Gadigal Station in Sydney has been awarded the Prix Versailles World Title – Special Prize for Interior.
This prestigious global award recognises the station’s architecture and design, which was led by Sydney Metro in partnership with Foster + Partners and COX Architecture.
The win follows Gadigal Station being selected as one of the “Magnificent Seven” most beautiful passenger stations in the world for 2025.
Since it opened in August 2024, Gadigal Station has welcomed around 15,700 passengers daily as one of six new underground stations between Central and Sydenham.
The station was previously praised by the Prix Versailles judges for its innovative architecture, sustainable design and seamless functionality, describing it as the “epitome of absolute modernity’”.
A notable feature of the station, which is named in honour of the traditional owners of the land, is its integration of Indigenous cultural heritage.
The station recently unveiled Return of the Gadi Reed – four striking cast-aluminium sculptures by artists Rowena Welsh-Jarrett, Alison Page and Dakota Dixon, placed at each station entrance.
The artwork is inspired by traditional reed necklaces created from Gadi, native reeds once found across the Tank Stream Valley where the station is now located.
This new public art piece complements Callum Morton’s tiled installation The Underneath lining the walls inside both station entrances.
