Academic and Professional Honours:


Awards and Prizes / Jury Member for Design Competitions


Steffen Lehmann is the recipient of a number of architectural awards and prizes, and is frequently called upon to be a member of juries for architectural and urban design competitions, including:


2008
Awarded the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence 2007, of the University of Newcastle (April 2008)


2008
Awarded a Highly Commended Award for his educational initiatives by the Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Awards 2008 (April 2008)


2007
1st Prize 'Taree Waterfront Masterplan' in Taree, NSW (urban design competition)


2007
1st Prize ‘Women Suffrage Memorial’ in Brisbane city centre, QLD (artwork competition, with artist Cida de Aragon; completed 2008)


2006
Appointed jury member for international urban design competition in Abu Dhabi, UAE


2005 - present
Membership in the Journal and Conference Advisory Board of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Melbourne; Sustainability Community Newsletter (Common Ground Pty. Ltd.)


2005 - present
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Third Forum on Architectural Education (Nov. 2006), at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey


2005 - present
Advisor to His Highness, Sheikh Suroor Bin Moh'd Al-Nahyan, United Arab Emirates. Jury member of architectural competition 'Khalideyah Project, Abu Dhabi' (400,000 sqm)


2005 - present
Member Australian Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ACTBUH


2005
Appointed member of the RAIA Awards Jury for the NSW architecture schools (May 2005)


2005
Member in Advisory Group for Queensland Government 'Tank Street Viaduct'


2005
Member of Reference Group for the Urban Renewal Task Force, Brisbane City Council, for 'CBD Draft Master Plan'


2004 - present
Nominated into The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute AHURI Research Associate


2004 - 2005
Appointed jury member for the 'Pavilion in Roma Street Parklands' Competition, Dept. of Public Works, Queensland Government


2004
Appointed juror to the RAIA State Awards Jury 2004, RAIA Queensland


2004
Appointed member Year of Built Environment Reference Group (Queensland)


2001 - 2003
Appointed 'Research Fellow 2001' of the Werner-von-Siemens-Ring, Germany


2000
Appointed juror to architectural Competition Friedrichstrasse, Berlin


1999
Awarded 1st Prize 'Architekturpreis Hochtaunuskreis': Prize for house in Oberursel, near Frankfurt


1999
1st Prize 'Selected best corporate restaurant design' at Potsdamer Platz (International competition FCSI Lyon)


1999
2nd Prize 'Sculpture garden at Hospital in Muehlacker' (ideas competition)

 

Topping-out ceremony with clients. From Left: Steffen Lehmann, Dr Manfred Weber, Dr Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Walter Rasch, 1998 (Berlin)

1998 - present
Regularly invited member for a range of architectural competition juries (e.g. appointed juror for 3 competitions for buildings at 'Leipziger Platz Berlin')


1998
3rd Prize Low cost housing 'Prager Strasse Leipzig' (architectural competition)


1996
2nd Prize 'Housing Potsdam Hermannswerder' (architectural competition)


1995
1st Prize 'Albertplatz Dresden' (architectural realisation competition)


1991
Honourable mention 'Fernbahnhof Papestrasse', Berlin (urban design competition)


1992
3rd Prize Potsdamer Platz 'DaimlerChrysler site', Berlin (International competition in collaboration with Arata Isozaki)


1992
1st Prize 'Housing Gruenwiesenstrasse Bietigheim' (ideas competition)


1991
Honourable mention RIBA Competition 'Monument & Counterpoint' for Island Gardens Exhibition Centre, London


1991
1st Prize 'Museum of Contemporary Art', Stuttgart (International competition in collaboration with Arata Isozaki)


1991
1st Prize 'Donau City Twin Towers', Vienna (International competition in collaboration with Arata Isozaki)