The restoration of a 1900s shire hall and a modern take on the beach house are two projects that have taken out top honours in the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Queensland Chapter’s 2009 Regional Architecture awards.

Judging has been completed in four of the seven competition regions: the Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs, Central Queensland and the Gold Coast.

Riddel Architecture took out the 2009 William Hodgen Award for Building of the Year in the Darling Downs for their resurrection of the 80-year-old Warroo Shire Hall in Surat.

“The almost intact nature of the building is testament to how a robust architecture combined with community spirit can create lasting and meaningful social places. This sensitive renovation preserves and enriches this social contract,” says Jury Director Justin O’Neill.

While in the Central Queensland awards the Busby Residence at Yeppoon by Brian Hooper Architects was awarded the 2009 J.W.Wilson Award for Building of the Year.

“The colours, patternation and use of materials is a modern interpretation of the beach house vernacular and a great precedent for future beach houses in this coastal zone,” O’Neill says.

Regional Winners go on to compete at the State Architecture Awards to be held on Friday 17 July in the Plaza Ballroom, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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SUNSHINE COAST

GABRIEL POOLE BUILDING OF THE YEAR
Riddell Architecture
Barambah Station

SUNSHINE COAST HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Middap Ditchfield Architects
Peregian Beach House (above)

REGIONAL COMMENDATIONS

Project Services
DPI Regional Office, Nambour

Aspect Architecture
Cash House Eumundi

Architectus
Hastings Street Streetscape

Owen and Vokes
Hervey Bay Farmhouse

AB+M Architects
Buderim House (pictured below)

CENTRAL QUEENSLAND

J.W. WILSON BUILDING OF THE YEAR
Brian Hooper Architect
Busby Residence

REGIONAL COMMENDATIONS

Middap Ditchfield Architects
Sunrise @1770 House

BVN Architecture
Searene

PHORM architecture+design
Seaforth Beach House

Thomson Adsett
Learning Centre for The Rockhampton Grammar School

Malcolm Middleton Architects with DES Design
Seaspray Lifestyle and Recreation Centre

Fulton Trotter Architects
Woodgate Beach Amenities and Picnic Shelters

DARLING DOWNS

WILLIAM HOGDEN BUILDING OF THE YEAR
Riddel Architecture
Warroo Shire Hall

REGIONAL COMMENDATIONS

Project Services
Automotive Building at Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE, Toowoomba

Haysom Architects
Springfield Tower

ELI Architecture
Len Patti Mitsubishi Showroom

BVN Architecture
Amberley Stage 2 Redevelopment, 9th Force Support Battalion (9 FSB)

GOLD COAST

HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Albatross
BGD Architects

BUILDING OF THE YEAR
Skilled Park
HOK Sport Architecture

REGIONAL COMMENDATIONS

Mirvac Design
Bond University Mirvac School of Sustainable
Development

PUSH Architects
Longhut

Fairweather Proberts Architects Pty Ltd
Nourish Organic

BDA Architecture
Main Beach House

BDA Architecture
Ocean Pacific 

HOK Sport Architecture
Skilled Park

AG Architects
Elysee Residences

Ellivo Architects
Jade 

BGD Architects
Albatross   

Pearce Architecture Pty Ltd
Elder Entrance 

Deicke Richards
Varsity Station Village Master Plan 

Wilson Architects
Balnaves Foundation Multimedia Learning Centre, Bond University

Hero Image (Above): SUNSHINE COAST HOUSE OF THE YEAR – Middap Ditchfield Architects Peregian Beach House. Scott Burrows, Aperture Photography

AB+M Architects, Buderim House. Photograph by Gibbitup Images.