First Prize: Hotel Verhaegen, Albèric Moreels (Belgium)
Second Prize: Privatgarten J. in Berlin, Hager Landschaftsarchitektur (Switzerland) 
Third Prize: The Prosthesis Garden, Carlos M. Teixeira (Brazil) Honourable Mentions
Dinder House, Augusto Calonder (Switzerland)
Erman Residence, Surface Design (USA) 
Amplification, Weathers - Sean Lally (USA)Yarışma Bilgileri
"The garden has always been a place of creative dialogue between architecture and landscape. To promote this dialogue without compromising nature is of my upmost concern." (Representative Wolfgang Sobotka)
The Lower Austrian government agency "Lebensqualität - Aktion Natur im Garten" is sponsoring the international garden architecture award “best private plots 08 - Die besten Gärten 2008” in order to foster and recognise achievements in the design of private outdoor space.
The competition is an important component of the discourse on the design of private outdoor space. The prize honours exceptional achievements in the design of private outdoor space and gardens. The competition highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, as contemporary dialogue between architecture and landscape.
The international competition Best Private Plots 08 - Die besten Gärten 2008 is being held for the third consecutive year. Awards are in recognition of newly designed gardens or for redesign of existing gardens.
The competition highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, as contemporary dialogue between architecture and landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space, technical and ecological planning. Special attention will also be given to the individual diversity of use and functionality.
The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use and have been completed after 01 January 1998.
The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organisation of open space, technical and ecological planning. Special attention will also be given to the individual diversity of use and functionality. The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use.
- Roof Gardens and Terraces
- Extensions of Living Space
- Courtyard Gardens
- Gardens
- Shared Gardens
- Landscape Gardens
- Water Gardens
Eligibility
This is an open competition. Landscape architects, architects, designers, artists, florists, nurseries and landscaping firms, garden owners -as well as teams consisting of a combination thereof- are eligible.
Entry Requirements
Each entrant may submit one project. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Official competition languages are German and English.
- Poster
Entrants are required to submit a poster to be used for presentation (rolled), A0 vertical or A0 horizontal, featuring plans, photos, project description (portrait of the garden: unique aspects of the garden), optional supplementary sketches, sections, detail drawings, elevations, plant lists, etc.
Please ensure that the name(s) of the entrant(s) and the location of the garden or the private open space are clearly visible on the poster.
The posters depicting the thirty nominated projects will be shown in the exhibition “best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008”.
- Handout A3
A handout with the same content as the poster, as the basis for the preliminary jury, A3, text in English.
- CD (Digital Requirements)
Poster A0, text in English as pdf.
Handout A3 (one sheet), with the same content as the poster, as the basis for the jury, text in English, as pdf.
Project description (portrait of the garden: unique aspects of the garden) a maximum of one A4 sheets (500 words), word or rtf file.
Images: 4 to 8 photographs (A4) as tif or Photoshop-eps, resolution 300 dpi.
Submission
Please submit all competition documents - including the entrant’s name and address - to: "best private plots 08 – Die besten Gärten 2008"
Landhausboulevard Haus 1 / Top 1
Verein für Lebensqualität
Postfach 28
A-3109 St. Pölten
Austria, Europa
Entries must be dispatched no later than 02 June 2008 (postmark). Please note that the organisers reserve the right to exclude incomplete entries during the pre-assessment phase.
Jury
- Jane Amidon (USA)
- Petra Blaisse (Netherlands)
- Erik Dhont (Belgium)
- Edouard François (France)
- Jane Bihr-de Salis (Switzerland, Winner of Best Private Plots 07)
Prizes
First Prize: 7.000 Euros
Second Prize: 5.000 Euros
Third Prize: 3.000 Euros
Schedule
05 May 2008: Deadline for Submitting Questions
02 June 2008: Deadline for Entries
26 September 2008: Final Jury
27 September 2008: Award Ceremony