2011 Awards - celebrating 20 years of unbuilt architecture in NZ

Celebrating 20 years as a sponsor of the same event with the Auckland Architecture Association, Cavalier Bremworth, has invested further by introducing a new category and boosting prize money by $6000 to a total of $16,000.  Online judging has also been introduced for the first time in the Open categories.

This year the Open category has been split into two - a general Open - conceptual section for New Zealand professional architects to enter, and an Open - work-in-progress section to encourage more entries from professional architects who have projects about to be realised.  

The new Open - work in progress section has the same $5000 prize money as the existing Open section, along with a Chris Metcalfe trophy, and an additional $1000 for the runner-up.  The student section offers a $3000 first prize and trophy with $1000 for the runner-up.

Another key change has been the introduction of pre-judging for the professional section - entries for this closed on Tuesday 25 October. Finalists will be asked to provide boards and models for final judging at the St Paul St Gallery in Auckland on Tuesday 15 November.

Students still need to register their interest online by 7 November and deliver their work for judging to St Paul St Gallery on the morning of Tuesday 15 November.

To further emphasise the purpose of the event, the name has changed from the AAA Cavalier Bremworth Design Awards' to the AAA Cavalier Bremworth Unbuilt Architecture Awards.  The awards ceremony will be held at St Paul St Gallery on the evening of Thursday 17 November. 

This event will be preceded by a lecture from guest international judge Kerry Hill of Kerry Hill Architects in Singapore.  Read more about the judges.