Winners of this year’s Australian Good Design Awards have been announced, recognising innovation across architecture, installation, products, services, fashion and more. Organised by Good Design Australia, the program focuses on projects and products producing positive impact on people and the planet. This year, two Woods Bagot projects have been recognised across three awards.
The Younghusband Woolstore Redevelopment is one of Australia’s most ambitious adaptive reuse projects, setting new benchmarks in sustainable development and decarbonisation. Using a “light touch” methodology, Woods Bagot has converted over 17,000 square metres of underutilised industrial landscape into a vibrant, mixed-use community precinct.
Woods Bagot Director Peter Miglis says that, for the architects, the project was an exercise in restraint. “It was about touching lightly: reusing where possible, and adding only what was only necessary,” says Miglis. “In doing so, we’ve celebrated the site’s rich history while radically reducing the building’s carbon footprint.” Younghusband celebrates diversity of tenants – from retail, fashion, wellness, F&B, startups, arts and culture and temporal events – creating a self-sustaining urban ecosystem, with transport connections to greater Melbourne. Breathing new life into a heritage asset using the most progressive sustainable construction methods, this project preserves the past while paving the way for the future.
Central Station has been awarded the ‘Good Design Award – Gold & Best in Class Winner’ to celebrate Customer Centred Design (CCD).
As part of the Central Station redevelopment, Büro North led a four-year, user-centred research program involving hundreds of participants with mobility, vision, cognitive, and neurodiverse needs. Using innovative methods such as virtual reality task analysis, interviews, full-scale mock-ups, and co-design workshops, real users were placed at the heart of the design process.
Woods Bagot Principal and Global Sector Leader – Rail John Prentice says, “at the heart of Central Station’s transformation is the user experience. Büro North’s contribution to the wayfinding and CCD has informed the design, to provide better legibility and intuitive pedestrian movement and an enhanced customer experience throughout the station.”
The result is a transformative framework that enhances accessibility, clarity, and confidence for more than 250,000 daily passengers. By embedding customer-centred design from the outset, the project reduced operational strain, improved safety and efficiency, and set a new benchmark for inclusive infrastructure.
The Australian Good Design Awards set the benchmark for excellence in design and innovation, celebrating the most groundbreaking projects from around the world. View the full winner index.
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