Building a better future through the acknowledgement of design excellence.

About Sustainability Awards

For over a decade we’ve held the nation’s most respected design awards program devoted to sustainable building. We reward those who share our desire to curtail and reverse the ecological footprint of our built environment. We celebrate those who design, manufacture and construct green buildings of all sizes and purposes.

And those who continually hold the line against compromise to do so.

Because we believe sustainability should be the primary requirement for all building design and the major measure of architectural achievement.

Entries open June.

About Sustainability Summit

Now in its fourteenth year, Architecture & Design’s annual Sustainability Awards will bring together the highest calibre of innovation and design and you’re invited to be a part of it!

After 13 years, the oldest and biggest sustainable built environment educational event in the country, Sustainability Live, has evolved to become Australia’s pinnacle of sustainable designs, ideas and innovation-now known as the Sustainability Summit.

Program launch – March
Tickets on sale – August

People

Lifetime Achievement

A person who has over their career, shown exemplary efforts in advancing the progression of the sustainable built environment in Australia.

Emerging Architect / Designer

Open to architects / designers in their first five years of their career and recognises an outstanding achievement or development in the field of sustainable and / or environmental architecture planning or design across any of the building categories.

Women in Sustainability

Presented to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the built environment sustainability in Australia over the past 5 years. The nomination must be supported by a person (female or male) working in the built environment industry.

Projects

Commercial Architecture (Large)

A Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building used for professional and / or commercial purposes of over 500sqm in floor size.

Commercial Architecture (Small)

A Class 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 building used for professional and / or commercial purposes of under 500sqm in floor size.

Education & Research

A child care preschool, primary, secondary or tertiary educational facility and / or joint research facility in which an educational institution is the major partner.

Public & Urban

A building or facility or artwork which primarily services, or is used, by the public (except educational and healthcare facilities).

Multiple Dwelling

The design of a new townhouse, duplex or residential complex that contains multiple residential dwellings. Projects nominated under this category are classifiable as Class 2 buildings.

Single Dwelling (New)

The design and construction of a single-residential building to which a Class 1a Building category.

Single Dwelling (Alteration)

Extensions or alterations to at least 50 percent of a Class 1a building.

Landscape & Biophilia

Buildings or non-building projects at the intersection of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. Examples include parks, pedestrian bridges and walkways, pools, shelters, picnic facilities, toilet blocks and children playgrounds. Can also include green roofs, green walls and other urban garden and similar type installations.

Prefab & Modular

Recognises prefabricated modular architecture that can be produced more efficiently in order to create less waste with the outcome being sustainable residential and commercial projects.

Best Adaptive Reuse

Recognises the adaptive reuse of a building that has minimal impact on the historical significance of the building and its setting, while also pursuing a design that is sympathetic to the building in order to give it a new purpose.

Best of the Best

Selected from among all the category winners based on the highest score.

Innovation

Intelligent Buildings

Any class of building that uses smart design and / or a range of automated processes to automatically control the building’s operations including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, security and other systems in order to help improve asset reliability, performance, reduce energy use and minimise the total environmental impact of building.

Green Building Material

A building product that is renewable, rather than non-renewable, environmentally responsible and where the impact is considered over the entire lifetime of the product.

Waste Elimination

Covers any process in the environment that is designed to reduce or eliminate waste where possible; minimise waste where feasible; and reuse materials which might otherwise become waste. This Award is open to both commercialised solutions and designs as well as experimental or non-commercialised ones.

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Partners

We’re partnering with like-minded brands who share our vision for change. Together we’re supporting the ongoing progress of the green building movement in our great nation.

Category Partners

Event Partner

Strategic Partners

Media Partners

Sponsor

Our sponsorship packages are designed to elevate sponsors as the leading solution provider within their sponsored category, allowing their brand to be associated with award-winning architectural projects and leading professionals across the Architecture and Design building and architecture network. Sponsors also have exclusive access to networking opportunities at the Awards dinner.

For more sponsorship information please download the information pack here.

For all sponsorship enquiries contact Adrian at adrian.wilson@architectureanddesign.com.au

Contact

Sponsorship Enquiries

Adrian Wilson
adrian.wilson@architectureanddesign.com.au

Editorial & Nomination Enquiries

Branko Miletic
Editor
editor@architectureanddesign.com.au

Events Team

Ali Lawes
Head of Events
ali@indesign.com.au

Sofie Teh
Event Operations Manager
sofie@indesign.com.au

Karolina Rodriguez
Events Marketing Manager
karolina@indesign.com.au