ghd Design award for best sustainable development
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finalists
73 Miller Street (NSW)
Owner: KREA Nominees Pty Ltd as trustee for PACT 73 Miller Trust (a client of UBS Asset Management)
Nominated by: ESR Investment Nominees 2 (Australia) Pty Ltd
73 Miller Street (NSW)
73 Miller Street leads by example. Originally constructed in 1990, 73 Miller St has transformed into a highly efficient and design focused building to rival and outperform new development. The built and natural environment is celebrated throughout the use of recycled concrete, green walls, natural light and unobstructed harbour views.
631 Springvale Rd
(VIC)
Owner: Salta Properties
Nominated by: Salta Properties & Cundall
631 Springvale Rd (VIC)
631 Springvale Road demonstrates net-zero ready commercial properties are viable for a suburban business park context. Through embedding health and wellbeing features in design and delivery and taking a precinct-thinking approach, Salta and its sustainability consultant, Cundall, also ensure tenants and the community benefit from long-term added value and amenity.
Exchange at Curtin University
(WA)
Owner: Curtin University
Nominated by: Curtin University
Exchange at Curtin University (WA)
Exchange is Curtin University’s first dedicated innovation precinct. It’s a vibrant mixed-use, medium-density and green urban heart designed to combine the qualities of great places around the world with industry and education. Exchange seeks to connect people by being a place to live, work, study or simply enjoy.
Heritage Lanes,
80 Ann
(QLD)
Owner: Mirvac
Nominated by: Mirvac and M&G
Heritage Lanes, 80 Ann (QLD)
Heritage Lanes strikes a unique balance between past and present, offering a modern, state-of-the-art workplace and lifestyle destination, while paying homage to its impressive heritage. With sustainable building and design principles, world-class amenities and a sub-tropical feel, Heritage Lanes sets a new standard for the future workplaces.
La Trobe University Student Accommodation, North and South Buildings (VIC)
Owner: La Trobe University
Nominated by: Stantec
La Trobe University Student Accommodation, North and South Buildings (VIC)
The new twin-building student accommodation is the largest mass timber building in Victoria. It embraces sustainability from its unique timber construction to its unconventional air tempering system, achieving its 5-Star Green as-built rating. These synergies work together forging a greener, more sustainable future for students and wider community.
Midtown Centre (QLD)
Owner: AM Brisbane CBD Investments Pty Ltd ATF AM Brisbane CBD Investments Unit Trust
Nominated by: AsheMorgan & DMC Projects
Midtown Centre (QLD)
Midtown Centre sets a new benchmark in commercial development across architecture, sustainability, innovative design, and construction through merging of two adjoining buildings nearing the end of their economic lives in the Brisbane CBD. An exemplar project of how to repurpose existing underutilised assets into an innovative, relevant and contemporary workplace.
Queen & Collins
(VIC)
Owner: The GPT Group
Nominated by: The GPT Group
Queens & Collins (VIC)
The collection of buildings collectively known as the Gothic Bank Complex at the corner of Queen Street and Collins Street in Melbourne’s Central Business District was re-imagined. The three 19th century Boom-Era Neo-Gothic architectural landmarks and the 1990s Post-Modern ANZ Tower have been transformed, in celebration of Melbourne’s remarkable neo-gothic heritage.
Roe Highway
Logistics Park
(WA)
Owner: Hesperia, Fiveeight, Charter Hall
Nominated by: Hesperia
Roe Highway Logistics Park (WA)
Schofield Gardens Bottlebrush (NSW)
Owner: ALAND
Nominated by: ALAND
Schofield Gardens Bottlebrush (NSW)
Bottlebrush, Schofields is a sustainably focussed project in Sydney’s thriving North west growth corridor. It has been built with a clear purpose of sustainability, building a clearer future, and through a partnership with Energy Trade, is one of the first residential developments with the largest installation of Tesla Powerwalls in Australia.