Global design and BIM software solutions provider, Vectorworks, Inc. has been honored by the inaugural Land8 Social Media Awards for Landscape Architecture.
Award News
Vectorworks was named a Top 10 Social Media Account for Allied Organizations, according to the Land8: Landscape Architects Network. In the Land8 awards, landscape architecture firms and individual landscape architects had 10 winners per category.
Land8 was originally founded as an online hub encouraging interactions between landscape architecture professionals but has since grown to an international community with over 1.5 million followers across Land8’s social media channels. The space not only attracts landscape architects, but also those interested in learning about the field of landscape architecture.
According to Matt Alcide, managing partner and editor-in-chief at Land8: Landscape Architects Network, “Vectorworks engages the landscape architecture community and features posts that support and promote the work of landscape architects. It’s this direct impact on the industry through social media that led them to winning.”
The award’s criteria for social media accounts included: visual excellence, influence, engagement and promotion of landscape architecture. The platforms under review could include public accounts for popular mediums, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and/or blogs.
“It’s a priority for our company to share quality content across social media and our blog, and we regularly post user-generated content from professional and student designers around the world, including their projects, accomplishments and successful workflows,” said Jeremy Powell, vice president of Marketing at Vectorworks. “We appreciate Land8’s recognition of this practice, as we seek to inspire and support landscape architects.”
Learn more about the awards and see the full list of winners here.
About Land8
Founded in 2008, Land8: Landscape Architects Network is the social network for landscape architects with over 19,000 user profiles. Landscape architects use Land8 as a resource to read articles, ask questions to the community of users, find jobs, research, view design inspiration, network and access resources.
In 2017, Land8 acquired Landscape Architects Network (landarchs.com), a prominent online resource dedicated to highlighting the work of landscape architects around the world.
Supported by its millions of visitors and social media followers, Land8: Landscape Architects Network promotes the profession of landscape architecture and provides a valuable resource for both professionals and those interested in the work of landscape architects.
Land8 is an open and free resource that does not create its own opinion, but rather provides the platform for landscape architects to share their own views and what is important to them.
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