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Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 program is a showcase of the nation’s most inspiring architects and innovators of the built world aged 30 and under. Of the 30 names recognised in 2023-24, seven are recent graduates from �����Ʊ’s Architecture and Interior Architecture programs, including Hugo Chan, Jacky Chen, Fiona Ho, Harry Kealy, Claire Oh, Isabelle Orr and Alvin Zhu. Learn more about all the winners .

The Design Institute of Australia awarded , a graduate of �����Ʊ Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours), as the winner of the prestigious Australian Graduate of the Year Award (GOTYA) 2024 Madeline Lester Prize. The Madeline Lester Prize honours the most outstanding graduate across all design disciplines in Australia. The jury citation noted:

“Maoxin Yuan, a graduate of the University of New South Wales, has certainly proven himself worthy of this prestigious accolade. Maoxin's entry demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of design principles with a keen eye for detail and a thoughtful approach to user experience. His diverse portfolio showcases not only strong conceptual thinking and creativity but also a commendable grasp of materials, technology, and sustainability.”

Maoxin’s award-winning project, SOOZE, is an innovative modular eye care device designed for individuals with Keratoconus. This progressive eye disease causes thinning and protrusion of the cornea, leading to severe vision impairment in approximately one in 84 young Australians.

Maoxin was also awarded many other prizes at the GOTYAs, along with several other �����Ʊ Industrial Design and Interior Architecture students.

This is the second year in a row a �����Ʊ graduate has received the Madeline Lester Award with Interior Architect Sandra Sun named winner in 2023.

Master of Architecture student, Mackenzie Peachey, was awarded a prestigious Renzo Piano Foundation internship, spending 6-months working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy. �����Ʊ Sydney is the only Australian university to be offered a Renzo Piano Foundation internship, which covers flights, accommodation, living expenses and salary. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect established the non-profit foundation to promote architecture through study and research.

Bachelor of City Planning students��Tim Atkinson, Tim Hutton and Jack Vella��were awarded second prize in the Student Competition for Policy to Create a Sustainable Safe City at the . Their presentation entitled��Utilising University Campuses & Promoting Sustainable Living��highlighted the work for education and research purposes.

Interior Architecture students��Rocaille Argos, Tia Yapp, Christine Pazpinis,��and��Lin Lin Win Tun��were awarded third prize for��, exploring art and sustainability. As part of the award, the students travelled to the Maison & Objet Design Fair in Paris in September.

Liam Lo Cascio��from Industrial Design took home the top honours at the Good Design Australia Awards, winning both the Best in Class and Gold Winner in the Next Gen category for his assistive kitchen sink, , designed to empower stroke survivors. His achievements make him the third consecutive Best in Class Next Gen win for students from �����Ʊ Industrial Design.

Marcus Kelly��from Industrial Design was also recognised as a Good Design Award Winner for his innovative fruit-picking bag, . This bag reduces fruit damage during harvest while protecting workers from injury.

Finally, Ethan Whitty Pike��from the Master of Architecture program was also awarded a Next Gen Award, for his .

Left: Staff and students from �����Ʊ Industrial Design at the Good Design Australia Awards. Right: Ethan Whitty Pike��from the �����Ʊ Master of Architecture program (images: Good Design Australia)

Two recent �����Ʊ City Planning graduates were winners at the 2024 NSW Planning Institute of Australia Awards. Aaron Petersen was named Young Planner of the Year, with the jury being impressed by “his role in promoting a career in planning to university and high school students and his willingness and passion to be role model for what young and emerging planners can aspire to.”

Karina Turvey also won the Tertiary Student Project Award for her thesis entitled ‘Night at the Library’, which advocates for the role that community libraries can play in deepening our night-time economies.

Master of Architecture graduate, Caleb Burke, was awarded the Brian Patrick Keirnan Prize for his final year studio project ‘Community Building: Building Community’. The jury citation noted:

By constructing a physical framework through which the stages and life of the building can evolve Caleb thoughtfully considers materiality, waste, and reuse. Scaffolding and screening become an opportunity for community interaction and display. This is the architect as an agent for social change, facilitating community interaction and codesign of space. This is our role in advocating a better future for the communities and the built environment.

Two �����Ʊ Bachelor of Industrial Design graduates were recognised at the

Jemery Marchant was awarded Australia’s first-ever overall Silver Medal, a Gold Medal for Sustainability and a Silver Medal for Food Packaging, for his Sushi Takeaway Packaging.

Ziqian Kevin Chen won a Silver Award in Health & Personal Care for his Railok: Child-Resistant & Accessible Vitamin Bottle.

Two recent �����Ʊ Landscape Architecture graduates were winners at the NSW Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture (AILA) Awards. 2017 Alumni and 2020 Alumni were jointly awarded the Future Leader ‘Graduate’ Award – an award that recognises “achievement in design, planning, communications and��research that is based upon the development of innovative, creative and practical��solutions to landscape architectural challenges.”

�����Ʊ graduates Mathew Nenadic and Abbey Davies awarded the 2024 AILA Future Leader ‘Graduate’ Award

Two �����Ʊ Master of Architecture students – Jenny Lin and Henrick Michael – had their projects shortlisted for the , which aims to promote debate and generate ideas about architecture by rewarding compelling work in its conceptual stages.

Henrick’s project ‘The Lay of the Land’ looks at the adaptive reuse of an existing building to establish a seed repository for the endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub in Sydney. Jenny Lin’s project entitled ‘Acts of Care’ looks at how architecture can enable intergenerational support and access to community networks.

Left: The Lay of the Land, by Henrick Michael. Right: Acts of Care, by Jenny Lin