The Lower Hunter Urban Design Awards were introduced through Newcastle City Council in 1975 to raise the bar for urban design in the city. Other councils joined in the 1990s to promote quality urban design throughout the greater area.

The award categories are:

  • Excellence in civic design
  • Small scale development 
  • Building heritage
  • Landscape design
  • Large scale development
  • Residential, single and multiple
  • Sustainable development
  • Peoples’ choice
  • Universal access 

Entries need to be within either the Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle or Port Stephens local government areas, completed in the last three years and visible from a public space.

Entries close Wednesday 18 July. Visit the website for more information and to register your entry.


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Interiors evening

Interiors evening

21 May 2013
Talk, Sydney
The Design Instiute of Australia Student Council present an intimate evening with industry professionals on Tuesday 21 May.
DIA WA Forum 2013

DIA WA Forum 2013

26 May 2013
Talk, Perth
The twenty-first DIA WA Chapter Design Forum will be held on Sunday 26 May at the University Club of Western Australia.