South Australia 2020 Awards Winners Announced
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On Friday 27th November, PIA SA held the virtual 2020 PIA SA Awards for Planning Excellence. We would like to congratulate all the nominees for 2020 and thank everyone that joined in the festivities on the night. Congratulations to all of the Award winners and commendations on your achievements and we look forward to seeing the winners of National Categories move on to be a part of the National Awards in 2021.
Please join us in congratulating the Award and Commendation recipients for 2020:
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Young Planner of the Year
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| Taylah Slattery PIA (Assoc.) GHD |
Cutting Edge Research and Teaching
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| Children's everyday mobilities and low carbon living Hulya Gilbert (PhD Research Project) |
Improving Planning Processes and Practices
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| Suburban Residential Character Assessment City of Prospect, WAX Design and Grieve Gillett Andersen |
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COMMENDATION
Supporting South Australian Councils with the introduction and implementation of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act and the Planning and Design Code
Local Government Association of South Australia and Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
Public Engagement and Community Planning
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| Church and John Street Improvement Plan Engagement Program GHD Pty Ltd |
Best Planning Ideas – Small Project
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| Port Lincoln Precincts Master Plan including the implementation of the ‘Tuna Poler Statue’ City of Port Lincoln, Jensen PLUS, Brecknock Consulting, Infraplan and Ken Martin |
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COMMENDATION
Mount Barker Co-ordinated Developer Signage
Mount Barker District Council
Hard Won Victory
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| Transformation and Uplift of Churchill Road Precinct City of Prospect |
Great Place
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| U City Jensen PLUS & Uniting Communities |
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COMMENDATION
Salisbury Community Hub
City of Salisbury
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COMMENDATION
Payinthi
City of Prospect and JPE Design Studio
Outstanding Student Project - Tertiary
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| Developing Water Sensitive Cities: Community Perceptions of WSUD rain gardens in Richmond, Adelaide Kelsey Fetherstonhaugh PIA (Assoc.) |
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COMMENDATION
Oakden Conceptual Master Plan
Dhawala Ananda, Gabriella Coote, Kirsten Falt and Gurinder Khera
PIA SA President’s Award
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| Our Housing Future 2020-2030 SA Housing Authority |
Planning Minister’s Award
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| Port Lincoln Precincts Master Plan City of Port Lincoln, Jensen PLUS, Brecknock Consulting, Infraplan and Ken Martin |
Planning Institute Australia - Fellow Elevation
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| Congratulations to Darren Starr RPIA (Fellow) who was elevated to Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia. |
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If you missed out on watching the Awards stream, or if you would like to watch the presentation again, use the link below (left) to access it via YouTube. If you would like to read about this year's Award winners and Commendations, you can read them in the 2020 SA Awards for Planning Excellence Commemorative Booklet linked below to the right.
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| PIA SA Awards Presentation |
Awards Commemorative Publication Click to view |
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Thank you to our generous sponsors for 2020
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