17 August 2025

Festival Tower 1 has been awarded the 2025 UDIA SA Award for Excellence in Sustainability

Festival Tower, by Walker Corporation, has been awarded the 2025 UDIA SA Award for Excellence in Sustainability.

Designed by JPW as part of the Adelaide Festival Plaza precinct, the tower is Adelaide’s largest all-electric office building and sets a new benchmark for environmental performance in the commercial sector. Achieving a 6 Star Green Star rating and targeting 5.5 Star NABERS Energy, the project incorporates rooftop solar, comprehensive rainwater harvesting, low-tox materials, and over 90% recycled construction waste.

Beyond technical performance, Festival Tower demonstrates how sustainability, commercial value, and workplace wellbeing can work in unison. At ground level, it connects directly to the revitalised public realm, linking Station Road with King William Road, and reinforcing the precinct’s role as a vibrant civic destination.

Congratulations to Walker Corporation and the broader project team on this recognition, celebrating a building that redefines what sustainable city making can achieve.

JPW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and honours their continuing connection to lands, waters, skies, and communities.

We offer our respect to Elders past and those present – as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work.