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

29 Entries were received in the various Categories:

1. SMALL STRUCTURES
2. MEDIUM STRUCTURES
3. SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS 
   
4. LARGE STRUCTURES      
   
5. GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
   
6. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COLLABORATION
   
7. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
   
8. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
   

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.
   Read more …2016 LSAA Design Awards - Description of Project Categories

This Award, to be offered for the first time in 2016, is for current financial members of LSAA.

A person may be nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award. They should have at least fifteen years of continuous experience in the industry and preferably be able to demonstrate achievements in a number of different roles.

Any entry will require the support of at least two persons from different companies outside their employer whom are familiar with innovations made, structures designed, fabricated or built. A list of completed projects with images would help a nomination.

Nominations closed August 12th 2016

For details of the Design Awards for completed projects - see HERE

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 four entries for the LSAA 2016 Design Awards in Category 1 (Small Structures) are:

71 Central Westgate Sky Walk

Entrant: GeoMetal Limited (Design & Engineering)
Location: Nonthaburi, Thailand.   Completed: 24 August 2015
Client: Central Pattana Public Company Limited

Team: Pasalandscape Company Limited, Fastech Company Limited, Project Planing Public Company Limited, Power Line Engineering Public Company Limited, Fastech Company Limited

1262 Perth Children's Hospital

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

1290 Canteen Canopy Extension

Entrant: SEMF Pty Ltd (Architect / Engineer)
Location: Ringwood, Victoria.   Completed: 31 July 2016
Client: Aquinas College

Team: SEMF, SEMF, Walsh Industries (Steel), Horizon Sailmakers (Membrane & cables)

1434 Mary McKillop College Amphitheatre

Entrant: Shade And Membrane Structures Australia (Design / Project Management / Install)
Completed: May 8 2014
Client: James Trowse Constructions

Team: Opus Architecture, Osborn Lane, James Trowse Constructions, Shadecom

The Entries for the LSAA 2016 Design Awards in Category 2 (Medium Structures) are:

72 Ocean Supercenter

Entrant: GeoMetal Limited (Design & Engineering)

Location: Ocean Supercenter, Myanmar, Thailand.   Completed: January 2016

Client: Capital Properties

Team: Process Architect & Planner Co., Ltd., Fastech Company Limited

492 Shop With Me Mobile Pop Up

Entrant: Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)

Location: Chicago / New York / Dallas / Las Vegas / San Jose.   Completed: 2014

Client: with me. com

Team: Giorgio Borruso Design, Mendenhall Smith/Tensys, Fabritec Structures LLC Xtreme Manufacturing LLC

1293 Hornsby Aquatic Seating Covered Areas

Entrant: Shade And Membrane Structures Australia (Design / Project Management / Install)

Location: Hornsby, NSW.   Completed: April 30 2014

Client: ADCO Constructions / Hornsby City Council

Team: Peter Hunt Architects, Larry Shyu Global Membrane Design, ADCO Constructions, Shadecom / Fabric Solutions

1429 Little Edward Street Atrium Roof

Entrant: Shade And Membrane Structures Australia (Design / Project Management / Install)

Completed: December 5 2013

Client: Bennelong Funds Management

Team:  Global Membrane Design, SAMA, Shadecom / Fabric Solutions

2047 Laneways Canopy

Entrant: Fabric Structure Systems (Designer / Fabricator / Installer)

Location: Whangarei, New Zealand.   Completed: April 2016

Client: Whangarei District Council

Team: Wade Design Engineers Ltd, Fabric Structure Systems, Fabric Structure Systems, Culum Engineering (Steel)

2063 Elizabeth Quay

Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)

Location: The Esplanade.   Completed: August 20 2015

Client: Leightons

Team: ARM Architects, Maffeis Engineering, Fabritecture, Seele, Fabritecture

2114 Pacific Fair Porte Cochere

Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)

Location: Broadbeach, QLD.   Completed: Feb 29 2016

Client: Scentre Group (Westfield)

Team: Scentre Group (Westfield), Wade Design, Fabritecture, Textile Fabrication Services, Fabritecture

2245 Jim Stynes Bridge

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

2697 Catholic College Bendigo

Entrant: Structureflex (Designer / Engineer)

Location: Junortoun, Bendigo.   Completed: December 2015

Client: Catholic College Bendigo

Team: Y2 Architects, Steve Huppert, John Killmister (Cert. Eng), Shade Living Pty Ltd, Glarfab (membranes), Thornton Engineering (steel)

2698 St Joseph's College Netball Court

Entrant: Structureflex (Designer / Engineer)

Location: Echuca, Victoria.   Completed: January 2015

Client: St Joseph's Catholic College

Team: Y2 Architects, Steve Huppert, John Killmister (Cert. Eng), Shade Living Pty Ltd, Fabric Solutions (membrane), Thornton Engineering (steel)

The entries in the LSAA 2016 Design Awards Shadecloth category are:

1332 Sea World Polar Bear Enclosure

Entrant: Shade And Membrane Structures Australia (Design / Project Management / Install)

Location: Sea World.   Completed: December 1, 2013
Client: Village Roadshow Theme Parks

Team:  Osborn Lane / Global Membrane Design and Alliance Design Group, Astute, Shadecom

3225 Piara Waters

Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)
Location: Armadale, WA.   Completed: July 30 2014
Client: McCorkell Constructions

Team: Donovan Payne Architects, Greenup Design International, Fabritecture, Fabric Solutions Australia

The Entries in LSAA 2016 Design Awards in Category 4 (Large Structures) are:

74 Central Westgate Ceiling

Entrant: GeoMetal Limited (Design & Engineering)

Location: Nonthaburi, Thailand.   Completed: 24 August 2014
Client: Central Pattana Public Company Limited

Team: MAAR, Fastech Company Limited, Project Planing Public Company Limited, Power Line Engineering Public Company Limited

4047 Hagley Oval - Cricket Pavilion

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

4114 Pacific Fair Resort Roof

Entrant: Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)

Location: The Esplanade.   Completed:
Client: Scentre Group (Westfield)

Team:  Scentre Group (Westfield), Wade Design, Textile Fabrication Services, Fabritecture 

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4771 Queensland State Velodrome

Entrant: MakMax Australia (Engineer, Fabricator, Installer)

Location: Sleeman Sports Complex, Brisbane.   Completed: August 2016
Client: Watpac

Team: Cox Rayner Architects, Tensys, Arup, MakMax Australia

4773 Chevron Renaissance

Entrant: MakMax Australia (Engineer, Fabricator, Installer)

Location: Gold Coast, QLD. 

Team: MakMax Australia

The entry in the LSAA 2016 Design Awards Category 5 (Glazing and Vertical Facades) is:

50 Martin Place - Glass Roof

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

The Entries for Category 6 from Tensys, are:

407 Tower House Netting

Entrant: Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)

Location: Fitzroy, Victoria.   Completed: 2014
Client: Philip & Sophia Ross

Team: Áustin Maynard Architects, Maurice Farrugia & Assoc, Tensys – net design & details, Oxley Nets (net) McDonald Marine (ropes), Overend Constructions Pty Ltd

6425 I Dips Me Lid' (NGV Architectural Commission)

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

The Entries in Category 7 are:

416 Australian Catholic University Artwork & Fall Arrest Netting

Entrant:Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)

Location: Fitzroy, Victoria.   Completed: 2015
Client: Australian Catholic University

Team: Amy Watson (Artist), Tensys Engineers, Turner & Townsend Thinc (Proj Man.), Shape Australia, Ronstan

481 155 Queen Street Mall Façade

Entrant: Tensys Engineers Pty Ltd (Engineer)

Location: 155 Queen St Mall, Brisbane.   Completed: 2015
Client: ISPT Super Property

Team: studio 505 / JWA, Tensys Engineers, Tensys (Façade), UAP Company, Broad Construction

4772 Tarek Automated Retractable Umbrellas

Entrant: MakMax Australia (Engineer, Fabricator, Installer)

Location: Al Sadd Doho, Qatar.   Completed: February 2016
Client: Taiyo Middle East

Team: Peter Kamols, Robert McDonald, Mike Lester MakMax Australia, MakMax Australia

7245 Snow Globe Xmas Pavilion

Entrant: Aurecon (Engineer)

Location: IFC Shopping Mall, Hong Kong.   Completed: November 2014
Client: Elite Showcase Ltd, Hong Kong

Team: Elenberg Fraser, Aurecon, Eliye Showcase Ltd, Hong Kong

The Entry in Category 8 is:

8128 Jakarta ETFE Canopy

Entrant:Fabritecture (Designer and Installer)

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia.   Completed: June 2015
Client: Leightons Asia

Team: Denton Corker Marshall, Maffeis Engineering, Fabritecture, Seele Covertex

Here is a more complete article on Frei Otto's legacy and influence on our own association. We will ask if we have progressed significantly and importantly it will be a great opportunity to look forward to our future design challenges and structures.

It will be a two day event with an informal pre-conference dinner TBC.

The held over Design Awards will be a major feature of the Conference Dinner. 
Rules and categories for 2016 can be seen HERE. Entries closed August 12th 2016

Entry Fees $150 members, $200 non-members per project.

Download the Entry Forms for Projects (PDF File) (opens in a new window) or in MSWord Format ("downloads" - preferred for submitting). Note that following the Awards, the entries are converted into "articles" which can be found under the "Projects" page of our website under various categories. You can get an idea of the format of the entry informations from these articles.

In 2016 there is also a new type of Award for a Personal Lifetime Achievement Award - see separate article. Note that there is a new "International Category" that might interest non-LSAA members.