2017 Australian Urban Design Awards announced

From a shortlist of thirty-three entries, three projects were awarded and another nine commended in the 2017 Australian Urban Design Awards, the nation’s premier awards for excellence and innovation in urban design. The awards were presented at the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, on 25 October 2017.

The Australian Urban Design Awards recognise contemporary Australian urban design of the highest quality and encourage cities, towns and communities across the country to strive for best practice.

The program is unique in that it’s truly multidisciplinary, open to professionals spanning engineering, architecture, landscape architecture and planning, and it only recognises projects, policies and initiatives that successfully transcend any one discipline, acknowledging that good urban design outcomes come from integrated responses.

On the jury was Jon Clements (director, Jackson Clements Burrows), Malcolm Snow (chief executive, National Capital Authority), Jill Garner (Victorian Government Architect), Neil Savery (general manager, Australian Building Codes Board), Cindy Varnier (infrastructure sustainability consultant, GHD), Tim Hunt (Melbourne leader, lighting, Arup), Davina Knox (senior sustainability consultant, WSP) and William Chandler (director, Chandler Consulting Services).

Full list of winners: 

Australia Award for Urban Design, Delivered Outcome – Large Scale

Award

Entry: Tonsley Innovation District (Adelaide, South Australia)
Team: Oxigen, Woods Bagot, Tridente Architects, KBR, WSP and Renewal SA

Commendations

Entry: Junction Place, Wodonga (Wodonga, Victoria)
Team: Aspect Studios, Development Victoria and City of Wodonga

Entry: Elizabeth Quay (Perth, Western Australia)
Team: Metroplitan Redevelopment Authority with ARM Architecture and Taylor Cullity Lethlean

Entry: Maitland Levee (Maitland, New South Wales)
Team: McGregor Coxall

Australia Awards for Urban Design, Delivered Outcome – Small Scale

Award

Entry: Orange Regional Museum (Orange, New South Wales)
Team: Crone

Commendations

Entry: Sixth Street Revitalization Project (Murray Bridge, South Australia)
Team: Jensen Plus and the Rural City of Murray Bridge

Entry: Tanderrum Bridge (Melbourne, Victoria)
Team: John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration

Australia Award for Urban Design, Policies, Programs and Concepts – Large Scale

Award

Entry: Better Placed – An integrated design policy for the built environment of New South Wales
Team: Government Architect New South Wales

Commendations

Entry: Smart Seeds
Team: GHD with more than 30 industry partners

Entry: Transport for New South Wales Urban Design Guidelines
Team: Transport for New South Wales Precincts and Urban Design Team

Australia Award for Urban Design, Policies, Programs and Concepts – Small Scale

Commendations

Entry: Parramatta Civic Link
Team: Aspect Studios and SJB

Entry: Fremantle 2029 Transformational Moves
Team: Cox Architecture and City of Fremantle

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