The 2016 Chapter Awards were announced in June and July with Named Award, Award winners and commendations in the sustainable architecture category recognised across the country. Named Award and Award winners will progress to the National Awards as contenders for the National Sustainability Award to be announced in November. Congratulations to all who received recognition, and all those who entered.

Themes included the minimising and recycling of materials (Project Zero, Queensland), adaptive reuse and community oriented development (Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods, SA), passive design deploying thermal mass and a tight thermal envelope (Project Zero, Queensland), mixed-mode ventilation, rainwater and energy harvesting (Northern Beaches Christian School, NSW).

EDG notes of relevance include:

• EDG 84 RA ‘Natural Ventilation in Passive Design’ Aug 2014
• EDG 67 PD ‘Water Conservation and Harvesting in Adelaide, SA: Four Case Studies’ May 2011
• EDG 67 AH ‘Designing User-Friendly Passive Buildings’ May 2011
• EDG 66 GC ‘Residential Passive Design for Temperate Climates’ Feb 2011
• EDG 65 AH ‘Thermal Mass and Insulation for Temperate Climates’ Nov 2010
• DES 31 ‘Design for Disassembly – Themes and Principles’ Aug 2005

A round up of Named Award winners, Award winners and commendations for each chapter is presented below:

ACT Sustainable Architecture Award winner
Award – Westside Acton | Cox Architecture

NSW Sustainable Architecture Award winners

Milo Dunphy Award – Northern Beaches Christian School | WMK Architecture
Award – Netball Central by Scott Carver Award – Ocean Shores House | A-CH (Atelier Chen Hung)
Commendation – 70 Castlereagh Street, Sydney | Bates Smart
Commendation – Abbotsleigh Multi-purpose Assembly and Sports Hall and Sports Field | AJ+C
Commendation – Liberty Place | francis-jones morehen thorp

NT Sustainable Architecture Award winner
Award – Charles Darwin University Trade Training Centre | MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queensland Sustainable Architecture Award winners

Harry Marks Award – Project Zero | BVN
Award – Learning Innovation Building at the University of Queensland | Richard Kirk Architect
Award – Noosa Coastal Bus Shelter | majstorovic architecture
Award – University of Queensland Oral Health Centre | Cox Rayner Architects with Hames Sharley and Conrad Gargett Riddel
Commendation – Cape York Partnership Offices | Kevin O’Brien Architects
Commendation – TAS Science Facility | Charles Wright Architects
Commendation – ELF 2B – Enhanced Land Force Stage 2 Phase 2B Gymnasium and Pool | BVN Conrad Gargett
Commendation – Bothwell Street | Arkhefield

SA Sustainable Architecture Award winners

Award – Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods | Woods Bagot and Tridente Architects
Award – Tonsley | Oxigen

 

 

 

Tasmanian Sustainable Architecture Award winner
Tasmanian Chapter Named Award – Five Yards House | Archier

Victorian Sustainable Architecture Award winners
Allan and Beth Coldicut Award – Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) | Six Degrees Architects
Architecture Award – Saltwater Community Centre | Croxon Ramsay Architects
Commendation – Melrose Health | BENT Architecture

WA Sustainable Architecture Award winners
The Wallace Greenham Award for Sustainable Architecture – Mirvac OTB Tower, COMO The Treasury & Annex | Kerry Hill Architects (Design Architect & COMO The Treasury Project Architect), HASSELL (Mirvac OTB Tower & Annex Project Architect) and Palassis Architects (Heritage Architect)
Commendation – Mosman Bay House | iredale pedersen hook architects