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About
awards and media
Accolades for furniture design and smart city research projects.
Street Furniture Australia is an award-winning company, featured in the press for our activation projects in collaboration with government, universities and landscape architects.
awards
Good Design Award Gold 2022
ChillOUT Tree received the highest honour for design and innovation in the country, at prestigious Gold level. The award is shared by Street Furniture Australia with ChillOUT Hub collaborators Georges River Council, UNSW and the University of Sydney.
National Planning Institute of Australia Awards for Planning Excellence 2021
UNSW, Georges River Council, the University of Sydney and Street Furniture Australia together received a National Award for Best Planning Ideas – Small Project for the ChillOUT Hubs – Smart Social Spaces Creating Connected Green Places project.
Planning Institute of Australia Awards for Planning Excellence 2020, NSW
UNSW, Georges River Council, the University of Sydney and Street Furniture Australia were awarded an Award of Excellence in the Best Planning Ideas (Small Projects) category for the ChillOUT Hubs – Smart Social Spaces Creating Connected Green Places project in the NSW state awards.
Highly Commended, Cross Sectoral Collaboration – 2019 Smart City Awards
The smart cities partnership between Georges River Council, the UNSW Built Environment Team and Street Furniture Australia was highly commended by the Committee for Sydney.
2019 Good Design Award – Furniture and Lighting Category
The Aria Smart Bench received a prestigious Good Design Award Winner Accolade for outstanding design and innovation.
2018 Smart Cities Award – Built Environment
Street Furniture Australia’s #BackyardExperiment white paper was named winner of the Built Environment category at the inaugural Australian Smart Cities Awards in October 2018.
2017 NSW and ACT Parks and Leisure Award – Research Project
#BackyardExperiment won the Research Project Award at Parks and Leisure Australia’s 2017 NSW and ACT Regional Awards of Excellence.
Community Contribution Landscape Architecture Award – Australian Institute of Landscape Architects ACT Awards 2018
The #BackyardExperiment Garema Place Pop-Up Park, designed by Context Landscape Architects, received the state Landscape Architecture Award.
media
“Streetwise and sustainable” – review by Architecture & Design
9 February, 2020
World Bank Report: The Hidden Wealth of Cities – Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces
World Bank Group, by Jon Kher Kaw, Hyunji Lee and Sameh Wahba, 2020
Street Furniture Australia is proud to have been mentioned in the report as an example of innovation in measuring the public realm with our Smart Social Spaces and ChillOUT research in collaboration with Georges River Council and the University of New South Wales and University of Sydney (p102).
‘There Are Park Benches. And Then There are Smart Park Benches.’
Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2018
‘Georges River Gets Modern Touch With Smart City Innovations’
Jennifer O’Brien, CIO, 19 February 2019
‘This Urban Space Designer Attributes 3 Factors to Its 30-Year Success’
Jessica Muddit, Company Director Magazine, July 2018
‘Turning a Dull Park Into a Place People Actually Enjoy’
Adam Sneed, CityLab by The Atlantic, 1 March 2017
‘6 Low-Cost Techniques to Activate Underused Urban Space’
Ariana Zilliacus, ArchDaily, 23 February 2017
‘Study Proves Improved Landscape Design Attracts More Visitors’
The Real Estate Conversation, 20 February 2017
recent news
AILA Webinar: Managing Value Engineering
Protect Your Specification Value engineering can have a significant impact on the quality, durability, and safety of landscape projects. In this interactive webinar, industry leaders from Street Furniture Australia, Christie Barbecues, Eureka Landscapes, and AILA will unpack the practical and professional challenges posed by value engineering and explore ways to mitigate its effects. Through case studies and expert commentary, you’ll gain the knowledge and tools to write robust, defensible specifications, understand the role of manufacturers in supporting design outcomes, and navigate the delicate balance between cost constraints and long-term quality. This session will be presented by Glen Power, AILA Qld Chapter President; June Boxsell, Street Furniture Australia; Alex Christie, Christie Barbecues and Jason McGarry, Eureka Landscapes. Learning Outcomes What to Expect Who Should Attend? Landscape architects, specifiers, contractors, suppliers, and …
- 24 jul 2025
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