The Entries for the 2016 LSAA Design Awards

Category 1 (Small Structures) Winners

High Commendation (1) Perth Children's Hospital

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Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)
Location: Subiaco, WA.   Completed: July 30 2015
Client: John Holland Group
Team: JCY Architects, Greenup Design International, Fabritecture, Textile Fabrication Services, Fabritecture

High Commendation (2) I Dips Me Lid' (NGV Architectural Commission)

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Entrant: John Wardle Architects (Architect / Designer)
Location: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.  
Completed: 15 September 2015
Client: National Gallery of Victoria
Team: Matthew van Kooy, John Bahoric, Electrolight (lighting), 3D Structural Solutions (Shop Drawings), Light Project, Engineering Directions

Category 2 (Medium Structures) Winners

Award of Excellence (1) Hagley Oval - Cricket Pavilion

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Entrant: Fabric Structure Systems (Designer / Fabricator / Installer)
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand.   Completed: October 2014
Client: Cantebury Cricket Association
Team: Athfield Architects, Wade Design Engineers Ltd, Southbase, Fabric Structure Systems

Award of Excellence (2) Jakarta ETFE Canopy

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Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia.   Completed: June 2015
Client: Leightons Asia
Team: Denton Corker Marshall, Maffeis Engineering, Fabritecture, Seele Covertex

 Award of Excellence (3) Shop With Me Mobile Pop Up

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Entrant: Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)
Location: Chicago / New York / Dallas / Las Vegas / San Jose.   Completed: 2014
Client: with me. com

Category 4 (Large Structures) Winners

High Commendation Pacific Fair Resort Roof

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Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)
Location: The Esplanade.   Completed:
Client: Scentre Group (Westfield)
Team:  Scentre Group (Westfield), Wade Design, Textile Fabrication Services, Fabritecture 

Other Categories Winners

Award of Excellence (1) Jim Stynes Bridge

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Entrant: Aurecon (Engineer)
Location: Docklands, Victoria.   Completed: June 18, 2014
Client: State Government of Victoria and City of Melbourne

Team: Cox Architects, Aurecon, Oculus (Landscape), Cox Architects (Urban Design), Electrolight, Architecture & Access, RPS Project Management, Aurecon, Fitzgerald Constructions, Fitzgerald Constructions, Focus Engineering

Award of Excellence (2) 50 Martin Place Glass Roof

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Entrant: Taylor Thomson Whitting (Engineer)
Location: 50 Martin Place, Sydney.   Completed: Unknown
Client: Macquarie

Team: Johnson Pilton Walker, Taylor Thomson Whitting, Brookfield Multiplex, Sharvain Pacific Steel

Twenty nine projects were entered for the 2016 Design Awards in all Categories.

Congratulations to the following winners who were presented with their plagues at the dinner.

The LSAA 2016 Design Awards for completed projects (since November 2013) will be considered in the following categories:

ENTRIES CLOSED AUGUST 12th 2016 

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.
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