A giant human-made landform in the heart of Northumberland has scooped a global lanscape award, beating off competition from Mexico and Malaysia.Northumberlandia, dubbed the 'Lady of the North', is the world's largest landsculptre and is embedded into the hills of Cramlington in the North East.The public park is built in the shape of a reclining lady lying on the hillside.It cost £3million to build and was sculpted by architects who used raw materials from a nearby mine to make the contours of the woman's body rise up from the earth.Finished in 2012, the site, which is managed by independent charity The Land Trust, has already been visited by more than 100,000 people.The construction came about as part of the development of an adjacent open-cast coal mine at Shotton. It was decided that rather than returning the material excavated back to the surface near the mine, something creative should be done with the soil and clay.Built by regional property and energy firm the Banks Group and the Blagdon Estate, the site has now been awarded with the Best Landscape Architecture category in the 2013 International Property AwardsKatie Perkin, communications manager at The Banks Group, said: 'Winning this global award provides a wonderful finale to a fantastic first full year for Northumberlandia. The quality of the landform's design and construction, and the cultural, community and tourism impact that she's having have been widely recognised by both a range of awards and the tens of thousands of people who've already been to visit her.'The projects against which Northumberlandia was competing for this award represent the very best in landscape architecture around the world, so this award is a real coup for both everyone involved with the project and North East England as a whole.'Being in this sort of spotlight provides a great platform for the region, as well as for Northumberlandia herself, and we hope it will lead to even more visitors coming to the North East to take a look at everything that's on offer here.'Bob Downer, chief executive of Blagdon Estate, added: 'Everyone involved in Northumberlandia is delighted to receive this international award to add to the regional and national prizes already awarded.'Blagdon Estate is privileged to be part of this project which is now gaining recognition as a unique landscape and arts project as well as a gateway to the rest of Northumberland, while enhancing the leisure facilities available to the local community.'(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az