New South Wales Architecture
Awards Program
Recognising excellence at regional, chapter and
national levels
The Institute’s Awards Program enables public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our members, and provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture across Australia and internationally.
By entering into the NSW Architecture Awards, one of the entry points to the Institute’s National Architecture Awards program, members give yourself, your practice and your staff the opportunity to be judged for the work you are proud of, the issues you stand for and to demonstrate your work among your peers.
Participating in the awards can be an important step in strengthening your membership in the architectural community, and a celebrated milestone in your career, whether you are an emerging or established architect, a small firm or large practice.
2025 NSW Architecture Awards Ceremony
2020 NSW People's Choice Award
Vote for your NSW favourite house
Residential projects in the 2020 National Architecture Awards shortlist from both the Houses (New) and Houses (Alterations and Additions) categories are eligible for the People’s Choice Award.
This year 13 houses are in the running to become Australia’s favourite house. Vote for your favourite today!
Vote for your favourite house and go in the running to win one of three $500 Bunnings vouchers thanks to our Major National Corporate Partner Dulux.
2025 NSW ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Categories
Image: St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Rosebery | Neeson Murcutt Neille | Photographer: Tom Ross
Image: White Bay Power Station | Design 5 – Architects with Placemaking NSW | Photographer: Toby Peet
Image: Babylon House Interior | Casey Brown Architecture | Photographer: Zella Casey Brown
Image: House in Erskineville | Architect George | Photographer: Clinton Weaver
Image: New Castle | Anthony St John Parsons | Photographer: Benjamin Hosking
Image: Wentworth Quarter | Bates Smart | Photographer: Felix Mooneeram
Image: Boot Factory and Mill Hill Centre Precinct | ARCHER OFFICE with MATT DEVINE & CO and ASPECT STUDIOS | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Image: Green Heart – the urban garden – | Studio Oulala Architects | Photographer: Simon Whitbread
Image: Eco-House Leura | Marra + Yeh Architects | Photographer: Brett Boardman
2025 NSW ARCHITECTURE PRIZES
Image: Cobar Ward Oval Pavilion | DunnHillam Architecture + Urban Design | Photographer: Katherine Lu
Image: North Head Viewing Platforms | CHROFI and Bangawarra with National Parks and Wildlife Service | Photographer: Clinton Weaver
2025 NSW AWARDS jury
The Institute’s Architecture Awards recognise excellence and innovation in design and are conferred via a rigorous system of peer review.
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 2025 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
| Entries Open | Monday 11 November 2024 |
| Entries Close | Thursday 27 February 2025 |
| Presentations to Juries (on-site at Tusculum) | Monday 17 March 2025 - Friday 21 March 2025 |
| Shortlist Announced | Monday 12 May 2025 |
| Jury Tours | Monday 12 May 2025 - Friday 16 May 2025 |
| Awards Ceremony | Friday 20 June 2025 |
2025 NSW JURY PRESENTATIONS
Presentations to Juries were held on-site at Tusculum this year.
Communications will be sent out to all entrants after entries have closed with information including:
- Due dates for presentations
- Presentation schedule
- And more..
Jury Presentation Schedule
Monday 17th March
Library
2:30pm – 5:10pm: Residential Architecture, Houses (Alterations & Additions)
Tuesday 18th March
Library
9:00am – 2:20pm: Heritage Architecture
2:30pm – 4:25pm: COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
Wednesday 19th March
Drawing Room
8:30am – 5:00pm: Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing
Dining Room
9:00am – 3:15pm: Commercial Architecture
Library
9:00am – 2:45pm: Interior Architecture
Thursday 20th March
Drawing Room
8:30am – 2:45pm: Public Architecture
2:50pm – 6:40pm: Urban Design
Dining Room
8:30am – 5:00pm: Sustainable Architecture
Library
8:30am – 11:25am: Educational Architecture
11:40am – 2:05pm: Small Project Architecture
Friday 21st March
Drawing Room
8:30am – 5:00pm: Residential Architecture, Houses (Alterations & Additions)
Dining Room
8:30am – 4:30pm: Residential Architecture, Houses (New)
Library
9:00am – 4:15pm: EmAGN Project Award
Saturday 22nd March
Drawing Room
9:30am – 11:50am: Sustainable Architecture
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.
Expressions of Interest to be a Jury member for the NSW Architecture Awards are now open. Complete your application here.
Submissions close 11:59pm Monday 18 November 2024.
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