Four finalists have been revealed as contenders for the City of Melbourne’s 2025 City Design Award, as part of the council’s annual Melbourne Awards program. The City Design category recognises design excellence in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.
This year’s finalists include:
- Melbourne Place Hotel by Kennedy Nolan
- Naarm Ngarrgu Library and Family Services – Wurru Wurra Outdoor Terrace by Emergent Studios
- Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project by Clare Cousins Architects
- Wurundjeri Biik Baan by Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
Last year’s prize was won by the Koorie Heritage Trust Stage II, designed by Lyons, Greenaway Architects and Architecture Associates – a project that involved the expansion and rejuvenation of a First Nations arts and cultural centre in the Birrarung Building in Federation Square. It was praised by the jury for “honouring and amplifying Indigenous art and culture in a contemporary execution.”
The other Melbourne Awards categories are Arts and Events, Knowledge and Innovation, Community, Aboriginal Melbourne – Ganbu Guljin, Sustainability, LGBTIQA+, and Access and Inclusion. Finalists in these categories include Yarra Trams – Welcome to Wurundjeri Country by Little Rocket, a project across the length of Collins Street’s tram shelters that showcases the work of five First Nations artists; EnAccess Maps, an app founded by Sabrina Leung that helps map accessible venues; and OM Signage Film by Other Matter, an alternative to PVC vinyl intended for temporary use across exhibitions, retail and events developed from algae-derived polymers and made in Melbourne.
The winner of the 2025 City Design Award, along with the other category winners of the Melbourne Awards, will be announced at a ceremony on 15 November.
ArchitectureAu is the presenting partner of the Melbourne Awards 2025 – City Design Award.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
