Sustainability Awards
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Revealing the 2026 Sustainability Awards shortlist
The Sustainability Awards shortlist has been announced, marking a significant milestone as Australia’s longest-running awards program dedicated to sustainable design and construction celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Entries open for the 2026 Sustainability Awards
Entries are now officially open for Architecture & Design’s 2026 Sustainability Awards, Australia’s leading program recognising excellence in sustainable architecture, design, and construction.
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2026 Sustainability Awards Jury Announced in Milestone 20th Year
The official 2026 Sustainability Awards jury panel has been unveiled.
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Entries extended for the 2025 Sustainability Awards
The 2025 Sustainability Awards extends its entry period until midnight on 9 July 2025.
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Australia’s Premier Sustainability Awards Return for 2025
The 2025 Sustainability Awards spotlight bold ideas and future-focused design that’s reshaping Australia’s built environment for the better.
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2024 Sustainability Awards Winners
The 2024 Sustainability Awards Winners bestowed its honours on 18 winners, with 10 others receiving honourable mentions — a small gesture for contributions that loom large in our shared narrative of sustainability.
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Sustainability Summit #9 – Data-driven design: Leveraging technology for sustainable housing
This upcoming panel will examine the role of digitalisation in sustainable architecture with a focus on housing.
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Sustainability Summit #7 – Are we truly ready to pivot to transport-oriented development?
This upcoming panel discussion will examine the housing manifesto recently introduced by the NSW government.
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Sustainability Summit Panel #6 – The Evolution and adaptation of green roofs
With a rapidly growing global population that is becoming increasingly urbanised, competition for space and resources in our cities is fierce.
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Sustainability Panel #3: Sustainable trends in education design
Sustainable trends in education design have become increasingly vital in recent years, especially in light of the environmental challenges at hand.
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The 2024 Sustainability Awards shortlist is here!
It’s a celebration of groundbreaking innovation in sustainable design – here’s your shortlist for the 2024 Sustainability Awards
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Closing soon! Sustainability Awards with juror, Georgios Anagnostou
We spoke to the Studio Johnston Director and juror as entries for the 2024 Sustainability Awards are extended to 10th July.
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The 2024 Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards Now Open
The 2024 Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards commend those who are leading the way in environmental responsibility.
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Celebrating the winners from the 2023 Sustainability Awards
The pressing need for widespread change has never been more crucial. This year’s Sustainability Awards has called out the masters and leaders of sustainable architecture and design in 2023.
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The contorted path to principled practice: On sustainability with Alex Symes
How does an architect move into professional practice without losing the inspirations found during their student days? Timothy Alouani-Roby met with Alex Symes in Sydney’s inner west for a chat about how the award-winning architect has kept passion at the heart of practice.
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Moving Australia towards net zero: The winners of Sustainability Awards 2022
It has never been more important to elevate pioneering sustainable design to the national stage. The 2022 Sustainability Awards winners embody the talent, innovation and technology that will move Australia towards net zero.
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Arm yourself with knowledge: Sustainability Summit live
The industry’s leading conference on the Sustainable Built Environment takes place Thursday 10 November in person, in Sydney.
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Exemplars of science and design: Your Sustainability Awards 2022 shortlist is here
We introduce you to the 65 Sustainability Awards finalists who are revolutionising Australia’s built environment.
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Sustainability Awards entries open and ready to make history
It’s not just history we will be celebrating at the 2022 Sustainability Awards, but the future as well. Projects that can show long-term sustainability will be recognised this year. Branko Miletic reports.
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How four people are making sustainable change
There’s no time like now to celebrate the nation’s best advocates and aficionados of sustainable design. We take a look at the winners of the Sustainability Awards 2021 – and everything they’re doing to champion change in the industry.
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The proof is in the project – how four people are making sustainable change
There’s no time like now to celebrate the nation’s best advocates and aficionados of sustainable design. We take a look at the winners of the Sustainability Awards 2021 – and everything they’re doing to champion change in the industry.
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The 2021 Sustainability Awards shortlist is a sign of the times
The Sustainability Awards are more important now than ever. The last year has given us a dire look into the future and positioned us as an impetus for change.
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Sustainability Awards 2020 entries cheat-sheet
Great news: you officially have until August 7 to get your entries in for Sustainability Awards 2020! Here’s what the judges are looking for.
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The 2020 Sustainability Awards entries are now open
The 2020 programme for the Sustainability Awards is set to be a markedly different affair from the previous year – not least due to its first-time venture down to Melbourne in its 14th year.
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The winners of the 2019 Sustainability Awards!
Back for its 13th edition, this year’s Sustainability Awards was bigger and better than ever. The gala dinner took place Sydney’s, The Star, and highlighted the most creative, innovative and sustainable minds across the industry. With nearly 200 entries and a record-breaking number of 65 finalists, the winning list of 17 awardees definitely impressed.
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Sustainability Live debates the industry’s big issues this Thursday
The annual Sustainability Live conference is back for its third edition on 7 November at The Star, Sydney with the biggest and best line-up yet. Book your tickets today to gain essential knowledge and extra CPD points.
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Monique Woodward is leading the way in socially conscious design
As a new era of social and environmental sustainability dawns, we look at one of the rising stars setting the agenda – Monique Woodward, of WOWOWA.
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2019 Sustainability Awards finalists revealed
Across 17 categories the finalists have been revealed for the 2019 Sustainability Awards, take a look at the entries that have made the cut.
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Regional Wrap, October 2018: From Indesign Media’s Singapore Desk
This month, the editorial team has spent as much time out of the Indesign Media offices as in. Here’s a regional wrap of some of the major happenings and directions around the region, and further afield.
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This was your Sustainability Awards 2018
On October 11, this year’s Sustainability Awards recognised the best and most innovative sustainable design. Whether you were there to witness the winners and revelry or couldn’t make it, take a look back at what went down at the Sustainability Awards 2018.
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Which projects are the country’s most sustainable?
As one of Australia’s longest running award programs recognising sustainable design, the Sustainability Awards showcase the best in environmental design and offer a glimpse into best practice.
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Three emerging faces of sustainable design
A truly sustainable design approach needs to go beyond the average greenwashing that is often seen in projects. These are the people to keep an eye on…
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Sustainability Awards set to be bigger and better
The Sustainability Awards are on the horizon, and this year it will even bigger and better with a full day of CPD endorsed sessions and awards ceremony.
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Going green: Sustainability Awards shortlist revealed
Architecture & Design‘s Sustainability Awards recognises the talent and progress of Australian architects and designers in the sustainability space. And the 2018 shortlist is out now.
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<em>The</em> month of design: This April from the Publisher’s desk
April is undeniably a month with design as the centre point, but there are many other topics, such as the future of our cities, which have come under debate. The biggest news of all though was a blockbuster INDE.Awards shortlist. From the publisher’s desk this April.