about     projects     contact     home  Established in 2001, DFLA is acknowledged globally with awards and recognition from prestigious bodies including Landezine, Rosa Barba and World Landscape Architecture. We practice an artistic expression of the environmental sciences in experimental and built work throughout Ireland and further afield.

By addressing a complex and inter-related array of client, user, economic and environmental requirements we aim to deliver places which improve the quality of life for those who experience them. The projects on this website have been fully designed and documented by DFLA, either as lead consultant working with our teams of specialists, or as a sub-consultant on other design teams. As lead consultant we manage the specialist input of ecologists, arborists, engineers, architects, environmental consultants, quantity surveyors, communication consultants and others.

DFLA have contributed significantly to major architecture projects which have won RIBA, Civic Trust and other architecture awards. Awards for DFLA projects include: 2025 Finalist - Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize - Bridgefoot Street Park 2025 Winner - World Landscape Architecture Awards - Bridgefoot Street Park 2024 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Realm/Civic Spaces- Tallaght Public Realm 2024 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Educational Landscapes - Kingston University 2024 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Park - Adamstown Parks 2024 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Park - Airlie Park 2024 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Playspace -  Diamond Park 2024 Winner - Landezine International Landscape Awards - Airlie Park 2024 Selected - European Prize for Urban Public Space - Bridgefoot Street Park 2024 Highly Commended - Irish Concrete Society Award - Tallaght Public Realm 2023 Winner - The ULI (Urban Land Instituite) Awards - Diamond Park 2023 Winner - Landezine International Landscape Awards - Bridgefoot Street Park 2023 Winner - Green Cities Europe Awards 2023 - Ireland, Bridgefoot Street Park 2023 Shortlist - Green Cities Europe Awards 2023 - Ireland,  St. Audoen’s Park 2023 Regional Finalist - Civic Trust Awards, Bridgefoot Street Park 2022 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Park 2022 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Publication 2022 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public / Civic Spaces 2020 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Residential Development 2020 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Institutional 2020 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Plaza 2020 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Heritage 2020 Winner - Irish Planning Institute Awards, Galway Public Realm Strategy 2019 Finalist - Civic Trust Awards, St.

Audoen’s Park 2018 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Research 2018 Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Commercial and Institutional 2017 Winner - Invited Landscape Competition for Punchestown Racecourse 2016 Winner - Landscape Design for London School of Economics, with Grafton Architects 2015 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Conservation 2015 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Commercial and Institutional 2015 Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Private Gardens 2014 Nominated - European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 Winner - Landscape Design for Kingston University, London with Grafton Architects 2012 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Research - Emerging Landscapes 2012 Winner - Landscape Design for UTEC Building, Lima with Grafton Architects 2011 Winner - Landscape Design for Tullamore Arts Centre with A2 Architects 2010 Winner - Europe 40 under 40 2010 Finalist - South Boston 2200 International Urban Design and Planning Competition 2009 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Conservation 2009 Highly Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Realm 2009 Commended - Irish Landscape Institute Award for Public Realm 2009 Special Mention - Valdebebas Urban Park Madrid International Design Competition with EMF 2008 Certificate of Merit - Irish Planning Institute – with OMP 2008 Special Mention - Architectural Association of Ireland 2007 Winner - Adamstown Public Parks International Design Competition 2007 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute €500,000 Category 2007 Winner - Irish Landscape Institute Private Garden Category