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Submit your project to the Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards and showcase your use of LYSAGHT® steel building products. Compete in categories including Commercial & Industrial, Residential, Resilient Building Design, and Regional Design for a chance to win up to $5,000 in each category, and a grand prize of up to $15,000 in cash.
Three AI prompts. Five judging criteria. Thirty minutes. Download the free guide and use purpose-built prompts to sharpen your submission, so the project you've already designed lands the way it deserves to.
Gain unmatched exposure and recognition for your innovative use of LYSAGHT® products. Leverage Lysaght’s 150 years of industry leadership to elevate your professional profile. Winners enjoy extensive content amplification across Lysaght’s platforms—case studies, blog articles, videos, and social media collaborations enhance visibility and credibility within the architectural community.
Each category is designed to showcase specific areas of architectural innovation. Projects may be entered in multiple award categories.
Each category winner will be awarded $5,000, with the overall winner receiving an additional $10,000, for a total prize of $15,000.
New houses, multi-residential buildings, renovations.
Public, educational, and commercial spaces.
Public, educational, and commercial spaces.
Projects demonstrating resilience through design and innovation. For more on Resilient Building Design.
For students and recent graduates showcasing conceptual designs using LYSAGHT® steel building products.
You are invited to celebrate Australia's best architecture. Vote in our People's Choice award and choose your favourite project!
The 2026 Lysaght Inspirations Design Award will be presented to the category winner that best exemplifies outstanding design through the innovative use of LYSAGHT® steel building products. In addition to the $5,000 category prize, the overall winner will receive an additional $10,000, taking home a total of $15,000, plus unmatched exposure and recognition for their project featuring LYSAGHT® products.
The Student Category of the Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards allows current and recent (within two years) architecture and design students to participate without needing to submit a constructed building, unlike other categories.
The winning entrant judged to have best incorporated LYSAGHT® steel building products into a major conceptual design will receive a cash prize of $2,500.
All students need to do is review the Award Entry Brief and submit a project in response to the client brief.
Some of the best student design work never gets entered for awards. Often because no one encouraged their submission. You can change that.
Explore the successes of past winners who have used their achievements at the Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards to elevate their work. From extensive media exposure to enhanced industry credibility, discover how winning can transform your professional trajectory.
A landmark project in Victoria’s Goulburn Valley has been awarded the highest honours at this year’s Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards. The Munarra Centre of Regional Excellence in Shepparton, designed by ARM Architecture and delivered by TVN On-Country, was named both Overall Winner and Commercial & Industrial Design Winner for 2025.
Edmund Rice Centre by Baldasso Cortese Architects.
At Emmanuel College, Warrnambool, the Edmund Rice Centre delivers a vibrant learning hub clad in LYSAGHT® SPANDEK® walling with a KLIP-LOK® roof in COLORBOND® steel Manor Red®, combining durability with striking visual impact.
Myocum Magic by EcoSphere Design
Design A climate-responsive Byron Shire home, Myocum Magic blends indoor– outdoor living with sustainability, featuring LYSAGHT® ENSEAM® cladding in COLORBOND® steel Monument® for resilience and refined modern expression.
The Silos Accommodation by Cooee Architecture
Near Junee, NSW, The Silos Accommodation reimagines disused grain silos as a boutique farmstay, blending heritage and sustainability with detailing in LYSAGHT® MINI ORB®.
Walpiri Cultural Centre by Sienna Dichiera
In Yuendumu, Northern Territory, the Warlpiri Cultural Centre forms a dedicated hub with gathering and learning spaces, with a bold LYSAGHT® CUSTOM ORB® roof in COLORBOND® steel Manor Red®, CUSTOM ORB® wall cladding and a LYSAGHT® FIRMLOK® system designed for Central Australian conditions.
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