Hassell’s First Building takes out Commercial Architecture at the Sustainability Awards

At the 2025 Sustainability Awards Gala on 19 November, one project emerged as a clear signal of where regenerative design is heading: First Building by Hassell, awarded Commercial Architecture (Large).

As the inaugural building in Australia’s new Bradfield City Centre, it establishes a blueprint for a future-focused urban precinct. Designed as a modular kit of parts, its prefabricated mass-timber structure can be disassembled and reused, eliminating demolition waste and preserving material value. Low-embodied-carbon materials such as rammed earth, bamboo and timber reinforce its circular ambitions.

Guided by Djinjama, the building is deeply tied to Dharug Country, expressed through a native-planted ground plane that restores the ecological identity of the Cumberland Plain.

Serving as the first stage of the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility, First Building anchors a new innovation ecosystem — one that links advanced industry with cultural and environmental responsibility.

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