Judging will be based on the following core criteria. These are addressed within the project description text provided as part of your entry:

• Conceptual framework: Underlying principles: Values; Core ideas; Philosophy.
• Public and Cultural Benefits: The amenity and concepts contributing to the public domain.
• Relationship of Built Form to Context: Concepts engaged with new and pre-existing conditions.
• Program Resolution: Functional performance assessed against the brief.
• Integration of Allied Disciplines: Contribution of others, including engineers, landscape architects, artists and other specialists to the outcome.
• Cost/Value Outcome: The effectiveness of decisions related to financial issues.
• Sustainability: The benefit to the environment through design.
• Response to Client and User Needs: Additional benefits interpreted from the brief, serving the client or users and the community.