Nominations NOW OPEN
This is your chance to showcase your projects and professionals to a State and National audience.
Simply complete the Nomination here to be involved in the most prestigious awards program recognising innovation and excellence across the country.
Awards History
The Innovation and Excellence Awards is one of the most prestigious property awards programs in Australia, promoting excellence in design and innovation in the built environment since 1982.
Since 1982, the Property Council of Australia has been recognising excellence in the built environment through our awards programs.
Throughout this time the awards program has been proudly supported by RLB.
In 1991, the Property Council’s then state-based award programs were augmented by the launch of a national award, to recognise national excellence in the efficient use of capital in a new or refurbished development.
In 2006, the awards program was relaunched as the Innovation and Excellence Awards to more effectively promote and celebrate innovation and leading practice within the property development and investment industries.
This expanded on pre-existing awards to recognise excellence across 12 categories:
- Office Developments
- Shopping Centre Developments
- Emerging Assets
- Tourism and Leisure Developments
- Business or Industrial Parks
- Residential Developments
- Government Leadership
- Heritage & Adaptive Reuse
- Master Planned Communities
- Mixed Use Developments
- Public Buildings
- Sustainable Developments
- Diversity
An overall winner – the RLB Australian Development of the Year – is also awarded.
To reflect trends in the industry over the years, changes have been made;
2010 – the Retirement Living and Office Fit Out categories were introduced.
2011 – the Sustainable Development category was expanded into two categories including New Buildings and Existing Buildings, and the Emerging Assets category was discontinued.
2012 – the Award for Innovation was introduced.
2015 – the Award for Best Affordable Housing Development was introduced.
2016 – the Award for Diversity was established.
RLB Australian Development of the Year Winners
Since the inception of the national award program in 1991, this prestigious award has been won by some of the nation’s iconic buildings.
1991 Advance Bank Centre, ACT
1992 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
1993 Carindale Shopping Centre, Brisbane / 120 Collins Street, Melbourne
1994 Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, Gold Coast
1995 Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney
1996 Whitford City Shopping Centre, Perth
1997 St Patrick’s Estate, Manly
1998 Network 10 Headquarters, Sydney
1999 Admiralty Quays, Brisbane
2000 Riverside Corporate Park, North Ryde
2001 No.1 Martin Place, Sydney
2002 Aurora Place, Sydney
2003 120 Edward Street, Brisbane
2004 University Square, Melbourne University
2005 30 The Bond, Sydney
2006 Lyell McEwin Hospital Redevelopment, Adelaide
2007 Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney
2008 Riparian Plaza, Brisbane
2009 Rouse Hill Town Centre, NSW
2010 One Shelley Street, Sydney
2011 ANZ Centre, Melbourne
2012 Fairfax Media House, Melbourne
2013 Darling Quarter and Commonwealth Bank Place, Sydney
2014 Brookfield Place, Perth
2015 8 Chifley, Sydney
2016 50 Martin Place, Sydney
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