Nepal school win Good Design Award

A school in built to replace those destroyed by earthquakes in Nepal was among the architectural winners of the Good Design Awards.

Dating back to 1958, the program rewards design across a wide range of disciplines, including architecture, fashion, engineering, communications and products. This year, 269 projects from 536 entries won awards, with 30 receiving Best in Class Awards.

The Nepal Rebuilt Program won a Gold Award. The Program - by Davenport Campbell, David Francis, Taylor Thomson Whitting (TTW) and Ken McBryde (Sydney Architecture Studio) - saw the design and construction of a number of earthquake resistant, lightweight school buildings across Nepal for the Australian Himalayan Foundation (AHF).

The jury was particularly taken with the “creative thinking around modular earthquake-resistant design with lightweight components that are easily transportable on foot to remote mountainous regions.”