The design competition

An international competition jury unanimously selected SANAA as preferred architects of the Sydney Modern Project in 2015 following an Australian and international architectural design competition that commenced in September 2014.

The Sydney Modern Project design competition was a two-stage invitational process endorsed by the Australian Institute of Architects and Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Twelve renowned Australian and international architectural practices were invited to submit ideas to create an architecturally ambitious, intelligent, sensitive, sustainable and highly functional design of the Sydney Modern Project.

Stage 1 submissions were judged anonymously and five finalists were selected to proceed to Stage 2 of the competition. The jury selected SANAA as the preferred architects based on a high-level concept developed during Stage 2 of the competition.

Stage one shortlisted architects

Candalepas Associates – Sydney
David Chipperfield Architects – London
Fender Katsalidis – Melbourne
Herzog & de Meuron – Basel
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA – Tokyo
Kengo Kuma & Associates – Tokyo
Kerry Hill Architects – Singapore
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos – Madrid
RPBW (Renzo Piano Building Workshop) – Genoa
RMA Architects (Rahul Mehrotra Architects) – Mumbai
Sean Godsell Architects – Melbourne
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects – New York

Extracts from entries for stage one
Click on one of the small images to view a slideshow from the competition submissions

Stage two shortlisted architects

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA – Tokyo
Kengo Kuma & Associates – Tokyo and Paris
Kerry Hill Architects – Singapore and Perth
RMA Architects (Rahul Mehrotra Architects) – Mumbai and Boston
Sean Godsell Architects – Melbourne

Extracts from entries for stage two
Click on one of the small images to view a slideshow from the competition submissions

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA – Tokyo