The 2024 Victorian School Design Awards are on again, with entries in the Best Kindergarten or Early Learning Centre category closing Friday 26 July 2024.
The annual awards recognise the outstanding architects making Victoria a world leader in school and kindergarten design.
Last year, Christopher Peck, from Melbourne-based architects AOA, took honours in the Best Kindergarten or Early Learning Centre category for their design of the new Pinewood Child and Family Hub, in Mount Waverley, southeast of Melbourne.
The rebuild was in partnership with Monash City Council and saw the creation of 36 extra kindergarten places for the local community.
The judges praised the hub’s design and its indoor/outdoor connections, as well as the strong sense of homeliness AOA created.
And with so many world-class education centres being built across Victoria in recent years, we know the awards will be hotly contested again this year.
So, if you’ve been involved in a project that you think reflects the very best of our ambitions, please let the architect know about these awards and encourage them to submit their designs.
Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony held in Melbourne later this year.
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible, projects must be:
- completed between June 2022 and June 2024
- a new or upgraded Victorian government school
- not-for-profit kindergartens or early learning centres built or upgraded with Victorian Government funding.
Find out more
For more information, refer to the 2024 Victorian School Design Awards.
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