BALI 2022 National Landscape Award for Canary Wharf Greening

Biotecture has won a British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) 2022 National Landscape Award for Exterior Living Wall Installations at Canary Wharf Estate Greening Phase One.

Canary Wharf Group appointed us in early 2021 to deliver a landscape strategy to increase biodiversity across the Canary Wharf Estate over the next ten years. This is part of their commitment to achieve net-zero carbon by 2030.

We drew up a framework of ten priority areas where landscape design projects could be implemented quickly, to have an immediate impact. We worked closely with landscape contractor Willerby Landscapes and green wall specialists Biotecture to create a series of movable timber furniture, planters and green walls. Plant species were selected to meet the climatic conditions of the different locations, with visual interest through colour, form, texture and movement, while changing with the seasons.

Living walls help to improve air quality, control rainwater runoff and increase biodiversity, benefiting the environment, and the area's residents and visitors.

Thank you to our team of Armel Mourgue, Patrick Conn, Mariana Pinto, Kyle Xu and Giacomo Guzzon.

All images (c) Rob Parrish