The following Entries were received: Use your Back button to return here.
Fifteen recently completed projects were recognized and given Citation of Merit, a High Commendation or an Award of Excellence.
LSAA Members and non-members may enter (different fees apply).
The Awards are open to companies or individuals who have acted as the main designer, fabricator or installer.
The "project" may be part of larger facility - e.g. an Atrium, Facade, Entrance, Roof.
However only one entry per project will be considered. Draft 2024 RULES and ENTRY FORMS can be downloaded.
CATEGORIES
The following 22 Entries were received for the LSAA 2024 Design Awards:
Entries Judged in the Small Structures Category
Matakana School Hall Citation of Merit - Fabric Structures NZ
North Melbourne Circles Award of Excellence - MakMax Australia
Wangun Amphitheatre Citation of Merit - MakMax Australia
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Entries Judged in the Medium Structures Category
Organic Tree Structure High Commendation - Pattons
Trinity Point Membrane Structure High Commendation - Pattons
Tumbalong Green Award of Excellence - MakMax Australia
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Entries Judged in the Large Structures Category
Yarrow Stadium West Stand High Commendation - Fabric Structures NZ
Whitten Oval High Commendation - MakMax Australia
Sydney Football Stadium Award of Excellence - MakMax Australia
Bank of Indonesia Award of Excellence - Fabritecture
Singapore Bird Paradise High Commendation - Tensys Engineers
Link at Langley Citation of Merit - MakMax Australia
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Entries Judged in the Special Applications Category
MPavilion 2022 Award of Excellence - Tensys Engineers
Metro Sports Facility Citation of Merit - Fabric Structures NZ
Narre Warren Metro Station High Commendation - Ronstan Tensile Architecture
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The LSAA was founded at the University of NSW back in 1981.
The recent Conferences have been hosted at a number of Universities in Melbourne (Monash and Swinburne) and UTS in Sydney.
Swinburne, The University of Melbourne and RMIT are creating the Inaugural Student Design Award at the 2024 event.
Draft Details of the Design Brief, Rules for Teams and the delivery product follow on here
You can download a PDF of the document HERE Note: Registrations have closed, expect to see results soon! (28Aug)
The 2024 Inaugural Student Award is being sponsored by Tensys and MakMax - thank you
CATEGORIES
The Lightweight Structures Association of Australasia (LSAA) Design Awards are for completed projects since the date of the previous Awards (May 2022) and will considered in the following categories (modified for the 2024 Awards):
- SMALL STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS
Domestic, Project area < 250m2 - MEDIUM STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS
Project area between 250m2 and 1,000m2 - LARGE STRUCTURES
Project area exceeds 1,000sqm. Examples Large Atriums, Stadia Roofs - GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
Large span glazing walls or roofs, other forms of lightweight facades (cablenets etc) to control interior environments. - 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. - INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Any lightweight structure may be submitted that satisfies the Entry Conditions. International Projects probably would be judged in one of the five Categories above.