapsing. With excellent water-absorbent to recognise and commend landscape • Neatness and cleanliness of site , ESPA, the destination the philosophy to integrate green lifestyle quality and integrated irrigation systems, contractors, designers, and owners, for Playground & Amenity Spaces (horticultural debris) spa at , is spread habits into everyday lives, Morchoo and they are hosts to varied plant species from their collaborating effort in beautifying our • Uniqueness and creativity of design • Degree of difficulty/ challenges to across 10,000 square metres of manicured Titoy, Nyee Phoe’s brand ambassadors, are different regions of the world. The project landscape for a quality living environment. • Attention to safety standards of play maintain landscaped gardens, pools, swales, introduced in customised green workshops is a successful living example of a series of equipment and surfacing • General condition of lawn areas and ponds, set against a backdrop of and programmes. Visitors can also enjoy proprietary green wall systems. The judging panel, comprising industry • Overall finish quality and workmanship picturesque sea views and jungle covered fresh-farm dining at the bistro or stay in practitioners as well as academics, selected • Quality of maintenance and upkeep The Best of Category and Gold award hillsides. Landscaped outdoor journeys one of four exclusive farmstay villas to fully Playground & Amenities Spaces the winners from 93 entries that were • Accessibility to users of all abilities winners are featured below. More information and views of lush tropical forestry bring experience the tranquility and serenity of Name: Tampines One received across the six award categories. • Harmony of design to the surrounding can be found on lias.org.sg. the outdoors into the spa’s beautifully the unique garden destination. Award Recipient: Prince’s Landscape & landscape designed private and social spaces. The spa Construction Pte Ltd grounds are dotted with spacious pre- and Location: Singapore Evaluation Criteria 1. Best of Garden Retail Centre: Nyee Phoe Green Wall Turnkey Garden Retail Centre Flower Garden. Founded in 1911, the post-treatment relaxation areas for guests Name: — Cloud Forest Completion Date: 2011 • Uniqueness and creativity of design • Planning and layout of retail outlet homegrown nursery has evolved into to meditate among gardens. The tranquil, Green Wall • Harmony of design with surroundings • Quality of plants and/or merchandise a holistic landscape design company green, and natural environment extends the Award Recipient: Tropical Environment Developed by the landscape architect, the and garden destination in Singapore. • Overall finish quality displayed spa experience beyond the treatments. Pte Ltd playground concept for this shopping centre

• Design and execution of hardscape and/ • Visitor facilities, circulation and 2. Best of Turnkey: Destination spa, ESPA, Location: Singapore integrates wildlife with both wet and dry or softscape details accessibility at Resorts World Sentosa. A spa located Garden Retail Centre Completion Date: 2012 play areas. The playground is divided into • Selection and quality of materials–both • Signages and merchandise information among dense planting. Name: Nyee Phoe Flower Garden zones: Asian rainforest, African safari, North hardscape and softscape • Cleanliness and neatness of outlet Award Recipient: Nyee Phoe Flower Garden The design intent was realised by the and South American desert, and The Artic 3. Best of Green Wall: Gardens by the Bay's • Degree of comprehensiveness/ scope of Pte Ltd consultant’s design, fabrication, and instal- areas. The design and foliage are intended Cloud Forest dome, which employs a slim, design input Green Wall lightweight, and innovative proprietary Location: Singapore lation of a series of proprietary green wall to represent these themes. • Ease of maintenance and sustainability • Overall design and impression green wall system. Year established: 1911 systems, which are probably some of the Awards 30 The 5th LIAS Awards of Excellence 2013: Recognising Partners of the Singapore Landscape Industry 31

Gold Winners

Turnkey Green Wall Name: Phoenix Garden Name: Belmont Residences Award Recipient: Tropic Planners & Award Recipient: Greenology Pte Ltd Landscape Pte Ltd Location: Singapore Location: Singapore Completion Date: 2013 Completion Date: 2012 The house at Belmont Road presented an Phoenix Garden demonstrates how plant interesting opportunity to work with the life can be integrated into living spaces and existing colonial-style building structure and need not be restricted to raised beds and a newer, more contemporary extension. The containers, like in many home gardens in design sought to unify both styles with the Singapore. Different families of plants thrive use of vertical greenery, creating a sanctuary in different areas of the garden, adding for the client’s family in the form of a botanic interest to the limited area, yet require garden inside and outside the home. The minimal maintenance. The garden spaces are feature 6-metre-by-6-metre vertical garden 7 highly personalised, despite being part of a is located in the heart of the home, a duplex turnkey project, and successfully fulfilled the encased in glass and powder-coated black owner's desire to create a cozy yet exciting steel, effectively a botanical glasshouse. A garden for the family. The combination of private green nook was also created in the familiar plants and exotic gems from other immediate exterior area, strategically placed parts of the world has resulted in a lush yet for a seamless transition from inside to out. manageable green space, which is different For the exterior space, the client’s main at every angle. concerns were of aesthetics, practicality, and privacy. The design intention was for Name: Outdoor Butterfly Garden at the hard boundaries to “disappear”, making Terminal 3, Changi Airport Singapore the garden seem borderless, and allowing Award Recipient: Landscape Engineering the botanical theme to carry on throughout (Pte) Ltd the property. Location: Singapore Completion Date: 2008 Name: Four Acres @ Nepal Hill Award Recipient: Uniseal Singapore Pte Ltd The world’s first Butterfly Garden at Changi Location: Singapore Airport Singapore is designed as a tropical Completion Date: 2013 b u t t e r fl y h a b i t a t w i t h a p r o f u s i o n o f fl owering 8 plants, high greenery, and a six-metre-tall 5 Situated at Buona Vista and perched on grotto and waterfall. Structured enclosures top of Nepal Hill, Four Acres Singapore is bring the “jungle” close to visitors, who can global consumer goods company Unilever’s witness the butterflies feeding, breeding, new leadership development facility. The and taking their first flight at close range. green wall is strategically located in the The two-storey open-air enclosed garden mid-section of this glass-cladded building, 4. Best of Playground & Amenities Spaces: is protected by a curved-shaped roof of which faces the arrival area, creating Tampines One. The “North America” high-quality stainless steel mesh and unique a “green lung” amidst hard structures themed wet playground is one of five play zones. glass windows, with a man-made waterfall to embrace and welcome visitors with

that adds beauty to the sanctuary and keeps green relief. 5. Gold (Turnkey) winner: Phoenix Garden. the garden cool all around. The garden is home to a collection of 200 carnivorous or 6. Gold (Implementation) winner: insectivorous plants from about 30 species Outdoor Butterfly Garden at Terminal 3, Changi Airport Singapore. of Nepenthes, tropical pitcher plants from

Southeast Asia, especially Singapore. 7. Gold (Green Wall) winner: Belmont Residences, whose 6-metre-by-6-metre indoor green wall is a highlight of the interiors.

8. Gold (Green Wall) winner: Four Acres @ Nepal Hill. A green wall strategically marks the arrival area and mid-section of the 6 glass-cladded building. Awards 32 The 5th LIAS Awards of Excellence 2013: Recognising Partners of the Singapore Landscape Industry 33

Other Gold Award Winners Silver Award Winners Bronze Award Winners Playground & Amenities Spaces Name: HortPark Turnkey Turnkey Turnkey Award Recipient: CT-Art Creation Pte Ltd • Gardens by the Bay — Aquatic Garden by Tropical • Changi Airport — Orchid Garden by Plantwerkz • Chancery Lane Residences by Nature Landscapes Location: Singapore Environment Pte Ltd Pte Ltd Pte Ltd Completion Date: 2008 • Cowdray Avenue by Esmond Landscape and • Tropical Oasis @ Musewell Hill by Chin Ling Nursery Implementation Horticultural Pte Ltd • HG Metal by Far East Flora Pte Ltd HortPark is a 23-hectare park located in • Gardens by the Bay — Flower Dome by Tropical • Resorts World Sentosa — Tree Top Lofts by • The Vivant Tree by Tropical Environment Pte Ltd Environment Pte Ltd Tropical Environment Pte Ltd • Bowmont Gardens by Esmond Landscape and the South-western part of Singapore. This • Gardens by the Bay — Cloud Forest by Tropical • Home at Yishun St 71 by Tropical Environment Horticultural Pte Ltd playground employs a simple design using Environment Pte Ltd Pte Ltd the floor contour and colours in a natural Implementation environment. Green Wall Implementation • Adventure Cove Park by Prince’s Landscape & • ITE College Central by Nature Landscapes Pte Ltd • Outdoor Rooftop Cactus Garden by Landscape Construction Pte Ltd Maintenance • Resorts World Sentosa — A Natural Green Wall by Engineering (Pte) Ltd • Beach Villa by Tropical Environment Pte Ltd Name: Ardmore Park Tropical Environment Pte Ltd • Gardens by the Bay — Supertrees by Tropical Green Wall Green Wall Award Recipient: Nature Landscape Pte Ltd Environment Pte Ltd • Sentosa Imbiah Station by Earthscape Concepts • Killiney Road Condominium by Uniseal Singapore Location: Singapore Pte Ltd Pte Ltd 9 Completion Date: 2001 Playground & Amenities Space • Bread Talk Group by Greenology Pte Ltd • Y ishun Neighbourhood Renewal Programme by • Swettenham Road by Prince’s Landscape & Maintenance Spread across eight acres of freehold land, CT-Art Creation Pte Ltd Construction Pte Ltd • Orchard Scoots by Island Landscapes & Nursery Ardmore Park comprises three elegant • Dunbar Walk by Greenology Pte Ltd Pte Ltd • The Mera Saga by Tropic Planners & Landscape 30-storey towers and a separate clubhouse. Maintenance • Resorts World Sentosa (Central & Green Roof) by Playground & Amenities Spaces Pte Ltd Greenery is a vital design element in the Nature Landscapes Pte Ltd • Punggol C33 Common Green by Exklusive • Streetscape (ECP and Katong) by Swee Bee luxury estate, which boosts a tropical Landscape Pte Ltd Contractor Pte Ltd sanctuary to residents with its luscious • Canadian International School by CT-Art Creation • Resorts World Sentosa (Hard Rock Hotels) by and mature landscaping areas. The estate Pte Ltd Tropic Planners & Landscape Pte Ltd is flanked by statuesque palms and other • Caspian Condominium by CT-Art Creation Pte Ltd mature trees. Special attention is paid to • Ang Mo Kio-Bishan Park by CT-Art Creation Merit Award Winners Pte Ltd details, including routine checks on the Implementation tree health, disease, and pest control, Garden Retail Centre • The Star @ Buona Vista by Nature Landscapes and executed despite the arboricultural • The Nature Company (Singapore) Pte Ltd Pte Ltd challenges posed by mature trees and those • 3A Ewart Park by Far East Flora Pte Ltd with limited access. The boundary planting Maintenance • NUS Kent Vale by Eco Garden Pte Ltd is designed to be lush with different plant • Reflections @ Keppel Bay by ISS Hydroculture species. The therapeutic pond is lined with Pte Ltd Green Wall • Carribean @ Keppel Bay by Mao Sheng Quanji • Punggol Primary School by Greenology Pte Ltd rich timber for a resort-like experience. Construction Pte Ltd • Grange (Orchard) by Prince’s Landscape & Garden Retail Centre 10 Construction Pte Ltd • Ban Nee Chen Pte Ltd • Sentosa Central Zone by Tropic Planners & Landscape Pte Ltd Maintenance • Streetscape (Tanglin, Orchard) by Swee Bee • Astoria Park Condominium by Prince’s Landscape Constructor Pte Ltd & Construction Pte Ltd • Khoo Teck Puat Hospital by Tropical Environment • Mapletree Business City by Island Landscape & Pte Ltd Nursery Pte Ltd

9. Gold (Turnkey) winner: Aquatic Lake at Gardens by the Bay.

10. Gold (Playground & Amenities Spaces) winner: HortPark.

11. Gold (Maintenance) winner: Ardmore 11 Park. The prime residence is flanked by statuesque palms and other mature trees.