LSAA Design Awards are given at our Major Conferences which we aim to hold every two years.
For the forthcoming LSAA 2024 Design Awards, structures completed since May 2022 were considered.
Note: Entry fees reduced from 2022 and 1 "free" small/medium sized entry.
You can download a Draft of the RULES and ENTRY FORMS (MSWord doc or PDF) for 2024
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CATEGORIES (2024)
The LSAA Design Awards are for completed projects since the date of the previous Awards and will generally be considered in the following categories:
1 SMALL STRUCTURES
Domestic, Commercial but with Project area < 250m2 Shadecloth structures
2 MEDIUM STRUCTURES
Project area between 250m2 and 1,000m2 Shadecloth structures
3 LARGE STRUCTURES
Project or component area exceeds 1,000m2
Examples would include stadia roofs, shopping malls.
4 GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
Large span glazing walls or roofs, other forms of lightweight facades (cable nets etc.) to control interior environments.
5 SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
Includes applications of lightweight structures used in an interior environment, manufactured as a product, and can be either temporary, demountable, relocatable or permanent structures. (Interior structures, large awnings, shelter structures, are some examples). Applications using new technology and sustainability principles. Innovations in the teaching of collaborative design in the field of lightweight architectural structures. Some footbridges may be suitable.
6 INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Any lightweight or innovative structure may be submitted that satisfies the Entry Conditions. International Projects may be judged in one of the 5 Categories above. Entries in this category need not have “predominantly Australasian content”.
CATEGORIES
The Lightweight Structures Association of Australasia (LSAA) Design Awards are for completed projects since the date of the previous Awards (May 2022) and will considered in the following categories (modified for the 2024 Awards):
- SMALL STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS
Domestic, Project area < 250m2
- MEDIUM STRUCTURES and SHADECLOTH APPLICATIONS
Project area between 250m2 and 1,000m2
- LARGE STRUCTURES
Project area exceeds 1,000sqm. Examples Large Atriums, Stadia Roofs
- GLAZING AND VERTICAL FACADES
Large span glazing walls or roofs, other forms of lightweight facades (cablenets etc) to control interior environments.
- SPECIAL APPLICATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
Includes applications of lightweight structures used in an interior environment, manufactured as a product, and can be either temporary, demountable, relocatable or permanent structures. (Interior structures, large awnings, shelter structures, are some examples). Applications using new technology and sustainability principles. Innovations in the teaching of collaborative design.
- INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Any lightweight structure may be submitted that satisfies the Entry Conditions. International Projects probably would be judged in one of the five Categories above.
