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

LSAA Members and non-members may enter (different fees apply).

The 2024 Awards are for completed structures since May 2022 and 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. Closing Date is August 14 2024

For the 2024 Conference and Design Awards, we have been working closely with Swinburne, the University of Melbourne and RMIT to create the Inaugral Student Design Award at the 2024 event.

Draft Details of the Design Brief, Rules for Teams and the delivery product follow on here (April 30 2024)
You can download a PDF of the document HERE

Further details of these Awards can be found on the Conference Page under "LSAA 2024 --> Awards"

You can download a Draft of the RULES and ENTRY FORMS (MSWord doc or PDF) for 2024

There are sub-menu items for the past LSAA Awards - 1996  1998  2000  2002 2007 2009 2011 2013 2016  2018  and 2022

After Judging the results of the Awards will be found on the current page.

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

The Inaugural Student Award is being sponsored by Tensys and MakMax - thank you

Student Competition Design Brief Connecting to tomorrow

This new award is open to small teams of students currently enrolled in a tertiary institution to develop and present a conceptual design that embodies the principles of lightweight structure and emphasises sustainability and the need to address social and climate change issues. This year's event raises awareness of the human-environment-future relationship.

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):

  1. SMALL STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS            
    Domestic, Project area < 250m2
  2. MEDIUM STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS
    Project area between 250m2 and 1,000m2
  3. LARGE STRUCTURES      
    Project area exceeds 1,000sqm. Examples Large Atriums, Stadia Roofs
  4. GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
    Large span glazing walls or roofs, other forms of lightweight facades (cablenets etc) to control interior environments.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.