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Three engaging, impassioned Architects in Residence announced for 2015/16

Three diverse international architects will participate in the Australian Institute of Architects’ Droga Architect in Residence 2015/16 program.

Following on from the successful visit in 2015 by NORD Architects, the jury, chaired by Brit Andresen, has named the next candidates to undertake the unique 12-week opportunity.

UK emerging architect Nick Wood, Finnish stalwart Juhani Pallasmaa and Californian champion of change Liz Ogbu were selected for their broad experience and engaging program proposals.

Now in its second year, the Residency invites international architects to participate in a three-month program encouraging the exploration of new approaches, the exchange of ideas, international collaboration and cross-fertilisation.

The first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, the Residency is the inaugural program of the Australian Institute of Architects Foundation and is named after cultural philanthropist and supporter of the Institute, Daniel Droga, who generously gifted his award-winning Droga Apartment in Surry Hills for use as an architect residency.

Nick Wood, Founder and Director of How About Studio, will commence the Residency in September, focusing on the role of the awning in inner urban environments. How About Studio is a London based design practice working internationally on projects ranging from event based installations, to furniture and permanent buildings.

Wood’s work explores the intersection between art and architecture, with an investment in the fabrication process of combining craft and digital technologies to create new and engaging experiences. He has worked with large cultural institutions and international arts festivals to create a diverse portfolio of high quality interventions. Wood has been a visiting critic at a number of London schools and teaches at Brighton University.

In February 2016 renowned Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa will begin his Residency, which will feature a series of public lectures. Pallasmaa has practised architecture for over fifty years, establishing his own office in 1983. In addition to architectural design, he has been active in urban, exhibition, product and graphic design.

Pallasmaa has taught and lectured widely in Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa and Asia, and published numerous books and essays on the philosophy and critique of architecture and the arts in over thirty languages. He was a speaker at the 2011 National Architecture Conference – Natural Artifice in Melbourne.

Liz Ogbu is a designer, urbanist, social innovator and founder of Studio O. Her Residency will take place in Spring 2016. She is a Harvard graduate whose expertise is in disruptive innovation in challenged urban environments. She has worked extensively with communities in need to leverage the power of design to deliver social impact, from designing shelters for immigrant day labourers in the US to a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans.

In addition to her work through Studio O, Ogbu is on faculty at UC Berkeley and Stanford d.school; has won numerous honours including Public Interest Design’s Top 100, 2014 Aspen Ideas Scholar and Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council; and has lectured and published widely on her research including presentations for the Architecture Foundation UK, Clinton Global Initiative, AIA Grassroots and TEDx.

For more information about the residency visit wp.architecture.com.au/foundation/residency-program/

Architects Speakers Series

Award winning Australian architects to present bold, brave, creative designs at the National Gallery of Australia

The Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia and BCA Certifiers are hosting four different Australian architects to present their work every Wednesday evening throughout the month of September. Projects vary from a cantilevered sculptural concrete house in north Queensland – redefining contemporary tropical housing, skilfully designed inner city residential projects, to a curvaceous spiral high rise inspired by a Beyoncé music video. This year’s speaker series promises to excite and inspire Canberra audiences.

The 2015 line-up features speakers from Charles Wright Architects (Melbourne and Port Douglas), MAKE Architecture (Melbourne), Elenberg Fraser (Melbourne) and Tribe Studio (Sydney).

Charles Wright architects impressed this year’s Queensland Architecture Awards jury, winning an Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) for their project, The Edge. The awards jury noted ‘This house is an impressive response to a difficult site. The robust shell like concrete envelope gives the client privacy and frames the panoramic view. Raw materials and the angular form, which projects the living areas over the hillside, create a commanding presence for the building.’

MAKE Architecture is a design studio that provides socially and environmentally driven design solutions that give back to the community. These values are reflected in their projects such as Local House which offers an active connection to the St Kilda community. ‘Local House is a modestly scaled addition to a sculptural, richly detailed double fronted house, strong in its response to context,’ cited the 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards jury. ‘Distinguishing this project however is the back lane studio addition. This brave gesture by the client and architect has created an open, alternative entry for the house.’

Elenberg Fraser describes themselves as not your average architecture firm. An integrated Melbourne based design practice operating across the Asia Pacific region, designing across all scales of architecture. One of their latest projects is a Beyoncé inspired multi-residential building. The firm notes ‘The complex form – a vertical cantilever – is actually the most effective way to redistribute the building’s mass, giving the best results in terms of structural dispersion, frequency oscillation and wind requirements. Art and science? You betcha. For those more on the art than science side, we will reveal that the form does pay homage to something more aesthetic – we’re going to trust you’ve seen the music video for Beyoncé’s Ghost.’

Hannah Tribe founding director of Tribe Studio boasts a portfolio of award winning houses that are architecturally ambitious, sustainable and beautiful. Their designs follow an intensely site-specific approach that is particularly sensitive to client-requirements. The firm’s most recent award winning project, House McBeath, continues this design thinking in an adaptive re-use of a narrow Sydney 19th century terrace. The 2015 NSW Architecture Awards jury cited ‘contemporary in its expression, the two storey addition is sensitive not only to the original house but also in its acknowledgment of the broader streetscape context.’

Lectures will be held at the National Gallery of Australia as follows:

Wednesday 09 September – Charles Wright Architects
Wednesday 16 September – MAKE Architecture
Wednesday 23 September – Elenberg Fraser
Wednesday 30 September – Tribe Studio

Early bird series tickets are available until 31 August, but get in quick as this popular event often sells out.

Tickets are available from www.nga.gov.au/architects

Peter Stutchbury sets off around the country for 2015 Gold Medal Tour

The Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Gold Medallist, Peter Stutchbury, will begin his Gold Medal Tour in Newcastle on 28 July.

Stutchbury, who also received the 2015 Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) for Light House at the recent NSW Architecture Awards, will present in each state and territory as part of the tour culminating in Sydney on 19 November with the AS Hook Address.

Announced in March, the Gold Medal is the Institute’s highest honour and was awarded to Stutchbury ‘for his ongoing contribution to the advancement of architecture through practice, teaching and participation in professional activities and organisations,’ Immediate Past President David Karotkin said.

‘In 34 years of practice, Stutchbury has mastered the art of creating architecture that speaks of the place it inhabits – buildings that are environmentally sustainable, culturally specific and locally embedded,’ the jury said.

Stutchbury’s most famous works include his two Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture winning projects, Springwater (2005) and Bay House (2003), Deepwater Woolshed and Invisible House, winner of a 2014 NSW Architecture Award for Residential Architecture.

2015 Gold Medal Tour Dates
28th July – Newcastle
25th August – Sydney
26th August – Melbourne
27th August – Hobart
7th October – Canberra
8th October – Perth
9th October – Adelaide
13th October – Brisbane
14th October – Darwin
19th Nov – Sydney – AS Hook Address

For ticket and event details visit http://architecture.com.au/events/national/events

The 2015 Gold Medal Tour is proudly sponsored by BlueScope.

Final State Awards for 2015

4 July

The 2015 winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards have been announced, with the state’s most prestigious honour, the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture, going to Westmead Millenium Institute by BVN for successfully bringing together staff from six sites within a ‘singular place of calm engagement’. Read the full list of winners here.

One of South Australia’s most coveted honours, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture, went to the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley. The city landmark was lauded by the judges for its ‘transformation from a picturesque sporting venue into a civic building, able to accommodate multiple international sports and events’. See what else the judges had to say about the SA Awards here.

Over in Western Australia it was the Fiona Stanley Hospital that took out the highest overall honour, the George Temple Poole Award, honouring excellence in the design and construction industry. The judges saying that the Fiona Stanley Hospital breaks new ground in hospital design, with a layout that can accommodate future expansion, new developments in clinical treatment and medical technologies. See who else took home a prize here.

State Government Hospital Wins Top Prize at 2015 WA Architecture Awards

3 Jul 2015

The Fiona Stanley Hospital has taken out the highest overall honour, the George Temple
Poole Award, at the Australian Institute of Architects’ WA Architecture Awards.
Honouring excellence in the design and construction industry, the Awards were held on Friday
July 3 at Crown Perth’s Grand Ballroom.

The major tertiary hospital for Perth’s south metropolitan region, Fiona Stanley Hospital breaks
new ground in hospital design, with a layout that can accommodate future expansion, new
developments in clinical treatment and medical technologies.

Comprising of architectural practices HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley,
the Fiona Stanley Design Collaboration was commended by the jury on an outstanding
design, sustained through many challenges.

“It is a landmark project in all senses and achieves a high standard of design, integrating
architecture and landscape architecture. The Fiona Stanley Hospital was an ambitious State
project and has demonstrated a high level of achievement and will continue to do so into the
future as the site is further developed to its envisaged full potential,” the jury said.
The Fiona Stanley Hospital also took out The Jeffrey Howlett Award for Public
Architecture, The Wallace Greenham Award for Sustainable Architecture and a
Commendation in the Urban Design category.

Also featuring among this year’s award winners is the Cancer Wellness Centre by Bernard
Seeber Pty Ltd, which won The Margaret Pitt Morison Award for Heritage following on
from a WA Heritage Award earlier this year.

The inaugural Enduring Architecture Award went to the iconic Council House building by
Howlett and Bailey Architects for its world-class Modernist civic architecture and enduring
landmark status in the centre of Perth.

Australian Institute of Architects WA President Philip Griffiths said that the 2015 WA
Architecture Awards re-affirmed the high quality of work produced by architects in the state.
“This year’s winners represent the best of the best, having been selected from over 120 very
fine entries. It is indeed a rich showcase and it is very pleasing to see that all Named and
Architecture Awards were for Western Australian practitioners,” Griffiths said.

All Western Australian Named and Architecture Award winners will progress to the Australian
Institute of Architects National Awards to be held in November.

 

Full list of winning projects:

GEORGE TEMPLE POOLE AWARD

Fiona Stanley Hospital – Main Hospital Building by The Fiona Stanley Hospital Design Collaboration (comprising HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley)

 

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

The Jeffrey Howlett Award for Public Architecture – Fiona Stanley Hospital – Main Hospital Building by The Fiona Stanley Design Collaboration (comprising HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley)
Architecture Award – Wanangkura Stadium by ARM Architecture
Commendation – Wanarn Health Clinic by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
Commendation – iCity Kiosk by Coniglio Ainsworth Architects
Commendation – Butler Train Station by Coniglio Ainsworth Architects
Commendation – Walumba Elders Centre by iredale pedersen hook architects

 

EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

The Hillson Beasley Award for Educational Architecture – Scotch College Middle School by Taylor Robinson
Architecture Award – Churchlands Senior High School, Year 7 Integration into Senior High School Project by Bateman Architects
Architecture Award – Bunbury Catholic College – Marist Campus Learning Commons by Broderick Architects & CODA Joint Venture
Commendation – Derby District High School – Additions by TAG Architects
Commendation – Presbyterian Ladies’ College – Library and Cafeteria Additions by MCDF Architects

 

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES – (New)

The Marshall Clifton Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – Blackwall Reach Residence by Hillam Architects
Architecture Award – Price Street House by Yun Nie Chong & Patrick Kosky
Architecture Award – Gallery House by CSA Craig Steere Architects
Commendation – Trigg Point Residence by iredale pedersen hook architects
Commendation – Pilbara Vernacular House by Gresley Abas Architects
Commendation – Union Street Residence by Chindarsi Architects
Commendation – Florence by Wright Feldhusen Architects

 

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS

The Peter Overman Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) – Monash Avenue by Officer Woods Architects
Architecture Award – Scott Street Residence by Broderick Architects
Commendation – Carine House by Pendal and Neille

 

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING

The Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple House – Terrace Houses in Fremantle by Blane Brackenridge
Architecture Award – The Marina Apartments by McDonald Jones Architects
Commendation – The Musterer’s Quarters by Luigi Rosselli Architects
Commendation – Helm Apartments by Cameron Chisholm Nicol
Commendation – Walumba Elders Centre by iredale pedersen hook architects

 

HERITAGE

The Margaret Pitt Morison Award for Heritage – Cancer Wellness Centre by Bernard Seeber Pty Ltd
Commendation – University of Notre Dame, Fremantle – Bateman’s Courtyard Amenities by MCDF Architects
Commendation – Wesley College Ward & Kefford Refurbishment by Taylor Robinson

 

URBAN DESIGN

The John Septimus Roe Award for Urban Design – Wellard Square by The Buchan Group – Perth
Commendation – Fiona Stanley Hospital by The Fiona Stanley Hospital Design Collaboration (comprising HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley)

 

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

The Ross Chisholm and Gil Nicol Award for Commercial Architecture – Sanwell Office Building by Braham Architects
Architecture Award – Ocean Keys Shopping Centre Redevelopment by Taylor Robinson
Commendation – Subiaco Hotel Refurbishment by CHRISTOU Design Group and Join

 

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

The Julius Elischer Award for Interior Architecture – Kununurra Courthouse by TAG Architects & iredale pedersen hook architects, Architects in Association
Architecture Award – Forrest Street by Hartree & Associates Architects
Commendation – Lovestory Shop by MORQ
Commendation – Scott Street Residence by Broderick Architects
Commendation – Gallery House by CSA Craig Steere Architects

 

SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE

The Iwan Iwanoff Award for Small Project Architecture – Dharmapala Kadamapa Meditation Centre by Bernard Seeber Pty Ltd
Architecture Award – Lovestory Shop by MORQ
Architecture Award – Sussex Street by Mountford Architects
Commendation – Mount Lawley House by Robeson Architects
Commendation – King St. Ascension by spaceagency
Commendation – Union Street Residence by Chindarsi Architects

 

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

The Wallace Greenham Award for Sustainable Architecture – Fiona Stanley Hospital – Main Hospital Building by The Fiona Stanley Design Collaboration (comprising HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley)
Architecture Award – Sanwell Office Building by Braham Architects
Commendation – Foundation Housing – Waranyjarr Estate Broome North, Broome by Engawa Architects in association with Rodrigues Bodycoat Architects
Commendation – Mary Davies Library and Community Centre by Site Architecture Studio

 

ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD

Council House by Howlett & Bailey Architects

 

COLORBOND© AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE

Colorbond® Award for Steel Architecture – Walumba Elders Centre by iredale pedersen hook architects
Commendation – University of Notre Dame, Fremantle – Bateman’s Courtyard Amenities by MCDF Architects
Commendation – Cloisters Redevelopment by The Buchan Group – Perth
Commendation – Karri Fire House by Ian Weir Architect and Kylie Feher Architect

 

MONDOLUCE LIGHTING AWARD

Mondoluce Lighting Award – Union Street Residence by Chindarsi Architects

Public acclaim at the 2015 SA Architecture Awards

3 Jul 2015 

Adelaide’s public spaces have dominated at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 SA Architecture Awards announced on Friday 3 July at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

One of the state’s most coveted honours, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture, went to the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley.

The city landmark was lauded by the judges for its ‘transformation from a picturesque sporting venue into a civic building, able to accommodate multiple international sports and events’.

The Adelaide Oval Redevelopment was also joint recipient of the City of Adelaide Prize, along with the adjacent Riverbank Bridge by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Taylor Cullity Lethlean & Aurecon. The bridge also picked up a Commendation for Urban Design.

An ‘attractive place for people and an outstanding urban design project’, Stage One of the Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga Urban Regeneration Project by the Adelaide City Council and Taylor Cullity Lethlean won the top Urban Design accolade, the Gavin Walkley Award.

Continuing the accolades for public projects, the rejuvenation of the Hart’s Mill precinct into a family-friendly destination that retains the Port’s historical character earned Mulloway Studio and Aspect Studios the David Saunders Award for Heritage.

Two residential projects, one new build and one alterations and additions, delighted both the judges and the public taking home their respective Named Awards and People’s Choice Awards.

Located in the foothills of Glen Osmond, Plane Tree House by Architects Ink captured the jury’s attention winning the John S Chappel Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New).

‘Plane Tree House is an exemplary exploration of a rarely used construction technique, which has produced a bold series of framed moments capturing the beauty of the site, with not only its view of the city, but its topography. The house is brutal and rich, tough and intensely considered, raw and refined in perfect quantity,’ the jury said.

‘Robust and playful’, A Collection of Spaces by Jon Lowe Architect, was awarded the top honour for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions), the John Schenk Award.

The modest project ‘offers an innovative twist on the workers’ cottage addition. A confident tectonic response to the clients’ brief and site constraints, this collection of spaces have their own idiosyncrasies, quirk and charm forming a holistic contribution to the idea of a home,’ the jury noted.

Full list of winning projects:

Educational Architecture

SA Chapter Award – Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia by John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips/Pilkington Architects
Award – Margaret Ames Centre, Immanuel College by Swanbury Penglase Architects
Commendation – Cornerstone College ‘Paideia’ by Flightpath Architects
Commendation – Adelaide High School Learning Centre by JPE Design Studio

Enduring Architecture

Jack Cheesman Award – Centennial Park Chapel Complex by Geof Nairn Architects

Heritage

David Saunders Award – The Hart’s Mill Projects by Mulloway Studio and Aspect Studios
Award – Old Parliament House – Facility and Accessibility Upgrade by Swanbury Penglase Architects
Award – Seppeltsfield Cellar Door and Fino Restaurant by Max Pritchard Architect
Commendation – Sir William Goodman Bridge by Flightpath Architects
Commendation – 46 Mackinnon Parade by Phillips/Pilkington Architects
Commendation – Mayfair Hotel by JPE Design Studio

Interior Architecture

Robert Dickson Award – Seppeltsfield Cellar Door and Fino Restaurant by Max Pritchard Architect
Award – Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley
Award – Margaret Ames Centre, Immanuel College by Swanbury Penglase Architects
Commendation – Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia by John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips/Pilkington Architects
Commendation – Glenside Health Facilities by Swanbury Penglase Architects in association with Medical Architecture
Commendation – Adelaide High School Learning Centre by JPE Design Studio

Public Architecture

Jack McConnell Award – Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley
Award – Old Parliament House – Facility and Accessibility Upgrade by Swanbury Penglase Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

John Schenk Award – A Collection of Spaces by Jon Lowe Architect
Commendation – Grandfather Tom by John Adam Architect

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

John S Chappel Award – Plane Tree House by Architects Ink
Award – Robertson House by Max Pritchard Architect
Commendation – Burnside House by Max Pritchard Architect

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Commendation – 6 on Sixth by Tridente Architects

Small Project Architecture

Award – blackline by Dimitty Andersen Architects
Commendation – Jeweller’s Studio by Max Pritchard Architect

Sustainable Architecture

Derrick Kendrick Award – Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia by John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips/Pilkington Architects
Award – Grandfather Tom by John Adam Architect

Urban Design

Gavin Walkley Award – Victoria Square / Tarndanyangga – Stage 1 by Adelaide City Council and Taylor Cullity Lethlean
Award – The Hart’s Mill Projects by Mulloway Studio and Aspect Studios
Commendation – Riverbank Bridge by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Taylor Cullity Lethlean & Aurecon
Commendation – Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Award – Adelaide Oval Redevlopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley
Commendation – Cornerstone College ‘Paideia’ by Flightpath Architects

Additional Prizes

City of Adelaide Prize (Joint winner) – Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley
City of Adelaide Prize (Joint winner) – Riverbank Bridge by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Taylor Cullity Lethlean & Aurecon
People’s Choice for Houses (New) – Plane Tree House by Architects Ink
People’s Choice Award for Houses (Alterations and Additions) – A collection of spaces by Jon Lowe Architect
People’s Choice Award for the City of Adelaide Prize – Princess Elizabeth Playspace by Adelaide City Council
Sir James Irwin President’s Prize – Mr John Schenk LFRAIA
Emerging Architect Prize – Candy Aung, Grieve Gillett Dimitty Andersen Architects

State’s best designs revealed at 2015 NSW Architecture Awards

2 Jul 2015

The 2015 winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ NSW Architecture Awards were announced at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 2 July.

From a cliff-hugging home to one of the country’s largest medical research facilities the awarded projects represent NSW’s best new architecture across 12 categories.

The state’s most prestigious honour, the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture, went to Westmead Millenium Institute by BVN for successfully bringing together staff from six sites within a ‘singular place of calm engagement’.

‘This is a project where every aspect has been considered. The sensitivity and deftness of this consideration has transformed the building’s logic into an uplifting and inspiring environment for collaboration and research,’ the jury said.

At the other end of the scale, the coveted Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) was awarded to the Institute’s 2015 Gold Medallist Peter Stutchbury for his cliffside project, Light House

‘The jury was unanimous in their decision … it is a remarkable and exquisite outcome on a tight, complex site – the edge of a cliff, 80 metres above the sea. This home is poetic and investigative, and a delight to experience,’ the jury noted.

Adaptive reuse projects were big winners on the night picking up accolades in several categories including Sustainable Architecture and Commercial Architecture, demonstrating the value and opportunities of giving existing buildings new life.

JPW’s intervention of 50 Martin Place, one of the city’s most significant heritage buildings, for Macquarie Bank took out the Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture along with a Commendation for Sustainable Architecture and the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture. ‘The new works touch lightly on the most important heritage areas of the building [while] more dramatic interventions have brought the building up to Macquarie’s demanding workplace standards,’ the jury said.

The NSW Government Architect’s Office also won multiple awards for their reinvention of a building which they originally designed in 1967. Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) was a Brutalist-style science laboratory which has been transformed into a centre for learning and innovation for TAFE with increased connections to outdoor spaces. The project received honours in the Educational, Heritage and Sustainable categories.

Projects that received Awards and Named Awards are now eligible for the National Architecture Awards which will be announced in November.

Full list of winning projects:

Commercial Architecture

Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award – 50 Martin Place by JPW
Award – TransGrid Headquarters by Bates Smart
Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Educational Architecture

William E Kemp Award – UTS Science Faculty, Building 7 by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects & BVN
Award – Camperdown Childcare by CO-AP (Architects)
Award – Charles Perkins Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)
Award – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office
Commendation – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson

Enduring Architecture

Award – Buhrich House II by Hugh Buhrich

Heritage

Greenway Award – The Abbey, Johnston Street, Annandale by Design 5 – Architects
Award (Creative Adaptation) – Irving Street Brewery by Tzannes Associates
Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office
Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – Legion House by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Commendation (Creative Adaptation) – House McBeath by Tribe Studio Architects
Award (Conservation) – Bronte House, Restoration & Management by Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners
Commendation (Conservation) – Melrose House by Tropman & Tropman Architects

Interior Architecture

John Verge Award – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Award – St Barnabas Church by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Commendation – Charles Perkins Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)

Public Architecture

Sulman Medal – Westmead Millennium Institute by BVN
Award – St Barnabas Church by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Commendation – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis- Jones Morehen Thorp
Commendation – Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre by HASSELL

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award – Orama by Smart Design Studio
Award – Walter Street Terrace by David Boyle Architect
Award – Courtyard House St Peters by Reg Lark Architect
Commendation – Howe Allan House by Ian Moore Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Wilkinson Award – Light House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture
Award – Balmoral House by Clinton Murray + Polly Harbison
Award – Nikki Maloneys by Drew Heath Architects
Commendation – Alexandria Courtyard House by Matthew Pullinger Architect
Commendation – Garden House by Tzannes Associates

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Aaron Bolot Award – Studios 54 by Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects
Award – CASBA by Billard Leece Partnership + SJB Architects in association with BKH Interiors
Award – Polychrome by David Boyle Architect
Commendation – DHA Lindfield – Tubbs View + Hamilton Corner by Bates Smart
Commendation – Finlayson Street by Candalepas Associates
Commendation – Pelican Street by Candalepas Associates
Commendation – The Kensington by Fox Johnston

Small Project Architecture

Robert Woodward Award – Copper House by Takt | Studio for Architecture
Award– Sydney Opera House Recording Studio by Scott Carver
Commendation – Bresic Whitney, Hunters Hill by Chenchow Little
Commendation – Tempe House by Eoghan Lewis Architects
Commendation – AGL Lakeside Pavilion by Kennedy Associates Architects

Sustainable Architecture

Milo Dunphy Award – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson
Award – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office
Award – Polychrome by David Boyle Architect
Award – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Award – Nikki Maloneys by Drew Heath Architects
Commendation – 50 Martin Place by JPW

Urban Design

Lloyd Rees Award – Wollongong City Centre and Crown Street Mall Renewal by NSW Government Architect’s Office in association with Mcgregor Westlake Architecture
Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney
Award – Tamarama Kiosk and Beach Amenities by Lahz Nimmo Architects
Commendation – Chatswood Transport Interchange by COX Richardson and DesignInc Joint Venture

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Award – 50 Martin Place by JPW
Commendation – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Additional Prizes

IALD Lighting Prize – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney and Electrolight
Blacket Prize – NSW Aboriginal Child and Family Centre Gunnedah by NSW Government Architect’s Office
NSW Premier’s Prize – Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre by HASSELL
City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize – UTS Science Faculty, Building 7 by Durbach Block Jaggers & BVN
NSW President’s Prize – Helen Lochhead, Deputy Government Architect
Emerging Architect Prize – Brendan Murray, JPW
Marion Mahony Griffin Prize – Justine Clark, Architectural editor, writer and critic
Adrian Ashton Prize for Writing and Criticism – Parlour
David Lindner Prize – Andrew Daly and Kevin Liu, TYP-TOP Architecture Office

Wollongong wins big at 2015 NSW State Architecture Awards

Wollongong has won a swathe of accolades at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 NSW Architecture Awards announced at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 2 July.

Three projects from the region took out awards across multiple categories, including top category honours for Urban Design and Sustainable Architecture.

‘It was fantastic to see so many exemplary projects from a regional centre competing with and even being honoured above their metropolitan counterparts. Our regional towns and cities are integral to our national fabric and it’s exciting to see design excellence reaching beyond the boundaries of the capital city.

‘It is important to remember that the requirement for quality architecture and urban places and spaces exists outside of Sydney. We need all our public domain; all of our buildings, everywhere, to benefit from quality design and design thinking,’ NSW Chapter President Shaun Carter said.

Wollongong City Centre and Crown Street Mall Renewal by NSW Government Architect’s Office won the top award for Urban Design, the Lloyd Rees Award.

‘This is one of a series of integrated projects aimed at creating a centre in Wollongong that “supports an active life”. By careful design process the project amply succeeds in its aims, providing a flexible and durable place for people which stretches 360 metres through the city,’ the jury noted.

The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney picked up multiple awards including an Award for Commercial Architecture, Award for Urban Design, COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture – Commendation and the IALD Lighting Prize.

‘This is an exemplary project representing the new role of shopping centres as active players in the life of the city. As a catalyst for further development and fine grain revitalisation along the adjacent streets and laneways, it will continue to impact upon the city’s transformation as a vibrant and dense urban centre,’ the jury said.

Cox Richardson’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong won the top prize for Sustainable Architecture, the Milo Dunphy Award, along with a Commendation for Educational Architecture.

SBRC ‘has been designed to achieve certification with the Living Building Challenge, arguably the world’s most stringent environmental rating tool that applies to buildings. The building seeks to be water, energy and carbon neutral; beautiful, inspiring and educational; socially responsible and equitable; nontoxic and healthy,’ the jury said.
Wollongong’s winning projects:

Commercial Architecture
Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Educational Architecture
Commendation – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson

Sustainable Architecture
Milo Dunphy Award – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Richardson

Urban Design
Lloyd Rees Award – Wollongong City Centre and Crown Street Mall Renewal by NSW Government Architect’s Office
Award – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Commendation – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Additional Prizes
IALD Lighting Prize – The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney

Designs inspired by nature win at the Queensland Architecture Awards

26 Jun 2015 

 

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Queensland State Architecture Awards have been announced in Brisbane tonight.

The jury has awarded 52 accolades to 43 projects across all categories, with the educational category in its debut year recording an excellent outcome with seven projects honoured. See below for full list of winners.

After seven Regional Architecture Awards held earlier in the year, 72 projects were in the running for awards at the state level, with many projects eligible across multiple categories.

Designed around the concept of a ‘living tree’, Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons was the big winner on the night receiving multiple accolades including the coveted F D G Stanley Award for Public Architecture along with the Karl Langer Award for Urban Design and the Art & Architecture Prize.

‘Working between the perspective of a child and the scale of the city, the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital transforms a large and complex piece of healthcare infrastructure into a series of framed moments which both surprise and delight. The hospital establishes a new benchmark in paediatric healthcare for the state.

‘Exemplary in its unwavering philosophy of integrating art into every aspect of its fabric, function and ethos, this building is a gallery, a canvas and a theatre, whose focus is to bring delight and diversion to the lives of sick children and the people who care for them,’ the jury said.

Planchonella House in tropical north Queensland by Jesse Bennett Architect Builder won the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New).

‘Tucked into the rainforest along a ridge edge of Mt Whitfield, the building humbly engages the occupants with the environment. Pockets of space are carefully crafted and detailed, creating places that are both calming and invigorating, with elements of quiet delight,’ the jury noted.

An exemplar in sustainable design, The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL also won multiple awards the R G Suter Award for Educational Architecture, the G H M Addison Award for Interior Architecture and the Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture.

Projects that received an Award or Named Award will now progress to the National Awards to be announced in November.

 

Full list of winning projects:

 

Commercial Architecture

Beatrice Hutton Award – Triffid by Aardvarc
Commendation – Bells Reach Sales / Vision Centre and Café by Sparks Architects
Commendation – Royal Flying Doctor Service – Charleville Base by DM2 Architecture

 

Educational Architecture

R G Suter Award – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL
Award – St Sebastian’s Primary School by Elizabeth Watson Brown Architects and Architectus
Award – The University of the Sunshine Coast Collaborative Futures Building by HASSELL
Award – Griffith Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects in association with Hames Sharley
Commendation – Sir Samuel Griffith Centre by Cox Rayner Architects
Commendation – Arethusa College Spring Hill Campus by Ceccato Hall + Associates Architects
Commendation – Administration and Library, Woorabinda State School by Kevin O’Brien Architects

 

Enduring Architecture

Robin Gibson Award – Chapel of St Peter’s Lutheran College, Indooroopilly by Dr Karl Langer

 

Heritage Architecture

Don Roderick Award – Queensland Rail Roma Street Heritage Building – Stage 1 Stabilisation by Architectus
Award – Goddard Building Rooftop Expansion by Conrad Gargett

 

Interior Architecture

G H M Addison Award – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL
Award – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons
Award – BVN Brisbane Studio by BVN
Commendation – TRYP on Constance by Shane Denman Architects
Commendation – Postgraduate Centre for Training Townsville by Architectus
Commendation – Kent Road by bureau^proberts

 

Public Architecture

F D G Stanley Award – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons
Award – Gold Coast Aquatic Centre by Cox Rayner Architects
Commendation – The Armitage Centre by James Cubitt Architects
Commendation – Bellbowrie by bureau^proberts

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Queensland Chapter Award – Drury Street by Marc&Co
Award – Sandgate Pier House by Vokes and Peters (with Owen and Vokes and Peters)
Award – Paddington House by Architectus
Commendation – West End Cottage by Vokes and Peters (with Owen and Vokes and Peters)
Commendation – Living Room by Aardvarc

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Robin Dods Award – Planchonella House by Jesse Bennett Architect Builder
Award – The Edge by Charles Wright Architect
Award – House in Noosa by MORQ
Commendation – Davenport / Wilson House by Shane Thompson Architects
Commendation – Gracemere House by Cox Rayner Architects
Commendation – Christian Street House by James Russell Architect
Commendation – Northern Rivers Beach House by refresh*design
Commendation – Jule House by Claire Humphreys + Kevin O’Brien Architects
Commendation – Backyard House by JOE ADSETT ARCHITECTS

 

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Job & Froud Award – Silt by bureau^proberts
Award – M&A by bureau^proberts
Commendation – Lake Weyba Duplex by Robinson Architects
Commendation – Arena Apartments by Ellivo Architects
Commendation – Attewell Street by bureau^proberts
Commendation – JQ1 by Push

 

Small Project Architecture

Hayes & Scott Award – Frew Park Arena Play Structure by Guymer Bailey Architects
Commendation – St Vincent de Paul Inala Family Support Centre by Push

 

Sustainable Architecture

Harry Marks Award – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL
Award – Sir Samuel Griffith Centre by Cox Rayner Architects
Commendation – The University of the Sunshine Coast Collaborative Futures Building by HASSELL

 

Urban Design

Karl Langer Award – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons
Award – M&A by bureau^proberts

 

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Award – Fitzgibbon Community Centre by Richard Kirk Architect

 

Additional Prizes

The Australian Institute of Architects Prize for Art & Architecture (Qld) – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons

2015 Victorian Architecture Award Winners Announced

26 Jun 2015

Melbourne, Australia – Victoria’s top architecture firms came together to recognise the state’s best, at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards tonight.

Named Awards, Awards and Commendations were awarded in 12 categories representing a range of architecture from residential to public design, in addition to several Victorian specific prizes. This year 197 entries focused on key design elements and sustainable practices that will enhance and cement the longevity of a building and its versatility in future use.

 

Victorian Chapter President, Peter Malatt, said ‘the Victorian Chapter is thrilled by the quality of entrants in the 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards. The winning practices have showcased beautiful, user-centric and sustainable design worth recognising not just for the aesthetic, but also for the vital role they play in our State’s wellbeing and development.’

Of the 197 entries, approximately 30 percent were judged to be worthy of an Award or Commendation. Independent juries handed out a total of 34 Awards in addition to the Regional Prize, Melbourne Prize, and the coveted Victorian Architecture Medal. ARM Architecture and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects proved to be the big winners across several major categories including Heritage, Public Architecture, Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing, Urban Design and Small Project Architecture.

 

ARM Architecture took Victoria’s most prestigious Award, the Victorian Architecture Medal, for their outstanding work on the Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance. Amy Muir, Chair of Juries described it as ‘robust and sympathetic in its approach to detailing and built execution, the Stage Two addition provides an exemplar, quality architectural intervention which received unanimous support as the winner of the 2015 Victorian Architectural Medal’.

 

Following is the full list of 2015 Victorian Architecture Award winners. Named Award and Architecture Award winners go on to compete for National Architecture Awards, announced in November.

 

List of 2015 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners:

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR AWARD
Bethanga House | tUG workshop
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Sawmill House | Archier
Villa Marittima, St Andrews Beach | Robin Williams Architect
COMMENDATIONS
The Bow House | Edwards Moore
Beach Ave | Schulberg Demkiw Architects
Bridge House 2 | Delia Teschendorff Architecture
Mexican Contemporary House | Andres Casillas de Alba and Evolva Architects
Hidden House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

 

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
JOHN & PHYLLIS MURPHY AWARD
Tower House | Andrew Maynard Architects
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
House 3 | Coy Yiontis Architects
Local House | MAKE Architecture
COMMENDATIONS
Fat plan on Faraday St | The Rexroth Mannasmann Collective
Green House | Sean Godsell Architects

 

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
BEST OVEREND AWARD
Upper House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Domain Road Apartments | Wood Marsh Architecture
COMMENDATION
Bravo Apartments | Hayball

 

Heritage Architecture
JOHN GEORGE KNIGHT AWARD
Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance | ARM Architecture
AWARD
Coriyule | Bryce Raworth & Trethowan Architecture
COMMENDATION
Seabrook House | John Wardle Architects

 

Interior Architecture
MARION MAHONY AWARD
Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne | John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Huntingdale Golf Clubhouse Interiors | Inarc Architects
Medibank | HASSELL
COMMENDATIONS
Domain Road Apartments | Wood Marsh Architecture
Andrew Maynard Architects | Tower House

 

Urban Design

 

JOSEPH REED AWARD
Monash University North West Precinct | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects in collaboration with MGS Masterplanners
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance | ARM Architecture
RMIT A’Beckett Urban Square | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
Swanston Street | City of Melbourne

 

Public Architecture
WILLIAM WARDELL AWARD
Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance |ARM Architecture
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE – ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS AWARD
New Municipal Building and Civic Square | Lyons
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE – NEW AWARD
Margaret Court Arena | NH Architecture + Populous
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE – NEW COMMENDATION
Library at The Dock | Clare Design + Hayball (Architect of Record)

 

Educational Architecture
HENRY BASTOW AWARD
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Middle Girls School | McBride Charles Ryan
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne | John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration
Monash University North West Precinct | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects in collaboration with MGS Masterplanners
Green Chemical Futures | Lyons
Pamela Coyne Library | Branch Studio Architects
COMMENDATION
Sylvia Walton Building | Lyons

 

Commercial Architecture
SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD
Equestrian Centre, Merricks | Seth Stein Architects (London) in association with Watson Architecture + Design (Melbourne)
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
CSL Global Corporate Headquarters | Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited
COMMENDATION
RACV Resort Torquay | Wood Marsh Architecture

 

Small Project Architecture
KEVIN BORLAND AWARD
Moonlight Cabin | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
MPavilion | Sean Godsell Architects
Hydronaut | Studiobird with Mark Richardson
Monument Park | McBride Charles Ryan, Callum Morton and Oculus
COMMENDATIONS
Walker House | Andrew Maynard Architects
Hortus: Harbour Esplanade Temporary Activation Project | Folk Architects Pty Ltd

 

Sustainable Architecture
ALLAN AND BETH COLDICUTT AWARD
Library at The Dock | Clare Design + Hayball (Architect of Record)
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
41X | Lyons
COMMENDATIONS
Bridging Boyd | Jolson Architecture Interiors Landscape
Paciocco Residence | Tom Paciocco Architect FRAIA
RMIT A’Beckett Urban Square | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
Sawmill House | Archier
Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance | ARM Architecture

 

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
Green Chemical Futures | Lyons
COMMENDATION
Bethanga House | tUG workshop

 

Enduring Architecture
ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Domain Park Apartments | Grounds, Romberg, Boyd (partner in charge Robin Boyd)

 

Melbourne Prize

Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance| ARM Architecture

 

Regional Prize
Ballarat Community Health Primary Care Centre | DesignInc
Victorian Architecture Medal
Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance | ARM Architecture

 

Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media

 

NATIONAL AWARD
Parlour Guides to Equitable Practice | Parlour (Justine Clark, Naomi Stead, Susie Ashworth, Catherine Griffiths & Neph Wake)
STATE AWARD
Mongrel Rapture: The Architecture of Ashton Raggatt McDougall | ARM Architecture
COMMENDATION
Talking Design Radio Podcast, RMIT University | Stephen Crafti