UDIA Victoria Seniors’ Living (and Lifestyle Communities) Award category sponsorship opportunity is available for this year. Please click here to enquire.

This award recognises projects that present high standards of overall design, create a sense of place and have regard for energy and water efficient operations and lifestyle themes for residents aged over 55, that is, residents who have retired or approaching retirement age.

Whilst the primary purpose of the project should be residential, the project may include integrated retirement lifestyle housing (independent living dwellings) as well as aged care facilities.

• The winner of this award may have the opportunity to represent Victoria in the UDIA National Awards.
• Organisation must maintain a financial UDIA Victoria membership throughout the nomination process, judging, and the Awards for Excellence Ceremony
• It is required that your project must be substantially developed by the time of judging or at least a component or stage of the project is substantially developed.
• If you have a residential component to your project, the judging panel will need to be given access to the interior of at least one dwelling.

Completion Criteria for UDIA Judging

To ensure fair assessment, entrants must provide sufficient evidence demonstrating substantial project completion.

Single-stage projects must have at least 40% completed and either sold or available for sale.

Multi-stage projects must have at least one full stage completed and sold or available for sale, with additional stages under development.

Projects in this category should be essentially complete.

• Each award category features its own mix of the criteria along with their explanations which can be found below.

Planning and Community Connections	30%
Built Form and Architecture	20%
Market Acceptance and Success	20%
Innovation	20%
Provision of Care	10%