Finalists revealed: 2023 Premier's Design Awards

More than a dozen architectural projects have been named finalists in the 2023 Victorian Premier's Design Awards, which recognizes the state's designers who are creating positive change for communities and businesses.

A record 118 projects have been selected across eight categories which also include product design, fashion design and service design.

Design industries contribute $6 billion to the Victorian economy, including $400 million worth of exports.

"Good design has the power to change our lives and these finalists showcase the diversity of Victoria's design industry - from vital medical advancements to products and services that are more efficient, safe and sustainable," said creative industries minister Colin Brooks

"The Victorian Premier's Design Awards recognize the work and ingenuity of the designers, architects and design-led businesses that make our state a world-renowned leader in the field."

The architectural finalists are:

Aboriginal Housing Victoria - Breathe

Bendigo Law Courts - Wardle

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape - Cooper Scaife Architects, Look Ear with Mono

Darebin Intercultural Centre - Sibling Architecture

Delatite Cellar Door - Lucy Clemenger Architects

Dunlop Avenue, Ascot Vale - Big Housing Build - Hayball and Tract Consultants

Glenroy Station - Genton

James Makin Gallery - Tristan Wong

Lilydale and Mooroolbark Stations - BKK, Kyriacou Architects, Jacobs, and Aspect Studios

Melbourne Holocaust Museum - Kerstin Thompson Architects

Nightingale Village - Architecture Architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball, and Kennedy Nolan

Pitch Music and Arts Festival Main Stage - Ambrose Zacharakis, Henry Howson and Untitled Group

Queenscliff Terminal - F2 Architecture

Streat Pantry - KHID

The Roundtable - Common and Enlocus

Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership - Designinc Melbourne

Victorian Family Violence Memorial - Muir and Openwork

Victorian Heart Hospital - Conrad Gargett and Wardle

Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre - Kosloff Architecture

Wesley Place - Oculus, Cox Architecture and Lovell Chen

Wurun Senior Campus - GHD Design and Grimshaw

Yarra Ranges Council Civic Centre Redevelopment - H2O Architects

Forces of Nature - He Huang and Zhengxi Xian, RMIT University

Ngulu Djeembana (The Gathering of Voices) - Shao Tian Teo, Taylor Ristevski, and Alexander Barr, RMIT University