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This award recognises a developer/architect for excellence in design (predominantly residential, ie. small lot housing, villas, town houses, terrace homes, row housing, apartment buildings) and must be submitted as designs only. 

Entries by Architects are permitted with the endorsement of the Developer, however both must be members of UDIA Victoria and the developer will be recognised as part of the winning entry.

Judging Criteria:

• Architecture
• Integration
• Innovation
• Typologies and Planning

Judging will include an assessment of your written submission worth 30% and a presentation by the judging panel worth 70%.

The key criteria should be considered when preparing your submission, and have been listed in order of importance. The decision of the independent judging panel is final and will not be subject to challenge by any entrant.

Projects eligible for this award must be submitted by a developer or an architect and:

• Be predominantly residential i.e. small lot housing, villas, town houses, terrace homes, row housing, apartment buildings
• Be at practical completion.
• The winner of this award may have the opportunity to represent Victoria in the UDIA National Awards.

Completion Criteria for UDIA Judging

To adequately judge an entry for the UDIA Awards Program, entrants must provide to the Judging Panel sufficient evidence of the completion of a significant part of the project.

For example, single stage projects must show 40% of the development completed and sold or available for sale. Multistage projects must have at least one full stage completed and sold or available for sale, and other stages under development.

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

Architecture	30%
Integration	30%
Innovation	20%
Typologies and Planning	20%