NSW Architecture Awards

CELEBRATING DESIGN EXCELLENCE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND ABROAD

The Institute is dedicated to the promotion of Australian architects and architecture in both national and global arenas. Since 1981, we have upheld excellence in the profession by recognising best practice in the field through our National Architecture Awards program and inspiring others to continue striving to positively shape communities through architecture.

View the 2023 NSW Architecture Awards Entrants Gallery.

ENTRY FOR NSW ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

To enter the Australian Institute of Architects Architecture Awards Program, an entrant must be a registered architect and Institute member. To be eligible to enter, entrants must:

  • be an architect registered in the State or Territory of the project, and
  • be an Institute Member at the time of entry, and
  • be a principal of the practice who owns, or is a formal licensee, of the copyright in the work being entered.

It is a requirement of entry that all entrants read and understand the 2024 Awards Entry Handbook. The Handbooks are an excellent resource of helping to develop a successful awards entry. Give your project the best possible chance to succeed and familiarise yourself with the Handbook before commencing your entry.

KEY DATES

Chapter Entries Open Presentation to Jurors (UTS) Site Visits Awards Gala
NSW Monday, 13 November 2023 – Monday, 5 February 2024 Friday 16 February – Saturday, 17 February 2024 Tuesday 2 April – Friday, 12 April 2024 Friday, 28 June 2024

Presentations will be held at the Anita B. Lawrence Building at the University of NSW and will be face to face.

Presentation to juries category schedule:

Friday 16th February (Day 1)

  • Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
  • Educational Architecture

Saturday, 17 February 2024

  • Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)/ Small Project Architecture (same room)
  • Commercial Architecture 
  • Residential Architecture – Houses (New) 
  • Heritage
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • EmAGN Project Award
  • Public Architecture 
  • Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
  • Interior Architecture
  • Student Presentation to Juries 
  • Brian Patrick Keirnan Prize Presentation to Juries. 

Please note, given the high volume of entries in the Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)/ Sustainable/ Education and Urban categories, we ask you to block both Friday and Saturday in your calendar as your time slot may fall on either of these days.

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2024 NSW ARCHITECTURE AWARD JURORS

The Institute’s Architecture Awards recognise excellence and innovation in design and are conferred via a rigorous system of peer review.

In NSW, each awards category is presided over by a jury of at least three people. Juries are comprised of Institute members appointed and convened by the Institute’s NSW Chapter Awards Committee. In addition to submitting data and images online, each project entered for consideration in the NSW Architecture Awards is presented to a jury panel. We wish to thank jury members for their dedication and hard work. 

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