Meet the LI Awards 2026 judges
Many thanks to the judges for this year’s Awards. Each category is judged by a panel of up to five industry experts with relevant expertise in that category to ensure a fairer judgement process.
Aakanksha Khatri CMLI
Landscape Architect Associate
Stantec
Adam White FLI PPLI
Director
Davies White Ltd
Alessio Russo
Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture
Queensland University of Technology – Brisbane, Australia
Dr Ally Lu AMLI
Lecturer
The University of Sheffield
Alistair Bayford FLI
Managing Director
Frosts Landscape Construction Ltd
Dr Anastasia Nikologianni AMLI
Research Fellow/Director of Young Landscape Architects & Emerging Professionals
Birmingham City University/International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Andrew Tempany FLI
Technical Director, Landscape Architecture
Stephenson Halliday, an RSK Company
Andy Spargo CMLI
Director/Head of Design
The Landmark Practice
Anne Jennings FLI
Associate Director of Landscape Architecture
Lanpro Group
Armin Kabiri CMLI
Principal Landscape Architect
AtkinsRéalis
Aydin Zorlutuna
UK Director Landscape. Masterplanning, Urbanism
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd
Ben Palmer CMLI
Director – Landscape Architecture
SLR Place Team (SLR Consulting Ltd)
Prof. Brian Evans FLI
Professor of Urbanism & Landscape
The Glasgow School of Art
Carolin Göhler FLI
Past President
Landscape Institute
Carolyn Willitts FLI
Director
CW Studio
Christoph Brintrup CMLI
Principal Engineering Leader – Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity
Transport for London (TfL)
Christopher Gray CMLI
Director
SLR Consulting Ltd
Cristina Refolo CMLI
Director
Refolo Landscape Architects
Daniel Reynolds CMLI
Principal Landscape Archiect
Dar Al Handasah/Sidara
Diana Lee CMLI
Principal, Studio Director
Gensler
Emma Powell CMLI
Principal Landscape Architect
Project Centre
Glen Macfarlane FLI
Founding Director
Macfarlane + Associates
Hanna Williamson CMLI
Assiociate landscape architect
Farrer Huxley
Helen Smith CMLI
Technical Director and Discipline Lead for Landscape Architecture and Arboriculture
JBA Consulting
Ian Wale CMLI
Senior associate urban designer
David Lock Associates
Joe Heath
Director of Environment and Biodiversity
English Estates
James Penney CMLI
Director
Allen Scott
Jane Findlay FLI PPLI
Founding Director
Fira
João Toscano CMLI
Founder/Director
T-PLACEMAKING
Jon Rowe CMLI
Head of Landscape Architecture
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans)
Kate Digney CMLI
Studio Director
Levitt Bernstein
Keri Trimmer
Co-founder Civil Engineer
EGY Design
Konstantina Stara CMLI
Senior Landscape Architect
TEP – The Environment Partnership
Leo Cheung CMLI
Senior Landscape Design Consultant
Tyler Grange Group Limited
Lucy Maddox CMLI
Examining Inspector (Infrastructure)
Planning Inspectorate
Malwina Aktasoglu CMLI
Principal Landscape Architect
The Landscape Partnership
Marcus Chaloner CMLI
Head of Placemaking & Design
Canal & River Trust
Marko Yau
Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Team
WSP in the UK and Ireland
Matt Williams CMLI
Director/Architect
Lavigne Lonsdale
Matthew Jessop CMLI
Head of Landscape & Urban Design UK
WSP
Meaghan Kombol CMLI
Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
University of Greenwich
Mike Shilton CMLI
Director, Product Management
Transoft Solutions (UK) Ltd
Dr Miza Moreau AMLI
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Glasgow
Natalia Roussou CMLI
Landscape Design Director, Senior Associate
HTA Design
Nick Harrison FLI
Landscape Architect & Photographer
Nick Harrison
Oliver Magnuson CMLI
Pre-Construction and Design Manager
Frosts Landscape Construction
Paul Davis CMLI
Co-founder and Director
EGY Design
Paul Tiplady FLI
Principal
Craggatak consulting
Philip Askew CMLI
Director of Landscape
Peabody
Rachel Ingham CMLI
Principal Landscape Architect
Canal & RiverTrust
Remigio Baldoni CMLI
Senior Landscape Architect
Marcus Barnett Studio
Richard Broome CMLI
Managing and Creative Director
Outerspace
Ryan Murphy CMLI
Founding Director
Bradley Murphy Design
Sandeep B Menon CMLI
MLA Programme Co-Lead 25/26
Manchester School of Architecture
Sebastian West CMLI
Associate Director – Landscape Management
Stephenson Halliday, an RSK Company
Shirley Chen CMLI
Vice President, Asia Landscape Lead, Asia Strategy & Growth Lead for Buildings + Places, and Hong Kong Buildings + Places Lead
AECOM Hong Kong
Snigdha Sharma CMLI
Associate Practice Director
AtkinsRéalis
Thomas Bai CMLI
Associate & Practice BIM Lead
Ares Landscape Architects
Ujwala Fernandes FLI
Regional Director – Landscape & Urban Design
AtkinsRéalis
Visakha Sroy CMLI
Senior Landscape Architect
Levitt Bernstein
William Basterfield CMLI
Associate Partner
Gillespies
Dr Yarden Woolf
Research Fellow
University of the West of England – UWE Bristol
