THE 2019 SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS WINNERS

This is the magic 13th year of the Sustainability Awards - industry awards that have been up and running ever since some forward thinkers at Architecture & Design magazine way back in 2006 decided that starting up a ‘green award’ for the built environment would be a great idea.

In fact, in the 13 years since their inception, and after many entries later, the Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards have to date, outlasted not only many other awards, they have also lasted longer than Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Myspace, Nokia phones, Gangnam Style and moving forward, I dare say, they will outlast the presidency of Donald J. Trump!

In terms of the actual entries, this year it was all about function, form and fastidiousness – something these awards have become well known for, and so from an original pool of 198 entries, our judging panel whittled that down to a record-breaking 65 finalists – from which the 17 winners were chosen.

This year we did not produce any major controversies, however what we did is give a Highly Commended award to a solution that was not exactly from the built environment but was at the same time, an amazing piece of technology, an act which I’m sure will provoke a repsonse or two.

Having said that, the list of winners was not only highly-deserved; they were in many ways also highly-anticipated.

If you don’t believe me, then some of the judges’ comments should firmly convince you of the actual quality of all our 17 fantastic winners.