30 June 2018

Every year the Australian Institute of Architects’ SA Architecture Awards sees projects of all budgets and sizes – in 2018 the projects with some of the most modest budgets, smallest footprints or most challenging parameters are architects’ own homes and workplaces.

Even more impressive is that each of these entries have received commendations or awards. As South Australian Awards Director Pippa Buckberry observes ‘architects are not only experimenting, exploring and stretching the boundaries of their craft but demonstrating the role we can all play by leading by example.’

The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi (WBL), described by jurors as an ‘adaptive re-use poster project’ received two named Awards – the David Saunders Award for Heritage and the Keith Neighbour Award for Commercial Architecture. The project also won an Award for Sustainable Architecture, and The City of Adelaide Prize – People’s Choice. Its interior – WBL Studio – also received an Award for Interior Architecture. Designed by EH McMichael in 1916 the Darling Building had fallen into disrepair until WBL as part investor and key tenant rejuvenated the building to its current iteration as an alternative workplace offering within the city.

Larger scale projects including the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, the Adelaide Convention Centre Redevelopment East and The Royal Adelaide Hospital were awarded and commended for having worked hard with their scale and unavoidable monumentality to still engage with the public realm and focus on people through their interior design. As Chapter President Mario Dreosti noted ‘the projects have embraced architecture as a vehicle and a process to bring benefit which is greater than creation of the icon or the pursuit of client only benefit.’

In a pleasing symmetry Max Pritchard, LFRAIA received the Jack Cheesman Award for Enduring Architecture for the Pritchard House (1990), while his daughter Tess Pritchard received a commendation for her home in the Residential Architecture – Houses (New) and the Sustainable Architecture categories.

A total of 38 Named Awards, Awards and Commendations were presented on the night from a field of 69 entries. Named Award and Award winners will now progress to the National Architecture Awards to be announced in Melbourne in November.

Full list of winners:

Commercial Architecture
The Keith Neighbour Award for Commercial Architecture – The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi

Educational Architecture
The Dr John Mayfield Award for Educational Architecture – St John’s Grammar School John Bray Centre for the Performing Arts by Walter Brooke
Award – Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building (AHMS) by Lyons
Commendation – Old Watulunga by Grieve Gillett Andersen
Commendation – Concordia College Nautilus Centre by Russell & Yelland Architects

Heritage
The David Saunders Award for Heritage – The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi
Award – Queen Adelaide Room by Swanbury Penglase

Interior Architecture
The Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture – GA House by Architects Ink
Award – WBL Studio by Williams Burton Leopardi
Award – Royal Adelaide Hospital by Silver Thomas Hanley DesignInc (STHDI)
Commendation – Melt by studio-gram

Public Architecture
The Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture – Adelaide Convention Centre Redevelopment: East by Woods Bagot
Award – The Playford Tennis Centre by JPE Design Studio
Commendation – Royal Adelaide Hospital by Silver Thomas Hanley DesignInc

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
The John Schenk Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) – Millswood House by studio-gram with Kate Russo
Award – Bowden Bajko House by Davis + Davis Architects
Commendation – Timberland by sw-architects
Commendation – MH House by Architects Ink
Commendation – JR House by Architects Ink

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The John S Chappel Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – PR House by Architects Ink
Award – Cedar House by JPE Design Studio
Award – Hyde Park Townhouses by Con Bastiras Architect
Award – Aldgate House by Wood Marsh Architecture
Commendation – Tess and Michael’s House by Max Pritchard Gunner Architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Newell Platten Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing – Ivy Apartments, WEST by Davis + Davis Architects

Small Project Architecture
The Marjorie Simpson Award for Small Project Architecture – 84 Halifax Street by Oxigen
Award – trop_Pods @ Robe by Troppo
Commendation – Sturt Street Office Home by Taylor Buchtmann Architecture
Commendation – Bird in Hand Block by sw-architects + Enoki
Commendation – UniSA Mobile Art Architecture and Design Studio (MAADS) by Design Construct, School of Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia

Sustainable Architecture
The Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture – trop_Pods @ Robe by Troppo Architects
Award – The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi
Commendation – Last Stand by BB Architects
Commendation – Royal Adelaide Hospital by Silver Thomas Hanley DesignInc (STHDI)
Commendation – Tess and Michael’s House by Max Pritchard Gunner Architects
Commendation – Timberland by sw-architects

Urban Design
The Gavin Walkley Award for Urban Design – Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building (AHMS) by Lyons

The Jack Cheesman Award for Enduring Architecture Award – Pritchard House (1990) by Max Pritchard LFRAIA

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture Award – Millswood house by studio-gram with Kate Russo

 

Chapter Prizes

City of Adelaide Prize
Award – 84 Halifax Street by Oxigen
Commendation – The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi
Commendation – Queen Adelaide Room by Swanbury Penglase
Commendation – Urban Beach by Renewal SA on behalf of the Riverbank Authority
People’s Choice – The Darling Building by Williams Burton Leopardi

Sir James Irwin President’s Medal
Douglas Alexander, Flightpath Architects

Emerging Architect Prize
Alison McFadyen, Phillips/Pilkington Architects

 

The Australian Federal Police’s leading-edge Forensics and Data Centre designed by HASSELL was awarded the ACT’s Territory’s top architectural architecture award at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2018 ACT Architecture Awards tonight.

HASSELL was presented the prestigious Canberra Medallion by the Minister for Planning and Land Management, Mick Gentleman for the AFP facility. This project also took out the top honour in the commercial category winning the John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture.

Australian Institute of Architects (ACT) Jury Chair, Rob Henry, said for the first time, the new AFP building brings together 200 experts in digital, biological and chemical forensics, weapons intelligence and fingerprint and facial identification into one complex.

‘“This brief could so easily have succumbed to an explicitly defensive architecture. Instead, the Forensics and Data Centre extracts generosity and openness from a highly sensitive program to engender a collaborative and collegiate workplace and find a welcome ease of fit between organisation and built form,’” he said.

ACT Chapter President, Philip Leeson, said, ‘“‘wWe’ve had a record number of entries in this year’s awards, which is a promising sign that Canberra homeowners and business leaders see the benefit and return on investment achieved through architectural design. Many of the projects were commissioned by the private sector including a number of education buildings and several private residences.’”

The CSIRO’s new Black Mountain research facility, Synergy by BVN received multiple accolades winning the sustainable and public architecture categories with the Derek Wrigley Award for Sustainable Architecture and the Romaldo Giurgola Award for Public Architecture as well as an Award for Interior Architecture.

The redevelopment of Australia’s first fully enclosed shopping mall, Monaro Mall by Universal Design Studio and Mather Architecture was highly acclaimed by the judges receiving the JS Murdoch Award for Heritage, the W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture, an Award for Commercial Architecture and the Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture.

‘“An ambitious project, the practice team has successfully and sensitively restored, revealed, reinstated and re-imagined Monaro Mall’s heritage values, intent and finishes. Monaro Mall is now a light-filled and material-rich contemporary retail transformation which demonstrates the powerful potential of adaptive reuse of heritage buildings over demolition,” ,’ Rob Henry said.

On the residential architecture front, Swan by Collins Caddaye Architects, a bold home on a semi-rural property, seven years in the making, received the Malcom Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New).

The Emerging Architect Prize was awarded to Shannon Battisson from The Mill: Architecture + Design. Robert Foster was acknowledged for his contribution to art and architecture through the Lifetime Contribution Prize.

A total of 38 Named Awards, Awards and Commendations were presented on the night from a record field of 58 entries. Named Award and Award winners will now progress to the National Architecture Awards to be announced in Melbourne on Thursday 1 November 2018.

 

Full list of winners:

Commercial Architecture
The John Andrews Award – Australian Federal Police Forensics and Data Centre by HASSELL
Award – Monaro Mall, Canberra Centre by Universal Design Studio and Mather Architecture
Commendation – Dairy Road (3.4) by Craig Tan Architects

Educational Architecture
The Enrico Taglietti Award – STEM Centre by Collins Caddaye Architects
Commendation – RN Robertson Building by CCJ Architects

Heritage
The J S Murdoch Award – Monaro Mall, Canberra Centre by Universal Design Studio and Mather Architecture

Interior Architecture
The W Hayward Morris Award – Monaro Mall, Canberra Centre by Universal Design Studio and Mather Architecture
Award – St Christopher’s Precinct by Cox Architecture
Award – Synergy by BVN
Commendation – Capital Airport Group Office Fitout by Cox Architecture

Public Architecture
The Romaldo Giurgola Award – Synergy by BVN
Award – St Christopher’s Precinct by Cox Architecture
Commendation – High Commission of Samoa in Australia by Cox Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Gene Willsford Award – Chowne Street House by PHILIP LEESON ARCHITECTS
Commendation – Puutalo House by JUDD.studio
Commendation – TL House by Ben Walker Architects
Commendation – DC House by Ben Walker Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award – Swan by Collins Caddaye Architects
Award – Box House by Paul Tilse Architects
Award – Inset House by JUDD.studio
Commendation – Moss River House by Cox Architecture
Commendation – Sawtooth House by JUDD.studio

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Sydney Ancher Award – St Germain by Cox Architecture
Award – St Christopher’s Precinct by Cox Architecture

Small Project Architecture
The Cynthia Breheny Award – Phased Change House by Erin Owens | MAKO Architecture
Award – Kingston Boat Sheds by Tait Network
Commendation – Parents room, Monaro Mall, Canberra Centre by Mather Architecture

Sustainable Architecture
The Derek Wrigley Award – Synergy by BVN
Award – RN Robertson Building by CCJ Architects
Commendation – The Link by CCJ Architects

Urban Design
The Sir John Overall Award – Throsby Infrastructure by Tait Network
Award – ANU Pop-Up Reunion Village by OCULUS with Craig Tan Architects
Commendation – St Christopher’s Precinct by Cox Architecture

Enduring Architecture
The Sir Roy Grounds Award – St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charnwood by Mitchell/Guirgola Thorp Architects

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Award – Roberts Residence by formi building creators

Chapter Awards and Prizes
Canberra Medallion – Australian Federal Police Forensics and Data Centre by HASSELL
The Pamille Berg Award for Art in Architecture – Chowne Street House by PHILIP LEESON ARCHITECTS
The Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture – Monaro Mall, Canberra Centre by Universal Design Studio and Mather Architecture
Architectural Professional of the Year – Remco Alexander de Vries, SQC Architecture
President’s Medal – Harold (‘Hal’) Guida, Guida Moseley Brown Architects
Clem Cummings Medal – Rachael Coghlan, CraftACT
Emerging Architect Prize – Shannon Battisson, The Mill: Architecture + Design
Lifetime Contribution Prize – Robert Foster
ACT Chapter Student Medallion – Joel Smith, University of Canberra
Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Graduate Prize – Joel Smith, University of Canberra
John Redmond Prize – John Roberts, University of Canberra

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual Awards night on Friday 8 June.

Following an extensive Regional Architecture Awards program, 174 entries have been judged with 78 unique projects shortlisted for the state honours, some in multiple categories.

The highlight from this year’s judging was the exceptional quality of innovative projects emerging in Queensland’s regional communities. The quality of work from regional Queensland has shown a commitment to human centred design but also a focus on sustainable architecture that is responsive to the unique and varied climates that exist across Queensland.

The Blackwater Aquatic Centre by Liquid Blu Architects was a standout project, being awarded the highest honour, the FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture. The aquatic centre has been integrated into an established sporting precinct that supports regional sporting groups and events.

‘Providing a small mining community with a cool place of respite and aquatic activities for all ages, the bulwark-like outer layer of rammed earth walls wrap themselves around three elevations affording refuge from the harsh environment.

‘The building makes a positive contribution to this community, with the architecture responding sensitively to the climate and its rural context. It is seen as a generous public asset, a welcome refuge and oasis within an otherwise remote and harsh setting,’ the jury noted.

The residential new build category was fiercely contested with the top honour, the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) going to Stradbroke House by Tim Bennetton Architects with Gabriel Poole.

‘This lightweight house in the island bush offers a friendly welcome to spaces of holiday delight. Arrival is via the beach, shoes removed on to an uncovered deck. The house appears as a series of tent structures floating above the land. Indoor and outdoor spaces flow seamlessly into each other embracing the natural surrounding landscape physically and visually,’ the jury noted.

‘There is an inventive wittiness and lyrical delight that brings a sense of joy to the visitor. A magical camping experience infuses this deceptively simple but sophisticated beach house.’

The Elina Mottram Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) was awarded to Gibbon St by Cavill Architects.

‘The journey from the front door to the roof terrace has pockets of space along the way, a sunken lounge with a close garden view and a floating sitting room overlooking the back yard. This journey concludes at the rooftop, which feels like a secret hide out to a sweeping view. All of these crafted small spaces contribute to a memorable architectural experience,’ the jury said.

Queensland Chapter President, Paul Trotter congratulated winners and entrants for continuing to innovate and create projects that make a positive impact for those who work, live and play within them.

‘Architecture has the unique ability to impact upon people’s lives and create a legacy for future generations, this year’s award winners can all be proud of that achievement,’ Trotter said.

Projects that received a Named Award or Award are now in the running for the National Architecture Awards to be announced in November.

 

Full list of winners:

Commercial Architecture

Beatrice Hutton Award – The Stores, Cavill Architects in Association with Jasper Brown Architects
Award – Robina Market Hall Redevelopment, The Buchan Group
Commendation – 88 Limestone, Gibson Architects

Educational Architecture

Jennifer Taylor Award – The Science Place HASSELL
Award – The Centenary Library, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brand + Slater Architects Pty Ltd
Award – The Springfield Anglican College – Year 1 Classrooms, Architecture Kōen
Commendation – Griffith University Aquatic Centre, Conrad Gargett
Commendation – JK Murray Library Extension & Refurbishment, dwp | design worldwide partnership

Enduring Architecture

Robin Gibson Award – Townsville Courts of Law – Edmund Sheppard Building
Hall, Phillips & Wilson Architects Pty Ltd

Heritage

Commendation – 259 Queen Street Main Lobby Refurbishment, Cox Architecture + Ruth Woods Architect

Interior Architecture

GHM Addison Award – Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, BVN

Award – Headricks Lane, SP Studio
Award – Marchetti & Optiko, Cameron & Co
Commendation – 1 William Street, Woods Bagot
Commendation – NAB Place, Woods Bagot

Public Architecture

FDG Stanley Award – Blackwater Aquatic Centre, Liquid Blu Architects
Award – Curra Community Hall, Bark Design Architects
Award – les wilson barramundi discovery centre, bud brannigan architects
Commendation: Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, BVN
Commendation: Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Guymer Bailey Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Elina Mottram Award – Gibbon St, Cavill Architects
Award – Camp Hill Cottage, Owen Architecture
Award – One Room Tower, phorm architecture + design with Silvia Micheli & Antony Moulis
Award – Yeronga House, Tim Bennetton Architects
Commendation – Milton Residence, m3architecture
Commendation – Yarrawonga, Counterpoint Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Robin Dods Award – Stradbroke House, Tim Bennetton Architects with Gabriel Poole
Award – Carpenter-Hall House, Russell Hall Architects P/L
Award – Tarragindi Steel House, Bligh Graham Architects
Award – V House, Shaun Lockyer Architects
Commendation – Avonlea, Robinson Architects
Commendation – tinbeerwah house, teeland architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Job & Froud Award – M3565 Main Beach, Virginia Kerridge Architect
Award – Abian, Wood Marsh Architecture with Sunland Group
Award – Oxley + Stirling, Elenberg Fraser
Award – Spire Residences, John Wardle Architects
Commendation – Kailani Beach Houses, Andrew Bock Architecture

Small Project Architecture

Hayes & Scott Award – Northshore Pavilion, Anna O’Gorman Architect
Award – Ryan Street Library, Jonathan Goh Architect
Commendation – Dinosaur Canyon Outpost, Cox Architecture
Commendation – UQ Architecture School Entry, m3architecture

Sustainable Architecture

Harry Marks Award – Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Guymer Bailey Architects
Award – Blackwater Aquatic Centre, Liquid Blu Architects
Award – The Science Place, HASSELL
Commendation – Yeronga House, Tim Bennetton Architects

Urban Design

Karl Langer Award – Parklands, AAA – Arkhefield, ARM and Archipelago Architects
Award – Beerwah Tower Green, Bark Design Architects
Commendation – Centenary Lakes Nature Play, PAWA Architecture + LandPlan
Commendation – The Link, Lat27

COLORBOND®

Award – Gold Coast Sports Precinct, BVN

Art & Architecture

The Australian Institute of Architects Art & Architecture Prize (Qld) – Corps a’ Corps at the IMA Coutyard, Artist: Celine Condorelli, Architect: Dirk Yates (Speculative Architecture), Landscape Designer: Pete Shields

 

From the Pilbara to Darwin, the Daintree and a remote bay on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, the winners of this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards show that some of the most exceptional architectural contributions are coming increasingly from our regions.

A greater number of emerging practices also featured among the 44 projects earning a place on the 2017 winners list announced in Canberra tonight.

Jury chair and Immediate Past President Ken Maher said the Awards play a significant role in illuminating the value architects bring to our clients and community, as well as stimulating debate and defining values within the profession.

‘The jury gave preference to projects demonstrating the contribution architecture can make to the public good; projects that were inventive in their responses to context, site and program; and those that celebrated an understanding of materials and making,’ Maher said.

This year’s jury had the daunting task of awarding projects from the largest field of entries received in the almost four decades since the national awards program began, with a total of 983 entries received and 72 shortlisted for national honours.

Despite this, Maher observed that the jury’s experience was that ‘truly exceptional work speaks so powerfully that little debate is necessary – just an unspoken shared sense of joy and admiration.’

‘Public architecture projects were strong, particularly in their contribution to community and their social and cultural benefits, where design invention has expanded the brief and delivered extraordinary value,’ Maher noted.

The East Pilbara Arts Centre by Officer Woods Architects won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture with its ‘masterstroke building-within-a-building concept’ that quadrupled the client’s original brief for a five-hundred-square-metre arts centre and enabled ‘a group of remote Indigenous artists to make a substantial and tangible contribution to a town centre, thereby exemplifying reconciliation in this country.’

Perched on a remote site on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, the historic 1830s Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects won the Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) and a National Commendation for Heritage in what the jury described as ‘a labour of love and passion’ to bring the residence ‘from an advanced state of decay to a rebirth where old and new lend each other fresh beauty.’

The hotly contested Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) was won by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects for Tamarama House with what the jury described as sublime detailing and beautifully sculpted spaces.

In a very strong showing, four projects received accolades in the Educational Architecture category this year. The East Sydney Early Learning Centre by Andrew Burges Architects in association with the City of Sydney won The Daryl Jackson Award, with National Awards going to Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub by Six Degrees Architects, which also won the Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage, St Joseph’s Nudgee College Hanly Learning Centre by m3architecture and the UQ Forgan Smith Building – TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Library Refurbishment by BVN, the latter also receiving a National Award for Interior Architecture.

In total, the national jury presented 35 awards and 13 commendations across the 14 categories.

 

Full list of winners:

Commercial Architecture

The Harry Seidler Award – The EY Centre by fjmt (NSW)
National Award – Willinga Park by Cox Architecture (ACT)
National Commendation – NewActon Nishi by Fender Katsalidis Architects (ACT)

 

Educational Architecture

The Daryl Jackson Award – East Sydney Early Learning Centre by Andrew Burges Architects in association with the City of Sydney (NSW)
National Award – Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub by Six Degrees Architects (Vic)
National Award – St Joseph’s Nudgee College Hanly Learning Centre by m3architecture (Qld)
National Award – UQ Forgan Smith Building – TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Library Refurbishment by BVN (Qld)

 

Enduring Architecture

National Award – 17 Wylde Street by Aaron M Bolot (NSW)

 

Heritage

The Lachlan Macquarie Award – Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub by Six Degrees Architects (Vic)
National Award – Juanita Nielsen Community Centre by Neeson Murcutt Architects Pty Ltd in association with City of Sydney (NSW)
National Award – 100 Harris Street by SJB (NSW)
National Commendation – Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects (Tas)
National Commendation – Embassy of Sweden by Guida Moseley Brown Architects (ACT)

 

Interior Architecture

The Emil Sodersten Award – Indigo Slam by Smart Design Studio (NSW)
National Award – UQ Forgan Smith Building – TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Library Refurbishment by BVN (Qld)
National Commendation – Canberra Airport – International by Guida Moseley Brown Architects (ACT)
National Commendation – The Gipson Commons, St Michael’s Grammar School by Architectus (Vic)

 

International Architecture

The Jørn Utzon Award – Amanemu by Kerry Hill Architects (Japan)
Australian Award – SkyVille @ Dawson by WOHA (Singapore)

 

Public Architecture

The Sir Zelman Cowen Award – East Pilbara Arts Centre by Officer Woods Architects (WA)
National Award – Juanita Nielsen Community Centre by Neeson Murcutt Architects Pty Ltd in association with City of Sydney (NSW)
National Award – The Globe by Brian Hooper Architect and m3architecture (architects in association) (Qld)
National Award – Sunshine Coast University Hospital by Architectus Brisbane and HDR Rice Daubney as Sunshine Coast Architects (Qld)
National Commendation – Act for Kids Child and Family Centre of Excellence by m3architecture (Qld)

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award – Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects (Tas)
National Award – Annandale House by Welsh + Major Architects (NSW)
National Award – Burleigh Street House by ME (Qld)
National Award – Jac by panovscott (NSW)
National Commendation – Dornoch Terrace House by James Russell Architect (Qld)

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

The Robin Boyd Award – Tamarama House by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects (NSW)
National Award – Cape Tribulation House by m3architecture (Qld)
National Award – Coogee House by Chenchow Little (NSW)
National Award – Mitti Street House by James Russell Architect (Qld)
National Commendation – Dark Horse by Architecture Architecture (Vic)
National Commendation – Rose House by Baracco+Wright Architects (Vic)

 

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

The Frederick Romberg Award – Tropology for DHA by Troppo Architects (NT)
National Award – Crown 515 by Smart Design Studio (NSW)
National Commendation – RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation by Richard Middleton Architects (RMA) (Vic)

 

Small Project Architecture

The Nicholas Murcutt Award – Lizard Log Amenities by CHROFI (NSW)
National Award – North Bondi Amenities by Sam Crawford Architects with Lymesmith (NSW)
National Commendation – The Piano Mill by Conrad Gargett (Qld)

 

Sustainable Architecture

The David Oppenheim Award – Central Park Sydney by Tzannes and Cox Richardson and Foster + Partners (NSW)
National Award – 88 Angel St by Steele Associates Architects (NSW)
National Commendation – Gen Y Demonstration Housing Project by David Barr Architect (WA)
National Commendation – Mt Alvernia College Anthony and La Verna Buildings by m3architecture (Qld)

 

Urban Design

The Walter Burley Griffin Award – Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre by fjmt (Vic)
National Award – The Goods Line by ASPECT Studios with CHROFI (NSW)

 

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

The COLORBOND® Award – Arts West, University of Melbourne by ARM + Architectus (Vic)

 

People’s Choice Award

Winner – Tent House by Sparks Architects (Qld)

 

 

2017 National Jury

Ken Maher (Chair) – Immediate Past President of the Australian Institute of Architects; Fellow, HASSELL; Honorary Professor, UNSW Sydney
Lawrence Nield – Northern Territory Government Architect; Professor of Architecture, University of Newcastle
Sue Dugdale – Director, Susan Dugdale and Associates
Peter Maddison – Director, Maddison Architects; Host, Grand Designs Australia
Melissa Bright – Founding Director, MAKE architecture

 

 

The 2017 National Architecture Awards are proudly supported by Principal Partner BlueScope; Major Partner Brickworks; Supporting Corporate Partners AWS, Bondor, Dulux and Smeg; Insurance Partner Planned Cover; and Media Partners Architecture Media and The Australian WISH.

In celebration of World Architecture Day on Monday 2 October, voting has opened for the annual People’s Choice Award as part of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 National Architecture Awards.

The People’s Choice Award gives members of the public the opportunity to select their favourite house from the 15 residential projects on the national jury’s shortlist.

Chosen from more than 250 entries, the homes showcase the best residential architecture – both new builds and alterations and additions – from around the country.

Voting is open until 5:00pm AEDST Friday 27 October. Some fantastic prizes, thanks to our Corporate Partners, are also up for grabs for those who vote in the People’s Choice Award and enter the competition by telling us in 25 words or less why their chosen project is their favourite.

The winning project will be revealed at the National Architecture Awards ceremony on Thursday 2 November at Albert Hall in Canberra along with all the winners as chosen by the expert panel of judges.

More information on the 2017 National Architecture Awards and access to voting in the People’s Choice Award is available via architecture.com.au/awards-2017

Projects in the running for the 2017 People’s Choice Award are:

Annandale House by Welsh + Major Architects (NSW)
Burleigh Street House by ME (Qld)
Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects (Tas)
Cape Tribulation House by m3architecture (Qld)
Coogee House by Chenchow Little (NSW)
D’Entrecasteaux House by room11 (Tas)
Dark Horse by Architecture Architecture (Vic)
Dornoch Terrace House by James Russell Architect (Qld)
Jac by panovscott (NSW)
Little Sister’s House by Candalepas Associates (NSW)
Mitti Street House by James Russell Architect (Qld)
Rose House by Baracco+Wright Architects (Vic)
Sorrento House by Figureground Architecture (Vic)
Tamarama House by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects (NSW)
Tent House by Sparks Architects (Qld)

 

The Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous donation of prizes by Corporate Partners BlueScope, Dulux, AWS, Smeg and Architecture Media.

September 15, 2017

The competition for recognition as the best in Australian architecture has reached its most fierce with a record 983 entries being received across 14 categories in this year’s Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards, the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

Following the Chapter Architecture Awards presentations earlier in the year, 205 entries were eligible for national judging and the jury has today revealed their shortlist of 72 projects ahead of the prestigious awards ceremony on Thursday 2 November.

Jury chair and Immediate Past President Ken Maher said the entries exemplified ‘the positive impact architecture has on our cities, towns and landscapes. Of course, the exceptional projects we visited represent only a small part of this contribution, much of which goes unrecognised.

‘Reflecting on the state of architecture as observed from the visits, we were heartened by the maturity, creativity and accomplishment demonstrated by the profession across the board, from well-recognised practitioners to emerging practices and younger architects,’ Maher said.

‘The remarkable testimonies from clients were touching – many revealed that they had gained a true understanding of the value of architecture through undertaking their projects.’

Keeping pace with the recent apartment construction boom, particularly along the eastern seaboard, there was a record number of projects in the Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing category on the shortlist.

A large number of educational projects were also selected by the jury for ‘inventive design thinking that has expanded the pedagogic and experiential agendas’.

Maher was joined on the jury by Mel Bright, Lawrence Nield, Sue Dugdale and Peter Maddison. Launching on World Architecture Day, Monday 2 October, the annual People’s Choice Award will once again give members of the public the opportunity to vote for their favourite residential project from the shortlist.

The 2017 winners of the National Architecture Awards will be announced at Albert Hall in Canberra on Thursday 2 November. Tickets and further information available at architecture.com.au/awards-2017

Full shortlist:

Commercial Architecture (5)

NewActon Nishi by Fender Katsalidis Architects (ACT)
Sydney Processing Centre by Genton Architecture (NSW)
TarraWarra Cellar Door by Kerstin Thompson Architects (Vic)
The EY Centre by fjmt (NSW)
Willinga Park by Cox Architecture (ACT)

Educational Architecture (7)

Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub by Six Degrees Architects (Vic)
Arts West, University of Melbourne by ARM + Architectus (Vic)
East Sydney Early Learning Centre by Andrew Burges Architects in association with the City of Sydney (NSW)
Mt Alvernia College Anthony and La Verna Buildings by m3architecture (Qld)
St Joseph’s Nudgee College Hanly Learning Centre by m3architecture (Qld)
The Grimwade Centre For Cultural Materials Conservation – The University of Melbourne by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (Vic)
UQ Forgan Smith Building – TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Library Refurbishment by BVN (Qld)

Enduring Architecture (2)

17 Wylde Street by Aaron M Bolot (NSW)
University South Lawn Underground Car Park by Loder & Bayly in association with Harris, Lange and Associates (Vic)

Heritage (5)

100 Harris Street by SJB (NSW)
Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub by Six Degrees Architects (Vic)
Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects (Tas)
Embassy of Sweden by Guida Moseley Brown Architects (ACT)
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre by Neeson Murcutt Architects Pty Ltd in association with City of Sydney (NSW)

Interior Architecture (5)

Canberra Airport – International by Guida Moseley Brown Architects (ACT)
Indigo Slam by Smart Design Studio (NSW)
Slack Melbourne Office by Breathe Architecture (Vic)
The Gipson Commons, St Michael’s Grammar School by Architectus (Vic)
UQ Forgan Smith Building – TC Beirne School of Law and Walter Harrison Library Refurbishment by BVN (Qld)

International Architecture (3)

Amanemu by Kerry Hill Architects (Japan)
International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) by Studio Milou Singapore (Vietnam)
SkyVille @ Dawson by WOHA (Singapore)

Public Architecture (7)

Act for Kids Child and Family Centre of Excellence by m3architecture (Qld)
East Pilbara Arts Centre by Officer Woods Architects (WA)
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre by Neeson Murcutt Architects Pty Ltd in association with City of Sydney (NSW)
Orange Regional Museum by Crone (NSW)
Sunshine Coast University Hospital by Architectus Brisbane and HDR Rice Daubney as Sunshine Coast Architects (Qld)
The Globe by Brian Hooper Architect and m3architecture (architects in association) (Qld)
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by sthDI+MCR (Vic)

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) (7)

Annandale House by Welsh + Major Architects (NSW)
Burleigh Street House by ME (Qld)
Captain Kelly’s Cottage by John Wardle Architects (Tas)
Dornoch Terrace House by James Russell Architect (Qld)
Jac by panovscott (NSW)
Little Sister’s House by Candalepas Associates (NSW)
Sorrento House by Figureground Architecture (Vic)

Residential Architecture – Houses (New) (8)

Cape Tribulation House by m3architecture (Qld)
Coogee House by Chenchow Little (NSW)
D’Entrecasteaux House by room11 (Tas)
Dark Horse by Architecture Architecture (Vic)
Mitti Street House by James Russell Architect (Qld)
Rose House by Baracco+Wright Architects (Vic)
Tamarama House by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects (NSW)
Tent House by Sparks Architects (Qld)

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing (7)

88 Angel St by Steele Associates Architects (NSW)
Crown 515 by Smart Design Studio (NSW)
President Avenue by Candalepas Associates (NSW)
RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation by Richard Middleton Architects (RMA) (Vic)
Solis: Little Bay Apartments by Fox Johnston (NSW)
St Joseph’s Nudgee College Bathersby Boarding Village by m3architecture (Qld)
Tropology for DHA by Troppo Architects (NT)

Small Project Architecture (4)

Lizard Log Amenities by CHROFI (NSW)
North Bondi Amenities by Sam Crawford Architects with Lymesmith (NSW)
Studio for Indigo Jungle by Marc&Co (Qld)
The Piano Mill by Conrad Gargett (Qld)

Sustainable Architecture (6)

88 Angel St by Steele Associates Architects (NSW)
Central Park Sydney by Tzannes and Cox Richardson and Forster + Partners (NSW)
Gen Y Demonstration Housing Project by David Barr Architect (WA)
Mt Alvernia College Anthony and La Verna Buildings by m3architecture (Qld)
Sunnybanks House by Core Collective Architects (Tas)
South East Water by BVN (Vic)

Urban Design (4)

Central Park Sydney by Tzannes and Cox Richardson and Foster + Partners (NSW)
Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre by fjmt (Vic)
Kensington Street Precinct by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects (NSW)
The Goods Line by ASPECT Studios with CHROFI (NSW)

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture (2)

Arts West, University of Melbourne by ARM + Architectus (Vic)
Lizard Log Amenities by CHROFI (NSW)

View the gallery of shortlisted projects here.