Entry requirements

The 2019 BlueScope Glenn Murcutt Student Prize is open to:

• Students who have completed an Australian Institute of Architects /SONA recognised Australian architecture course in 2017/18;
• Undergraduate or Masters students enrolled in an Australian Institute of Architects /SONA recognised Australian architecture course during 2017/2018.

Only one entry per person may be submitted. Group entries are not permitted.

Australian Institute of Architects/SONA members who are put forward by their University for consideration by the national jury will be unable to participate in the electronic voting process open to Institute/SONA members.

HOW TO ENTER

STEP 1: University Jury Process

Each Institute recognised architecture school will identify relevant design studio programs and advise students that work within these programs will be assessed for possible entry into the prize.

Each school, dependent on enrolled student numbers, will select one or two nominees to be considered by the National Jury based on the studio work within the preceding year. Nominee numbers from each university will be determined as follows:

1. Schools with fewer than 500 students enrolled may select one nominee from their total entries.
2. Schools with 500 or more students enrolled may select up to two nominees from their total entries.

Selection procedures and jury members can be at the discretion of each architecture school, but entries must be judged on the selection criteria.

STEP 2: Submission 

Each school will submit their nominee’s work via the online entry form.

STEP 3: National Jury

A national jury will select eight finalists and the final prize winner from the nominees. This jury will consist of:

• Glenn Murcutt
• The Australian Institute of Architects National President, Clare Cousins or her nominee
• The SONA National President, Troy Borg or his nominee

Entry Criteria

The criteria used by both the University and National juries shall include, but are not limited to the following:

• Degree of complexity of the program.
• Sensitivity and communication of response to place and environment.
• Practicality of approach to technology and feasibility of construction demonstrating an appreciation of buildability, structure and services requirements.
• Sensitivity of response and relevance to Australian culture.

The National Jury will provide comment upon each winning or short listed entry giving the reasons for its decision. The written report of the national jury will be published with the announcement of the prize winner. The decision of the jury is final.

 

Entries need to be submitted online  before midnight AEDT on Friday 12 October 2018.

• Complete online entry form
• A nomination letter from your University, in the form of a University letterhead with a signature of the nominating lecturor/tutor
• Year & level of course in which the project was completed (eg 2017/Yr 3)
• Lecturer/Tutor’s name
• A written statement (max 450 words) describing how the project demonstrates excellence in response to place,  in response to technology and in response to Australian culture
• Up to 12 pages outlining your project, 300 dpi resolution, as one continuous print-ready A3 PDF. This document will be printed for the jury, and must be transferred to prizes@architecture.com.au via a file sharing platform such as; wetransfer.com, dropbox.com or hightail.com (this must include up to 12 scanned or digital images of the project).