PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Fifteen incredible houses from around the country are vying for the 2017 People’s Choice Award. Peruse the projects by clicking on any of the thumbnails below or scroll down to see more photos and learn more about each design. Select your favourite house and make your vote count – only one vote per person, so choose carefully. Once you’ve voted you can also enter our competition for the chance to win one of our amazing prizes thanks to our generous partners. Just tell us in 25 words or less why the house you chose is your favourite.
Voting closes 5pm AEDST on Friday 27 October and the winner will be crowned Australia’s Favourite House at the National Architecture Awards on Thursday 2 November in Canberra. Happy voting!
- Burleigh Street House (QLD)
- Captain Kelly’s Cottage (TAS)
- Dornoch Terrace House (QLD)
- Little Sister’s House (NSW)
- Cape Tribulation House (QLD)
- D’Entrecasteaux House (TAS)
PRIZES
- iPad Pro 256Gb – 12.9 inch iPad Pro with i-accessories keyboard and pen courtesy of Bluescope.
- A paint and colour consultation package courtesy of Dulux. A one hour colour consultation with a qualified Dulux interior decorator and up to 50 litres of Dulux paint to use throughout the year.
- A $250 gift voucher for online design and homewares retailer Urban Couture courtesy of AWS.
- Smeg Breakfast Package consisting of Retro Red 2 slice Toaster and Kettle
- 5 x 12 month subscription packs to Houses and Artichoke publications from Architecture Media
Trade Promotion: Schedule to Conditions of Entry
Promotion Name Australian Institute of Architects People’s Choice Award Competition
Promotion type Public (external)
Promotion style Game of Skill
Promoter The promoter is
The Royal Australian Institute of Architects, trading as Australian Institute of Architects
ABN 72 000 023 012
tel 1800 770 617
of 2A Mugga Way, Barton, ACT
Permit Numbers Not required – Game of skill exception.
Relevant States The competition will be held in all states and territories across Australia
Entry Restrictions Entry is open to all residents of Australia aged 18 years or over (an “Entrant”)
Promotion Period Opens: 2 October 2017 at 9.00am AEDST
Closes: 27 October 2017 at 5.00pm AEDST
Entry Procedure During the Promotion Period, Entrants must vote for their favourite residential project from the
National Architecture Awards Shortlist and explain in 25 words or less why they like that project.
The Promoter reserves the right, in accordance with the attached Conditions of Entry, to
disqualify Entries which are inappropriate or offensive.
Automatic Entry Opt Out Any person who submits an entry, who would otherwise be an Eligible Entrant but who does not
wish to enter the Promotion, may advise the Promoter by email and that Eligible Entrant will be
deemed ineligible to enter the Promotion.
Maximum number of Entries One entry per email address permitted.
Competition Details Closing
date:
27 October 2017 at 5.00pm AEDST
Location: Location: Australian Institute of Architects
41 Exhibition St, Melbourne
Method: The winning entry will be that which best describes why they like their
chosen abode as chosen by a panel of staff from the Australian Institute
of Architects.
Prizes Details All Prizes are at the sole discretion of the Promoter. A Winner will receive that Prize as set out
on the Institute’s competition website (http://wp.architecture.com.au/awards-2016/peopleschoice-award/).
Only one prize per Winner.
Prize Restrictions The Prize is non-transferable and may not be redeemed for cash. If a Prize becomes
unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances, or if the Promoter’s decides at its sole discretion
before close of business on 17 November 2017, the Promoter may substitute a prize of like or
equal value.
Notification of Winner Winning entrants will be contacted by the Institute via email before 21 November 2017.
Publication details Winners will be published on the People’s Choice Award website.
Prize claim date Before close of business on the date 3 months after the final round announcement date
Date: 15 January 2017
Unclaimed Prize Draw Date: 18 January 2017
Location: Australian Institute of Architects
41 Exhibition St, Melbourne
Publication date for unclaimed
prize draw winner (if any)
Unclaimed Prize Draw winner’s name will be published on the People’s Choice Award website.
Date: 19 January 2017
Promoter’s Privacy Policy The Promoter’s privacy policy can be found at http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/defaultsource/national-governance/privacy-policy.pdf
Conditions of Entry
1. These Conditions of Entry incorporate and must be read together with the Schedule for this Promotion. The Schedule prevails to the extent of
any inconsistency with these Conditions of Entry. By participating in this Promotion, each participant fully and unconditionally agrees and
acknowledges that these terms and conditions are binding.
2. Any capitalised terms used in these Conditions of Entry have the meaning given in the Schedule, except where stated otherwise.
Eligibility
3. If this is a public promotion, entry to the Promotion is open to residents of the Relevant State/s who meet the Entry Restrictions (if any).
4. Employees, agents and contractors of the Promoter and their immediate family are ineligible to enter.
5. The Promotion will be conducted during the Promotion Period.
6. To enter the Promotion, entrants must complete the Entry Procedure during the Promotion Period.
7. Entries may only be submitted in accordance with the Entry Procedure and will not be accepted by the Promoter in any other form.
8. Entrants may enter the Promotion up to the Maximum Number of Entries.
9. Entries must be received by the Promoter during the Promotion Period. Online or email entries are deemed to have been received at the time
of receipt into the promotion database and not at the time of transmission by the entrant.
10. Entrants are required to take full responsibility for the content of their entry and for ensuring that their entry complies with these Conditions of
Entry. For the purposes of these content requirements, “entry content” includes any content (including text, photos, videos and email
messages) that entrants submit, upload, transmit, publish, communicate or use in connection with their entry into the Promotion.
11. Incomplete and ineligible entries will be deemed invalid. Entries will also be deemed invalid if they breach these Conditions of Entry as
determined by the Promoter in its sole discretion or any other content guidelines notified by the Promoter during the Entry process for the
Promotion.
12. In the event that an account with the Promoter is held in joint names, the Eligible Entrant will be the person first named on that account.
Determining and notifying winners
13. The Prize draw(s) (if applicable) will be conducted in accordance with the Competition Details and judged by the judging panel appointed by
the Promoter based on the criteria set out in the Method.
14. Winners will be notified as specified in the Schedule and their name and State/Territory of residence will be published in accordance with the
Schedule.
Prizes
15. The Prize(s) are specified in the Prize Details. The Prize(s) are subject to any restrictions specified in the Schedule. The Total Prize pool is
specified in the Schedule.
16. Prizes are not transferable, exchangeable, or redeemable for cash.
17. If a prize includes gift cards or vouchers, the gift cards or vouchers are only valid until the gift card or voucher expiry date specified on the gift
cards or voucher or by the provider, and are subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the provider. Once awarded, the Promoter is not
be liable for any gift card or voucher that has been lost, stolen, forged, damaged or tampered with in any way.
Claiming prizes
18. Prizes must be claimed by the Prize Claim Date in accordance with any claim instructions set out in the Schedule.
19. If a prize is not accepted or claimed by the Prize Claim Date, the relevant winner’s entry will be deemed invalid and the Promoter reserves the
right to distribute the unclaimed prizes in accordance with the Unclaimed Prize Arrangements specified in the Schedule, subject to any
directions given by any relevant authority. Winners of unclaimed prizes will be notified and have their names and State/Territory of residence
published in accordance with the Unclaimed Prize Arrangements.
Skill based Promotions
20. This Promotion is a Game of Skill; chance plays no part in determining the winner.
21. Entries must be the entrant’s original work. The Promoter reserves the right to verify, or to require the entrant to verify, that the entry is the
entrant’s original work. If an entry cannot be verified to the Promoter’s satisfaction, the entry will be deemed invalid.
22. An entrant’s entry must not include:
a. any image or voice of any other person without that person’s express consent. Entrants warrant that if any such content is included,
they have obtained the express consent of the relevant person;
b. any content that contravenes any law, infringes the rights of any person or is obscene, offensive, potentially defamatory,
discriminatory, indecent or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate (which includes, without limitation, any content involving nudity,
malice, excessive violence or swearing); and
c. any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, any audio-visual or sound recording, or any other item in which copyright subsists,
unless the entrant is entitled to do so. If an entrant has any doubts about whether they have the right to include any content (for
example, recorded music) they must not include it. By including any such content in their entry, the entrant warrants that they have
the permission of the relevant copyright owner to do so and that this permission allows the Promoter to use the entry in accordance
with these Conditions of Entry.
23. The Promoter may, in its absolute discretion, edit, modify, delete, remove or take-down any part of an entrant’s entry.
24. The winning entry will be that which best describes why they would like to live in their chosen abode as chosen by a member panel of the
Australian Institute of Architects and a representative of The Design Files, and the Eligible Entrant(s) that submitted the winning Entries will be
declared the winner (the “Winner(s)”). The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. The judges, in their sole
discretion, may not allocate any Prize(s), or fewer than the number of Prize(s) stated above (including in circumstances where insufficient
Entries are received or Entries are judged to be of a poor standard).
25. By participating in this Promotion each participant grants the Promoter a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, irrevocable, royalty-free,
worldwide licence to use, reproduce, publish, distribute and disseminate all intellectual property rights in Entries that are capable of being
assigned to the Promoter and consents to the Promoter and any staff member of the Australian Institute of Architects using, reproducing or
editing and adapting any Entry, if the Promoter wishes, in broadcast, electronic and print media, newsletters, in the Promoter’s brand
merchandising and related marketing activities in whole or in part without attributing that Entry to the person who created it.
General
26. The Promoter and its related bodies corporate (as that term is defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) are collectively referred to as the
“Australian Institute of Architects”.
27. The Promoter collects personal information from all participants in order to conduct the Promotion. If the information requested is not
provided, the participant may not participate in the Promotion or claim a Prize and their entry may be discarded. It is a condition of entry into
the Promotion that the Winner consents to the publication of their name and city of origin in any advertisements or articles relating to the
Promotion or the Prize and participates in any media releases which may include photographs of the Winner by the Promoter or any other
member of the Australian Institute of Architects. By entering this promotion, participants consent to the use of their names and likenesses in
this manner. The Promoter’s treatment and storage of personal information will be handled in accordance with all applicable laws in
Australia. Your information will not be used to contact you for marketing purposes.
28. The Winner may be liable to declare the Prize for taxation purposes and will be liable for any tax payable in respect of a Prize. Eligible
Entrants should seek independent financial advice in relation to any tax payable on the Prize and the potential impact on their personal
financial situation prior to entering the Promotion.
29. Except for guarantees, warranties and conditions implied by law which cannot be excluded, the Promoter does not make, nor are its staff,
agents, contractors or members authorised to make, any guarantees, representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding the quality
or suitability of any prizes awarded under these terms and conditions.
30. Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to exclude, restrict or modify any right or remedy, or any guarantee, warranty or other term
or condition, implied or imposed by any legislation which cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. This may include the Corporations Act 2001,
the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, Australian Consumer Law or any equivalent State or Territory legislation. If any guarantee,
warranty, term or conditions implied or imposed under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable legislation in relation to any
prizes awarded under these terms and conditions cannot be excluded (a “Non-Excludable Provision”) and the Promoter is able to limit the
remedy for a breach of the Non-Excludable Provision, then the liability of the Promoter and all members of the Australian Institute of Architects
for breach of the Non-Excludable Provision is limited to one or more of the following at the Promoter's option:
a. the replacement of the prize or the supply of an equivalent prize,
b. the repair of the prize,
c. the supplying of the prize again,
d. the payment of the cost of replacing the prize or of acquiring an equivalent prize,
e. the payment of the cost of having the prize repaired; or
f. the payment of the costs of having the prize supplied again.
31. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Promoter its staff and members expressly disclaim liability for any loss or damage whatsoever
(including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury which is suffered or sustained in connection with any
participant’s participation in this Promotion or the acceptance of any Prize. The Winner indemnifies the Promoter its staff and members
against any liability, injury, loss or damage which may be suffered, incurred or sustained by the Promoter, its staff or members arising out of,
relating to, or in any way connected with, any act or omission (including negligence) by the Winner, or its use of the Prize, or its breach of
these terms and conditions.
32. Neither the Promoter nor its staff or members will be responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems,
servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical
problems or traffic congestion on the Internet.
33. If this Promotion is not capable of running as planned for any reason (including but not limited to failure or malfunction of any computer
equipment by reason of infection by computer virus, power failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, or technical failures or
any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion), the Promoter
reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who undermines the integrity or fair running of the Promotion for other
entrants, including by tampering with the entry process, and, after consulting with the relevant legislative authorities, to cancel, terminate,
modify or suspend the Promotion.
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