Tanya Wood

Tanya Wood is a national award-winning landscape architect based in Sydney, Australia. Tanya is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) and a Registered Landscape Architect with AILA. Tanya 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 has worked on hundreds of landscape architectural projects both within Australia and internationally and has developed a unique and functional approach to design. With a passion for health and education, urban design, community projects and residential landscape architecture, Tanya leads projects from initial site consultancy through to construction and into preservation.

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 Design Studio Lead at UTS during 2021, a multi-disciplinary Design Studio Lead in 2023, 2024, 2025 and is currently the Course Coordinator for Professional Practice at UTS for landscape architecture students.

Tanya has received numerous prestigious awards at both a national and state level and her works have been published internationally.

Notable awards include:

- AILA NATIONAL Award of Excellence 2024

- Australian Institute of Horticulture NATIONAL Award of Merit 2024

- AILA NSW Award of Excellence 2024

- AILA NSW ShadeSmart Award 2024

- AILA NATIONAL Award for Climate Positive Design 2023

- AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award 2022

- AILA QLD People’s Choice Award 2022