National Council recently endorsed the formation of an Awards Category Working Group in preparation for the 2014 Awards Program. The formation of this working group is in response to the recommendations/issues raised in relation to categories.
The working group consists of the current Institute National President, Paul Berkemeier, the past National President, Shelley Penn, four Institute members selected by the current National President: Andrew Wilson, Adrian FitzGerald, Abbie Galvin and Mark Damant and Institute General Manager of Marketing and Development, Shahana McKenzie. These members were selected from a call for expressions of interest sent to all 2013 Awards jurors.
In forming its recommendations, the Categories Working Group will be consulting with a variety of members and staff. Firstly, the working group is calling for members to provide feedback regarding the Awards program, specifically categories to awards@architecture.com.au
To assist the working group in delivering on time for the 2014 National Awards program we would appreciate any feedback on Friday 27 September 2013.
Sixty projects from around Australia and overseas have been shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 National Architecture Awards, the largest awards program of its kind in the world.
The shortlisted projects were selected by an eminent jury led by Immediate Past President of the Institute, Shelley Penn.
‘Almost 900 entries were received this year, exceeding the amount of entries in both the British and American Institute’s award programs. This demonstrates a strong engagement from members and is a tremendous effort and to be commended given our relative population size.
‘The high calibre of entries this year is testified by the number of awards given at the regional, local and state level, with almost 140 projects considered by the national jury and a sign that a lot of great work is happening all around the country.
‘I feel I can speak on behalf of the National Jury in saying we were all so impressed with all of the projects eligible for national awards, and it was a challenging and inspiring process to determine a shortlist,’ Ms Penn said.
All states and territories have been represented in the selected works, which span commercial, public, small project, sustainable, heritage, interior, international, residential and urban design categories. In total 83 entries made the shortlist with many of the 60 projects selected in multiple categories.
The shortlist is marked by a strong community focus and includes several social housing projects.
The featured projects illustrate an emphasis on social engagement around the country be it an affordable housing development in Brisbane, an adaptable cultural pavilion in a remote Northern Territory Indigenous community, or a large-scale commercial development in Sydney that seeks to give space back to the locals.
‘We were thrilled to see so many buildings and places that were engaging with social impacts beyond their immediate brief, offering something really significant to society at a higher level – architecture which is not merely responsible, but which is generous,’ Ms Penn reflected.
An iconic accomplishment of such architecture, the Sydney Opera House will play host to the National Architecture Awards ceremony on Thursday 7 November following a range of public events celebrating the national treasure’s 40th anniversary.
Djakanimba Pavilions – Insideout Architects (NT) Perth Arena – ARM & Cameron Chisholm Nicol – Joint Venture Architects (WA) RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects (Vic) Waterloo Youth Family Community Centre – Collins and Turner with City of Sydney (NSW) West Kimberley Regional Prison – TAG Architects and iredale pedersen hook architects; Architects in Association (WA)
Commercial Architecture (6)
4 National Circuit – Fender Katsalidis (ACT) Brookfield Place – HASSELL and Fitzpatrick + Partners (WA) Darling Quarter – Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt) (NSW) Mountain Retreat Medical Clinic – Circa Morris-Nunn (Tas) National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart (Vic) One One One Eagle Street – Cox Rayner Architects (Qld)
Heritage Architecture (5)
2 National Circuit – Fender Katsalidis (ACT) Brookfield Place – HASSELL, Fitzpatrick + Partners and Palassis Architects (WA) Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment – CA Architects and Cox Rayner Architects in association with O’Neill Architecture (Qld) Good Shepherd Chapel – Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects (Vic) Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture (Vic)
Interior Architecture (9)
2 National Circuit – Fender Katsalidis (ACT) Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture (Vic) John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS) Kindergarten – Beechboro Campus – Brooking Design Architects (WA) Lilyfield Warehouse – Virginia Kerridge Architect (NSW) Meeting Room St Mary’s Cathedral Centre – Circa Morris-Nunn (Tas) One One One Eagle Street Foyer – Cox Rayner Architects (Qld) Perth Arena – ARM & Cameron Chisholm Nicol – Joint Venture Architects (WA) The Kinghorn Cancer Centre – BVN Donovan Hill (NSW) Translational Research Institute – Wilson Architects + Donovan Hill; Architects in Association (Qld)
International Architecture (7)
28th Street Apartments – Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc. (United States) 387 Tamaki Drive – Ian Moore Architects (New Zealand) Australia House – Andrew Burns Architect in association with Atelier Imamu (Japan) Finding Country Exhibition 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 – Kevin O’Brien Architects in association with the Finding Country Collective and Venti di Cultura (Italy / Qld) Martin No.38 – Kerry Hill Architects (Singapore) Silver House – Peter Stutchbury Architecture (Russia) Sobieski House – Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc. (United States)
Public Architecture (13)
Bridgewater LINC and Child & Family Centre – Liminal Architecture (Tas) Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture (Vic) Penleigh and Essendon Grammer School – McBride Charles Ryan (Vic) Perth Arena – ARM & Cameron Chisholm Nicol – Joint Venture Architects (WA) Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law – Architectus in association with Guymer Bailey Architects (Qld) RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects (Vic) Swanston Academic Building – Lyons (Vic) The Braggs University of Adelaide – BVN Donovan Hill & Hames Sharley in association (SA) The Kinghorn Cancer Centre – BVN Donovan Hill (NSW) Translational Research Institute – Wilson Architects + Donovan Hill; Architects in Association (Qld) Village Centre: National Arboretum Canberra – Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (ACT) Waterloo Youth Family Community Centre – Collins and Turner with City of Sydney (NSW) West Kimberley Regional Prison – TAG Architects and iredale pedersen hook architects; Architects in Association (WA)
Residential Architecture – Houses (10)
(-) Glass House – Charles Wright Architects (Qld) Balmain House – Fox Johnston (NSW) Bisley Place House – James Russell Architect (Qld) Blue House – Neeson Murcutt Architects (Vic) Cowshed House – carterwilliamson architects (NSW) Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects (Vic) Fairhaven Residence – John Wardle Architects (Vic) Merricks Beach House – Kennedy Nolan (Vic) Taringa House – Loucas Zahos Architects (Qld) Tír na nÓg – Drew Heath Architects (NSW)
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing (5)
29-35 Prince Street Cronulla – Candalepas Associates (NSW) Constance Street Affordable Housing – Cox Rayner Architects (Qld) Lime Street – Formworks Architecture (WA) McIntyre Drive Social Housing Altona – MGS Architects (Vic) Silk Apartments – Tony Caro Architecture (NSW)
Small Project Architecture (7)
7th Heaven, Ormond College – Nest Architects (Vic) Abbotsford Convent Breezeway – Jackson Clements Burrows (Vic) Art Gallery of NSW Forecourt Upgrade – Johnson Pilton Walker (NSW) Djakanimba Pavilions – Insideout Architects (NT) Keperra House – A-CH (Atelier Chen Hung) (Qld) Re-Newell – Charles Wright Architects (Qld) Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects (Vic)
Sustainable Architecture (8)
(-) Glass House – Charles Wright Architects (Qld) Constance Street Affordable Housing – Cox Rayner Architects (Qld) Cowshed House – carterwilliamson architects (NSW) Darling Quarter – Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt) with ASPECT Studios, Lend Lease, E.G.O. Group and Davenport Campbell (NSW) Djakanimba Pavilions – Insideout Architects (NT) One One One Eagle Street– Cox Rayner Architects (Qld) Waterloo Youth Family Community Centre – Collins and Turner with City of Sydney (NSW) West Kimberley Regional Prison – TAG Architects and iredale pedersen hook architects; Architects in Association (WA)
Urban Design (8)
2 & 4 National Circuit Precinct – Fender Katsalidis (ACT) Brookfield Place – HASSELL and Fitzpatrick + Partners (WA) Darling Quarter – Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt) with ASPECT Studios, Lend Lease, E.G.O. Group and Davenport Campbell (NSW) Flinders Street Revitalisation – Cox Rayner Architects (Qld) GASP Stage 1 – Room 11 Studio (Tas) Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture (Vic) Pitt Street Mall Public Domain Upgrade – Tony Caro Architecture (NSW) Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership (Vic)
2013 Jury
Shelley Penn – Immediate Past President of the Institute, Shelley Penn Architect (Chair) Richard Hassell – WOHA Founder and Director Ben Hewett – South Australian Government Architect Hannah Tribe – Tribe Studio Founder and Director Justine Clark – Architectural editor, writer and critic (Lay Juror)
The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 ACT Architecture Awards have been revealed tonight, Saturday 22 June, at the National Arboretum.
The territory’s highest honour, the Canberra Medallion, was awarded to a commercial building ‘exemplifying common sense architectural solution and good design with an underwritten commitment to creating complementary public space within the realm of related agency buildings’.
2 & 4 National Circuit Precinct by Fender Katsalidis. Image by John Gollings
Fender Katsalidis received the prestigious award for 2 & 4 National Circuit Precinct.
‘A clear and sensitive introduction of new commercial architecture into the heritage-listed former patents office and a brown field site that creates a comfortable and inviting space consistent with the aim of increasing urban density around the parliamentary triangle,’ stated the jury.
The project was also recognised with the Sir John Overall Award for Urban Design.
The venue of the 2013 ACT Architecture Awards, Village Centre – National Arboretum Canberra by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer was recognised by the jury with the Romaldo Giugola Award for Public Architecture.
‘Through the application of distinctive materials and a curvilinear form that displays subtle empathy with surrounding landforms, the architects have ensured that the National Arboretum will become one of Canberra’s most notable iconic buildings.’
Village Centre – National Arboretum by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer. Image by Brett Boardman
A house that ‘is elegant, beautifully detailed and bespoke’ has taken out the top residential architecture – houses award.
Produced by a father and son team of owner, architect and builder, Knobel House by Anthony Knobel Architect received the Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture and the ACT Sustainability Award.
‘The close quarters to the neighbours on all four boundaries is forgotten in this beautiful and remarkably private home,’ the jury reflected.
The W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture and the InLite Light in Architecture Prize were awarded to St Mary Mackillop College Chapel by Collins Caddaye Architects for ‘an absolute transformation from a dark and internal space, to a naturally-lit and beautiful place for inquiry and contemplation’.
St Mary Mackillop College Chapel by Collins Caddaye Architects. Image by Stefan Postles
Canberra College Performing Arts Centre by BVN Donovan Hill received the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture and Gallery House by Philip Leeson Architects took home the Art in Architecture Prize.
Full list of winning projects:
Art in Architecture Prize
Winner – Gallery House by Philip Leeson Architects
BCA Certifiers Mervyn Willoughby-Thomas Renovation Award
Winner – Dickson House by Marcus Graham Architect
Commendation – Roberts House by Dennis Formiatti Architect
Canberra Medallion
Winner – 2 &4 National Circuit Precinct by Fender Katsalidis
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Award – Canberra College Performing Arts Centre by BVN Donovan Hill
Commercial Architecture
Award – EAST Hotel by Cox Architecture
Award – 4 National Circuit Precinct by Fender Katsalidis
Education Prize
Winner – St Joseph’s Early Childhood Learning Centre by Paul Barnett Design Group
Enduring Architecture
Award – Parliament House by Mitchell Giurgola and Thorp 1988
Heritage Architecture
Award – 2 National Circuit by Fender Katsalidis
InLite Light in Architecture Prize
Winner – St Mary Mackillop College Chapel by Collins Caddaye Architects
Interior Architecture
W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture – St Mary Mackillop College Chapel by Collins Caddaye Architects
Award – 2 National Circuit by Fender Katsalidis
Award – EAST Hotel by Cox Architecture
Public Architecture
Romaldo Giugola Award for Public Architecture – Village Centre – National Arboretum Canberra by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Award – Canberra College Performing Arts Centre by BVN Donovan Hill
Award – St Clare’s College Trade Training Centre by Collins Caddaye Architects
Award – The Australian National University ‘National Computational Infrastructure Facility’ by METIER3 Pty Ltd
Residential Architecture – Houses
Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture – Houses – Knobel House by Anthony Knobel Architect
Award – Gallery House by Philip Leeson Architects
Commendation – Rodway House by TT Architecture
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Commendation – Bridge Point by Colin Stewart Architects
Small Project Architecture
Named Award – Roberts House by Dennis Formiatti Architect
Commendation – Krawarree House by Strine Design
Commendation – O’Connor Additions by Allan Spira Architect
Sustainable Architecture
ACT Sustainability Award – Knobel House by Anthony Knobel Architect
Urban Design
Sir John Overall Award for Urban Design – 2 &4 National Circuit Precinct by Fender Katsalidis
Award – Manuka Oval Sport Lighting by Cox Architecture
Award – The Realm Precinct by Colin Stewart Architects
Projects that received a Named Award or an Architecture Award now progress to the 2013 National Architecture Awards to be announced in Sydney on 7 November.
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The Australian Institute of Architects is the peak body for the architectural profession, representing almost 12,000 members across Australia and overseas. The Institute actively works to improve the quality of our built environment by promoting quality, responsible and sustainable design. Learn more about the Institute, log on to www.architecture.com.au.
David Clarke, Principal of Clarke Keller Architecture, has been announced as the recipient of the 2013 President’s Medal at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 ACT Architecture Awards tonight, Saturday 22 June, at the National Arboretum.
‘It is with great pleasure that I award the 2013 President’s Medal to the optimistic, witty and Renaissance “man for all seasons”, David Clarke,’ ACT Chapter President, Tony Trobe said.
‘David brings passion, energy and wit to the chapter in his roles as Chair of the Practice and CPD Committee and member of Chapter Council, and drives our dialogue with the government’s procurement services almost single-handedly.
‘He represents all that you could hope for in a chapter member. He is the oil in the machine. The President’s Medal is about recognising individuals and there is no more appropriate recipient.’
The 2013 Clem Cummings Medal was awarded to Ian Wood-Bradley, Urban Development Strategy and Policy Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator General within the ACT Government.
Awarded in recognition of the contributions non-architects make to the field of architecture and the public interest, the 2013 Medal has been presented to a ‘passionate advocate for design and place-making’.
‘Ian is a natural and valuable ally to the architectural profession, a Trojan horse within the structure of local planning,’ Mr Trobe said.
Founding Director of Jigsaw Housing, Andrew Verri, has received the ACT Emerging Architect Prize.
‘Andrew’s commitment to smaller, smarter, sustainable homes is providing significant leadership within the architectural profession and the residential construction industry more broadly,’ the jury noted.
Aliki George has been awarded the 2012 ACT Chapter Student Medallion for attaining the highest grade point average over the five years of her architectural education at the University of Canberra.
The 2012 recipient of the John Redmond Prize, awarded for the highest achievement during the first three years of architectural studies, is Alexander Gorecki.
Sarah Herbert is the 2012 recipient of the Institute’s Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Graduate Prize. The prize is awarded for attaining the highest grade point average over the two years of the Master of Architecture course at the University of Canberra.
Three students were recognised in the Cox Architecture Student Design Prize, established to engage students in the profession through submission of an architecture designed project completed in their previous year of study at the University of Canberra.
Melanie Schonfeld received the top prize for her project, Spatial Resonance – Piano Museum.
Commendations for the Cox Architecture Student Design Prize were awarded to Alexander Gorecki for Lodge on the Lake and Sarah Herbert for Piano Museum.
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For media enquiries contact:
Alexandra Cato
National Media and Communications Officer
Australian Institute of Architects
P. + 61 (3) 8620 3813
alexandra.cato@architecture.com.au
The Australian Institute of Architects is the peak body for the architectural profession, representing almost 12,000 members across Australia and overseas. The Institute actively works to improve the quality of our built environment by promoting quality, responsible and sustainable design. Learn more about the Institute, log on to www.architecture.com.au.
Adrian Evans has been recognised with the Sir James Irwin President’s Prize at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 South Australian Architecture Awards announced on Friday 14 June.
‘This year I have chosen to award an individual who I believe has not only made outstanding contributions to architecture in South Australia but also exemplifies many of the qualities that define an architect,’ South Australian President Steve Grieve commented.
‘He has continued to contribute to and support architectural education as a visiting lecturer and tutor at both Adelaide University and the University of South Australia and since 2002 he has been leading his own practice JPE through thick and thin.
‘It has not always been the easiest road – architecture is a tough profession – and throughout his career he has been true to his values and true to his unswerving passion for design and the pursuit of excellence.
‘In the last decade his built legacy has continued to grow through projects such as the Margaret Tobin Mental Health Centre at Flinders University and the Wave and Edge Office and Apartments Development at the southern end of King William Street.’
The Emerging Architects Prize has been awarded to Alex Hall of Hassell SA for his ‘dedication and enthusiasm towards the profession of architecture and design, as well as his involvement and achievements within professional, educational and community groups,’ the jury noted.
‘Among other leading examples, Alex has demonstrated his contribution to architecture through leadership within his role as project Architect at HASSELL, and through his active involvement in developing HASSELL’s young designers. Alex has made contributions to research and the education of Architecture through his engagement with The University of South Australia and Adelaide University architecture schools, as both studio educator and guest lecturer.
‘Alex is currently involved with the Australian Institute of Architects – SA chapter as a chapter councillor and has a strong focus on newer members to the profession. He was also previously a member of the editorial team for PLACE magazine.’
For media enquiries contact:
Alexandra Cato
National Media and Communications Officer
Australian Institute of Architects
P. + 61 (3) 8620 3813 alexandra.cato@architecture.com.au
The Australian Institute of Architects is the peak body for the architectural profession, representing almost 12,000 members across Australia and overseas. The Institute actively works to improve the quality of our built environment by promoting quality, responsible and sustainable design. Learn more about the Institute, log on to www.architecture.com.au.
