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The NSW Chapter of the Institute of Architects introduced its first design award in 1932.\u00a0 The Sulman Medal<\/strong> was named for the English-trained architect John Sulman who had been working in NSW since the 1880s.\u00a0 Sulman was a passionate advocate of town planning and the Medal which commemorates his work was intended to be for a building of exceptional merit that contributed to the streetscape.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

For over three decades the type of building given the award cycled between five classes:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public and Monumental \u2013 Government Buildings, Town Halls, Art Galleries,\u00a0Railway Stations\u00a0&\u00a0\u00a0Hospitals &c<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Educational and Ecclessiastical \u2013 Schools, Churches, Convents &c<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Commercial & Industrial \u2013 OfficeBuildings, Warehouses, Factories &c<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Recreational \u2013 Theatres, Sporting Buildings &c<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Domestic & Residential \u2013 Homes, &c.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition Australian buildings were eligible for awards given by the Royal British Institute of Architects (RIBA). \u00a0The Sulman Medal became a vehicle for the introduction of new architectural ideas, and the award to Harry Seidler for the Rose Seidler House in 1951 caused a controversy that was reported across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1958-1960 the cycling through building types for the annual Sulman Medal was abandoned, and buildings of all classes could be entered each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The NSW Chapter of the Institute of Architects introduced its first design award in 1932.\u00a0 The Sulman Medal was named for the English-trained architect John Sulman who had been working in NSW since the 1880s.\u00a0 Sulman was a passionate advocate of town planning and the Medal which commemorates his work was intended to be for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1705","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6546,"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions\/6546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/nswawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}