AILDM National Award Winners Compiled by Susan Latty and Glenice Buck, AILDM This is a continuation of last month’s news about the AILDM National Award winners.
Residential Landscape under $40,000 Winner: Steven Warner, Outhouse Design
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n awkward sized inner city courtyard split over two levels has been redesigned to create an aesthetically pleasing and useable space. The designer has redesigned the courtyard, with a curved retaining wall which gives more space to the lower dining area as well as creating a separate informal alcove of sandstone steppers surrounded by mondo grass on the higher level. The use of a simple planting and material palette has reinforced the unity between the two levels.
Highly Commended: Hugh Burnett, Good Manors Pools and Gardens.
Highly Commended: Alex Haskey, Green Rooms Gardens and Landscapes.
Highly Commended: George Adams, The Gardenmakers.
Residential Landscape $40,000 to $100,000
Plantscape Design
Winner: Nicola Mai Cameron, Pepo
Winner: Matthew Cantwell, Secret Gardens of Sydney
This Marrickville garden has been transformed from an exposed yard with little more than an expanse of Buffalo grass and a few trees to an inviting garden that combines areas for entertaining and relaxing as well as a productive garden. Elements such as fences, screens and the clothes line have a sculptural quality which adds to the distinctive Australian character of this garden. The clients request for a sheltered sunny area for winter reading has been cleverly designed using plants and a screen while retaining unity and flow throughout the garden through the considered use of scale.
The planting design was driven by the site conditions, working with the areas of natural rock and deeper soil while ensuring that views were maximized at key points throughout the garden. Structural elements complemented and supported this, ensuring privacy from neighbours and comfortable access throughout the garden. The curved terraces responded to the strong curve at the base of the residence and helped slow visual movement down the block.
Conveyancing Alert An LCA Advice
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s pointed out by LCA Member, Ron Berkelmans, this legislation applies to landscapers as they often do install or alter the pool fencing and other alterations to pool surrounds, which makes them also liable as in “Duty of Care” re the new regulations. Please familiarise yourself with this information provided by the Swimming Pool & Spa Association, NSW (SPASA). The Law Society of NSW has sent out the following Conveyancing Alert: New Prescribed Document for annexure to the Contract for Sale of Land from 1 September 2010 The Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2005 was repealed on 1 September 2010. A new Regulation, the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2010 will operate from that date. The new Regulation introduces a notice with the heading “Warning- Swimming Pools” as a new prescribed document. (see below excerpt)
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November 2010
AILDM Pepo - Winner of the Residential Award $40,000 – $100,000
Highly Commended: Andrew Davies, Eden By Design.
Residential Landscape for New Designers
Congratulations to all winners!
The warning within the Contract for Sale of Land reads: WARNING SWIMMING POOLS An owner of property on which a swimming pool is situated must ensure that the pool complies with the requirements of the Swimming Pools Act 1992. Penalties apply. Before purchasing a property on which a swimming pool is situated, a purchaser is strongly advised If the correct, prescribed Notices are not attached to a Contract from 1 September 2010, a purchaser may rescind the Contract between the exchange date of a property and settlement date. A new page 2a, incorporating the new Swimming Pool Notice and the other prescribed notices in correct font size can be downloaded from the Law Society’s website. All hard copy Contracts sold at the Law Society Shop will include page 2a as a separate attachment. It will also be available with the electronic version of the Contract. The new Page 2a will be included with the next print run of the Contract. The new prescribed notice is required for ALL contracts whether or not there is a swimming pool located on the property. For further information, Administrative Officer,
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The LCA of NSW & ACT Ltd, Ph: 02 9630 4844, or lca@lcansw.com.au
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