Holdmark Innovation Award
The annual Holdmark Innovation Award recognises excellence and innovation in the built environment.
APPLICATIONS OPEN JUNE 2025
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Supported by Holdmark, the Award is presented by Powerhouse during Sydney Design Week. The winner receives a $10,000 cash prize.
Holdmark Property Group, under the leadership of founder and chief executive Sarkis Nassif, has committed $10 million towards Powerhouse Parramatta. This remarkable investment supports Sydney Design Week, the establishment of the Holdmark Gallery and an urban transformation summer school with Western Sydney University.
2024 Recipient – The Wilam Ngarrang Retrofit
The Wilam Ngarrang Retrofit project by Kennedy Nolan with Finding Infinity was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Holdmark Innovation Award.
‘As practitioners, we’re dedicated to producing architecture that’s highly responsive to its context and forms a strong relationship with landscape. We pride ourselves on an innovative approach to public and residential projects. We deliver a highly responsive design sensitive to its context that incorporates sustainable design initiatives while achieving the requirements of our brief.’
Kennedy Nolan is a Melbourne-based architectural studio founded in 1999 by Rachel Nolan and Patrick Kennedy. The studio has developed a reputation for design-focused practice with a distinct approach to the built form.
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