LSAA Design Awards are given at our Major Conferences which we aim to hold every two years.

See below for the current Categories and General Information.

There are sub-menu items for the past Awards - 2007 2009 2011 2013 2016 and 2018 

CATEGORIES

The LSAA Design Awards are for completed projects since the date of the previous Awards (eg November 2018) and will considered in the following categories:

1. SMALL STRUCTURES             
   Domestic, Project area < 250m2
2. MEDIUM STRUCTURES
   Project area between 250m2 and 1,000m2
3. SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS 
   External tensioned structures from shadecloth material.
4. LARGE STRUCTURES      
   Project area exceeds 1,000m2
5. GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
   Large span glazing walls or roofs, other forms of lightweight facades (cablenets etc) to control interior environments.
6. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COLLABORATION
   Completed Iconic projects whose success is attributed to close collaboration between multiple members of a team and where extensive use was made of emerging collaborative tools. Entries in this category are to be signed off by at least three different team members.
7. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
   Includes applications of lightweight structures used in an interior environment, manufactured as a product, and can be either temporary, demountable, relocatable or permanent structures.  (Interior structures, large awnings, shelter structures, are some examples). Applications using new technology and sustainability principles. Innovations in the teaching of collaborative design
8. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
   Any lightweight structure may be submitted that satisfies the Entry Conditions. International Projects may be judged in one of the 7 Categories above.