2023 LEAD Award Winners Announced!
18 May 2023
The 2023 Learning Environments Australasia Design (LEAD) Awards closed on 23 February, with the 18 judges reviewing and assessing the 95 projects.
2023 LEAD Award Winners & Commendations
Judges were selected from the 27 nominations received. These nominations were all from excellent potential judges; and selection was based on a range of factors including: location, gender, experience (at least one “new” judge is allocated to each panel, whilst the Panel Chair has previous LEA Awards judging experience) and the individual’s professional experience. Six panels, with three judges each, were allocated to judge the entries, including the overall judging panel which selects the overall winner of the awards.
Thank you to the following people for volunteering their time and expertise in judging the awards this year:
John Augeri (Japan) | Deb Aukland (South Australia) | Sam Aukland (South Australia) Michael Bailey (Queensland, Australia) | Eamon Broderick (Western Australia) | Madison Ducat (Queensland, Australia) | Andrew Duffin (NSW, Australia) | Kellee Frith (Victoria, Australia) | Emily Gilfillan (Victoria, Australia) | Karen Jebb (Victoria, Australia) | Mark Khoury (NSW, Australia) | Vicki Leo (Victoria, Australia) | Cassandra Naccarella (NSW, Australia) | Emma Parkinson (Victoria, Australia) | Chris Scoble (Victoria, Australia) | Elliet Spring (Victoria, Australia) | Lucia Uribe Perez (Victoria, Australia) | Elly Wallace (Victoria, Australia)
The winners and commendations were announced on Thursday 18 May 2023 during a dinner presentation at the 2023 LEA Conference - re:Activate, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
All entries have been previewed on our Social Media these past few months. During the conference, posters of the awards entries have been exhibited in the foyer. Conference attendees have had the opportunity toe come by to have a look and say hello. All entries can also be viewed on the 2023 LEAD Awards Gallery.
