Sustainable Futures

The 2010 theme is Sustainable Futures.

How might we make “sustainable” buildings, environments and practices in 2020? In 2050?
What will appropriate, responsible architecture be?
Are there opportunities in this to rethink and revitalize architecture and the contribution it makes to the community?

Over the centuries unbuilt architectural projects have provided opportunities for speculation and experiment. They have been vital tools for projecting possible futures. Now we are asking Australian architects and built environment professionals to use unbuilt proposals as a means of imagining architecture in a “post-carbon” world, and in an environment that has undergone major climate change.

AA Roundtable 03, Sustainable Futures: New Modes of Practice also addressed this theme. The edited transcript of this was published in Architecture Australia July/August 2010, and may be a useful resource for entrants to the 2010 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work. Download a copy here (2M, PDF)

Download the introduction to the theme from Architecture Australia May/June 2010 here (105K, PDF).

Enter Now!

2010 entries are now open and will close on 8 October 2010.

2010 marks a change in process whereby most of the entry submission will take place online, with entrants only sending hard copies of 2 x A2 sheets and drawings.

The annual program is open to architects, graduates, students and other built environment professionals. A prize pool of $3000 is offered.

The AA Prize for Unbuilt Work is an Architecture Australia inititaive. The 2010 Prize is presented in partnership with ISIS.

Previous Winners

The 2009 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work was won by Michael White. Paul Morgan Architects received an Honourable Mention; and Cliff Chang, Room 11, Welsh + Major, Tribe Studio and PHOOEY all gained Special Mentions. See the January 2009 issue of Architecture Australia for full coverage of the winners.

Winners and all entries submitted over the last three years can be seen in the Gallery of Entries.