Tanya Wood

Tanya Wood is a national award-winning registered landscape architect based in Sydney, Australia. Tanya has worked on hundreds of landscape projects both within Australia and internationally and has developed a unique and functional approach to design.

With a passion for residential landscape architecture, Tanya leads projects from initial site consultancy through to construction and into preservation. Tanya Wood was the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW President 2021-2023 having previously held the Vice President role for 2020-2021. Tanya was a member of the National AILA Honours Committee 2019-2021. Tanya was a jury member for the AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Awards (2020).

Tanya lectures and tutors at The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) for the landscape architecture and architecture courses including masters level. Tanya was a Master of Architecture Studio Lead at UTS during 2021, a multi-disciplinary Studio Lead in 2023 and is currently the Course Coordinator for Professional Practice at UTS for Masters of Landscape Architecture and Honours students.

Tanya was the recipient of the National Award for Climate Positive Design at The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Awards in 2023 for her regenerative Blue Mountains project Vanam.

Tanya was the recipient of two prestigious awards at The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards in QLD 2022 for her leading project, The Afghanistan War Memorial. The awards were:

-       The Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution 2022

-       The Peoples Choice Award 2022