2009 Boral Design Award - LAST Call for Entries

Friday 30 October is the deadline for entries in Boral’s conceptual residential design award program for architects, building designers and architectural students.

Featuring a generous cash prize pool totalling $34,000, the 2009 Boral Design Award is an opportunity to design innovative concepts in realistic residential design, with a brief incorporating a 150sqm family home and its landscape.

Entrants are required to specify from a range of selected Boral products including clay bricks, concrete pavers, retaining walls, roof tiles and timber. The design must demonstrate a commitment to sustainable design principles.

First prize in the professional award category is $20,000 and second prize is $10,000. In the student category, first prize is $4,000.

This year, the jury of esteemed industry representatives includes Drew Heath of Drew Heath Architects in Sydney, Nick Drougas from Stocklands in Melbourne, James Russell of James Russell Architects in Brisbane, Glenn Simpkin from Boral and Jury Chair Andrew Mackenzie, editor-in-chief of Architectural Review magazine.

Boral Design Award entrants must submit a written component and digital imagery of up to five physical models or 3D renders of their concept. The entry pack, in addition to resources, can be downloaded at www.designaward.boral.com.au.