{"id":17470,"date":"2009-10-12T08:53:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T00:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-student-wins-about-face-2009-national-architecture-competition\/"},"modified":"2009-10-12T08:53:06","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T00:53:06","slug":"curtin-student-wins-about-face-2009-national-architecture-competition","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/curtin-student-wins-about-face-2009-national-architecture-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin student wins Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ Face 2009 national architecture competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ of Technology student has won a top prize at a prestigious architecture competition for her sustainable designs for a new community music centre and sporting club in Nedlands.<\/p>\n
Third-year architecture student Susan Young was a joint winner of the 2009 Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ Face student competition for her John Leckie Pavilion project.<\/p>\n
“I’m honoured to win such an important award because architecture is my passion,”said Ms Young, 21, of East Victoria Park.<\/p>\n
Her Curtin classmate, Jason Lenard, 20, of Kalamunda, received a commendation.<\/p>\n
Curtin Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture lecturer, Simon Pendal, congratulated Ms Young and Mr Lenard on their outstanding achievements.<\/p>\n
The competition is run by the Australian brick industry’s peak body Think Brick Australia to encourage architects to use brick products as building materials.<\/p>\n