The winners of the 2021 Landezine International Landscape Award (LILA) have been announced. The six-member jury, consisting of landscape architects and designers Marianne Levinsen, Martí Franch, Catherine Mosbach, Andrew van Egmond, Chloe Humphreys, and Zaš Brezar, selected winners out of.
CALGARY Stephen Avenue might be struggling mightily in 2021, but the design imagining what it might become is an award winner. That was the word from the City of Calgary Friday, which announced that its Future of Stephen Avenue project was one of two city projects cited by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) as award winners.
The Future of Stephen Avenue was given a 2021 Award of Excellence by the CSLA. The second project, Dale Hodges Park, won the overall Jury Award for Excellence for public landscape, given to the project that best reflects the CSLA s vision of advancing the art, science and practice of landscape architecture.
Five public art pieces to view in Calgary
January 18 2021
Public art can influence our experiences, inspire new ideas and provoke thoughtful discussion. Art installations may be destinations to visit, subtle alterations in our environments or can shape how we use and move through space.
If you are looking for something new to explore in the city, look no further than this list of the five best art pieces in Calgary.
The Conversation – William Hodd McElcheran
Stephen Avenue Mall, 1 St. S.W.
The Conversation is one of Calgary’s most iconic art pieces. The two larger-than-life bronze businessmen locked in a persuasive debate were crafted by the renowned Canadian sculptor William Hodd McElcheran in 1981.