The Urban Development Institute of Australia’s (UDIA) Awards for Excellence are a celebration and promotion of the knowledge, skills and innovation of the Australian urban development industry.
Initiated in 1996 the Awards showcase the urban development industry’s world class developments and invite the public to learn more about the exceptional projects happening across the nation. The program is rigorous, taking eight months from launch through to the completion of judging. The judges visit every site in person, as well as review accompanying written submissions.
Our judges are experienced industry leaders who bring tremendous credibility to our awards program. Their depth of experience and knowledge ensures the process is both independent and robust. Each year our national judging panel determines the best of the best State Award Category Winners.
A UDIA Award is a true sign of excellence, quality and industry best practice.
The awards provide an opportunity to recognise and acknowledge the contributions to the industry by all industry professionals including architects, engineers, environmental professionals and consultants.
Previous Winners
Awards Process
Each year, UDIA’s State Divisions undertake an extensive process to judge and recognise excellence and innovation across the diverse development industry of their state at their Awards for Excellence.
The awards showcase and acknowledge outstanding projects across the variety of disciplines of the development industry including masterplanned communities and residential subdivisions, seniors’ living, affordable developments and social and community projects, built form residential, urban renewal, sustainability, as well as marketing and design.
Accompanying our project awards are our people awards which recognise leadership and diversity across the industry, conferring Young Leader, Women in Leadership and Diversity in Development Awards at both the State and National level.
Entry to the UDIA National Awards for Excellence is only offered to the winning entrants and projects of a selected 16 categories at the state Awards for Excellence. The entrants are independently judged by a panel of industry experts from across the country, before the winners are announced at the UDIA National Awards for Excellence.
Awards Categories
The Categories for the UDIA National Awards for Excellence are:
- Young Leaders
- Women in Leadership
- Diversity in Development
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Affordable Housing
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Residential Subdivision
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Masterplanned Communities
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Sustainability
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Seniors’ Living
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Urban Renewal
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Medium Density Development
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Marketing
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Design
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Boutique Development
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Apartments (Mid Rise)
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Apartments (High Rise)
- UDIA National Award for Excellence – Project of the Year