Twenty of South Australia’s best architectural projects, from a strong field of forty-three, have been recognised at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 South Australian Architecture Awards announced tonight at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

The state’s highest honour, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture, once again went to a leading university research building with BVN Donovan Hill and Hames Sharley (architects in association) taking out the award for The Braggs, University of Adelaide.

This new research facility for photonics and advanced sensing symbolically represents its internal function through an external crystalline form that shimmers through its reflection and refraction of light throughout the day.

‘The Braggs Building was a clear winner of this award. We were impressed with its clear conceptual basis drawn from the research program it houses. It is strongly expressive of and responsive to the medium of photonics through its use of glass and light.

‘The strong logic underlying planning and form is demonstrative of a thoroughly considered project that effectively communicates the nature of science, technology and light,’ the jury noted.

An ‘elegant and refined’ glass house in the Barossa Valley by Max Pritchard Architect impressed the residential architecture jury and was awarded the John S Chappel Award for Residential Architecture – Houses.

‘Situated on top of a rolling hill and imbedded partially within the ground, the architect has confidently executed a building that is a delight to behold and experience,’ stated the jury.

 

The Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture was awarded to enduring project, Roach House Belair by Rod Roach Architect, entered by David Ey.

‘This house has endured and has stood the test of time and remains quite simply an exemplar of intelligent and economically sustainable design.

‘Among other enduring aspects of this house, we felt strongly that this is a clever example of fundamental ecologically sustainable development principals at work.’

 

Hassell’s Murray Bridge Library was awarded the Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture.

‘The new Murray Bridge Library, with its views over the river has radically changed the way local users interact with their library.

‘The success of the briefing, community engagement, design process, and execution can be seen in the huge increase in users of the library, and the general attitude and satisfaction of the staff, who are clearly very proud of their new facility,’ the jury commented.

The COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture went to MPH Architects for the Thebarton Community Centre.

‘The centre brings together a variety of user groups in a contemporary building that successfully negotiates budget and local government constraints with the ambition for a local landmark.

‘The use of steel played an integral role in realising the building’s geometries, which have been drawn from site and conceptual logics.’

Other awards presented on the night were:

Public Architecture

Architecture Award – Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer by Woodhead

Commendation – Thebarton Community Centre by MPH Architects

Commendation – St Peter’s Town Hall Complex by Phillips/Pilkington & Flightpath Architects (in association)

Commendation – Flinders University Biology Discovery Centre by Hassell

Residential Architecture – Houses

Architecture Award – Residence 2012 by Walter Brooke & Associates

Architecture Award – Rose Park Residence by Dimitty Andersen Architects

Commendation – Goolwa Beach House by Grieve Gillett Pty Ltd

Commendation – The Captain by C4 Architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Architecture Award– Alta by Tectvs

Commercial Architecture

Commendation – Australian Federal Police Headquarters by Walter Brooke & Associates

Sustainable Architecture

Architecture Award – Goolwa Beach House by Grieve Gillett Pty Ltd

Architecture Award – Barossa Valley Glass House by Max Pritchard Architect

Commendation – Fan and Flare by Khab Architects

Small Project Architecture

Architecture Award – Sticky Rice B&Bs by John Adam Architect

Commendation – Burnside Substation by Tectvs

Heritage

Architecture Award – St Peter’s Town Hall Complex by Phillips/Pilkington & Flightpath (architects in association)

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Commendation – Benson Radiology Salisbury by Tridente Architects

The City of Adelaide Prize

Bonython Park Upgrade – New Playspace by WAX Design Pty Ltd and Ric McConaghy

Archicentre Renovation Award

Commendation – Hazelwood Park Residence by Energy 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.

For details and images of each project please visit www.voice.architecture.com.au.

The Australian Institute of Architects congratulates Life Fellow of the Institute and Past President Mr Howard Tanner, Fellow Mr James Maccormick and member Mr David Beaumont on their receipt of Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Howard Tanner (NSW) was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to architecture and to heritage conservation. Mr Tanner has been a member of the Institute since 1974 when he established Tanner Architects (now Tanner Kibble Denton). In addition to his tenure as National President from 2008 to 2009, Mr Tanner has held numerous Institute positions both locally and nationally including National Councillor, Member of the National Education Committee, Chair of the 2009 National Awards Jury and Chair of the 2011 NSW Architecture Awards Jury.

Mr Tanner was a founding member of the Venice Biennale Committee in 2006 and Vice-President of the NSW Chapter from 1991 to 1993. He was a senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Sydney between 1975 and 1985 and in collaboration with Professor Jennifer Taylor, established the university’s architectural conservation courses.

Sydney Town Hall, Admiralty House Kirribilli and Icebergs Dining Room and Bar Bondi Beach are among Mr Tanner’s most notable public works.

James Maccormick MBE (QLD) has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to architecture. A member of the Institute since 1952, Mr Maccormick was Principal Architect at Commonwealth Department of Works from 1963 to 1969.

Mr Maccormick was Designer of the Australian Pavilions at the 1967 Montreal, 1970 Osaka and 1974 Spokane, USA Expos before instigating the Brisbane World Expo 88. Director of Bligh Maccormick, master planners and architects for the Brisbane World Expo 88 between 1984 and 1988, he then established James Maccormick and Associates where he was Principal until his retirement in 2011.

Following his contribution to Expo 67 in Montreal, Mr Maccormick was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

David Beaumont (SA) also received the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community, particularly through heritage organisations. A Board Member of the Australian Council of National Trusts, Mr Beaumont is a former State President of the National Trust of South Australia and a Life Fellow of the Trust since 1971.

In addition to his work with the National Trust, Mr Beaumont is a current member of DOCOMOMO Australia, an international organisation for the documentation and preservation of the buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement in architecture.

 

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A commercial project that enhances the urban environment of Alice Springs has taken out the top prize in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2013 Northern Territory Architecture Awards announced tonight by Former Chief Minister Clare Martin.

Green Well Building, Alice Springs by Susan Dugdale & Associates was awarded the chapter’s highest honour, the Tracy Memorial Award which acknowledges a project that expresses the ‘spirit of the Northern Territory’ along with the Peter Dermoudy Award for Commercial Architecture.

Positioned above one of the central business districts’ many car parks, the two-storey retail and office development challenges the living streetscape of the city while retaining heritage aspects of the old building by sensitively incorporating an old well next to the building entrance and lobby.

‘The building is very appropriate to its location, strongly contributing to the streetscape rather than competing with it. Overall, this building offers an alternative for diversity and much needed change in the commercially delivered environment of the Alice Springs CBD,’ the jury noted.

Sixteen projects were in the running for this year’s Awards with eleven being honoured on the night for encapsulating a strong feeling of local identity, pride and independence.

 

The Reverend John Flynn Award for Public Architecture was presented to Hassell for MacKillop Catholic College.

The jury was ‘impressed with the clarity of planning, the simplicity of the building materials used and the generosity of the circulation spaces and verandahs in the buildings.’

The Australian Centre of Indigenous Knowledge and Education (ACIKE) and the Katherine Regional Cultural Precinct, both by DKJ projects.architecture, received Commendations for Public Architecture.

 

 

 

Djakanimba Pavilions by Insideout Architects received three awards on the night, the Yali McNamara Award for Small Project Architecture, the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture and the Indigenous Community Architecture Award.

AHL (Aboriginal Hostels Limited) Wadeye by Hodgkison received a Commendation for the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture and a Commendation for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing.

Ajar Architects was awarded a Commendation for Residential Architecture for Frangipani Finesse and STUDIOfive by Susan Dugdale & Associates received a Commendation for Small Project Architecture.

Two projects were awarded a Commendation for Interior Architecture, the Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility by Zone A Pty Ltd and the Australian Centre of Indigenous Knowledge and Education (ACIKE) by DKJ projects.architecture.

 

The Enduring Architecture Award was presented to Vestey’s Darwin High School Gymnasium by Woodhead Australia Architects.

Jury Chair Justin Hill of Kerry Hill Architects in Singapore along with juror Brendan Meney of Brendan J Meney Architects in Alice Springs and lay juror Diana Richards, Assistant Director of the Northern Territory Library, selected the worthy recipients.

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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Australian Institute of Architects
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The Australian Institute of Architects is the peak body for the architectural profession, representing 11,500 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.

The act of making; the dirtiness, directness and honesty of architecture is the inspiration behind the theme for the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 National Architecture Conference, hosted in Perth for the first time in over a decade.

Adam Haddow, Helen Norrie and Sam Crawford were introduced as the 2014 creative team with their theme, Making, by the Institute’s National President Paul Berkemeier on the last day of the 2013 Conference, Material.

The creative team are inspired by the process of making architecture, rather than simply the presentation of architecture as a finished product, as well as the collaborative relationships and catalytic projects that lead to cultural change and shift the context of architectural practice.

‘Our interest lies both in the machinations of the process, and the beauty, delight and surprise of excellence. Making will be a celebration of ideas. It will celebrate approaches to achieving architectural excellence that challenge cultural, economic, social and political environments. It will be through an investigation of the unknown that our own place will be revealed more clearly.

‘How do we learn, as practitioners, from these alternative processes, the wins and losses, the mistakes and coincidences that led to better outcomes?

‘We want to hear from the speakers about other ways of making architecture. How architecture is made in other cultural, economic and geographic contexts, particularly Asia, Latin America and Africa,’ the team explained.

Making will also explore the expanding role of the architect and consider a broader definition of ‘architect as maker’ – not just of singular buildings, but as the maker of environments and connections that extend the bounds of traditional practice.

‘The contemporary architect is not constrained to the drawing board but is engaged with communities and cross-disciplinary collaboration and is often a champion of political change. We are interested in a new emerging role of the architect and the different ways of “making” across a range of circumstances.

‘The conference is an opportunity to celebrate our profession, to enjoy a collegiate environment and be inspired and energised from practitioners who share our ambition but differ in approach and context,’ the team said.

The creative team, keynote speakers and panellists will further investigate ‘making’ through four subthemes – Making: Culture, Life, Connections and Impact.

About the team

Adam Haddow is a Director of SJB. He has received numerous awards and is known most for his work on multiple housing and his engagement in ideas about the future of our cities. He is a contributor to many journals and is actively involved in built form advocacy through the Institute.

Helen Norrie is an academic in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania and a writer, curator and architectural critic contributing regularly to national and international architecture and design discussions.

After leaving university Sam Crawford established his own practice. Sam Crawford Architects has since been widely published nationally and internationally and has been recipient of numerous state and national awards including a 2012 NSW Architecture Award and National Commendation for the Smee Schoff House.

The National Architecture Conference – Making will be held in Perth from 8 to 10 May 2014.

For media enquiries contact:

Alexandra Cato
National Media and Communications Officer
Australian Institute of Architects
P. + 61 (3) 8620 3813 | M. +61 (0) 416 022 818
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.