QLD Architecture
Awards Programs
QLD Architecture
Awards Programs
Queensland People's choice AWARD voting
Now open for the 2025 Queensland Regional Architecture People’s Choice Awards. Each Regional Winner will be announced at the respective Region’s Awards Presentation events. These regional winners then progress for public voting to Queensland State People’s Choice voting, the winner will be announced at the Queensland Architectural Awards on 27 June 2025.
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Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland AWARDS
The Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter has seven regions, with an awards event for each region. Regional Awards are selected by a local jury. At each regional awards event, commendations for the region are presented, those projects that have been commended progressing to Queensland State Awards consideration. The Queensland State Awards considers commended projects from all of Queensland, this judged by four state jurors.
All commended projects in the series of regional awards progress to Queensland State Awards consideration. The shortlist is judged by the Queensland State Awards Jury.
To see the Queensland State Award Winners announced live, register now for our 2025 Queensland Architectural Awards, Friday 27 June here.
Greater Brisbane Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Greater Brisbane Region will be announced on 11 April 2025 at the Greater Brisbane Regional Awards in Brisbane. You can register to join us for the event here.
Thank you to the Greater Brisbane Regional Awards sponsors, Brisbane Lord Mayor Buildings that Breathe Prize Partner, Brisbane City Council, Regional Awards Partners, Fielders Lysaght and Architectural Window Systems (AWS), and Regional Awards Supporters STP Consultants.
AWARDED, COMMENDED AND SHORTLISTED PROJECTS FOR THE GREATER BRISBANE REGIONAL AWADS:
CATEGORY | PROJECT | ARCHITECT |
The John Dalton Award for Building of the Year | Blok Modular in collaboration with Vokes & Peters | |
Regional Project of the Year | Blight Rayner Architecture | |
Greater Brisbane House of the Year | Cavill Architects | |
The Lord Mayor’s Brisbane Buildings that Breathe Architecture Prize | COX Architecture | |
Commendation – The Lord Mayor’s Brisbane Buildings that Breathe Architecture Prize | O’Neill Architecture | |
Commendation – Commercial Architecture | O’Neill Architecture | |
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
Arkhefield | ||
Commendation – Educational Architecture | Blight Rayner Architecture | |
Phorm architecture + design | ||
KIRK | ||
Commendation — Heritage | JDA Co | |
Marc&co | ||
O’Neill Architecture | ||
Extent Heritage and Architectural Collaborative | ||
Architectus Conrad Gargett | ||
Cavill Architects | ||
Commendation — Interior Architecture | Blight Rayner Architecture | |
Jacobs | ||
bureau^proberts | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
O’Neill Architecture | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
Alcorn Middleton | ||
Commendation — Public Architecture | Brisbane International Cycle Park, Murarrie Recreation Reserve | COX Architecture |
Jacobs | ||
bureau^proberts | ||
BVN | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
KIRK | ||
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) | Kieron Gait Architects | |
Hall and Roberts Studio | ||
John Ellway | ||
Kieron Gait Architects | ||
Cavill Architects | ||
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New) | Marc&co | |
Phorm architecture + design | ||
Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration | ||
Paul Butterworth Architect | ||
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing | Blok Modular in collaboration with Vokes & Peters | |
Red Door Architecture | ||
COX Architecture | ||
Commendation – Small Project Architecture
| Vokes and Peters | |
| Russell Hall Architects | |
| Amrita Hepi with Jazz Money, Dialogue Office, Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture | |
Commendation – Urban Design | Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling, concept and reference design by Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture | |
Grimshaw | ||
Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design | ||
Shortlisted for the Art & Architecture Prize (Qld) | Jacobs | |
Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design | ||
Amrita Hepi with Jazz Money, Dialogue Office, Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture | ||
KIRK | ||
Shortlisted for the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture | KIN Architecture | |
Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration | ||
BVN | ||
Elevation Architecture | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
Phorm architecture + design | ||
Shortlisted for EmAGN Project Award | Deicke Richards | |
Red Door Architecture | ||
KIN Architecture | ||
JDA Co | ||
Hall and Roberts Studio | ||
Giarola Architects | ||
Marc&co | ||
Elevation Architecture | ||
Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design | ||
Phorm architecture + design | ||
Shortlisted for the Social Impact Prize (Qld) | Deicke Richards | |
Jacobs | ||
Shortlisted for the Sustainable Architecture Category | Brisbane International Cycle Park, Murarrie Recreation Reserve | COX Architecture |
Hall and Roberts Studio | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling , concept and reference design by Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture. | ||
O’Neill Architecture | ||
Grimshaw | ||
John Ellway | ||
O’Neill Architecture | ||
Blight Rayner Architecture | ||
Elevation Architecture | ||
KIRK |
Far North Queensland Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Far North Queensland Region wwas announced on 16 May 2025 in Cairns.
See the event photos here.
Eddie Orbin Award for Building of the Year
Mulgrave Gallery by TPG Architects Cairns
Regional Project of the Year
Floriana Boutique Hotel by CA Architects Cairns
House of the Year
Duffy Residences by NEArchitecture Cairns
People’s Choice Award
McLeod St Administration Redevelopment by Clarke and Prince Architects Cairns North
Commendation – Interior Architecture
Floriana Boutique Hotel by CA Architects Cairns
Commendations – Heritage
Mulgrave Gallery by TPG Architects Cairns
Floriana Boutique Hotel by CA Architects Cairns
Commendation – Public Architecture
Cairns Neighbourhood Centre by JMc Architects Manunda
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Duffy Residences by NEArchitecture Cairns
Thank you to the Far North Queensland Regional Awards sponsors Fielders Lysaght and Architectural Window Systems (AWS), Regional Awards Supporters Bondor Metecno, STP Consultants, Cairns Regional Council, All Construction Approvals (ACA), Gilboy Hydraulics,
North Queensland Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 North Queensland Region will be announced on 16 May 2025 in Townsville.
See the event photos here.
Walter and Oliver Tunbridge Award for Building of the Year
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects
Regional Project of the Year
Cathedral School Sports Precinct by Stephen de Jersey Architect
People’s Choice Award
Charters Towers Miners’ Memorial Walk by i4architecture
Commendation – Commercial Architecture
Milford Planning by Counterpoint Architecture with George Milford
Commendation – Educational Architecture
Cathedral School Sports Precinct by Stephen de Jersey Architect
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects Douglas, Townsville
Commendation – Interior Architecture
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects
Commendation – Public Architecture
Charters Towers Miners’ Memorial Walk by i4architecture
Denise Glasgow Performing Arts Centre by Peddle Thorp (Design Architect) with Db architects (Documentation architect)
We thank our North Queensland Regional Awards Partners Architectural Window Systems (AWS), Fielders Lysaght , Regional Awards Supporters Bondor Metecno and STP Consultants.
Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Region was announced on 23 May 2025 in Surfers Paradise.
See photos from the event here.
Philip Follent Building of the Year
Four Dwellings on 800m2 by Clare Design
Regional Project of the Year
Corso House by Justin Humphrey Architects
Ken Newton and Brian Mossop People’s Choice Award
Kanooka House by Dan Wilson and Knight Office
Commendation – Commercial Architecture
The Oxley 1823 by BDA Architecture
Commendations – Educational Architecture
Helensvale State School – A place of wonder by Resonance design + architecture
Commendation – Interior Architecture
Hedges Residence by B.E. Architecture
Sanctuary Early Learning Centre Health and Knowledge Precinct by SJB
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Fingal House by Justin Humphrey Architects
Seabeach by Paul Robertson Architect
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Cobbadah Beach House by Hayman + Charlton Architects
Corso House by Justin Humphrey Architects
Hedges Residence by B.E. Architecture
Kanagawa by Joe Adsett Architects
Kanooka House by Dan Wilson & Knight Office
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Ame on Riviera by Studio Workshop Architects & Associates
Four Dwellings on 800m2 by Clare Design
Sur Kirra Beach by BDA Architecture
Commendation – Small Project Architecture
Tweed Heads Warehouse Fitout by Dan Wilson & Five Mile Radius
Thanks to our 2025 Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Regional Awards Partners: ZONE Planning Group, Architectural Window Systems (AWS), Lysaght, City of Gold Coast, Ventura, Stratco, Don Kibble Drawing Supplies, Ingineered, Architectural Technical Solutions (ATS), Bondor Metecno,
Darling Downs and West Moreton Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Darling Downs and West Moreton Region was announced on 23 May 2025 in Toowoomba.
See photos from the event here.
William Hodgen Award for Building of the Year
Binnum Homestead by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Regional Project of the Year
Long Pavilion by Feather & Lawry Design
People’s Choice Award
Bunya Centre Day Surgery by Jacobs
Commendation – Commercial Architecture
Rail Trail Refuge by REFRESH* Studio for Architecture
Commendations – Public Architecture
Bunya Centre Day Surgery by Jacobs
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Binnum Homestead by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Long Pavilion by Feather & Lawry Design
Commendation – Urban Design
Mary’s Place, Dalby by Blight Rayner Architecture with Wild Studio
Thanks to our 2025 Darling Downs and West Moreton Regional Awards Partners: Architectural Window Systems (AWS), Lysaght, Bondor Metecno, Ashburner Francis and Toowoomba Regional Council.
Sunshine Coast Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Sunshine Coast Region will be announced on 30 May 2025 at the Sunshine Coast Regional Awards on the Sunshine Coast. You can register to join us for the event here.
Gabriel Poole Award for Building of the Year
Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects
Regional Project of the Year
Lyrebird by Sparks Architects
House of the Year
Cooroy House by Henry Bennett and Dan Wilson
People’s Choice Award
St John’s Lutheran School Cooperative Seniors Building by Bickerton Masters Architecture
Commendation – Commercial Architecture
Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects
Commendation – Heritage
Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Valley View House by Maytree Studios
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Bokarina Collective by Hollindale Mainwaring Architecture
Lorient by bureau^proberts
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Mapleton House by Atelier Chen Hung
Moffat Morphing House by Arcke
Lyrebird by Sparks Architects
Cooroy House by Henry Bennett and Dan Wilson
Blackwood by Sarah Waller Architecture
Commendation – Urban Design
Design Guide for Sunshine Coast Apartments and Townhouses by Sunshine Coast Council
Thank you to the Sunshine Coast Regional Awards sponsors Fielders Lysaght, Architectural Window Systems (AWS), ACE Stone and Tile, BBQ and Fireplace Centre, and Bondor Metecno
Central Queensland Region Shortlist
The shortlisting of commended projects from the 2025 Central Queensland Region will be announced on 30 May 2025 at the Central Queensland Regional Awards in Rockhampton. You can register to join us for the event here.
J.W. Wilson Building of the Year
Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Regional Project of the Year
Wintergarden by Tomas O’Malley Architect
House of the Year
Merinda Sound Beach House by Maytree Studios
People’s Choice Award
Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Merinda Sound Beach House by Maytree Studios
Commendations – Commercial Architecture
Keppel Bay Sailing Club by Arkhefield
Commendation – Educational Architecture
Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Commendation – Public Architecture
Wintergarden by Tomas O’Malley Architect
Thank you to the Central Queensland Regional Awards sponsors Fielders Lysaght and Architectural Window Systems (AWS), STP Consultants and Bondor Metecno
Sustainability Category Shortlist
The shortlist for Sustainable Architecture will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Shortlisted for the Sustainability Category
Blackwood Sarah Waller Architecture
Brisbane International Cycle Park, Murarrie Recreation Reserve COX Architecture and City Projects Office
Cairns Neighbourhood Centre by JMc Architects Manunda
Cobbadah Beach House by Hayman + Charlton Architects
Cooroy House Henry Bennett and Dan Wilson
Design Guide for Sunshine Coast Apartments and Townhouses Sunshine Coast Council
Ewart House + Studio Hall and Roberts Studio
Helensvale State School – A place of wonder by Resonance design + architecture
Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Training Facility and Advanced Manufacturing Skills Lab by Peddle Thorp
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects
Kangaroo Point Bridge Architecture and Design: Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling Concept and Reference Design: Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture
Lyrebird Sparks Architects
Mary and Edward O’Neill Architecture
Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects
Merinda Sound Beach House by Maytree Studios
Mulgrave Gallery by TPG Architects Cairns
Neville Bonner Bridge Grimshaw
Niwa House John Ellway
ONA Office 3 O’Neill Architecture
Piccadilly, 340 Queen Street Blight Rayner Architecture
Proprietary Street Precinct Readaptation Elevation Architecture
St Luke’s Anglican School Performance Centre by McLellan Bush Architects
Tweed Heads Warehouse Fitout by Dan Wilson & Five Mile Radius
UniSC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion KIRK
Valley View House Maytree Studios
Thank you to Kennedy’s Timbers for sponsoring the Sustainability Category.
EmAGN Project Award (Qld) Shortlist
The shortlist for the EmAGN Project Award will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Shortlisted for the EmAGN Project Award (QLD)
Baxter Street Community Pantry Deicke Richards
Broadbeach Cultural Centre by Peddle Thorp and Mode Design
Catalina Red Door Architecture
Cobbadah Beach House by Hayman + Charlton Architects
Coorparoo Renovation KIN Architecture
Craigerne JDA Co
Ewart House + Studio Hall and Roberts Studio
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects
Kallangur State School Giarola Architects
Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Knells Marc&Co
Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects
Morven House circa 1864 Elevation Architecture
Queensland Satellite Hospitals Program Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design
Rail Trail Refuge by REFRESH* Studio for Architecture
Spring Hill Health and Innovation Centre PDT Architects
St Luke’s Anglican School Performance Centre by McLellan Bush Architects
St Marcellin Centre Phorm architecture + design
Tallebudgera Creek Park Amenities by Raunik Design Group Architects
Tugun Hill House by Studio Locale Architects
Wintergarden by Tomas O’Malley Architect
Thank you to Alspec Aluminum for sponsoring the EmAGN Project Award.
Art and Architecture Prize (Qld) Shortlist
The shortlist for the Art & Architecture Prize (QLD) will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Shortlisted for the Art & Architecture Prize (QLD)
Caboolture Hospital Clinical Services Building by Jacobs
Gold Creek by Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration
James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects
Piccadilly, 340 Queen Street by Blight Rayner Architecture
Queensland Satellite Hospitals Program by Fulton Trotter Architects with Architectus Conrad Gargett and GHD Design
St Luke’s Anglican School Performance Centre by McLellan Bush Architects
Sun Stadium by Amrita Hepi with Jazz Money, Dialogue Office, Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture
UQ Soundshell by KIRK
Regional Project Prize (Qld) Shortlist
The shortlist for the Regional Project Prize (QLD) will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Shortlisted for the Regional Project Prize (QLD)
Wintergarden by Tomas O’Malley Architect
Floriana Boutique Hotel by CA Architects Cairns
Cathedral School Sports Precinct by Stephen de Jersey Architect
Corso House by Justin Humphrey Architects
Long Pavilion by Feather & Lawry Design
Lyrebird by Sparks Architects
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School Sports Performance Centre by Blight Rayner Architecture
Social Impact Prize (Qld) Shortlist
The project entries for the Social Impact Prize (QLD) will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Shortlisted for the Social Impact Prize (QLD)
Baxter Street Community Pantry by Deicke Richards
Caboolture Hospital Clinical Services Building by Jacobs
Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Helensvale State School – A place of wonder by Resonance design + architecture
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture Shortlist
The project entries for the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture will be available following the conclusion of the 2025 Queensland Regional Awards on 30 May 2025.
Bunya Centre Day Surgery by Jacobs
Cairns Neighbourhood Centre by JMc Architects Manunda
Coorparoo Renovation by KIN Architecture
Glenview State School New Administration Building by arkLAB Architecture
Gold Creek by Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration
Logan Hospital Expansion Stage 1 by BVN
Proprietary Street Precinct Readaptation by Elevation Architecture
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School Sports Performance Centre by Blight Rayner Architecture
St Marcellin Centre by Phorm architecture + design
Thank you to Colorbond for sponsoring the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture.
2025 Queensland Architecture Awards Entrant gallery
The Australian Institute of Architects Awards program offers an opportunity for public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our Queensland architects. The program also provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture within Queensland, across Australia and internationally. Queensland’s Awards program showcases each region with a regional awards event and prizes.
The Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter has seven regions, with an awards event for each region. Regional Awards are selected by a local jury. At each regional awards event, commendations for the region are presented, those projects that have been commended progressing to Queensland State Awards consideration. The Queensland State Awards considers commended projects from all of Queensland, this judged by four state jurors.
To view each entry’s details, please visit their unique project page below by filtering by text search, category or region.
Queensland STATE Jury
Jonathan goh RAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES
Jonathan, a partner at m3architecture, has over 20 years of experience in architectural practice.
He has completed many award-winning education and public projects, including projects for the Women’s College within the University of Sydney and Brisbane Girls Grammar School. He is equally interested in working on smaller social projects that enhance the fabric of streets and neighbourhoods, such as the Ryan Street Library.
He enjoys sharing his knowledge as a guest lecturer and at events like Pecha Kucha, Brisbane Open House, and the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival.
allison stout RAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES
With a design career spanning back to 2001, Allison has cultivated a rich and diverse portfolio across various project typologies, including high-end residential, commercial, hospitality, education, and remote health and social housing initiatives. Over the years, she has had the privilege of collaborating directly with Indigenous communities in locations such as the Northern Territory, Southwest Victoria, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, India, and Western Australia.
For the past 13 years, Allison has effectively served as a Project and Design Architect, steering projects from their conceptualization through to the conclusion of defects and liability periods. Her extensive experience traverses the domains of Indigenous housing, social housing, tourism, remote health, remote education, community development, commercial interiors, and feasibility studies.
Philip Follent LFRAIA
QUEENSLAND STATE JUROR
Philip has been a State Director of the Architecture Awards, National Juror for the RAIA Awards, and for the ALIA Libraries of Australia Design Excellence Awards in 2017, 2019, and 2021. He has recently been acknowledged by his peers with the perpetual naming of the Building of the Year award for the Gold Coast Northern Rivers Architecture Awards in his honor.
His architectural practice has won over twenty architectural awards, and in 1996 he was declared Lecturer of the Year at the Queensland University of Technology across all campuses.
Philip was Gold Coast City Council’s first City Architect and was appointed Queensland Government Architect in 2008. He was the inaugural Chair of the Queensland Board for Urban Places, an inaugural member of the Queensland Design Council, and the Founding Head of the Soheil Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University.
Josephine MacLeod RAIA
QUEENSLAND STATE JUROR
Josephine is a registered architect, urbanist, and design advocate with over 15 years’ experience working within the built environment. As a Director within the Office of the Queensland Government Architect, Josephine’s role includes supporting policy, undertaking design reviews, and providing urban design advice to support well-made, sustainable, and healthy communities throughout Queensland.
Prior to working for OQGA, Josephine practiced as a registered architect, working largely on public buildings across Queensland. Her work has been recognised by her peers, including architecture awards for Act for Kids Child and Family Centre for Excellence, Townsville, and Hinze Dam Visitor Centre, Gold Coast.
Queensland Regional Jury
The Institute’s Architecture Awards recognise excellence and innovation in design and are conferred via a rigorous system of peer review.
Presenting the 2025 Queensland State Jury Co-Chairs, Jonathan Goh and Allison Stout. Jonathan and Allison have been appointed as Queensland Co-Chair of Juries to oversee more than 20 Juries across the state. They will be joined by Philip Follent and Josephine MacLeod as State Jurors, delivering on the vision of the Queensland Architecture Awards, which has a long-standing history of pride in ensuring that every project entered each year is visited.
Jurors please download the 2025 Awards Jury Handbook
EOI: 2026 QUEENSLAND AWARDS JURY
The Institute proudly champions Australian architects and architecture on national and global stages. Since 1981, the National Architecture Awards program has celebrated excellence in the profession, inspiring architects to shape communities through outstanding design.
In Queensland, this journey begins with the Queensland Regional Architecture Awards, which spotlight the diverse projects across seven regions: Far North Queensland, North Queensland, Central Queensland, Darling Downs & West Moreton, Sunshine Coast, Greater Brisbane, and Gold Coast & Northern Rivers.
Regional award winners progress to the Queensland Architecture Awards, where they compete for the chance to be recognised at the National Architecture Awards. By entering the Queensland Awards, architects position their work for recognition at local, state, and national levels, showcasing the best of Queensland on a broader stage.
Awards Categories
About the Queensland Architecture Awards
The Queensland State Architecture Awards, recognise the best architectural projects from across the state, with winners from the seven regional awards automatically progressing to the state level. Categories include Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Heritage, Sustainable Architecture, and more, with recognition through Named Awards, Architecture Awards, and Commendations. State winners of Named Awards and Architecture Awards then progress to the National Architecture Awards, competing with projects from across Australia. This tiered system ensures outstanding designs are recognised at local, state, and national levels, showcasing innovation, sustainability, and the transformative power of architecture.
Art & Architecture Prize
Social Impact Prize
Regional Project of the Year
The People's Choice Prize
About the Regional Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter celebrates architectural excellence through its Regional Architecture Awards, spanning seven distinct regions: Brisbane, Central Queensland, Darling Downs and West Moreton, North Queensland, Far North Queensland, Gold Coast and Northern Rivers, and the Sunshine Coast. These awards highlight projects that reflect the unique characteristics and challenges of each area, from tropical and coastal designs to rural and urban developments.
The Lord Mayor's Buildings That Breathe Architecture Prize
For 2025, we are pleased to once again partner with Brisbane City Council to offer The Lord Mayor’s Brisbane Buildings that Breathe Architecture Prize. The prize recognises outstanding achievement in architecture for buildings that demonstrate strong alignment with Brisbane City Council’s New World City Design Guide – Buildings that Breathe.
The Lord Mayor’s Buildings that Breathe Prize is proudly sponsored by Brisbane City Council.
Entry Requirements
Read about eligibility and entry requirements here.
Before submitting an entry into the Chapter Architecture Awards, please become familiar with the Awards, Prizes and Honours Policy, Terms and Conditions and Consent Forms here.
Read the Awards Policy and Terms and Conditions here.
2025 Key Dates
| Entries Open | Monday 11 November 2024 | |
| Entries Close | Friday 14 February 2025 | |
| Regional Jury Site Visits |
Greater Brisbane Darling Downs & West Moreton Gold Coast & Northern Rivers Far North Queensland North Queensland Sunshine Coast Central Queensland |
3 - 12 March 10 - 12 March 10 - 12 March 17 - 20 March 17 - 20 March 24 - 27 March 7 - 9 April |
| State Jury Visits |
Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Darling Downs & West Moreton, Far North Queensland, North Queensland, Central Quensland Greater Brisbane Commended Projcts |
Concurrent with Regional visits 5 - 15 May* *Dates may change |
| QLD Regional Awards |
Greater Brisbane North Queensland Far North Queensland Gold Coast & Northern Rivers Darling Downs & West Moreton Central Queensland Sunshine Coast |
11 April
16 May 23 May 30 May |
| QLD State Awards | Queensland State Architecture Awards | 27 June |
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