It was originally planned to hold this event in Queensland possibly in September 2026.
In past LSAA Conferences, expect to have one or two distinguished Keynote Speakers, a session on any Industry issues, a range of different project presentations. 

Design Awards would be presented at the Gala Dinner and the entry requirements would be along the lines of the 2024 Awards. Note that only Projects completed since September 2024 will be considered.

Unfortunately the Planned Conference has been POSTPONED.

As of July 2026, we are hopeful of running a smaller Design Awards event towards the end of November 2026.
This might be a half day set of presentations, networking opportunities, dinner and the Design Awards in the evening.

The anticipated closing date for Award entries would need to be mid October 2026. Criteria and Categories will be available by the end of July 2026.

The LSAA International Student Award and Competition details have been announced.

The 2026 Awards are the third in this annual event designed to attract students of Architecture or Engineering to utilize either new and emerging computational design approaches or to use physical modelling to develop a conceptual solution to the generalized project.

During the running of the 2026 Student Award you are directed to a separate website ( https://studentcomp-lsaa.online/index.php ) for further details (opens in a new tab)

Details were last updated on March 23 2026. There are also the material submitted for the 2024 and 2025 Student Awards on the above website.

Just a heads up:

• Registration and overall deadlines are fairly tight
• It would be worthwhile to have the support (input ideas, encouragement, time allocated) from an academic staff member.
• Past students reported that it was a very satisfying exercise.

Good luck!

 Summary of entries received for the 2026 Student Competition

More details are expected to be added later (July 17 2026)

The following 11 entries were received by the closing date and the committee congratulates all the teams in submitting professionally laid out A1 Panels depicting their concepts for the lightweight footbridge design.

Click on a thumbnail then use navigation at bottom left of larger image. Further details later.