About the Minister's Award for Urban Design
The Minister's Award for Urban Design recognises contemporary Queensland urban design projects of the highest quality. It encourages cities, towns and communities across Queensland to strive for best practice in all projects. The award highlights:
- the critical role of good urban design in shaping Queensland
- how collaborative relationships can lead to the successful development of the built environment.
Nominations for the 2024 Minister’s Award for Urban Design are open to any urban design professional who entered the 2024 Australian Urban Design Awards for projects located in Queensland or any recipients of a State Award Queensland from the Planning Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects or the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
Please contact the Office of the Queensland Government Architect at qld.gov.architect@epw.qld.gov.au for further information.
Malcolm Middleton Award for Liveable Design
Nominations for the Malcolm Middleton Award for Liveable Design are open to contemporary Queensland residential projects where accessibility and liveability are the centre piece of the highest quality and design excellence unpins all aspects of the development.
Movement and Place Award
Nominations for the Movement and Place Award are open to any recently constructed projects that demonstrate the successful integration of transport and movement objectives with a high-quality place. View the award Terms and Conditions here.
Find out more about the Movement and Place Award, including how to enter and terms and conditions.
Entry
Entry is open to any urban design professional who entered the 2024 Australian Urban Design Awards for projects located in Queensland or is a recipient of a State Award in Queensland from the Planning Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Architects or the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. Projects identified through Queensland industry-based awards programs or as identified by the Office of the Queensland Government Architect (OQGA) may also be considered for entry on a case-by-case basis. No site visits are planned as part of the judging process.
Applicants will be judged on their entry submission for an eligible project by a jury chaired by the Queensland Government Architect.
Entries should be received by Monday 13 May 2024 and submitted via qld.gov.architect@epw.qld.gov.au
Entry fee
There is no fee.
Jury
The jury includes experienced representatives from the private sector, local and state governments. The jury is as follows:
- Leah Lang (Chair) – Queensland Government Architect
- Liza Neil - Principal Architect, Moreton Bay Council
- Nicole Bennetts - State Manager (Qld and Northern Territory), Planning Institute of Australia
- Shy Tay - Urban Design Market Leader, Arup
- Deb Robbins – Studio Principal (Qld), T.C.L
- Jess Clair – Queensland Executive Director, Property Council of Australia
Judging criteria
An applicant’s submission/s will be considered against the principles in QDesign, namely:
- Be climate responsive
- Inspired by local character, form and culture
- Work with and enhance natural systems, landscape character and biodiversity
- Create well defined, legible and connected streets and spaces
- Create great places for people to live
- Deliver diverse development forms and density
- Embed opportunities for adaptation and change
- Lead by example
- Engage effectively
Awards
The following is a list of possible awards to be determined and assessed by the Jury as part of the judging process;
- Minister’s Award for Urban Design, or
- Commendation/s
Announcement
The award(s) will be announced by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Public Works the Honourable Meaghan Scanlon MP at an event on Monday 15 July 2024. The event, organised by the Office of the Queensland Government Architect (OQGA), brings together leading architects, landscape architects and planners from across Queensland, promoting the built environment's pivotal role in the culture, sustainability and economy of the region.
Terms and conditions
Publicity and copyright
By entering, the applicant declares they are authorised to submit their entry submission for the eligible project and have obtained appropriate releases and authorities in writing from the eligible project clients, collaborating organisations, copyright holders for entry submission materials, licensees, photographers and, where applicable, the principal/director of the applicant’s employer, including for any resultant publicity.
The OQGA does not make any claims on copyright or intellectual property of the designs entered other than the rights outlined in the following paragraph. By entering, the applicant agrees to absolve the OQGA from any liability relating to confidentiality or intellectual property issues that may be raised by any party.
The OQGA reserves the right to exhibit or publish any or all the entries. By entering the awards, the applicant gives permission to the OQGA to publish, exhibit and promote the content of the entry submission, including by supporters of the awards, where their use of submission content is specifically related to their promotion of their involvement in the awards. Specific information about eligible project budgets is not released for publication.
In all promotion, the OQGA will endeavour to promote the name of the firm/s that have authored the eligible project, and where the OQGA is made aware of their names, to the extent that the OQGA can exert editorial control, and where space permits, other contributors, such as photographers, will be acknowledged.
All applicants must be prepared to submit further material for exhibition and publication if required, such as additional photography, drawings and other information. The applicant acknowledges that the OQGA has the right to reproduce materials in whole or part without payment of release or licensing fees to the holder of publication rights or copyright.
General conditions
An entry shall be excluded from consideration of an award if it does not fulfil these entry conditions.
Entries received in previous years will not be eligible for future awards.
The OQGA is committed to providing a quality awards program to the design industry and makes every attempt to ensure accuracy, currency and reliability of the information included in this document and elsewhere.
However, changes in content and process may become necessary at the absolute discretion of the OQGA. The OQGA accepts no liability for any use of the said content or reliance placed upon it.
Privacy, disclosure and consent to use personal information
By entering the awards, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that their personal information is being collected by the OQGA for the purposes of judging, conducting, and administering the awards.
If an applicant wins an award, the applicant consents to the OQGA disclosing their personal information in promotional material, including photographs taken at the awards event on the department’s website and social media, relating to the awards.
The collection, use and disclosure of personal information will be handled in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009.