02. The 2020 Awards

Oh, What A Night!

The 2020 Design Matters National Building Design Awards held online on Thursday 15 October brought together 170 members of our community, Australia wide, (plus their partners and family members) to celebrate the best in building design and oh, what a night it was!

The Awards

The Awards started at 7PM, with a 30-minute video on Vimeo that kicked off with the presentation of a new, 15-second motion graphics treatment of the DMN podium logo

Watch it here: Vimeo

This was followed by a three-minute video which graphically represented a distilled, 25-year history of the Awards.

Then it was time for the main event: the announcement of the winners of the 2020 Awards. Television presenter Catriona Rowntree announced each category and their winner, starting with the winners of the Emerging Designers – Student Awards, followed by Materials Excellence, Non-residential, Residential, Special Awards and then the big one: Building Design of the Year. Congratulations, Sven Maxa!

Awards After Party

With the Awards announcements completed, at 7:45PM it was time for the Awards After Party on Zoom. Our CEO, Peta Anderson, gave a short speech, and then our President, Dominique Hunter, took the floor and interviewed some of the Awards winners.

At 8PM, guests were invited to ‘mingle’ among their colleagues in the Main Lobby or in one of the Breakout Rooms which were called: The Espy Front Bar; Young & Jackson’s; Garden State; Madame Brussels; and The Shady Lady. The After Party carried on until the wee hours and by all reports, the 916 wine and snacks went down a treat!

Social Media

Since the announcements of the winners, the Design Matters National social media platforms have run hot, with posts appearing across

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Our Private Member Facebook Group has also seen a flurry of activity, with shout-outs and messages of congratulations to the winners and entrants.

People’s Choice Awards

Speaking of socials, the 2020 People’s Choice Awards kicked off straight after the Awards, on the Design Matters National Facebook page, and the votes for all entrants (not just the winners) are already flooding in. Voting opened on Thursday, 15 October 7:30PM AEDT and will close on Monday, 2 November at 12PM AEDT.

To Vote, visit the post

Hit the Like button on your favourite/s. (Too many to choose just one? Don’t worry. You can vote more than once!) And remember to share the post among your friends and encourage them to vote before the 2/11/2020 deadline.

The Building Designer whose design attracts the most Likes (on the official Facebook post, not elsewhere) will win the 2020 People’s Choice Award. All entrants’ images will feature in the People’s Choice Awards, not just the winners.

AWARDED Magazine

Our annual showcase of Award winners and entrants, AWARDED, is on its way and will really do justice to the incredible talent on display in 2020. A digital version will be sent to all Members soon, followed by a copy of the printed magazine. To see images of the winners, head to the Design Matters National social media channels now, and next week, check out our website as we will be uploading all entrants’ images to our home-page carousel, as well as the Awards page on the website.

THE WINNERS

Award

Building Design of the Year James Hardie Award Past Presidents’ Award

Residential - New House Up to $500K Residential - New House Up to $500K-$1M Residential - New House Up to $1M-$3M Residential - New House Over $3M Residential - Alterations & Additions Up to $350K Residential - Alterations & Additions Up to $350K-$800K Residential - Alterations & Additions Over $800K Other Residential - Bathroom Other Residential - Interior Other Residential - Kitchen Multi Residential >$6M Multi Residential <$6M Multi Residential <$6M - Commendation Heritage Small Home Environmentally Sustainable Non-Residential - Commercial <$2M Non-Residential - Commercial >$2M

Non-Residential - Interior Design

Non-Residential - Small Works Project Non-Residential - Special Project

Excellence in Use of Concrete Excellence in Use of Glass Excellence in Use of Lightweight Materials Excellence in Use of Masonry Excellence in Use of Recycled Materials

Excellence in Use of Metal Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Excellence in Documentation Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Best Digital Presentation (Joint winner) Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Best Digital Presentation (Joint winner) Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Best Group Project Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Best Response to a Design Brief (Building Design) Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Best Response to a Design Brief (Interior Design)

Emerging Designers - Student Awards: Brian Morison Award

Project, Designer & Company/TAFE

Earth House, Sven Maxa, Maxa Design Prahran Townhouses, David Tennant, Sync Design Killester College Performing Arts & Music Learning Facility, Allan Cubbon, Crosier Scott Architects Somerville Residence, Mark Bennett, Joluca Design Owl Woods Passive House, Talina Edwards, Talina Edwards Architecture Earth House, Sven Maxa, Maxa Design Undulating Cubes, Luciano Bologna, 2BScene Design Bird St. Project, Ashley Beaumont, Beaumont Building Design The Snug, Shae Parker McCashen, Green Sheep Collective Oh Dear Oh Deer, Tony Vella, Rachcoff Vella Architecture Raw Reflection, Zol Nagy, Nagy Design Wyndham Beach House, Sky Tiong, Sky Architect Studio Wyndham Beach House, Sky Tiong, Sky Architect Studio 1 Nelson St. Ringwood, Janusz Kowal, C&K Architecture Prahran Townhouses, David Tennant, Sync Design Ivanhoe Hybrid, Peter Lombardozzi, Archsign HMAS L02, Tony Vella, Rachcoff Vella Architecture The Snug, Shae Parker McCashen, Green Sheep Collective Earth House, Sven Maxa, Maxa Design MultiFunction Garden Studio Space, Daniel Seyd, In Site Killester College Performing Arts & Music Learning Facility, Allan Cubbon, Crosier Scott Architects Do Shoes Come on Pallets? Yodgee Market Store, Marc Bernstein-Hussman, Melbourne Design Studios Concrete Collective, Tony Vella, Rachcoff Vella Architecture Do Shoes Come on Pallets? Yodgee Market Store, Marc Bernstein-Hussman, Melbourne Design Studios Neath House, Aydan Doherty, AD Design Develop Allan House Brunswick, Aydan Doherty, AD Design Develop Black Swell, Guy Holman, Holman Designs Boulevard House, Shae Parker McCashen, Green Sheep Collective Do Shoes Come on Pallets? Yodgee Market Store, Marc Bernstein-Hussman, Melbourne Design Studio The Blue Moon, Ryan Boyes, RB Building Design Holmesglen: Rocco Molluso Box Hill: Michael Boer Holmesglen: Carolina Osejo The Gordon: Zane Leist, Ramona Robinson, Brayden Tonkin Holmesglen: Wayne Tindal Holmesglen: Ivona Nagel

Holmesglen: Wayne Tindal

Location

Donvale Prahran Springvale

Somerville Trentham (Regional Victoria) Donvale Outer East of Melbourne Inverloch Coburg Richmond South east of Melbourne Werribee South Werribee South Ringwood Prahran Ivanhoe Williamstown Coburg Donvale Prahran Springvale

South Melbourne Market

Heidelberg West South Melbourne Market

Surrey Hills Brunswick Ocean Grove Ivanhoe East South Melbourne Market

Portarlington