Institute’s 2019 Architecture Award winners revealed
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Diverse, responsive and innovative, 35 winners and 12 commendations have been revealed for the Institute’s 2019 Architecture Awards.
At a ceremony in Brisbane, the year’s most outstanding projects from across Australian received recognition in The Australian Institute of Architects’ National Awards program. Diverse in its categories, the jury awarded projects of all scales and purposes, having visited 56 projects in 12 days in order to make the selection. Almost a quarter of the shortlisted projects were located outside a capital city. All states and territories were represented in the awards, highlighting the breadth of great architecture across Australia.
Australian Institute of Architects National President Helen Lochhead shares that the winners set the benchmark for high-quality and enduring architecture in Australia. From 185 eligible projects, 78 were shortlisted across 14 categories.
“These awards not only highlight the quality in our profession, they demonstrate publicly the achievements in design, innovation and sustainability that are possible when clients and architects are enabled to aim for excellence. This is where architecture shines, in its ability to make the world a better place for people,” Lochhead says.
The winners:
Commercial Architecture
The Harry Seidler Award | Dangrove | Tzannes | NSW
National Award | Paramount House Hotel | Breathe Architecture | NSW
National Award | Private Women’s Club | Kerstin Thompson Architects | Victoria
Dangrove by Tzannes. Photo by Ben Guthrie.
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Educational Architecture
The Daryl Jackson Award | Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | BVN | NSW
National Award | Braemar College Stage 1, Middle School | Hayball | Victoria
National Commendation | Adelaide Botanic High School | Cox Architecture and DesignInc | SA
National Commendation | QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2 | KIRK and HASSELL (Architects in Association) | Queensland
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School by BVN. Photo by Brett Boardman.
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Enduring Architecture
National Award | Sails in the Desert | Cox Architecture | NT
Sails in the desert by Cox Architecture. Photo by John Gollings.
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Heritage
The Lachlan Macquarie Award | Premier Mill Hotel | spaceagency architects | WA
National Award | Paramount House Hotel | Breathe Architecture | NSW
National Commendation | Flinders Street Station Façade Strengthening & Conservation | Lovell Chen | Victoria
National Commendation | Sacred Heart Building Abbotsford Convent Foundation | Kerstin Thompson Architects | Victoria
Premier Mill by spaceagency architects. Photo by Allan Wyles.
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Interior Architecture
The Emil Sodersten Award | Denton Corker Marshall Studio | Denton Corker Marshall | Victoria
National Award | Dangrove | Tzannes | NSW
National Award | The University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute | Swanbury Penglase with BVN | SA
National Award | #TheBaeTAS | workbylizandalex | Tasmania
The University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute by Swanbury Penglase with BVN. Photo by Peter Barnes.
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International Architecture
The Jørn Utzon Award | Somewhere Other | John Wardle Architects | Italy and Australia
Somewhere Other by John Wardle Architects. Photo by Peter Bennetts.
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Public Architecture
The Sir Zelman Cowen Award | Green Square Library and Plaza | Studio Hollenstein with Stewart Architecture | NSW
National Award | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Victoria
National Award | HOTA Outdoor Stage | ARM Architecture | Queensland
National Award | Maitland Riverlink | CHROFI with McGregor Coxall | NSW
National Commendation | Port of Sale | fjmt | Victoria
Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photo by John Gollings.
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Residential Architecture – Houses (Alts & Adds)
The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award | Terrarium House | John Ellway | Queensland
National Award | Powell Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects | Victoria
National Award | Caroline House | Kennedy Nolan | Victoria
National Commendation | Empire | Austin Maynard Architects | ACT
National Commendation | Teneriffe House | Vokes and Peters | Queensland
National Commendation | Five Gardens House | David Boyle Architect | NSW
Terrarium House by John Ellway. Photo by Toby Scott.
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Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Robin Boyd Award | Daylesford Longhouse | Partners Hill | Victoria
National Award | House in the Hills | Sean Godsell Architects | Victoria
National Award | Cloister House | MORQ | WA
National Award | Hawthorn House | Edition Office | Victoria
National Commendation | North Melbourne House | NMBW Architecture Studio | Victoria
Daylesford Long House by Partners Hill. Photo by Rory Gardiner.
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Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Frederick Romberg Award | Mermaid Multihouse | Partners Hill with Hogg & Lamb | Queensland
National Award | Whitlam Place | Freadman White in collaboration with Anon Studio | Victoria
Whitlam Place by Freadman White, in collaboration with Anon Studio. Photo by Tom Ross.
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Small Project Architecture
The Nicholas Murcutt Award | Jock Comini Reserve Amenities | Kerstin Thompson Architects | Victoria
National Award | Doubleground | MUIR + OPENWORK | Victoria
National Commendation | Fish River Ranger Accommodation | Design Construct, School of Art Architecture and Design, University of South Australia | NT
Fish River Ranger Accommodation by Design Construct, School of Art Architecture and Design, University of South Australia. Photo by Joti Weijers-Coghlan.
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Sustainable Architecture
The David Oppenheim Award | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Victoria
National Award | Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School | BVN | NSW
National Commendation | 25 King | Bates Smart | Queensland
National Commendation | The University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute | Swanbury Penglase with BVN | SA
25 King by Bates Smart. Photo by Tom Roe.
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Urban Design
The Walter Burley Griffin Award | Maitland Riverlink | CHROFI with McGregor Coxall | NSW
National Award | Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Victoria
National Award | Yagan Square | Lyons in association with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios | WA
National Award | Green Square Library and Plaza | Studio Hollenstein with Stewart Architecture and HASSELL | NSW
Green Square Library and Plaza by Studio Hollenstein with Stewart Architecture and HASSELL. Photo by Tom Roe.
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Colorbond® Award for Steel Architecture
National Award | Yagan Square | Lyons in association with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios | WA
Yagan Square by Lyons in association with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios. Photo by Peter Bennetts.
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People’s Choice Awards
Winner | Hawthorn House | Edition Office | Victoria
Hawthorn House by Edition Office. Photo by Ben Hosking.
Congratulations to all winners!
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