South Bank’s reputation as a world class precinct continues to receive international recognition. The International Downtown Association announced in September that South Bank Corporation won a 2005 Merit Award in the Public Space category. The International Downtown Association is an American based organisation that recognises and supports vital and liveable urban centres throughout the world.
2004
May 2004
South Bank is named the Best Public Sector Development in the world for 2004 at the FIABCI Prix d’Excellence, the most prestigious real estate awards in the world
2003
October 2003
South Bank Retail wins Property Council Australia 2003 Queensland Shopping Centre of the Year Award in the Neighbourhood Centres under 10,000 square metres gross lettable area retail category. Little Stanley Street gets runner-up in the same category.
September 2003
South Bank Retail wins Australian Marketing Institute Awards’ New Product/ Service Category for its "Free Parking When You Dine" promotion
South Bank Indigenous Employment Project wins Employment (medium) category in the 2003 Queensland Government Reconciliation Awards for Business.
August 2003
Two South Bank restaurants win major awards at the Restaurant and Catering Queensland Awards (Brisbane). Little Stanley Street’s Ahmet’s Turkish Restaurant is named Best Themed Restaurant for the second year running and Wang Dynasty wins Best Chinese Restaurant. The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre wins four of the five catering awards.
June 2003
Little Stanley Street is named Queensland’s best new Retail/ Commercial Small strip at the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) State Awards.
2002
December 2002
The Goodwill Bridge wins the silver award at the 2002 Association of Consulting Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards.
South Bank Beach wins Young Legends Award at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Beach Challenge Queensland Awards. The award recognizes the beach’s involvement with the inaugural Rookie Lifeguard Program, City Nippers and surf education with schools and tourist groups.
South Bank Retail wins Neighbourhood and Strip Centres under 10,000sqm category at the Property Council of Australia’s 2002 Queensland Shopping Centre of the Year Awards. South Bank Retail also won the marketing award in the Neighbourhood and Strip Centres under 10,000sqm category.
October 2002
The Goodwill Bridge wins 2002 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards - High Commendation for Urban Design
South Bank restaurant, Ahmet’s Turkish Restaurant, wins Best Themed Restaurant at the Brisbane Restaurant and Caterer’s Awards
September 2002
The Goodwill Bridge won the Australian Institute of Steel Construction Queensland Architectural Steel Design Award
July 2002
The Goodwill bridge won the 2002 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Urban Design Award
The Goodwill Bridge wins The Royal Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Architecture Awards 2002: Art and Architecture High Commendation award
May 2002
A Merit for Civic Design and the Design of Urban Spaces was awarded to landscape architects, Gillespies Australia, at the Awards for Excellence in Landscape Architecture (State Awards) for work carried out as part of the 1997 South Bank Master Plan (implemented between April 1998 and November 1999).
April 2002
The South Bank Masterplan Redevelopment wins the Urban Design (Built) Award at the Royal Australian Planning Institute’s national awards
March 2002
The Goodwill Bridge wins 2002 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Brisbane Building of the year Award December 2001
South Bank’s Breaka Beach is awarded Queensland’s Friendliest Beach Award at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Keen Australia Beautiful Clean Beach Challenge.
2001
November 2001
South Bank Corporation wins the 2001 Royal Australian Planning Institute (Qld) Awards for Excellence Urban Design category
June 2001
South Bank Corporation wins the Premier Award and the Urban Renewal category at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s Queensland Awards.
2000
November 2000
Denton Corker Marshall wins the Urban Design in Australia Award, the most prestigious urban design award in the country, for South Bank’s ENERGEX Brisbane Arbour and the Masterplan Redevelopment
Green Concepts wins the Queensland Landscaping Industry Award for Maintenance of the Parklands
Sunstate Coatings wins the Galvanizers Association of Australia’s Sorel Award for Industry Achievement, the most significant Hot Dip Galvanising Industry award in the country, for the ENERGEX Brisbane Arbour;
Barry Webb and Associates Qld Pty Ltd wins the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand’s Queensland Lighting Awards for the ENERGEX Brisbane Arbour.
August, 2000
Denton Corker Marshall wins the Civic Design category at the Royal Australian Institute of Architect’s state awards for the ENERGEX Brisbane Arbour and South Bank Master Plan
April 2000
Four South Bank developments win awards at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Brisbane Awards in the urban design category: South Bank House by Robert Riddell Architects; Thiess Centre by Cox Rayner Architects; ENERGEX Brisbane Arbour and South Bank Master Plan by Denton Corker Marshall
Golder Associates wins Silver Medal in Association of Consulting Engineers Australia Awards for Excellence Environmental Projects category for the innovative contamination methods employed when building the South Bank underground car park
