The IDEA 2021 Institutional, Public Space and Event shortlists are in!

All shortlisted projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the IDEA website where you can find more images and information about each project.

We’ll be announcing all the shortlisted categories this week and next.

Yesterday we shared the shortlisted projects in our biggest and most highly anticipated category – Residential Single.

Tomorrow, we’ll share the Object – Furniture and Lighting categories, followed by the Sustainability, Workplace and Retail categories on Thursday.

Shortlisted projects were selected by our editorial team. A further round of judging by our judges David Flack, Jean-Paul Ghougassian, Meryl Hare, Domino Risch, Chelsea Hing, Ryan Genesin and Brahman Perera will determine the category winners, which will be announced in late November.

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Below is the full Institutional shortlist:

• Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, STH with GHDWoodhead
• Cheltenham Early Education Centre, Cheltenham, Alexandra Kidd Design
• Cobaw Community Health, Macedon Ranges Shire, NTC Architects
• Edensor Gardens, Sydney, Turner Studio with Integrated Design Group Architects
• Estia Blakehurst Aged Care Home, Sydney, Meli Studio Australia
• Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at Melbourne Connect, Melbourne, Hassell

• FY Smile, Sydney, Esoteriko with stylist Jade Sims
• Greenway Views Senior Living, Canberra, Gray Puksand
• Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston, Hassell
• Judith Nelson Institute for Journalism, Chippendale, Tzannes
• La Trobe University North and South Apartments, Bundoora, Jackson Clements Burrows
• Opal Healthcare Meadowbank Grove Care Community, Meadowbank, Meli Studio Australia
• Research Primary School, Melbourne, Kennedy Nolan
• TAFE NSW Eora Recording Studio, Sydney, Supercontext
• Thompson Health Care, Dural, TSD Studio
• Wilderness School Learning Commons, Adelaide, COX Architecture

See the full Institutional shortlist.

Below is the full Public Space shortlist:

• 80 Collins, Melbourne, Fiona Lynch
• ACMI Renewal, Melbourne, BKK Architects with Razorfish
• Arts Project Australia, Northcote, Sibling Architecture
• Broadway Shopping Centre Children’s Playground, Broadway, Three Fishes Interior Design with Brand Oasis
• Brunswick Yard Display Suite, Melbourne, Carr
• Carrum Station, Carrum, COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates
• Central Park Lobby Upgrade, Perth, Woods Bagot with stylist Anna Flanders

• Ella South, Melbourne, Craig Tan Architects
• Her Majesty’s Theatre Redevelopment, Adelaide, COX Architecture
• Ipswich City Council, Ipswich, Buchan
• Mercedes Benz Lifestyle, Brisbane, Jackson Clements Burrows
• Music Market, Collingwood, Sibling Architecture
• The Nicholson Galleries Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney, Studioplusthree
• The Spring Bay Mill – Banksia Room, Triabunna, Bury Kirkland Ferri with Gilby + Brewin Architecture
• Victoria Point Foyer, Potts Point, Atoma Architecture and Design

See the full Public Space shortlist.

Below is the full Event shortlist:

• Blak Box, Australia-wide, BVN
• NGV Triennial 2020 Outdoor Pavilions, Melbourne, Boardgrove Architects
• Site and Sound: Sonic Art as Ecological Practice, Melbourne, Sial Sound Studios
• The Bleeding Tree, Hobart, Liminal Spaces with Archipelago Productions

See the full Event shortlist.