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.
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.
2021 Winners
NSW Architecture Medallion
Image: The NSW Architecture Medallion | Phoenix Central Park | Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Martin Mischkulnig
Image: Sulman Medal for Public Architecture | Anzac Memorial Centenary
Extension | Johnson Pilton Walker with
the Government Architect NSW | Photographer: Matteo Salval
Sulman Medal for Public Architecture
Image: National Enduring Architecture Award | Palm Garden House | Richard Leplastrier | NSW | Photographer: Peter Salhani
Enduring Architecture
Heritage Architecture
Image: The Lachlan MacQuarie Award for Heritage – Joint Winner | Bozen’s Cottage | Taylor & Hinds Architects | TAS | Photographer: Adam Gibson
Image: The Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture | Phoenix Central Park | Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Tom Ferguson
Interior Architecture
Image: The Arroyo Affordable Housing | Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc | Photographer: Eric Staudenmaier
International Architecture
Public Architecture
Image: The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture – Joint Winner | Anzac Memorial Centenary Extension | Johnson Pilton Walker with the Government Architect NSW | NSW | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Image: The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award for Residential Architecture – Hours (Alts + Adds) | Redwood | Chenchow Little | NSW | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Residential Architecture - Houses (Alts + Adds)
Image: The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – Joint Winner | Basin Beach House | Peter Stutchbury Architecture | Photographer: Michael Nicholson
Residential Architecture - Houses (New)
Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing
Image: The Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing | Studio Apartments | Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects | Photographer: The Guthrie Project
Image: The Nicholas Murcutt Award for Small Project Architecture | For Our Country | Edition Office and Daniel Boyd | ACT | Photographer: Ben Hosking
Small Project Architecture
Image: The David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture | Marrickville Library | BVN | NSW | Photographer: Tom Roe
Sustainable ARchitecture
Urban Design
Image: The Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design | Metro North West | Hassell, in collaboration with Turpin Crawford Studio and McGregor Westlake Architecture | NSW | Photographer: Brett Boardman
Image: COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture | Carlton Learning Precinct COLA | Law Architects | VIC | Photographer: Dianna Snape
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
![Outside [the] box | Troppo Architects | SA | Traditional Land Owners: Kaurna people | Photographer: Mitchell Lowe](https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/4754-resaltsadds_Outsidethebox_TroppoArchitects_MitchellLowe_00-2-phk152v52a1git1tp6wz4sfd9tv0glw9jt5f1um5qg.jpg "4754-resaltsadds_Outsidethebox_TroppoArchitects_MitchellLowe_00")
Image: People’s Choice Award | Outside [the] box | Troppo Architects | SA | Photographer: Mitchell Lowe
People's Choice Award
CATEGORIES
Public Architecture
Image: Parramatta Aquatic Centre | Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor Coxall | Photograph: Peter Bennetts
Image: St. Patrick’s College: Scientia Building | BVN | Photographer: Tom Roe
Educational Architecture
Image: Maitland Bay House | Studio Bright | Photographer: Rory Gardiner
Residential Architecture - houses (NEW)
Residential architecture - houses (alts + Adds)
Image: Aru House | Curious Practice | Photographer: Clinton Weaver
Image: Iglu Mascot | Bates Smart | Photographer: Felix Mooneeram
Residential architecture - multiple housing
Image: Campbell House Private Office | Tonkin Zulaikha Greer | Photographer: Cieran Murphy
Commercial Architecture
Heritage
Image: The Porter House Hotel | Candalepas Associates | Photographer: Rory Gardiner
Image: 477 Pitt St | Wardle | Photographer: Peter Marko
interior architecture
Image: Sydney Football Stadium (Allianz Stadium) | Cox Architecture | Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones
urban design
Sustainable Architecture
Image: Barker College Maths and Student Hub | Architectus | Photographer: Brett Boardman
Image: North Head Viewing Platforms | CHROFI and Bangawarra with National Parks and Wildlife Service | Photographer: John Spencer/DCCEEW
Small Project Architecture
Image: Rosedale House | Scale Architecture | Photographer: Tim Clark Photography
COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
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 | Wednesday 7 May 2025 |
| Jury Tours | Monday 12 May 2025 - Friday 16 May 2025 |
| Awards Ceremony | Friday 20 June 2025 |
2025 jury
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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