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Honouring excellence – 2014 Queensland Architecture Awards

Architects from all over the state have come together in celebration of excellence in good design at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Queensland Architecture Awards announced tonight at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

‘Thoroughly considered and exquisitely detailed’, the University of Queensland’s Advanced Engineering Building (AEB) by Richard Kirk Architect and HASSELL was the big winner of the night, taking home three Named Awards.

Awarding the project the FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture, the GHM Addison Award for Interior Architecture and the Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture, the jury described the collaborative effort as a ‘significant benchmark in sustainability’.

‘The project provides teaching, research and laboratory facilities either side of a five-storey timber clad, elongated central atrium with a double glazed roof. AEB expertly embraces setting and place and has created an exemplar of engagement with renewable resources and local industry,’ added the jury.

Charles Wright’s ‘extraordinary response to a very personal and adventurous brief’ in the Daintree, Stamp House, was well received by the jury and won the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New), the top residential award for the night.

‘The concrete fabric chosen for permanence, robustness and thermal mass is placed on a man-made lake and shaped and patterned around its quirky personal spaces to somehow make its other worldly presence take its place in the world’s oldest and most pristine landscape,’ the jury reflected.

Following on from the six Regional Architecture Awards, the state competition resulted in projects across all regions being honoured with the jury presenting 10 Named Awards, 13 Architecture Awards and 13 Commendations in addition to the Queensland Chapter’s Art in Architecture Prize (see below for full list of winners).

Projects that received a Named Award or an Architecture Award now progress to the 2014 National Architecture Awards to be announced in Darwin on 6 November.

Full list of winning projects by category (alphabetical):

Art in Architecture Prize
Winner – Growth by Bark Design Architects (Sunshine Coast)

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Award – Townsville Cruise Terminal by Arkhefield (North Queensland)

Commercial Architecture
Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture – 55 Elizabeth Street by BVN Donovan Hill (Brisbane)
Award – Capri on Via Roma by BDA Architecture (Gold Coast)
Award – Sanctuary Cove Golf Club by Cox Rayner Architects (Gold Coast)
Commendation – Ipswich Government Office Building by Cox Rayner Architects (Darling Downs/West Moreton)

Enduring Architecture
Robin Gibson Award for Enduring Architecture – Torbreck by AH Job and RP Froud (Brisbane)

Heritage Architecture
Don Roderick Award for Heritage – Brisbane City Hall Restoration Project by Tanner Kibble Denton Architects and GHD Architects in Association (TannerGHD) (Brisbane)
Award – New Farm Arbour by Owen and Vokes and Peters (Brisbane)

Interior Architecture
G H M Addison Award for Interior Architecture – UQ Advanced Engineering Building by Richard Kirk Architect HASSELL Joint Venture (Brisbane)
Award – Australian Taxation Office Elizabeth Street by HASSELL (Brisbane)
Award – JCU Dental by Phillips Smith Conwell Architects (Far North Queensland)
Commendation – the kenmore by kp architects (Brisbane)
Commendation – Murphy Pipe and Civil by Marc&Co Architects, Baber Studio and Jarosz Design (Brisbane)

Public Architecture
F D G Stanley Award for Public Architecture – UQ Advanced Engineering Building by Richard Kirk Architect HASSELL Joint Venture (Brisbane)
Award – Abedian School of Architecture by CRAB Studio (Gold Coast)
Award – JCU Education Central by Wilson Architects with Architect North (North Queensland)
Award – UQ Dayboro Vet by Owens and Vokes and Peters (Brisbane)
Commendation – Gold Coast University Hospital by GCUH Architecture (PDT + STH + HASSELL) (Gold Coast)
Commendation – Helensvale Branch Library and CCYC by Complete Urban and Lahz Nimmo Architects in Association (Gold Coast)
Commendation – St Peter’s Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre by Phillips Smith Conwell Architects (Brisbane)
Commendation – UQ Michie Building Extension by Wilson Architects (Brisbane)

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Queensland Chapter Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) – Highgate Hill House by Twofold Studio & Cox Rayner Architects (Brisbane)
Award – West End Tower by Owen and Vokes and Peters (Brisbane)
Commendation – Panorama Drive by Owen and Vokes and Peters (Sunshine Coast)

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – Stamp House by Charles Wright Architects (Far North Queensland)
Award – Oxlade Drive House by James Russell Architect (Brisbane)
Commendation – The Beach Box by OGE Group Architects (Sunshine Coast)
Commendation – Courtyard Residence by Blueprint Architects (Brisbane)
Commendation – Dolphin Court Residence by ME (Gold Coast)

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Commendation – Bonney Lane Affordable Housing by Cox Rayner Architects (Brisbane)

Small Project Architecture
Hayes & Scott Award for Small Project Architecture – Studio 217 by Amalie Wright & Richard Buchanan (Brisbane)
Award – Baroona Road Mixed Use Redevelopment by Shane Thompson Architects (Brisbane)
Commendation – Malanda Falls Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects (Far North Queensland)

Sustainable Architecture
Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture – UQ Advanced Engineering Building by Richard Kirk Architect HASSELL Joint Venture (Brisbane)
Award – William McCormack Place 2 by CA Architects & Cox Rayner Architects (Far North Queensland)

Urban Design
Karl Langer Award for Urban Design – Griffith University Nathan Campus Revitalisation by Cox Rayner Architects (Brisbane)

Vic, Tas and Qld Architecture Awards announced

The weekend was jam-packed with architectural wonder – and a touch of glitz and glamour – as state Architecture Awards presentations were held in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania.

Themed ‘Learning from Las Vegas’, the Victorian Architecture Awards were held on Friday night and Victoria’s top architecture firms came together to recognise the state’s best.

Named Awards, Awards and Commendations were awarded in 12 categories as well as several specialist Awards, including residential, commercial and public projects, with key trends including the blending of community, health, arts and education projects with great design.

James Staughton, Chair of Juries commented, ‘The level of entries this year again showcases the tremendous talent of Victoria’s architects and the impact they have on public and private spaces, and those that use them.’

Read the full list of winners here.

The Queensland Architecture Awards were also held on Friday. Embracing ‘a touch of red’, architects from all over the state came together in celebration of excellence in good design

Read the full list of winners here.

Then on Saturday night, the Tasmanian Architecture Awards were announced at MONA, and celebrated the contribution of architecture to the state’s communities from the small scale through to major urban improvements.

Read the full list of winners here.

It’s all in the detail – Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards announced

Thirty projects from across Brisbane were honoured at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards announced tonight at special ceremony held at the Edmund Rice Performing Arts Centre.

Queensland 2014 State Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts, presented 30 Regional Commendations to projects spanning a range of sizes and purposes, which now progress to the Queensland State Architecture Awards, announced in Brisbane on 20 June

The winners of the John Dalton Award for Building of the Year, House of the Year and an Enduring Architecture Prize were also announced.

The John Dalton Award for Building of the Year went to UQ Advanced Engineering Building by Richard Kirk Architect and HASSELL (Joint Venture) in addition to receiving two Regional Commendations for Public Architecture and Interior Architecture.

‘The UQ Advanced Engineering Building (AEB), a collaboration of Richard Kirk Architect and HASSELL exquisitely embodies a significant benchmark in sustainability within a complex building program of research, teaching and learning. AEB expertly embraces setting and place and has created an exemplar of engagement with renewable resources and local industry.

‘The project provides teaching, research and laboratory facilities either side of a five storey timber clad, elongated central atrium with a double glazed roof. The axis terminates in an expressive timber trussed off-form concrete lecture theatre with the lake setting as backdrop. Thoroughly considered and exquisitely detailed,’ the jury said.

Highgate Hill House by Twofold Studio and Cox Rayner Architects was awarded the Brisbane House of the Year.

‘A sublime piece of architecture, expressed through intricate detailing that is seamlessly engaged with an ironically humble brief. A visceral experience of occupation is manifest through a series of spatially modest but poetically executed rooms. A bespoke, controlled garden and a sequence of outdoor living zones complete the project,’ reported the jury.

The jury nominated and awarded a special Enduring Architecture Prize to AH Job and RP Froud for their 1960 project Torbreck, Queensland’s first multi-storey home unit development.

Regional Commendations:

Architectural Project	Architectural Practice	Architectural Category	Location
55 Elizabeth Street	BVN Donovan Hill	Commercial Architecture	Brisbane
New Farm Arbour	Owen and Vokes and Peters	Heritage	New Farm
RNA Industrial Pavilion Redevelopment	Cox Rayner Architects	Heritage	Bowen Hills
Brisbane City Hall Restoration Project	Tanner Kibble Denton Architects and GHD Architects in Association (TannerGHD)	Heritage	Brisbane
Murphy Pipe and Civil	Marc&Co Architects Baber Studio and Jarosz Design	Interior Architecture	Albion
UQ Advanced Engineering Building	Richard Kirk Architect HASSELL Joint Venture	Interior Architecture	St Lucia
UQ Chemistry Building Level 8	m3architecture	Interior Architecture	St Lucia
Ergon Energy Workplace	BVN Donovan Hill	Interior Architecture	Fortitude Valley
the kenmore	kp architects	Interior Architecture	Brisbane
A&R Plastic Surgery	Base Architecture	Interior Architecture	Auchenflower
Australian Taxation Office Elizabeth Street	HASSELL	Interior Architecture	Brisbane
UQ Michie Building Extension	Wilson Architects	Public Architecture	St Lucia
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital Upgrade	Hames Sharley	Public Architecture	Coopers Plains
UQ Advanced Engineering Building	Richard Kirk Architect HASSELL Joint Venture	Public Architecture	St Lucia
UQ Dayboro Vet	Owen and Vokes and Peters	Public Architecture	Dayboro
St Peter’s Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre	Phillips Smith Conwell Architects	Public Architecture	Indooroopilly
Dakabin Animal Shelter	Brand + Slater Architects	Public Architecture	Dakabin
Centre for Advanced Imaging	John Wardle Architects + Wilson Architects Architects in Association	Public Architecture	St Lucia
Indooroopilly Residence	Kieron Gait Architects	Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)	Indooroopilly
West End Tower	Owen and Vokes and Peters	Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)	West End
In-Between Room	Phorm Architecture+Design	Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)	Brisbane
Highgate Hill House	Twofold Studio & Cox Rayner Architects	Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)	Highgate Hill
Point Lookout Beach Shack	Marc&Co Architects	Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)	Point Lookout
Oxlade Drive House	James Russell Architect	Residential Architecture – Houses – (New)	New Farm
Courtyard Residence	Blueprint Architects	Residential Architecture – Houses – (New)	Rochedale
Bonney Lane Affordable Housing	Cox Rayner Architects	Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing	Fortitude Valley
Baroona Road Mixed Use Redevelopment	Shane Thompson Architects	Small Project Architecture	Rosalie
PARC Pavilion	BVN Donovan Hill	Small Project Architecture	Fortitude Valley
Studio 217	Amalie Wright & Richard Buchanan	Small Project Architecture	Spring Hill
Griffith University Nathan Campus Revitalisation	Cox Rayner Architects	Urban Design	Nathan

Brisbane Jury Coordinator and Juror Elizabeth Anderson (Hayes Anderson Lynch Architects Pty Ltd) along with Jury Chairs Paul Worroll (Reddog Architects Pty Ltd), Kevin O’Brien (Kevin O’Brien Architects), Shaun Lockyer (Shaun Lockyer Architects), Fiona Gardiner (Heritage Branch, Department Environment and Heritage Protection) and Jurors Paul Butterworth (Paul Butterworth Architect), Anna Chamberlin (Push Architects), Peter Dawson (Architectus Brisbane Pty Ltd), Ray Giarola (Giarola Architects), Michael Hartwich (Wilson Architects), Stephen Long (Architectus Brisbane Pty Ltd), Rebecca Moore (Conrad Gargett Riddel Ancher Mortlock Woolley), Scott Peabody (Arqus Design Pty Ltd), Gavan Ranger (Ranger Design P/L) and George Taran (Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd ) assisted the 2014 State Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts, (bureau^proberts), State Awards Deputy Director, Paul Uhlmann (Paul Uhlmann Architects), and State Jurors Catherine Baudet (Ferrier Baudet Architects), Mark Jones (Architectus Brisbane) and Paul Curran (PUSH) with selecting the worthy recipients of Regional Commendations, the Brisbane Enduring Architecture Prize, the John Dalton Award for Building of the Year and the Brisbane House of the Year.

2014 Gold Coast Awards Study Tour

The Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Region in conjunction with our local sponsor, Reece On Site, invite you to join us, as we introduce our guest of honour and new Gold Coast City Architect, Ed Haysom, on a study tour of some of the award winning commendation projects from the 2014 Gold Coast Northern Rivers Architecture Awards. Don’t miss the unique opportunity to meet the new City Architect, refresh your memory on some of our most outstanding Regional projects, catch up with your colleagues and friends and enjoy lunch overlooking the Gold Coast waterways at one of the coast’s newest and hippest restaurant hot spots! It all sounds ’Fabuloso!

Date: Friday May 23, 2014

RSVP: Tuesday May 20, 2014

Tour start time & location: 7.00am at Capri on Via Roma

Tour end time & location: 1.30pm Lunch at Capri on Via Roma

Car parking: free on site and undercover

Be quick to register with only 25 tickets available due to limited seating on the bus transportation. Ticket price $80 includes free parking, group transportation, morning coffee/pastry, and sit down lunch.

Click here to register online

Proposed Itinerary:

7.00am Meet at Capri on Via Roma

Morning coffee/pastry

Tour – Regional Project of the Year: Capri on Via Roma by BDA Architecture

8.30am Depart for Hinze Dam Visitor Centre

Tour – Regional Commendation – Hinze Dam Visitor by Malcolm Middleton Architects with AECOM

Tour – Regional Commendation – Helensvale Branch Library & CCYC by Complete Urban & Lahz Nimmo Architects in Association

Tour – Regional Commendation -Griffith University Hospital- GCUH Architecture (PDT + STH + Hassell)

Tour – Building of the Year – Abedian School of Architecture – CRAB Studio

1.30pm Lunch at Edgewater restaurant, Capri on Via Roma, and conclusion of tour

Capri on Via Roma link: www.caprionviaroma.com.au

Edgewater Restaurant link: www.edgewaterdining.com.au

Winners announced in Sunshine Coast Regional Architecture Awards

Eleven outstanding local projects have been honoured at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Sunshine Coast Regional Architecture Awards, held tonight at Outrigger Little Hastings Street Resort and Spa, Noosa.

Twenty-two projects were entered in the Awards with 11 projects (see list below) being awarded Regional Commendations by the jury and progressing to the Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 20 June.

In addition to a Regional Commendation, The Beach Box by OGE Group Architects was presented with the Gabriel Poole Award for House of the Year.

‘The utilisation of ‘once used’ shipping containers provides a robust and cost effective opportunity to re-engage with the beach culture and mixed use zoning of Buddina. The grouping provides separate private zones with pop outs for greater internal widths, linking with decks and courtyards and a simple skillion roof over entry referencing modest beach house vernacular. This playful use of containers, engages simple yet appropriate interiors and integration with the landscape. However, its power lies in the way it engages with the street and greater public domain through blurred internal/external and public/private boundaries, street furniture and through its honest and engaging presentation,’ the jury said.

The Post World War 2 Development on the Coast and the Moffat Beach Pilot Study, coordinated by Roger Todd Architect was awarded Regional Project of the Year.

‘It is hoped this unique study and website will alert council, architects, building designers, town planners and the general public to the long term advantages in better conservation of post-World War 2 heritage. It provides inspiration for new works and adaptive reuse and a platform to continue recording built history and heritage,’ the jury said.

A special Enduring Architecture Prize was awarded to Syrenuse, Mooloolaba by Noel Robinson Architects.

‘Syrenuse apartments by Noel Robinson Architects was built in 1981. Its innovative slab and 6 x 6 grid meant the slender structure could provide fire protection while allowing full height glazing and connection to its view and aspect. Its organic form marked Mooloobah as a contemporary destination at the time and it remains a benchmark for mid-high rise development,’ the jury commented.

Regional Commendations:

Architectural Project	Architectural Practice	Location
Growth	Bark Design Architects	Sunshine Coast
Whyatt House	Robinson Architects	Eumundi
Additions & Alterations to 78 Nothling Street	Tim Bennetton Architects	Moffat Beach
St Patrick’s Primary School Trinity Building + Amenities	Fulton Trotter Architects	Gympie
Panorama Drive	Owen and Vokes and Peters	Doonan
Bower @ Bells Reach	JMA Architects Qld	Caloundra West
Seahaven Resort – Noosa Heads	dm2architecture pty ltd	Noosa Heads
Coolum Tce. House	Majstorovic Architecture	Coolum Beach
The Beach Box	OGE Group Architects	Buddina
Coolum Beach Public Shelters	Majstorovic Architecture	Coolum Beach
Post WW2 Development on the Coast & the Moffat Beach Pilot Study	Coordinated by Roger Todd Architect	Moffat Beach

Sunshine Coast Regional Jury Coordinator and Juror Michelle Wright and Jurors: Gabriel Poole (Gabriel & Elizabeth Poole Design Company), Dan Sparks (Sparks Architects), Tim Ditchfield (Tim Ditchfield Architects), Leon Grazien (Terra Leoria Architects) and Frank Raadschelders (Frank Raadschelders Architecture) assisted the 2014 Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts, (bureau^proberts), Deputy Director Paul Uhlmann (Paul Uhlmann Architects), and State Jurors Catherine Baudet (Ferrier Baudet Architects), Mark Jones (Architectus Brisbane) and Paul Curran (PUSH) selected the worthy recipients of Regional Commendations, the Gabriel Poole Award for House of the Year.

Andrew Cooksley RAIA Qld Chapter Councillor 2014 – 2016

Mr Andrew Cooksley RAIA

Andrew was educated in Queensland and is currently the Principal of the architectural practice ACArch based on the Sunshine Coast but is constantly shuttling back and forth between Brisbane and the deep blue sea.

He has over two decades experience both here and abroad as an architect and urban designer. His private sector experience has focused on residential, educational and community facilities and he has a solid understanding of planning policy, town centre master planning, infrastructure delivery and development assessment. The recent decade has been invested the public sector initially in local government on the Sunshine Coast and more recently in the state government assisting the Queensland Government Architect.

Much of Andrew’s energy goes into advocating for design and architecture and he is a member of the Sunshine Coast Council’s Urban Design Advisory Panel and the management committee of the public architectural event Brisbane Open House.

He has been active in the Regional Awards programs across the state and he has a strong belief in the value of regional architecture, its operational context/s and the significant contribution of regional practitioners.

Andrew considers the role of the Institute to be critical both as a source of support for practitioners and as the voice of the profession.

Contact Andrew on andrewcooksley@optusnet.com.au

From the Qld Chapter President

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Colleagues and Friends

A warm welcome to 2018. Last year saw many changes in your institute that has put us on a much stronger footing both for governance and for long term financial sustainability. The success of the transition to a board with the inclusion of three independent directors has provided confidence and stability for the future.

Here in Queensland we have welcomed our new Executive Director Melissa Greenall along with the continuing excellent support of Courtney, Madelynn, Joyce and Gemma. We have also fostered a renewed interest of younger graduates in the activities of the AIA as well as strong attendance in a range of on-going successful programs.

Our advocacy with government has been paying dividends with the introduction of the new State Government Procurement Policy and our current work on contracts and non-conforming building products.

We are looking at these strategies to improve the financial reward of our members and the standing of the profession in the industry.

2018 also promises further enhanced member services and improvements in our digital interface.

As you read this I hope you have already cast your votes (Closing date 25.01.17) and are now focused on preparing awards submissions (Closing date 31.01.17)

I encourage you all with your valued projects to participate in this Program, the flagship program of the Institute.

This year particularly there will be

Greater public exposure for all projects (including exhibitions & state based publication)
Revamped State Architecture Awards Event
Reduced workload, the Queensland Chapter will print and mount your boards for the exhibitions ( forms part of the new entry fee)
Inaugural Queensland Architecture Awards Regional Roadshow, second half of the year (once State Awards have concluded)

There is a change to the two stage submission to bring Queensland into line with other states but, unique to Queensland, we have maintained our regionally based judging and our commitment of visiting every project.

Looking forward to seeing another year of outstanding projects that is a vital part of advocacy for the profession

Best wishes

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Bruce Wolfe FRAIA

Qld Chapter President

Posted 22 January 2018

Winners of Darling Downs/West Moreton Regional Architecture Awards announced

Four outstanding projects have been honoured at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Darling Downs/West Moreton Regional Architecture Awards, held tonight at Insight Gallery in Toowoomba.

A total of 11 projects including a library, a church, schools, medical and care facilities, and a variety of houses were entered in the Awards with three projects (see list below) being awarded Regional Commendations by the jury and progressing to the Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 20 June.

Faith Lutheran College Library by Fulton Trotter Architects took home the William Hodgen Award for Building of the Year.

‘This library addition to the college campus creates a much needed focal point for the school. It lifts the perception of the campus to a higher level. A multi -functional space has been added that connects to the rural landscape and creates a valuable and engaging covered gathering space as well,’ the jury noted.

The Darling Downs/West Moreton House of the Year award went to Thorn by aardvark.

The jury describes the winner as ‘[an] engaging design for a contemporary family home. The use of a creative palette of natural materials, quality finishes and subtle colours has created successful and welcoming interior spaces. Natural heating and cooling has been achieved through the thoughtful placement of thermal mass and cross ventilation breeze ways.’

A special Enduring Architecture Prize was presented to St Alban’s Church by Lund Hutton Newell Black & Paulson. ‘This is a remarkable building and stands the test of time with its materials and form and clearly demonstrates the power of Architecture,’ the jury said.

Darling Downs/West Moreton Jury Coordinator and Juror, Gavan Reilly (Gavan Reilly Architect), and Jurors Greg Kratzmann (Greg Kratzmann Architects) and Kerry Martin (Aspect Architects and Project Managers) assisted the 2014 State Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts, (bureau^proberts), Deputy Director, Paul Uhlmann (Paul Uhlmann Architects), and State Jurors Catherine Baudet (Ferrier Baudet Architects), Mark Jones (Architectus Brisbane) and Paul Curran (PUSH) with selecting the worthy recipients of the Regional Commendations.

Regional Commendations:

Architectural Project	Architectural Practice	Location
Faith Lutheran College Library	Fulton Trotter Architects	Plainland
Thorn	aardvarc	Ipswich
Ipswich Government Office Building	Cox Rayner Architects	Ipswich

Winners celebrated at Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Architecture Awards

Eleven local projects have been honoured at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Architecture Awards tonight.

A total of 16 projects including a golf club, health clinics, hospitals, libraries and a variety of houses were entered in the Awards with ten projects (see list below) being awarded Regional Commendations by the jury and progressing to the Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 20 June.

Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Jury Coordinator and Juror David Brown (Sunland Group) and Jurors Katherine Rickard (Mode Design) and Chris Gee (Coast Arc) assisted the 2014 Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts (bureau^proberts), Deputy Director, Paul Uhlmann (Paul Uhlmann Architects), and State Jurors Catherine Baudet (Ferrier Baudet Architects), Mark Jones (Architectus) and Paul Curran (PUSH) with selecting the worthy recipients of the Regional Commendations.

The jury awarded the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers House of the Year to Dolphin Court Residence by ME.

‘This waterfront dwelling demonstrates a refined piece of site planning and building detailing, enhancing its function as a family home. This is an excellent resolution of canal and cul-de-sac living, providing a sense of delight, referencing past coastal values and capturing the spirit of place,’ the jury said.

CRAB Studio’s Abedian School of Architecture took out the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Building of the Year.

‘The Abedian School of Architecture is a clear expression of an aspirational approach to design education. The idea of a collaborative learning is evident and complete in the entire building through its exquisite concrete structure, walls and surfaces to the furniture and elements of design process that inhabit the space.’

To celebrate the work of local architects, Gold Coast/Northern Rivers regional jury members selected Capri on Via Roma by BDA Architecture as the inaugural recipient of the Regional Building of the Year.

‘A lively reinvention of Sir Bruce Smalls’ 1960’s Capri Commercial Centre optimises its waterfront location with expansive decking areas, capturing postcard views of Surfers Paradise. Exposed services and slab soffits sit comfortably with coloured seamless slab floors, while strong skillion roof forms recall the beach house heritage of the northern Gold Coast.’

A special Enduring Architecture Prize was presented to DBI Design (formerly Media 5) for the Sheraton Mirage.

Regional Commendations:

Architectural Project	Architectural Practice	Location
Hinze Dam Visitor Centre	Malcolm Middleton Architects with AECOM	Advancetown
Helensvale Branch Library and CCYC	Complete Urban and Lahz Nimmo Architects in Association	Helensvale
Dolphin Court Residence	ME	Palm Beach
Ten7	Shane Denman Architects	Palm Beach
Abedian School of Architecture	CRAB Studio	Robina
Sanctuary Cove Golf Club	Cox Rayner Architects	Sanctuary Cove
Gold Coast University Hospital	GCUH Architecture (PDT + STH + HASSELL)	Southport
Griffith University (G11) Learning Commons	ThomsonAdsett	Southport
Capri on Via Roma	BDA Architecture	Surfers Paradise
Tweed Health for Everyone – GP Superclinic	Fulton Trotter Architects	Tweed Heads South

Entries revealed in Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Architecture Awards

Sixteen projects are in the running for honours in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2014 Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Architecture Awards with winners to be announced on Friday 28 February.

The projects include a golf club, health clinics, hospitals, libraries and a variety of houses among others entered in commercial, public, residential – houses, residential – multiple housing, interior architecture, art and architecture, and urban design.

Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Jury Coordinator and Juror David Brown, Sunland Group and Jurors Katherine Rickard (Mode Design) and Chris Gee (Coast Arc) will assist the 2014 Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts (bureau^proberts), Deputy Director, Paul Uhlmann (Paul Uhlmann Architects), and State Jurors Catherine Baudet (Ferrier Baudet Architects), Mark Jones (Woods Bagot) and Paul Curran (PUSH) with selecting the worthy recipients of Regional Commendations, the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Building of the Year and the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers House of the Year.

Projects awarded on the night will progress to the coveted Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 20 June.

Queensland 2014 Awards Jury Director, Liam Proberts will present the Regional Commendations to Gold Coast/Northern Rivers winners at a special Awards ceremony at the Dreamworld Cinemas and the Big Brother House, commencing at 6:00pm Friday 28 February.

Projects in the running are:

Architectural Project	Architectural Practice	Location
Gold Coast GP Super Clinic	Hamilton Hayes Henderson Architects PL	Oxenford
Capri on Via Roma	BDA Architecture	Surfers Paradise
Gold Coast University Hospital	GCUH Architecture (PDT + STH + HASSELL)	Southport
Dolphin Court Residence	ME	Palm Beach
Tamborine Mountain College Library	Fulton Trotter Architects	North Tamborine
Tweed Health for Everyone – GP Superclinic	Fulton Trotter Architects	Tweed Heads South
Robina Health Precinct	BVN Donovan Hill	Robina
Griffith University (G11) Learning Commons	ThomsonAdsett	Southport
Sanctuary Cove Golf Club	Cox Rayner Architects	Sanctuary Cove
Helensvale Branch Library and CCYC	Complete Urban and Lahz Nimmo Architects in Association	Helensvale
Abedian School of Architecture	CRAB Studio	Robina
Riverfront Residence	Hamilton Hayes Henderson Architects PL	Southport
Ten7	Shane Denman Architects	PALM BEACH
28 Rivercove Place	John Campbell Design	Hope Island
Sea Hawk Apartments Southport	The Buchan Group	Southport
Hinze Dam Visitor Centre	Malcolm Middleton Architects with AECOM	Advancetown