Eighteen entries are in the running for honours in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 Sunshine Coast Regional Architecture Awards with winners to be announced on Friday 22 March.
The projects include a car dealership, playground and a variety of houses among others entered in commercial, public, residential – houses, residential – multiple housing and small project architecture.
Sunshine Coast Regional Jury Coordinator Andrew Cooksley, Principal at ACArch, and Jurors Jo Case, Principal at Jo Case Architect and Amelia Loftus, Principal at Loftus Studio, along with Lay Juror Stefan Prystupa, Engineer at TOD Consulting Engineers, will assist the 2013 Awards Jury Director, Mark Damant (Woods Bagot), Deputy Director, Liam Proberts (bureau^proberts), and State Juror Paul Curran (PUSH) with selecting the worthy recipients of Regional Commendations, the Gabriel Poole Award for Building of the Year and the Sunshine Coast House of the Year.
Projects awarded on the night will progress to the coveted Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 21 June.
Queensland 2013 Awards Jury Director, Mark Damant will present the Regional Commendations to Sunshine Coast winners at a special Awards ceremony at the Mooloolaba Surf Club, commencing at 6:00pm Friday 22 March. Media are invited to attend.
Projects in the running are:
| Architectural Project | Architectural Practice | Architectural Category | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Coast Mazda | Gray Puksand | Commercial Architecture | Maroochydore |
| Cooroy Library | Brewster Hjorth Architects | Public Architecture | Cooroy |
| Girraween Clubhouse | Mode Design | Public Architecture | Noosa |
| Rainbow Beach Community Hall and Library | Brenton Rasheed Architects & Walter Dobkins Architect | Public Architecture | Rainbow Beach |
| Calanthe | Tim Ditchfield Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Doonan |
| House Read | Walter Dobkins Architect FRAIA | Residential Architecture – Houses | Rainbow Beach |
| little cove house | Teeland Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Noosa Heads |
| Mountain View Road | Tim Stewart Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Maleny |
| Noosa House | Clements Clarke Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Noosa Heads |
| Obi Obi House | WD Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Obi Obi |
| Peregian Beach Residence | Sparks Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Peregian Beach |
| Shlegeris Residence | WD Architects | Residential Architecture – Houses | Noosaville |
| Whitepatch Residence Bribie Island | John Marsson & Associates | Residential Architecture – Houses | Bribie Island |
| Yaroomba House | Majstorovic Architecture | Residential Architecture – Houses | Yaroomba |
| Currimundi Apartments | Macksey Rush Architects Pty Ltd | Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing | Currimundi |
| Island Waters | Sprout Architects | Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing | Birtinya Island |
| Elysium Playground and Park Shelters | Cox Rayner Architects | Small Project Architecture | Noosa Heads |
| Elysium Rec Club | Biscoe Wilson Architects | Small Project Architecture | Noosa Heads |
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