Entries for Memorial to the Sixth Extinction, an international competition, are now open until 1 November from individuals or from teams of up to six participants. Tertiary students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate program at a university or technical college are eligible to enter, as well as faculty and working professionals of any level of experience.

Multidisciplinary teams are welcomed, and while it is anticipated most entrants will come from the fields of landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and fine arts, the competition is wide open to other relevant disciplines. There is no fee for entry. A prize pool of $15,000 (AUD) will be split among winning entries and up to 10 honourable mentions will also be awarded.

The judges will be looking for conceptual rigour, research, novelty, ingenuity and how well the design answers the brief of the Memorial to the Sixth Extinction competition. Entries will be judged anonymously.

The Jury Panel consists of:

• Julian Bolleter, Director, Australian Urban Design Research Centre, the University of Western Australia (Jury Chair)
• Laurie Olin, Founder of OLIN and Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Jacky Bowring, memorial design specialist and Professor of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University, New Zealand
• Catherin Bull, Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne and Adjunct Professor, Queensland University of Technology
• Peter England, Tony Award-nominated theatre and live production designer
• Sara Lynn Rees, Palawa woman descending from the Trawlwoolway people of north-east Tasmania, Lecturer at Monash University and Co-Chair of the Australian Institute for Architects First Nations Advisory Working Group

Submission deadline: 1 November 2026 

The competition is funded by the Kevin Taylor Legacy and hosted by the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) and the University of Western Australia’s School of Design. This grant programme is itself a memorial to one of Australia’s leading landscape architects and was established in 2014 by the Australian landscape architecture firm, T.C.L. Kevin died in a car collision fifteen years ago in August 2011.