How to enter
the Design Awards

Your guide to the 2025 BDQ Design Awards

The Design Awards program provides an outstanding opportunity for Designers to put forward their best work.

The awards are a great marketing tool in promoting your business to future clients. BDQ heavily promotes all Design Awards entries across physical, traditional, digital, and social channels throughout the year.

This promotion allows the industry and the wider public to understand what our Designer Members do and the important role they play in shaping our built environment.

The awards are also a chance for you and your team to reflect on your work. By reflecting on projects months or possibly years after you began them, you’re able to learn from past experience and grow as a designer.

To find out more about Award Categories and entry requirements please click on the link to the Handbook below.

2025 Key Dates

  • Entries open: Friday 14th February; 10am
  • Entries close: Sunday 18th May; 5pm
  • Student entries close: Monday 14th July; 5pm
  • Emerging BDIP entries close: Sunday 18th May; 5pm

2025 Regional Design Awards

  • Thursday 31st July: Far North Queensland
  • Friday 1st August: Mackay + Central Queensland 
  • Thursday 7th August: South West
  • Friday 8th August: Brisbane
  • Thursday 14th August: Gold Coast
  • Friday 15th August: Sunshine Coast + Wide Bay

2025 State Design Awards
Saturday 1st November at the Rivershed!