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Design to make a difference

any of the projects entered in this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards were completed during city lockdowns and in a general period of intense reflection – largely triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic – on what matters most to us as a society. As 2022 jury chair Tony Giannone writes, “Nevercelebrates the award-winning projects (page 23). Warm congratulations to all those practices that have received recognition – and to everyone who managed to design and build during such a difficult period.

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