Building Mixity! is shortlisted for the Australian Urban Design Awards 2019

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From a pool of ninety-one entries, fifty-two projects have been shortlisted in the 2019 Australian Urban Design Awards, the nation’s premier awards for excellence and innovation in urban design. The awards recognize contemporary Australian urban design of the highest quality and aim to encourage cities, towns and communities across the country to strive for best practice.

The Australian Urban Design Awards program was established as the Australia Award for Urban Design in 1996 and was created by then-prime minister Paul Keating’s Urban Design Task Force. The awards patrons are former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission Lucy Turnbull. Past patrons include former prime ministers Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd.

“As Australia’s preeminent accolade for outstanding urban design these awards affirm the importance of the built environment professions in creating places and spaces that enrich the lives of the communities they serve,” said Malcolm Snow, 2019 Australian Urban Design Awards jury chair.

The awards will be announced in Melbourne on Wednesday 30 October and will be preceded by a keynote address by Marijn Schenk, one of the founders of Netherlands-based practice Next Architects.