2024 TIDA New Zealand Bathrooms – Entry open

Trends International Design Awards – New Zealand Bathrooms

Entry form can be completed online HERE

Entries close: Thursday 27 June

Results announced:  Thursday 8 August

Entry is open to:

• Registered architects
• Professional Designers – includes bathroom designers, architectural designers, interior designers
• Group Home Builder bathrooms

And there are two categories:

• Bathroom suite – including bedroom, bathroom, dressing room etc
• Bathroom only – ensuites, children’s bathrooms, powder rooms etc

For Bathrooms that were completed in 2023 or 2024.

More than one entry may be entered, but each must be submitted on a separate entry form.

There is no charge for entry

Once we have received your entry, we will email you a link to upload:

– hi-res image files

– plan(s)

– a client brief/design statement

KEY DATES

22 May 2024 – entries open

27 June 2024 – entries close

8 August 2024 – results announced

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Entries must include:

1. PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY

Please supply no less than 3 professional photographs
 of the entry project, suitable for publication. 

For Suite entries, these should include some images that show how the bathroom links to adjacent areas of the home.

• Image files should be no smaller than 210mm x 297mm at 300dpi

• Acceptable file types are hi-res jpg or TIFF

• Minimum megapixel camera: 16MP

2. PLANS

• Please supply at least one detailed floor plan.  Additional elevations and drawings may also be submitted, up to a maximum of 6
• Maximum plan file size is 20Mb per image
• Acceptable file types are jpg, tiff, psd and pdf

nb: DWG files cannot be accepted

3. DESIGN STATEMENT

Up to 300 words that outline the main client requirements, any specific challenges and how these were overcome, and any particular features of interest.

You can supply as bullet points if you prefer.

Please supply as a Word doc or PDF.

4. VIDEO

Entrants are encouraged to supply a 30 second video run-through of the project, which may be taken on a phone, as an aid to the judges as well as to be potentially posted to Trends social pages. This is not a requirement for entry, and entrants who do not provide this video will not be penalised.

If you have had professional video produced of your project, this can also be included in your entry submission as an additional resource for judges, and may be included in any feature we produce on the project. You can provide the video as a link to it uploaded on YouTube or Vimeo. Or, if it has not been uploaded to one of these sites, you can supply the video file at the same time as you supply the images.

JUDGES & JUDGING

Judges will assess entrants on the following criteria:

• How the design fulfilled the requirements of the client’s brief
• Functionality – including creativity and space design
• Aesthetics – detailing and materials

AWARDS

The winners in each TIDA category will receive an extensive promotional package across Trends channels – including the trendsideas.com website, Trends eNewsletters, Trends social channels including Trends Facebook page (140,000 followers) and Instagram pages, and partner channels.

The judges, at their discretion, may also award Highly Commended to projects in this category.

The winners also proceed to the International section of the TIDAs, to be judged alongside winners of other awards programmes to find the 2024 TIDA International Bathroom of the Year.

Entry form can be completed online HERE

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