The winners of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards have been announced, recognising excellence, ingenuity and innovation across the state’s design community with seven category winners and a student design award.
Taking out the top prize in the Architectural Design category was Woodleigh Futures Studio, a zero-waste building by McIldowie Partners, Joost Bakker and Woodleigh School, which is an independent school on the Mornington Peninsula.
The Northern Memorial Park Depot by Searle x Waldron Architecture, The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, Oculus, OPS Engineers, Buro North and Lucid was highly commended in this category.
The other finalists in the Architectural Design category included:
- Assemble, 15 Thompson Street, Kensington – Hayball, Assemble, Hacer Group, Oculus and Atelier Ten
- Auburn High School Senior Centre – Wowowa Architecture
- Canopi Valley Lake – Niddrie Quarry Housing – Bird de la Coeur Architects, CDA Design Group, RedC and MAB
- ECHO.1 – C Street Projects, Neil Architecture, Speckel, Detail Green, Ascot Consulting Engineers and Structplan
- Eva and Marc Besen Centre – Kerstin Thompson Architects and Tarrawarra Museum of Art
- Gargarro Botanic Garden – TCL, Gargarro Botanic Garden and Brandrick Architects
- Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence – Architectus and Bendigo Kangan Institute
- Melbourne Place – Kennedy Nolan Architects, Longriver, Tracy Atherton (hotel consultant) and ADCO Constructions (builder)
- Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence – ARM Architecture, Munarra Limited, Department of Premier and Cabinet, First Peoples State Relations, the University of Melbourne and the Victorian School Building Authority
- Pakenham Station – Genton, North Western Programme Alliance, John Holland, Metro Trains Melbourne, KBR and Level Crossing Removal Project
- Pascoe Vale Primary School Gymnasium and Performance Centre – Kosloff Architecture, GLAS Landscape Architects and Kent Morris (artist)
- Quiet Studio – Studiobird, Autex Acoustics and Universal Practice
- Templeton Primary School – Kosloff Architecture and GLAS Landscape Architects
- Terrain – Terrain
- Truganina Community Centre – Wyndham City Council (client), Jasmax (architect), CICG (contractor), Outlines (landscape architect), Lisa Waup (artist) and Lucid Consulting (ESD).
In the Design Strategy category, Plan for Victoria – a youth-led transport and planning design initiative by Y Lab and the Department of Transport and Planning – was named the winner.
Minister for Creative Industries Colin Brooks commented, “These awards showcase the creativity, ingenuity and technical expertise that make our state Australia’s design capital, and demonstrate how design can drive business growth and social change.”
The Victorian Premier’s Design Awards are managed by Good Design Australia on behalf of the Victorian government, with the full list of winners accessible online.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
