Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe IFLA award goes to Portuguese landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles

Portuguese landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles was awarded  today in Auckland with the highest landscape architecture award – Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (IFLA award).

Gonçalo Ribeirto Telles is an envisioned man who since 1960’s has been giving voice and contributing to the development of a landscape policy in Portugal. He  has been responsible by several project across scales, from region-wide landscape  planning to the design of small parks and gardens. Noteworthy is the development of City of Lisbon Green Plan and the Gulbenkian gardens.

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IMG_0510 IMG_0512 IMG_0491 IMG_0471 IMG_0403 IMG_0500 Above: Gulbenkian gardens photos