Awards and media coverage

The design by John Wardle Architects (Melbourne) and NADAAA (Boston) has received numerous awards in testament to its commitment to sustainability and green architecture.

2017

International Architecture Awards 2017
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies
International Architecture Award

2016

World Interiors News (WIN) Awards 2016
World Interior News
Award for Workspace Interiors, greater than 10,000 square metres

AIRAH Awards 2016
Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating
Award for Excellence in Sustainability: the work by Umow Lai on the School of Design at the University of Melbourne

2015

Interior Design Excellence Awards 2015
(inside) magazine
Overall Winner
Public Space Winner

Structural Awards 2015
The Institution Of Structural Engineers
The Award for Education or Healthcare Structures

Australian Timber Design Award 2015
Timber Design Awards
Overall Winner

AIA Victoria Awards 2015
Australian Institute of Architects
Best Interior
Best Educational Architecture

AZ Awards 2015
Azure Magazine
Best Commercial ⁄ Institutional Architecture Over 1,000 Square Metres

UNAA World Environment Day Awards 2015
United Nations Association of Australia
Hanson’s Green Building Award

Australian Interior Design Awards 2015
The Award for Public Design
Australian Interior Design Award for Public Design

AIANY Design Awards 2015
American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York
Honor Award for Architecture

Architecture PODIUM Awards 2015
Architecture PODIUM
First Prize - Institutional Built category

2014

Green Star Certification
The Green Building Council of Australia
6 Star Green Star Design - Education Design v1

Progressive Architecture Awards 2014
Architect, The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects
Citation in the 61st Annual Progressive Architecture Awards

Green Good Design Awards 2014
Good Design Awards
International Green Good Design Award

Online

• "Building the Future", The Voice, 8: 11 (November 12 - December 9 2012)
• "How Stainless Steel Mesh Provided a Dynamic New Look to the Melbourne School of Design", Architecture & Design, 27 July 2015
• Lakshmi Ranganathan, "Design for a better world", Deccan Herald, 29 May 2015
• Nick Lavars, "Inside the weird, wonderful and award-winning Melbourne School of Design", New Atlas, 22 May 2015
• Cameron Jewell, "University of Melbourne scores its first 6 Star building, with full innovation points", The Fifth Estate, 19 June 2014
• Ian Mutuli, "Melbourne design school by John Wardle Architects & NADAA depicts an ideal creative home for architecture students and lecturers alike", Archute, 13 May 2015
• "Industry partnership to grow next generation of architects", Voice, 10: 3 (10 March - 3 April 2014)
• Dr Stefan Popenici, "A look at built spaces that nurture learning and creativity: New Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building at the University of Melbourne", Pascal International Observatory, 27 April 2015
• "John Wardle Architects, Umow Lai and eTool LCD software achieve 6 green star outcome", Architecture & Design, 24 June 2014
• Laura Soderlind, "Inspiring spaces are learning places", Voice, 10: 8 (11 August - 7 September 2014)
• Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Eric Wills and Karlin Research, "The Architect 50: Best in Design", Architect, 8 September 2014
• Joe Rollo, "Architecture review: Melbourne School of Design" The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 September 2014
• Nathan Johnson, "John Wardle Architects collect international Green Good Design award", Architecture & Design, 22 September 2014
• Laura Harding, "Melbourne University’s new School of Design", The Saturday Paper, 36 (1-7 November 2014)
• Ian Volner, "Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, designed by John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration", Architect, 10 November 2014
• "A green living learning design school", Voice, 10: 12 (8 December - 11 January 2015)
• Linda Cheng, "Melbourne School of Design unveiled", ArchitectureAU, 11 December 2014
• William Cassell and Jonathan Russell, "Architecture and pedagogy: The Melbourne School of Design", ArchitectureAU, 5 January 2015
• "VCE and ATAR results day Victoria 2014", The Age, 15 December 2014
• Stuart Harrison, "Melbourne School of Design", The Design Files, 8 January 2015
• "Case Study: Melbourne School of Design Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning", Irwinconsult
• Antonia Maiolo, "Design school building “practises what we teach”, Campus Review, 18 February 2015
• Tim Fisher, "Inside Melbourne’s Newest Design Hub", Broadsheet, 24 March 2015
• Jenny Brown, "The future of teaching takes shape at the Melbourne School of Design", Domain, 16 April 2015
• Warwick Mihaly, "Melbourne School of Design", Panfilo, 7 April, 2015

Print

• "A Degree of Success", Blueprint, May-June 2015, 104-118 (PDF File 14.9 MB)
• "Overall Winner: John Wardle Architectes with NADAAA", (inside), 2015, 106-109 (PDF File 3.9 MB)
• "Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne", Architecture Australia, November-December 2015, 52-53 (PDF File )
• "The Teacher", Ecolibrium, September 2015, 24-32 (PDF File 554.4 KB)
• "Melbourne School of Design", Time Out Melbourne, July 2015, 8 (PDF File 485.4 KB)
• "Melbourne School of Design", Oculus Magazine, Summer 2015, 31
• Marg Hearn, "Inviting Curiosity", The Mark, April-May 2015, 136-141 (PDF File 4.1 MB)
• Alysia Bennett, "Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne", Under Construction, June - July 2014. 16-19 (PDF File 633 KB)
• Clay Lucas, "Beautiful spot for architects? Judge for yourself", The Saturday Age, 26 July 2014, 13
• John de Manincor, "Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne", The Architectural Review, 68-75
• Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, "Melbourne School of Design", Architecture Australia, January - February 2015, 23-32
• Nolan Giles, "Designs on the Future", Monocle, 79: December 2014 - January 2015, 263 - 277
• "Melbourne School of Design, Melbourne, Australia", The Plan, 80: 97-108