awards

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sydney metro-western sydney airport corridor landscape strategy

Certificate for the Landscape Architecture Award in 2024 awarded to Sydney Metro for the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport Corridor Landscape Strategy project, issued by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. The certificate features an abstract, colorful geometric background with a mix of patterns and textures.
Certificate of Award of Excellence from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects for the Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport Corridor Landscape Strategy, awarded to Sydney Metro, with a geometric abstract background and the word 'Kamua' signature at the bottom.

2024 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW Chapter - Award of Excellence

2024 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects – National Landscape Architecture Award

"The Corridor Landscape Strategy represents a significant shift in approach for linear infrastructure projects through threatened ecological areas … long-term responsibility for the ongoing care and maintenance … in collaboration with local Dharug communities. The commitment to continue restoration activities over a 17 year period signifies an understanding of the complexity of the task and the need for long-term stewardship… The jury recognises the importance of separating the delivery of the restoration works from the main civil contract, to enable a new way of working to establish enduring methods of caring for Country.”

sydney metro transforming sydney award

2023 Public Domain, Landscape and Ecology Initiatives

A large tree standing in a grassy field with dense forest in the background and a cloudy sky above.
Aerial view of a rural landscape with numerous ponds, a racetrack, scattered buildings, roads, and patches of trees.
Open field with tall grass and scattered large trees under a cloudy sky.
Aerial view of a rural landscape with green fields, small lakes, and scattered buildings, under a partly cloudy sky.

Andrew pioneered a new ecological approach to rail corridor landscaping on the Western Sydney Airport project that seeks to give something meaningful back to the endangered landscapes of western Sydney’s Cumberland Plain.

He also conducted a novel urban biodiversity trial at Hills Showground station on the Metro Northwest line. This dense, mixed and relatively wild planting of over 110 largely native species in the otherwise orderly setting of the station plaza was featured on Gardening Australia in early 2025.

Colorful garden bed with white, yellow, and purple flowers, including daisies, in a landscaped area.
A lush garden with yellow spherical flowers, white flowering bushes, green grass, tall trees, and a blue sky with some clouds, in an urban park setting.
A lush green garden with tall grass and various flowering plants, including purple, red, and white flowers. Trees and houses are visible in the background, along with a street sign and streetlights.

birrarung marr stormwater harvesting and park renewal project 

People relaxing and playing on a grassy hill in an urban park with city skyscrapers in the background during sunset.
Certificate of recognition from 2014 sustainability awards, awarded for landscape design, presented to Cardno, Urban Initiatives, Jones & Whitehead, and City of Melbourne, for Birrarung Marr stormwater harvesting and landscape integration project.

2014 (Architecture & Design) Sustainability Awards - Highly Commended in Landscape Design category

2014 Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards - Finalist 

This project created a sustainable non-potable water source for this important city park through the capture, treatment and reuse of stormwater runoff from 37 hectares of the Melbourne CBD. The water infrastructure project was then leveraged to improve park amenity through the addition of a commanding upper terrace above the underground water storage and a landscaped stairway connecting the upper park to the riverside level below.