MakMax Australia took home 7 awards at the 2022 Lightweight Structures Association of Australasia (LSAA) Symposium and Design Awards held last month in Melbourne.
The LSAA Design Awards recognise winners for their excellence in design, technical skills and unique applications of lightweight materials to design and construct innovative lightweight structures. Based on the theme of ‘Re-VIEW the past | Re-IMAGINE the present | Re-CREATE the future’, this year’s Lightweight Structures Symposium and Design Awards sought projects completed since 2018, showcasing lightweight structures that were constructed both before the pandemic and during the past three years.
Submissions varied from small structures to large span roof or building facades constructed from lightweight materials. Projects were judged across several categories including small, medium and large structures, special applications and innovative building facades.
MakMax Australia was honoured to receive awards for 6 outstanding projects, including 3 top prizes at the 2022 LSAA Design Awards.
The Link Chadstone - Award of Excellence for Large Structures
St Margaret’s Velarium Variable Shade System - Award of Excellence for Special Applications
Navigation Park PVC Shade Structure - Award of Excellence for Small Structures
Memorial Drive Tennis Centre - High Commendation for Large Structures
Shore Grammar Pool ETFE Skylight - High Commendation for Medium Structures
James Cook University Ideas Lab - Citation of Merit for Facade Structures
We are privileged to have received these awards as recognition of the hard work and dedication of the MakMax team involved in these projects. The last couple of years have been turbulent with closed borders, lockdowns, shipping delays and extended project timeframes causing a ripple effect throughout the industry on a global scale. We have seen new innovative ways of communicating and working, with teams becoming more flexible and adaptable. As we look to the future, there are exciting new opportunities that lie ahead.
James Cook University Ideas Lab - Citation of Merit for Facade Structures
Our continuous pursuit of limitless possibilities of membrane architecture is only made possible because of the expertise, knowledge and commitment that the MakMax team brings to each and every project.
Additionally, LSAA presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to two engineering professionals. We are proud that Mike Lester, our founder and technical director, received this honour and acknowledgement for his significant contribution to the industry throughout his career.
Mike has over 40 years of professional engineering experience, and has been specialising in tensile membrane structures since 1988. He pioneered the tensile membrane industry in Australia and successfully built a world-renowned company that has become the market leader in the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of custom fabric structures.
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Mike’s experience, innovation and engineering knowledge have contributed to the extensive portfolio of prominent domestic and international projects including Metricon Stadium, Queensland State Velodrome, Brasilia Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and The Brisbane Gabba.
