The Northern Territory Architectural Awards was held in the Amphitheatre at the NT Museum and Art Gallery. The evening highlighted the best that the Territory has to offer in terms of architecture, food and beverage, entertainment and of course the wonderful dry season weather. Whilst the number of entries was down in 2018, the Awards provided an interesting cross-section of work and a significant variation in scale.<\/p>\n
The ASTC (The Alice Springs Town Council) Garden Cemetery Chapel by Susan Dugdale & Associates was the most awarded project of night with the Jury stating \u201cThe architects have taken the brief to a level of excellence<\/em> by providing the community of Alice Springs with a place for gathering, grieving and celebrating the lives of friends and family<\/em>\u201d. The space is open to all religions and ceremonies and is non-denominational.<\/p>\n The project received the chapter\u2019s most prestigious honour, the Tracy Memorial Award, along with The Reverend John Flynn Award for Public Architecture and People\u2019s Choice Award.<\/p>\n The Buchan Group took home The Peter Dermoudy Award for Commercial Architecture for Zuccoli Plaza. The Jury applauds both the developer for encouraging such a fresh approach to a local shopping centre, and the architects for their responsiveness to community context, connections and experience.<\/p>\n The Yali McNamara Award for Small Project Architecture went to Hodgkinson for the Charles Darwin University \u2013 ACIKE Ceremonial Space. The space combined an entry through an existing award winning building by DKJ with an indoor dance stage and an established ceremonial courtyard.<\/p>\n Another regional project was awarded the COLORBOND\u00ae Award for Steel Architecture \u2013 Kilgariff Entry and Fence by Susan Dugdale & Associates. The graphics portrays an abstract representation of the locally prolific bush passionfruit. In executing the design, the architects have advanced a form of applied cladding that has been laser cut to define the various shapes.<\/p>\n The Dulux Enduring Architecture Award was presented to Troppo Architects for the Bowali Visitor Centre. This centre was built in 1992 in Kakadu National Park and whilst park staff have come and gone, Bowali has created and maintained enduring relationships with traditional owners in their ongoing endeavours to live and work in Country. A worthy recipient of the Dulux Award.<\/p>\n Named and Award winners will now progress to the National Architecture Awards to be announced in Melbourne in November 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Full list of winners: <\/strong><\/p>\n Public Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n The Reverend John Flynn Award \u2013 ASTC Garden Cemetery Chapel \u2013 Susan Dugdale & Associates<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n Commercial Architecture <\/strong><\/p>\n The Peter Dermoudy Award <\/em>\u2013 Zuccoli Plaza, The Buchan Group<\/em><\/p>\n Small Project Architecture <\/strong><\/p>\n The Yali McNamara Award <\/em>\u2013 Charles Darwin University, ACIKE Ceremonial Space – Hodgkison<\/em><\/p>\n