Projects must be completed works at the time of entry. Speculative projects, client pitches and/or mock-ups will not be valid. Eligible projects must have been completed between January 2022 and June 2023, providing the project hasn’t be entered in IDEA previously. Projects for the Community Services category need to have been completed between January 2020 and June 2023.

The competition is open to Australian architects and designers with completed projects in Australia. International projects completed by Australian architects and/or designers are only eligible to enter the International Project category. All entrants must be Australian residents. The definition of an Australian resident is someone who has lived and worked in Australia for 12 months and over.

By ticking the box on the entry form, all entrants warrant that they have permission from all parties including clients, copyright holders and collaborators to allow inside and its partners to publish their work in the IDEA shortlist issue of inside, on the IDEA and ADR websites and in any associated promotional materials, without limitation, including social media.

By ticking the box on the entry form you indemnify Niche Media, inside magazine and IDEA 2023, its employees and agents and supporting partners from any liability for wrongful use or misrepresentation of the works submitted. You assert that you are the author of the work and own the intellectual and moral rights to the work under the Copyright Act. Wrongful assertion of such rights will render the entry invalid and the entrant accepts all liability for any claim for damages or loss resulting from such wrongful assertion.

By ticking the box on the entry form you assert the truthfulness of this information and assign copyright of this text to Niche Media, further authorising the editing and publication of the project statement by inside and its partners in the IDEA shortlist issue of inside, in the IDEA 2023 special edition of inside, on the IDEA and ADR websites and in any associated promotional materials, without limitation. All entrants must obtain permission from the commissioning client to enter the project into the awards.

Any entries that are subsequently found to breach any of the terms and conditions of entry will be ruled invalid and withdrawn from consideration for an award.

In the event that an award winner is subsequently found to breach the terms and conditions of entry, their work may be ruled invalid and the award deemed null and void. The entrant will be liable for any costs incurred and must return the prize(s) received.

Judges reserve the right at all times to determine whether an entry qualifies as an acceptable work within the category for which it is submitted. Works the judges deem not acceptable will be ruled invalid.

IDEA winners and highly commended may be asked to participate in additional events/video opportunities to support IDEA and the design industry.

Niche Media staff and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.

Terms and conditions may be amended, deleted or added from time to time at our discretion and we will publish the revised terms and conditions on the website. By checking the box on the online entry form you agree to the full terms and conditions, so please read them carefully.

All judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into relating to the judging process or the outcome.