2025 Queensland Committee EOI - Australian Institute of Architects

BELINDA ALLWOOD FRAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES

Belinda is an architect, landscape architect, maker, and researcher. She is a director of the Cairns-based multi-disciplinary practice, POD (People Oriented Design) and adjunct fellow at Griffith University. Belinda is enthusiastic about the way architecture and landscape can integrate to create places that respond sustainably to place, culture, and connect people with nature. She has published and presented widely on the topics of sustainable design, regional practice, intercultural design and placemaking.

Belinda is a Queensland chapter councillor for the Australian Institute of Architects, and sits on both the Queensland Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and Queensland Practice Committee. She is passionate about sustainability, reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and actively collaborates, champions, and leads policy development to change practice in these areas.

SANDY CAVILL RAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES

Sandy is a Director of Cavill Architects in Brisbane. Led in conjunction with co-director Andrew D’Occhio, the Cavill Architects office practises in a diverse cross-section of project types, including civic, retail, multi-residential and commercial commissions. Having delivered design excellence across various building scales, through multiple procurement types and across a range of uses, Sandy offers valuable insight into best practice from the current emerging generation of Australian architects. Cavill Architects has become a reference point for industry and local authorities in design thinking and public realm enhancement.