The shortlist has been revealed for the 2025 ArchitectureAu Award for Social Affect. Now in its third iteration, the award is gaining momentum in its intention to create a list of exemplar initiatives that display “good design, doing good.”
This 12 months’s shortlist of 26 initiatives covers a variety of scales and areas throughout the nation and the globe, together with a sanitation block in rural Nepal and an historic factory-turned-community hub in Sydney.
Jury chair Katelin Butler commented that this 12 months’s shortlist continues to broaden the jury’s perspective on the definition of social impression, “demonstrating the range of ways in which social and public worth may be decided.”
Becoming a member of Butler on the jury are: Helen Barrie of the College of South Australia, Amelia Borg of Sibling Structure, architect and researcher Shaneen Fantin, and Philip Thalis of Hill Thalis Structure and City Tasks. Rory Hyde of the Melbourne College of Design is jury convenor.
Awarded and counseled initiatives will likely be revealed on 3 July.
The shortlisted initiatives are:
Bendigo Regulation Forecourt – Side Studios
Bhattedanda Village Stupa Sanitation and Caretaker Challenge – Paul Pholeros Basis in collaboration with Jasper Ludewig, Harry Catterns, David Donald and Shane Marshall
Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library – Buchan
Boot Manufacturing unit and Mill Hill Centre Precinct – Archer Workplace with Matt Devine and Co and Side Studios
Breathe – Mili Mili
First Steps Depend Youngster and Group Centre – Austin McFarland Architects
Footprints on Gadigal Nura – Mili Mili
George Road Transformation – Metropolis of Sydney
Glenthorne Nationwide Park – Ityamaiitpinna Yarta Nature Playground – TCL
Habilis – Collins and Turner
Karungkarni Arts Centre – Bower Studio
Minjerribah Ganaba – Reddog Architects
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence – ARM Structure
Murran – First Nations Enterprise, Retail and Arts Hub – Daybreak Structure
Northern Memorial Park Depot – Searle Waldron Structure
Nungalinya – Incidental Structure
Parramatta Bike Hub – Scale Structure
Perth Airport Terminal 1 Sensory Room – Plus Structure
Ruah Centre for Girls and Kids – Architectus
SDA Altona – SDA by Challenge Friday
St Peters Road – Landskap with Metropolis of Norwood Payneham and St Peters
Truganina Group Centre – Jasmax (Canvas Tasks)
Wilcannia Well being and Wellbeing Centre – Troppo Architects
Windale Hub, bilyabayi – Adriano Pupilli Architects
Girls and Kids Hub for Elizabeth Morgan Home Aboriginal Girls’s Providers – Breathe Structure
Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio – McIldowie Companions and Joost Bakker
The ArchitectureAu Award for Social Affect is organised by Structure Media, and supported by presenting companion Melbourne College of Design and supporting companions Latitude Group and Pepto Lab.
