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| Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) | 04 May 2010 |
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre scoops prestigious 2010 Australian Interior Design Awards
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) shone at this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards, winning the National Award in the Public Design category and the Best of State Award in the Commercial Design category. The venue was also Highly Commended in the Environmentally Sustainable Design category.
Held at the Sydney Town Hall on Friday 23 April, more than 550 guests from the interior design industry including interior designers, interior decorators, interior architects, architects and other design professionals, gathered at the Awards Gala Dinner for the highly anticipated results of the 15 award categories.
Now in its seventh year, the Australian Interior Design Awards recognise and celebrate interior design excellence via a credible, industry-based program backed by the Design Institute of Australia, the professional body representing Australian designers. The Australian Interior Design Awards program is a partnership event of the Design Institute of Australia, designEX and ARTICHOKE magazine.
MCEC’s chief executive Leigh Harry said: ‘These major design awards are further acknowledgement of the centre’s outstanding design features.
‘Congratulations once again to the designers Joint Venture Architects Woods Bagot and NH Architecture, and to the developers Plenary Group, builders Brookfield Multiplex, the State Government of Victoria, the City of Melbourne and the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Trust (MCET) on such a successful joint venture that has produced this multi award-winning public building.’
As well as being the first ‘6 Star Green Star’ environmentally rated convention and exhibition centre in the world, the MCEC has been the winner of numerous awards for its exceptional environmental and design features.
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