The 2014 Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media is now calling for applications from electronic, print, specialist, online and popular media. It is Australia’s most prestigious media award for journalists, editors and producers covering architecture and interior design.

The award aims to boost media coverage of architecture and design in Australia and encourage a quality debate about current architectural issues around the world.

The award recognises the role and contribution of people who: bring architecture to the attention of the general public, create awareness of architectural practices in Australia, generate quality public debate about architectural issues, and provide information for relevant professionals and specialists in the areas of architecture, interior design and environmental design.

Entries close Monday 31 March at 7pm. All submissions must have been broadcast or published in Victoria between 31 March 2013 and 30 March 2014.

Winners will be announced on 20 June at a presentation event held in Melbourne in collaboration with the 2014 Victorian Architecture Awards.

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