2014 NSW
ARCHITECTURE
AWARDS
Principal
Corporate Partner
Supporting
Corporate Partner
NSW State
Awards Supporter
2014 NSW
ARCHITECTURE
AWARDS
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MESSAGE FROM BLUESCOPE
PRINCIPAL CORPORATE PARTNER
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The entries for the 2014 NSW
Architecture Awards reflect the
broad range of architectural
projects across New South
Wales – from outstanding largescale public place-making to
imaginative and cost-effective
alterations and additions through
to modest houses. Ninety-one
projects were shortlisted from
almost 200 entries and 60
awards and commendations were
made along with nine prizes. It is
pleasing to see the juries’ spirit of
generosity in acknowledging the
good work of our peers.
Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award
In recognising the importance
of alterations and additions as
the life blood of small practices,
the decision was taken this
year to name the award for
this category. Complementing
the award for new houses
named after the mid-century
architect Leslie Wilkinson, the
newly named alterations and
additions award acknowledges
the mid-century partnership of
Hugh and Eva Buhrich. Each of
them made separate but related
contributions to architecture in
NSW. The Hugh and Eva Buhrich
Award for Alterations and
Additions equally acknowledges
the refined and crafted
architecture of Hugh, as well
as the sustained promotion of
architecture undertaken by Eva.
This talented couple qualified
in Europe in the 1930s but
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emigrated to Australia from
Hitler’s Germany. Eva Buhrich
soon turned to writing to
generate the family income. She
made a career out of promoting
modern architecture at a time
when it was still difficult for
women to find employment in
architectural offices and when
modern architecture was little
understood. Frustrated by
inequality in the profession, she
turned to journalism instead,
writing for the popular press
and industry publications,
including Building Ideas, which
she was instrumental in setting
up. Her work included a regular
weekly column for The Sydney
Morning Herald from 1957 to the
late 1960s, Australian Women’s
Weekly in the 1940s, Woman in
the 1950s, House and Garden in
the early 1960s, and Walkabout in
the mid-1960s.
Hugh undertook a number
of unremittingly modernist
alterations and additions to
several Walter Burley Griffin
houses. He built their first house
Castlecrag (1947-52), designed
together with Eva, including
all the furniture and fittings.
His best-known work, also
self-built, is the State Heritage
Register listed Buhrich House in
Castlecrag, (1968-72).
Jury system
Our jury selection methods
maintain a good balance
between experience and fresh
faces. New jurors stay on the jury
register for a five-year period;
after that they need to re-apply.
The register is published on the
Institute’s website to ensure
transparency.
With 3,500 NSW members
there is no need for us to call on
‘repeat’ appearances of jurors
within a decade. To this end we
are currently developing criteria
to enshrine a broad diversity
of member participation in the
jury system, while also retaining
some continuity and prior jury
experience.
My thanks to all jurors who have
generously contributed their
time and expertise to this year’s
awards program.
Award categories
Discussion around the awards
criteria occurs every year. It is
important to note that jurors
are required to wholly comply
with the criteria but this does
not inhibit a jury from adding its
own flavour to its decisions. One
of the major misconceptions in
recent years is that the public
category is exclusively for public
buildings that are accessible
to the public. This category,
however, includes institutional
buildings that can in fact be
quite private.
Another common misconception
is that the interior category
is exclusively for ‘separately
commissioned’ interiors –
whereas any interior, including
those wholly integrated with
the architecture in a single
commission, are equally eligible.
Unbuilt master plan projects are
eligible in the urban category,
and townhouses – as of this year
–are eligible in both the houses
and multiple housing category.
Small projects is a category that
does require a better definition to
guide members, and is currently
under review.
There has been general
acceptance by the profession
both in NSW and nationally of the
decision to remove the separate
sustainability category and
instead make the sustainability
award available to projects
entered into any category. It
is good to see the increased
number of sustainability awards
presented this year, reflecting
the profession’s increasing
sophistication in applying
sustainability principles to
projects big and small.
We at BlueScope are eternally
inspired by design that so elegantly
endures the demands of our unique
Australian environment.
Engagement with the public
The awards program remains
our best annual opportunity to
engage with the general public.
Our industry leading brands,
ZINCALUME® steel, COLORBOND®
steel, TRUECOR® steel and
GALVASPAN® steel continue to play
a key role in Australian architecture,
design and build. The attributes
that underpin these brands,
including world class quality,
durability, and technical support,
continue to deliver superior high
performance to meet the needs of
the Australian market.
There are two stages to this.
The first is the presentation day
process. As a fellow practitioner,
I have been impressed by the
quality and variety of work
presented. It’s a pity so few
members of the general public
know about these presentations.
One solution may be to find a
new, more central venue for them.
The back end of the awards
program – publicising the awards
themselves – is much easier to
fix, and we have a readymade
solution in the Architecture on
Show program. Practices spend
quite a bit of time and money to
enter the awards. The return on
that investment should include
the opportunity for speaking
engagements to the public and
potential clients.
Thank you to all practices
who have submitted in this
year’s awards program, and
congratulations to the winners.
As Principal Corporate Partner,
it is with great pleasure that we
continue to support excellence in
Australian architecture through
the 2014 Australian Institute of
Architects Awards program.
From BlueScope, congratulations to
all the architects who have entered
the awards program throughout the
year, and especially to those who
have had their work recognised as
award winners.
Finally, there are signs of spring in
the property industry!
Not exactly a plethora of flowers
per se, but new shoots and buds
slowly emerging from the post-GFC
winter. Affordability, sustainability,
adaptability, modularisation,
longevity, innovation, humanisation
and efficiency appear to be the
themes de jour.
At BlueScope, we continue to be
inspired by the timeless creativity
of your designs, no matter what
the season. We look forward to
continuing to share ideas with you
about how steel can be applied
to optimise the value of the built
environment for all.
Here’s to a far better season for
everyone: full of optimism, sunshine
and bird song - and the hustle and
bustle of a healthy, happy, busy
industry.
Danielle James
Business Development Manager
NSW/ACT Commercial & Innovation
BlueScope
John Rosette
National Business Development
Manager Commercial & Innovation
BlueScope
Joe Agius
NSW Chapter President
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JURORS
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CONTENTS
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PUBLIC
ARCHITECTURE AND
URBAN DESIGN
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE –
MULTIPLE HOUSING
1. Peter McGregor
McGregor Westlake
Architecture (Chair)
2. Penny Fuller
Silvester Fuller
3.Stephen Varady
Stephen Varady
Associates
7.Tony Caro
Tony Caro
Architecture (Chair)
14.Philip Graus
Cox Richardson
15.Michael Zanardo
Studio Zanardo
COMMERCIAL
AND INTERIOR
ARCHITECTURE
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4.Steve Pearse
DWP|SUTERS (Chair)
5.Matthew Blain
HASSELL
6.Stephanie Smith
Innovarchi Architects
SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE
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7.Tony Caro
Tony Caro
Architecture (Chair)
8.Virginia Kerridge
Virginia Kerridge
Architect
9.Catherine Lassen
University of New
South Wales
1.Peter McGregor
McGregor Westlake
Architecture
10.Lester Partridge
AECOM
4.Steve Pearse
DWP|SUTERS
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE –
HOUSES (NEW) AND
(ALTERATIONS &
ADDITIONS)
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8.Virginia Kerridge
Virginia Kerridge
Architect (Chair)
11.Trish Croaker
Fairfax Media
12.Emili Fox
Fox Johnston
13.James Stockwell
James Stockwell
Architect
SMALL PROJECT
ARCHITECTURE
AND HERITAGE
(CONSERVATION
AND CREATIVE
ADAPTATION)
9.Catherine Lassen
University of New
South Wales (Chair)
16.Mary Knaggs
NSW Government
Architect’s Office
17.Philip Moore
Melocco & Moore
ENDURING
ARCHITECTURE
7.Tony Caro
Tony Caro
Architecture (Chair)
8.Virginia Kerridge
Virginia Kerridge
Architect
9.Catherine Lassen
University of New
South Wales
1.Peter McGregor
McGregor Westlake
Architecture
4.Steve Pearse
DWP|SUTERS
BLACKET PRIZE
7.Tony Caro
Tony Caro
Architecture (Chair)
18.Sarah Aldridge
NSW Country
Division Committee
Chair
8.Virginia Kerridge
Virginia Kerridge
Architect
9.Catherine Lassen
University of New
South Wales
19.Stuart Landrigan
Newcastle Division
Committee Chair
1.Peter McGregor
McGregor Westlake
Architecture
4.Steve Pearse
DWP|SUTERS
EMERGING
ARCHITECT PRIZE
(SPONSORED BY
AWS)
20.Jenna Rowe
Terrior/DARCH
Committee (Chair)
21.Joe Agius
Cox Richardson/
NSW Chapter
President
22.Andrew Burns
Andrew Burns
Architect/ 2013
Emerging Architect
Prize Recipient
23.Joseph Loh
SJB/DARCH
Committee Chair
24.Kellie Moore
AWS
MARION MAHONY
GRIFFIN PRIZE
25.Dr Judith
O’Callaghan
University of New
South Wales (Chair)
26.Dr Noni Boyd
NSW Chapter
Heritage Officer
27.Helen Lochhead
2013 Marion
Mahony Griffin Prize
Recipient
28.Dr Kirsten Orr
University of
Technology Sydney
29.George Phillips
Tanner Kibble
Denton Architects
ADRIAN ASHTON
PRIZE FOR WRITING
AND CRITICISM
(SPONSORED BY
BATES SMART)
30.Shaun Carter
Caterwilliamson
Architects/NSW
Chapter Editorial
Committee Chair/
NSW Chapter
Councillor (Chair)
21.Joe Agius
Cox Richardson/
NSW Chapter
President
11.Trish Croaker
Fairfax Media
31.Laura Harding
Hill Thalis
Architecture +
Urban Projects/2013
Adrian Ashton Prize
Recipient
32.Philip Vivian
Bates Smart
DAVID LINDNER
PRIZE
33.Robyn Lindner
(Chair)
23.Joseph Loh
SJB/DARCH
Committee Chair
34.Peter Mould
Emeritus
Government
Architect
35.Nathan Etherington
Scale
Architecture/2013
David Lindner Prize
Recipient
Public Architecture 6
Urban Design 12
Commercial Architecture 14
Interior Architecture 17
Sustainable Architecture 22
Residential Architecture
– Houses
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Residential Architecture
– Alterations & Additions
32
Residential Architecture
– Multiple Housing 37
Small Project Architecture 42
Heritage – Conservation and
Creative Adaptation
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Award for Enduring Architecture 50
Colorbond® Award for
Steel Architecture 52
Blacket Prize 54
NSW Premier’s Prize 55
City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize
56
NSW President’s Prize 58
Emerging Architect Prize 58
Marion Mahony Griffin Prize 59
Adrian Ashton Prize for
Writing and Criticism
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David Lindner Prize
60
2014 NSW Graduate and
Student Awards 61
2014 NSW Architecture
Award Entries 64
2014 NSW Architecture
Award Winners
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
SULMAN MEDAL
Established 1932
The Sulman Medal was named for the
English-trained architect John Sulman
who had been working in NSW since the
188Os. Sulman was a passionate advocate
of town planning and the Medal, which
commemorates his work, was initially
awarded to a building of exceptional merit
that contributed to the streetscape.
PROJECT TEAM
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Project Team:
Rachel Neeson
Nicholas Murcutt
Jenny Hien
Louise Holst
Joseph Grech
Tamas Jones
Isabelle Toland
Amelia Holliday
David Coleborne
Sean Choo
Anne Kristin Risnes
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Photography: Brett Boardman
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Consultant Team:
PLAN
SDA
Structures
Structural
Consultant
30m
Cardno
Consultant
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10
30m
PRINCE ALFRED
PARKCivil
POOL
Lighting, Art +
CITY OF SYDNEY + NEESON MURCUTT ARCHITECTS Science
PTY LTD
Lighting Consultant
DRAWING NO 02
Fence Engineer
PLAN
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Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt Architects in association with City of Sydney
Jury citation
The Prince Alfred Park Pool
upgrade is an intelligent
and carefully considered
regeneration of a worn and
neglected site at the edge
of the city. It is a testament
to a robust and respectful
collaboration between the
architects, the City of Sydney,
and the many sub-consultants
involved in the project.
The final design, one of several
iterations, reflects the client’s
desire to favour parkland
over built form. What might
have been an architectural
compromise is a model
synthesis of landscape and
architecture, art and urban
design.
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Two triangulated mounds,
on either side of the pool,
simultaneously connect and
distinguish the pool from
the park. Along Chalmers
Street the primary mound of
meadow grasses, cranks and
folds over a 6 metre deep by
120 metre long space that
houses the pool facilities.
Whilst the pool is largely
hidden from the street, playful
hints of the leisure space
within can be read along and
behind the mound. A body of
palms announces the entry.
fence as sculpture, and
a dense array of yellow
umbrellas that open and close
throughout the day, enlivening
the site like performance art.
The juxtaposition of built form
and landscape, of privacy and
openness, the use of natural
light and air, the selection of
materials, colour, graphics and
planting, make this project a
delight in every detail.
Sue Barnsley
Landscape Architect
Frost Design
Signage
ACOR
GTS Mechanical,
Electrical,
Hydraulic, Aquatic,
Pool Structural,
Earthworks, Security
Tensys
Fence Engineer
Surface Design
Tiling/Façade
Engineer
CTI
Corrosion/
Waterproofing
Consultant
Hydroplan
Irrigation
SESL
Soil Scientist
Earthscape
Arborist
GTA
Traffic Consultant
Sonia Van der Haar
Chimney Artist
John Oultram
Heritage Consultant
Construction Team
John O’Shea
Project Manager
Design Manager
Elizabeth Sandoval
Senior Design
Manager
Lisa Dodd
Specialist Design
Manager
The pool has been retained
and upgraded, with a
delightful suite of ‘follies’
designed to complement its
use - a toddler shade and
water play area, a “running”
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: John Gollings
Australian Plantbank
BVN Donovan Hill
Jury citation
Commissioned by the Royal
Botanical Gardens and Domain
Trust, the project at Mt. Annan is
a global centre for plant research
and learning, and home to the
largest seed bank in the Asia
Pacific Region. Set at the edge
of remnant and endangered
Cumberland Forest, the siting,
the layout and the materiality of
the building are all conceived as a
mediation of, and meditation on,
its bushland setting.
The building is deliberately both
separate from, and reflective of,
its bush environment. Visitors
are drawn under the eastern
wing through a low portal, into
a courtyard that opens up to
frame a view of the remnant
Cumberland Forest. The eastern
wing contains office and meeting
rooms in an elongated open plan
that maximises natural light and
fresh air through a very successful
mixed-mode air handling system.
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Photography: Simon Wood
Cranbrook Junior School
Tzannes Associates
The architectural promenade
continues through the courtyard
and into the western wing, where
visitors witness the research
program with labs visible thru
glass screens.
The deep wall and fenestration of
both wings is a consistent series
of vertical modulated panels. On
the east façade the louvres are
angled to catch the prevailing
breezes, filter sunlight and create
a strong rhythm across the length
of the building. To the courtyard,
polished stainless steel panels
are alternated with glass louvres
protected by fire proof mesh. The
steel reflects the bush and reads
as glass, the steel mesh and glass
read as shadow.
Australian Plantbank is a carefully
composed and sensitively
detailed building, bringing
together the different uses of
research and public education in
a well-crafted whole.
Jury citation
The design of the new Cranbrook
Junior School is underpinned by
the adoption of the Reggio Emilia
philosophy, which emphasises the
importance of the environment as
the “third teacher”.
A complex program is made
coherent and legible by a clear
site layout and an adroit handling
of scale. Laid out like a small
town, the daily logistical issues of
drop off and pick up have been
integrated into a larger idea of a
common courtyard around which
the buildings are laid out. Places
for key activities such as art and
music are placed strategically.
Like public buildings activating
a square, they bring a different
order and intensity to the spatial
arrangements.
The use of scale is central to
the scheme. Reflective of both
physical context and the stages of
student life, scale is used to shape
intimate architectural spaces as
well as the primary massing of
built form. From the siting of the
more domestically scaled K-2
classroom wing, which in section is
carefully calibrated to the adjacent
residential neighbourhood,
through to the monumental
colonnade addressing the
expansive vista of the oval.
There is a subtle layering and
over lapping of circulation and
threshold spaces, creating a
spatial fluidity between inside
and outside, order and free play,
intimacy and grandeur. The
classroom space is deliberately
ambiguous, as teaching and
learning permeate interior and
exterior, programmed and nonprogrammed spaces alike.
The Cranbrook Junior School is an
important example of the benefits
of a well-designed educational
environment, and positions itself
as a model for all schools.
Photography: John Gollings
North Bondi Surf Club
Durbach Block Jaggers in association
with Peter Colquhoun
Jury citation
The new club building, largely a
gift from the club members to the
general community, ensures and
enshrines their life saving public
service remains intrinsic to the
beach and the swimming public.
and the cinematic series of views
through and from the building that
frame and reframe views of the
beach and its surrounds.
Set on one of Sydney’s most
iconic locations the abstract and
glittering qualities of this building
evokes many associations. The
form appears as if wrought by the
surrounding landscape and honed
by the wind; it is left a shell, shining
in the sunlight and hedonism of
the beach.
The beach landscape is reflected
literally through mirror reveals and
metaphorically through the primary
form of twinned wings held by the
carved rooftop bay. A horizontal
swathe cut through the shell forms
a long loggia space. From inside
the loggia forms a long and dark
reveal framing the wide view to the
horizon. From outside, a shadowed
foil to the bright tiled shell, it holds
the unfolding building form parallel
to the site.
When Charlie, a 93-year-old club
member, says: “the architects
are wizards, you walk in to the
building, you’re in space, you look
up out of the building, you’re
looking at space” he touches on
the building’s spatial fluidity, it’s
ever-changing sculptural form
The architects have shown
a sensitive appreciation and
understanding of the public and
community significance of this
building and its site. It is a rare
example of a community building
that is enduring, robust and
contemporary.
Photography: Gerrit Fokkema
OLMC Parramatta Janet Woods Building
Tzannes Associates
Jury citation
This rich and complex project
works at both the urban and
architectural scale. It is rigorously
delightful, historically felt and
imaginatively forward thinking.
A marginal school grounds site
now provides a new library,
classrooms and playground that
forms the revitalised heart for
the school.
Architecturally, the building
is composed of two distinct
volumes.
To the west, facing outwards
to the street, a fine, narrow
volume houses the services and
circulation. At an urban scale,
the traditional linear plan of the
library doubles as a 60 metre
long protective wall, a subtle,
rich and sober façade, redefining
the school’s presence to the
street. A tectonic play of head
and sill punctuates and knits
the sobriety of the fenestrated
double ordered brickwork. The
offices and circulation spine
peek out to the street and park
beyond.
To the east, facing inwards to
the now private schoolyard, a
street-like colonnade containing
a “retail” edge of canteen,
classrooms and common rooms
defines and activates the new
playground. Above it, and
supported by the colonnade, is a
delightful double height volume
of flowering vines that faces the
library on the first level and the
classrooms on the second. The
new learning spaces, fully glazed
on three sides, are suffused
and saturated by the views and
dappled light afforded by the
ever-changing play of light and
shade within the planted arcade.
The school has been
transformed, while its play and
learning spaces have been
redefined and extended into a
rich reciprocal whole.
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
COMMENDATION
Photography: Brett Boardman
White Bay Cruise Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Jury citation
This project is a compelling model
for the intelligent reuse of an
existing building. Whilst the initial
brief called for the whole site to
be cleared, the architects saw
an opportunity for the adaptive
reuse of the massive gantry
structure. The project’s deceptive
simplicity, manifest in the grand
draped roof and ceiling plane,
belies a complexity of new and
retained structure.
Minimal intervention has seen
the retention and reframing of
the primary site elements – the
sandstone cut escarpment, the
broad wharf platform and the
paired alignment of 1.2 metre
deep rail girders – with enormous
supporting stanchions. Every
second pair of the stanchions
supports a new 55 metre long
truss, a spline curved 457
diameter Circular Hollow Section
(CHS) is suspended at varying
heights. The curved CHS acts
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as a purlin, from which the deep
profile Aramax ceiling appears
to levitate, undulating over the
expansive column free space
below. In program and spatial
scale, the terminal is similar to
an airport typology, whilst also
richly imbued with the history of
the site. Direct, simple detailing
completes the aesthetic.
With this bold adaptive
reuse approach, objectives
of sustainability and heritage
excel. The maritime and
industrial history is showcased
for both tourists and locals
alike. A neglected site has been
revitalised with public access
and the breadth and scale of
the project befits the spatial and
historic grandeur of this postindustrial landscape.
The White Bay Cruise Terminal
re-presents Sydney’s maritime
history and marks a fresh new
chapter in the evolving use of the
place.
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
COMMENDATION
Photography: Owen Zhu
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
Jury citation
The expansion of The Wayside
Chapel has created a subtle
ensemble of infill and urban
grain, providing a new civic
frontage to the street. Expanding
over three lots, the project has
a clear horizontal and vertical
organisational strategy that
positions the chapel as the
spiritual and physical heart of
the project. A double height
perforated screen broadcasts the
scale of the chapel to the street,
whilst mediating an internal calm
from its bustle.
To the east of the Chapel, an
existing corner building has been
simply refurbished for an opshop, offices and youth centre.
The latter cleverly has a private
address from the laneway. These
two buildings are aligned and
setback to address a busy “public
forecourt” creating a threshold
space to the street and lane. To
the west of the Chapel a third,
Photography: Brett Boardman
UTS Great Hall and Balcony Room
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new building is set forward and
picks up on the alignment, scale
and material of the street. It too
opens out to and frames the
forecourt.
The ground and the first floor
spaces are sensibly the most public
spaces, with the op-shop and a
cafe activating the forecourt and
street. The upper, more private
floors provide services and offices.
A roof terrace and garden caps the
project with an extensive kitchen
garden which feeds the commercial
grade kitchen located a level below
– providing a further sustaining
narrative to the building and its
occupants.
The architect is to be commended
for his persistence in manoeuvring
the project through a long and
difficult process. The carefully
planned long life, loose fit approach
to internal spaces, claddings and
finishes ensures that this important
project has the flexibility to grow
and change over time.
Jury citation
Initially part of a limited
competition for the interior fitout of the Great Hall at UTS, this
project has been greatly enriched
by the architect’s imaginative
extension of the brief to include
(and transform) an adjacent
neglected terrace as part of the
project - the Balcony Room.
The architects have connected
the primary interior space of the
university, the Great Hall, to the
significant outdoor space, the
Alumini Green. The Balcony Room
is simultaneously a lens through
which the Hall is witnessed from
the Green and a threshold space,
from which the Hall opens out
(visually) to the Green.
heart of the university. What was
once insular and hermetic is now
connected and more complex; each
space is enriched by its relationship
to the other. The sculptural
theatrics of the hall’s interior fitout are made more intense when
approached from the new threshold
space of the Balcony Room. In
turn the high space and carefully
calibrated bays and screens of the
Balcony Room allow for intimacy
and provide a pause between the
larger spaces of the Hall and the
Alumini Green beyond.
The graduation ceremony is also
transformed. Following the new
trajectory set up by these spaces
the ritual is given greater meaning,
fostering a richer dialogue between
the university and its students.
What might have been simply
a clever and appropriately
technological driven interior fitout, breathing new life into the
“brutalist” interior, is now one of a
series of symbiotic spaces at the
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URBAN DESIGN
LLOYD REES AWARD
STREET
RAILWAY
SITE SECTION
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Jury citation
The Prince Alfred Park + Pool
Upgrade is a rare synthesis of art
and landscape, urban design and
architecture. All are intertwined to
transform a tired and neglected
space into a reinvigorated
playground and park.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt Architects in association with City of Sydney
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A series of thoughtful
interventions across the 7.5
hectare breadth of the park has
ensured its pastoral scale is fully
realised. Subtle tweaks to the
Victorian era pathways provide
strategic connections to the
surrounding street and bicycle
network; the cultivation of play,
sport and fitness facilities along
these paths ensures a vibrant life
along them. The armature of the
blue see-saw lights is a wonder of
play that provides a characterful
thread though the park.
The pool is the main star in this
theatrical ensemble of sport
courts and picnic tables, palm
plantings and meadow grasses,
playgrounds and see-saw lights.
Both source and borrower of all,
the pool is the iconic muse of
this place. Yet in a rare reversal
of architectural orthodoxy, it
too bows down to the scale and
primacy of the parkland space.
Shaped between twinned folded
planes of grass and meadow, the
pool’s geometry is reconciled
with the park and street and
embedded like an earthwork into
the place. From the street, the
scale and pre-eminence of the
park is manifest, as a crooked
grass plane cast over the built
form in an overarching elevation.
The reinvigorated everyday life of
the place, affectionately known as
“Redfern Beach”, is a testament
to a true collaboration between
the client, the architects and
landscape architects.
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30m
Established 1979
This award for excellence in the design of
SECTION
the public domain commemorates SITE
the artist
Lloyd Rees. Rees, although not an urban
designer or architect, was
well known
as
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he taught drawing to many architecture
students in Sydney.
PRINCE ALFRED PARK POOL
Tensys
PROJECT TEAM
CITY OF SYDNEY + NEESON MURCUTT ARCHITECTS PTY LTD
Fence Engineer
Practice Team:
Surface
Design NO 04
Rachel Neeson
DRAWING
Tiling/Façade
Nicholas Murcutt
Engineer
Jenny Hien
Louise Holst
CTI
Joseph Grech
Corrosion/
Tamas Jones
Waterproofing
Isabelle Toland
Consultant
Amelia Holliday
Hydroplan
David Coleborne
Irrgigation
Sean Choo
SESL
Anne Kristin Risnes
Soil Scientist
Consultant Team:
SDA Structures
Structural Consultant
Earthscape
Arborist
Cardno
Civil Consultant
GTA
Traffic Consultant
Lighting, Art +
Science
Lighting Consultant
Sonia Van der Haar
Chimney Artist
Sue Barnsley
Landscape Architect
Frost Design
Signage
ACOR
GTS Mechanical,
Electrical,
Hydraulic, Aquatic,
Pool Structural,
Earthworks, Security
John Oultram
Heritage Consultant
Construction Team:
John O’Shea
Project Manager
Elizabeth Sandoval
Senior Design
Manager
Lisa Dodd
Specialist Design
Manager
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COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
SIR ARTHUR G. STEPHENSON AWARD
8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/Rogers
Stirk Harbour & Partners
Jury citation
This is a building that makes its
mark clearly and unambiguously
within the Sydney skyline.
The outcome of a two-stage
development application, a global
financial crisis, and the inevitable
balancing and renegotiation
which occurs between budgets,
tenants and approving agencies,
the development achieves a
remarkable impact upon the
city’s skyline and workplace
environment.
Established 1979
Its construction materials and
methodology point to a new
wave of prefabrication and
demountability that is set to
expand within our construction
future.
Named for one of the
founding partners of
the firm of Stephenson
and Turner, Sir Arthur
G. Stephenson, this
award is given for the
design of an outstanding
commercial building.
The building has achieved a 6
Star Green Star rating, delivering
both energy back to the grid and
reusing the city’s waste; in this
aspect it is an active participant
within our city environment.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Tim O’Sullivan
Project Architect
Ed Lippmann
Design Architect
This is no static humble occupier
of space and is to be applauded
for its bold initiatives.
Ivan Harbour
Design Architect
The building’s legibility in
program, construction and
prefabricated components brings
a unique language to Sydney.
Crafted to a scale which demands
clear vision, control and close
involvement with the trades and
methods of delivery, the three
main façades are both exuberant
and controlled. The bold use of
colour adds a new dimension to
the corporate office block.
Andrew Partridge
Design Architect
The building’s real innovation is
in the shared interior floor spaces
that are connected though their
atria to views, light and sunshine.
Construction Team:
Mirvac
Builder
Born out of the necessity to
deliver a floor plate area that met
industry workplace demands but
which could not be delivered in
one single level because of site
constraints, the result allows visual
connectivity across multiple levels
internally and its representation
in the external façade adds to the
memory of its unique form.
Domenic Callinan
Construction Manager
Kate Humphries
Design Architect
Consultant Team:
Arup
Structural Consultant
Civil Consultant
Electrical Consultant
Mechanical Consultant
Hydraulic Consultant
Lighting Consultant
Environmental
Consultant
Simon Healy
Project Manager
Mirvac
Developer
Image: Brett Boardman
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6
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COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
JOHN VERGE AWARD
Photography: Brett Boardman
QANTAS Headquarters Redevelopment
Architectus
Lune de Sang Sheds
CHROFI
Jury citation
Poetic sophistication in delivery
of the client’s brief and its
relationship to the site are the
key attributes of this grand but
humble pair of buildings.
The brief was to provide
protective space for work
and equipment on this site of
forest regeneration. A project
that will reach maturity in 200
to 300 years could have had
any number of conceptual
approaches. That the architects
referenced great monuments
such as the Pyramids, often
only remaining as ruins and the
significant materials that support
these places, is a testament to
their imagination and to the
client’s patronage of his vision.
Both buildings, very different
in outcome, but utilising similar
materials of stone, concrete and
timber, seem perfectly balanced
in their sitting and spatial
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Photography: Brett Boardman
arrangement – constructed art
for machines and for the working
of timber. They are robust in their
detailing yet delicate in their
proportions.
The rigidity of the sparse use of
materials is continued through to
the joinery and concrete used for
wash basins, demonstrating an
innovative and artful resolution to
pragmatic needs.
The buildings are carefully
considered from approach, within
and from above, as they are
viewed effectively in the round
across the property and in their
early years, until tree maturity,
from the valleys and ridges.
Humble in the performance of
their duties, the buildings are an
inspiring addition to this place
where many generations will
be welcomed and community
involvement encouraged.
Jury citation
A new internal street unites five
tired buildings and gives Qantas
a branded destination with one
front door for staff and clients.
The outcome to this two-stage
design competition has delivered
a balance of sophisticated
palette, restrained urbanity and
exuberance through geometric
intrusion.
It is this balance of elements, the
flexibility of the ground plane
and the angled intrusions of the
stairs and bridge that are the
insertion and stitching success.
Inviting people to move through
and up into the various levels.
The slick curved element of the
lecture hall on the corner of
the street breaks the continuity
of the wall and reflects light,
activating the restrained palette.
The addition of breakout areas
at the stair landings invites
staff into the internal street and
enhances the transition between
inside and out.
The overall atmosphere
created by the architecture,
the programmed activities and
the engagement of light and
landscape builds a unified and
intelligent brand for the client
and staff.
The project demonstrates how
a simple idea of linking existing
tired buildings, when done with
skill, can deliver far more than
just programmed fulfillment.
Photography: Tyrone Branigan
Sydney Commonwealth Parliament Offices
Architectus + Ingenhoven
The result creates a front door
for a major business icon in a
sensitive, refined manner.
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
JOHN VERGE AWARD
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
(CONT.)
Established 2007
Named for the English-trained architect John
Verge, who arrived in the colony of Sydney
in the early 1830s, this award is given for
excellence in interior architecture.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Simon Zou
Project Architect
Mark Curzon
Design Architect and
Principal
Martin Reuter
Partner
Justin Phillips
Associate Director
Neil Haddrill
Team Member
Dominica Watt
Team Member
Hernan Jerez
BIM Technician
Ryan Townsend
Team Member
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Jury citation
Designing within the
building they co-authored,
Architectus and Ingenhoven
have delivered a supremely
detailed and comprehensive
workplace for Commonwealth
Government Parliamentarians.
Over three floors, the new
offices, media reception
rooms and workplaces for
a cohort of permanent staff
and visiting parliamentarians
have been seamlessly
integrated within the curves
and sinuous forms of 1 Bligh
Street, Sydney.
The curving plan and
reception pods interspersed
around the circulation
areas mean that the whole
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space is seldom seen at one
time. This revealing of the
space means it never feels
completely empty even when
most of the occupants are
away. This continuous flow
of space also increases the
likelihood chance encounters
between ministers and staff,
thus encouraging greater
interaction.
The space planning, the
optimisation of light and
views, and the detailing and
selection of materials have
resulted in a finely crafted,
sophisticated response
where every aspect has
been considered. The jury
was particularly impressed
with the incorporation of
the specific aspects of the
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Stephen Matthews
Team Member
Gary Cheung
Team Member
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brief within the outcome.
Security and acoustics have
been integrated without
compromising the key
concepts of the architects’
vision.
Artwork has been carefully
and skillfully included in
a controlled and elegant
manner and is integrated
within the built fabric. The
purpose designed and built
joinery and the palette of
materials provide the right
combination of warmth and
surprise.
This is an example of a
highly skilled team delivering
a comprehensive design
solution to achieve the most
from the brief.
Bibiana Zapf
Team Member
Jun Teraoka
Team Member
Consultant Team:
Enstruct
Structural Consultant
Arup
Electrical Consultant
Mechanical
Consultant
Hydraulic Consultant
Lighting Consultant
Services Consultant
Communications
Consultant
Fire Engineering,
Acoustic, Risk &
Security
Cundall
Environmental
Consultant
Ingenhoven
Architects
Partner
Blackett Maquire &
Goldsmith
PCA
Arup/Codarra &
Goldsmith
Security/ICT
Morris Goding
Access Consulting
Accessibility
Maria Sigutina
Art Consultant
Chris Fox; Jonathan
Jones; Damian Butler
Artist
Construction Team:
Schiavello
Constructions (NSW)
Builder
Davis Langdon (An
AECOM Company)
Project Manager
Photography: Brett Boardman
Garangula Gallery
Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects
Ansarada
Those Architects
Jury citation
A single floor workplace in a
heritage building at The Rocks
surprises and delights.
The new technology company
with a global clientele briefed
the architects to create a
sophisticated and minimal
response. The outcome is exactly
that – but it is far from simple.
The arrival at the lobby stair
to a simple black paneled wall
with a bright door handle hints
at the intelligent environment
beyond. The generous open plan
is achieved through carefully
crafted joinery, flexible walls and
building elements and the use
of contracting timber inserts for
platforms and backdrops. The
darker recessive background
provides a perfect balance of
contrast and warmth.
Photography: John Gollings
The space is considered from
every element and requirement
of the brief. The team’s inventive
interpretation of the client’s
business methods in the peg
wall creating a sense of art and
work, the raising of the platforms
to conceal services protecting
heritage fabric, and the lowering
of seats to give the visitors
a harbour view reinforce the
comprehensive design solution.
The enthusiasm and skill of the
architects in developing the
lighting and detailed furniture
design – even to the pool table –
are testament to their craft and
architecture.
This is a striking controlled design
solution for a new workplace.
Jury citation
The Garangula Gallery located
in rural New South Wales near
Harden challenges the traditional
notion of the white box gallery.
The art work, largely indigenous,
has been the inspiration for the
material and color palette of
the interior. The clients brief – to
create both a gallery and a place
for community celebration and
functions – has been skillfully
interpreted by the architects.
The choice of dark wall colours
allows the vibrancy and pattern
inherent in the art to perform
within the spaces. The structured
procession of the arrival, the
management of light and the
drama of the exhibition space
upon opening the large panelled
gallery door, reinforce the viewing
of an exhibition as an event.
The space once entered is calm,
arranged with varying sized
galleries and subtle breaks to allow
natural light and views.
Large elements of the walls rotate
to create a magnificent dining hall,
with the smaller galleries in the
rear now allowing service from the
carefully positioned back of house
space. This extends the functionality
and versatility of the whole building
whilst not expanding its footprint.
The external walls and windows
are screened by steel and timber
operable elements incorporating
specifically commissioned sculpture.
These elements shield the internal
spaces and provide a filigree of
pattern light into the more open
gallery and verandah wings.
Material selection, systems and
fittings are all part of a sustainable
objective for the site and the
recycled timber with soft, warm
colours of the rammed earth and
concrete wall elements add to the
protective and tactile experience.
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
COMMENDATION
Photography: John Gollings
Herbert Smith Freehills Workplace
BVN Donovan Hill
Jury citation
The revolution in workplace
design has extended to even the
most conservative of professions,
challenging the notions of space
entitlement, collaborative work
and new technologies.
Within the new ANZ Building
at the new end of town, this
transformation of one of the
largest legal offices has been
delivered with the right balance
of exploration, innovation and
pragmatism. The mix of materials
and detail resolution create a
warm, sophistication which has
delivered the clients brief while
pushing their comfort zone, a
strategy for which they are now
appreciative.
Thirteen floors of connected
space is the central organiser
of the public lobby area where
visitors, clients and staff mix
vertically. The building’s planning,
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which meant a lift arrival lobby
removed from the key harbour
view, has been handled with skill
in the creation of a light sinuous
space luxuriously detailed with
stone, white curved glass, timber
ceilings and a framed harbour
view.
The workplace is organised
around “demountable” minimal
glass partner offices which
are designed to be almost
completely open or closed
with acoustic separation when
required.
The result demonstrates how
the architect, when working with
a client who wishes to explore
new directions, can create a
memorable workplace which
breaks old patterns and sets new
levels of excellence.
Photography: Ross Honeysett
Point Piper Apartment
CO-AP (Architects)
Jury citation
This mid-size two-bedroom
harbourside apartment with
views has been converted from
the traditional rectangular
room arrangement to a space
captivated, illuminated and
animated by water, sky and light.
Walls and materials fold and
curve – capably handling the
pragmatic needs of services and
old, shared chimney stacks – to
bend light and reflect views from
the contiguous living, dining
and kitchen areas to the everchanging harbour.
Simple elegant curtain systems
reinforce the singular nature
of the living space but allow
for change throughout day
and night, offering privacy and
reducing glare.
The architects have delivered
a modern, comfortable home
which challenges the notions of
spatial separation by creating a
free flow of space.
The essence of the site, the
natural outlook, is captured
and the integrity of the original
building is respected in the
palette of materials selected. The
variations from living, dining and
kitchen are subtle and tactile.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Virgin Australia Sydney Lounge
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Jury citation
The new Virgin Australia Lounge
at Sydney Airport provides a
functional space for the busy
traveller while also considering
the emotional needs of the
sometimes harrowed commuter.
The architects have created
a calmness which belies the
activities within the space.
Careful space planning
allows for direct, purposeful
movement while the positioning
of technology and layered
glass screens facilitates subtle
access to information without
overwhelming the traveller with
technology. The colour scheme
is a skilful interpretation of the
Virgin brand, slightly modified
to create a softer interior
environment.
The overarching motif of the
leaf gives directionality, is fluid
in nature and delivers a strong
recognisable image for the floor,
ceiling and furnishings. Changes
in the materiality and colour
of the ceiling motif suggest
changes in the functionality of
the space directly associated
with it.
This design is a good example
of how the architect’s role in
designing can create so much
more than simply fulfilling the
functional brief.
The motif has been so successful
that it is now part of Virgin’s
marketing and brand rollout to
new terminals.
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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
MILO DUNPHY AWARD
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Established 1996
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The previous environment and energy awards
have become the Milo Dunphy Award for
sustainable architecture. There is no longer
a single category for this award as all entries
into the NSW Architecture Awards are now
judged in terms of their sustainability and are
eligible for this award which commemorates
Milo Dunphy’s longstanding commitment to
conserving the environment.
PUBLIC COURTYARD
VISITOR SERVICES
COMMUNITY
SERVICES CENTRE
PROJECT TEAM
Project Team:
Hilary Whattam
Project Architect
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Tone Wheeler
Design Architect
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Jan O’Connor
Interiors, Director
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Consultant Team:
Partridge Partners
(Stage 1)
Structural
Consultant
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CENTRE
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Watermans
(Stage 2)
Structural
Consultant
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Knox Advanced
Engineering
Electrical Consultant
LEVEL 1 PLAN
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2.0
Jury citation
Photography: Owen Zhu
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
3.0m
the wayside chapel
Encompassing the true nature
of sustainability, The Wayside
Chapel clearly demonstrates
the concept of doing more
with less through a number
of simple strategies. Not
only does the facility address
the social needs of the
disadvantaged; the design
team has also approached
sustainability from a concept
of minimalism and simplicity.
Passive environmental design
through the use of natural
ventilation, thermal mass,
night flushing, and simple
ceiling fans has minimised
the requirement for air
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conditioning and other
complex building services.
The design team has
focussed on developing a
building that is designed to
last for over 100 years, and
to facilitate future churn by
providing a loose-fit, lowimpact fitout.
Solar hot water collectors for
domestic hot water and space
heating provide an effective
and uncomplicated approach
to maintaining thermal
comfort for occupants for
most of the year. Onsite
generation of electricity
through PV demonstrates an
effective method to further
reduce carbon emissions.
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However what makes this
building stand out has been
the additional emphasis on
less mainstream aspects of
sustainability. These include
providing a green roof to grow
fruit and vegetable crops for
the onsite café and the use
of colours and materials to
influence occupant mood and
wellbeing – all based on solid
research.
The jury was impressed by
the holistic approach of the
designers who have delivered
a simple and effective low
energy, passive building
design with longevity while
also recognising the varied
needs of its occupants.
Knox Advanced
Engineering
1:200 @ A4
Mechanical
Consultant
Blackett Maguire +
Goldsmith
Private Certifying
Authority
AWS
Glazing Consultant
NBRS & P
Heritage Consultant
Boxall Surveyors
Building Surveyor
Construction Team:
Kell & Rigby
(Stage 1)
Builder
Fugen
(Stage 2)
Builder
Skope
(Stage 3 – on going)
Builder
EPM Projects
Project Manager
J&M Group
Hydraulic
Consultant
Sue Barnsley Design
Landscape
Consultant
Wilkinson Murray
Acoustic Consultant
EMF Griffiths
Environmental
Consultant
Itc Group
Fire Engineering
MDA Australia
Quantity Surveying
Accessibility
Solutions
Access Consultant
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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Brett Boardman
Alexandria Courtyard House
Matthew Pullinger Architect
Jury citation
This house uses the device of
the courtyard to define the
architecture and for sustainable
benefit. There are three
courtyards: the first is the entry
courtyard to the street; the
second is between the living
and dining areas; and the third
is between the dining and study
areas and the guest area at the
rear.
Dividing the house in this way
allows it to achieve maximum
benefits from cross ventilation
and access to sun and light. The
courtyard spaces also allow the
house to be well connected with
the outdoors.
Operable timber screens
moderate the access to sun and
light. Rooms have been designed
to be easily subdivided enabling
them to be heated separately.
The house also harvests
rainwater and solar energy.
The project provides an effective
passive response for a house in
an urban setting, demonstrating
that sustainability begins
at home. It encourages the
occupants to live a life of less
with reduced space, volume,
domestic appliances and fittings.
Photography: John Gollings
Australian Plantbank
BVN Donovan Hill
Jury citation
This building at Mt. Annan is laid
out with the primary circulation
arcing around a courtyard to
the north. A clever and crisply
detailed deep wall system allows
for sun-shading and ventilation.
All-weather operability is
facilitated in both the public
areas and offices. The shallow
plan depth ensures good cross
ventilation. The mixed mode
facilitates less reliance on the
mechanical plant, resulting in
significantly reduced energy
consumption. A discrete lighting
system signals the current status
of the system to users, giving
the workings legibility and
transparency.
A thermal labyrinth has been
installed under the east wing
reducing the HVAC load and
extending the value of natural
ventilation, particularly during
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summer when fresh air, precooled overnight, circulates and
expels warm air. The system is
designed to reduce the peaks
and troughs of extreme ambient
weather by capturing either the
heat of the day or the cool of
the night and retaining it in the
surrounding concrete, earth and
rock beds of the constructed
labyrinth. The prediction for the
assisted warming or cooling of
the building is up to 7.5 degrees
centigrade.
Thus far, the sustainable
objectives of the project are
being excelled.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Photography: Brett Boardman
Outpost 742713 9
Drew Heath Architects
White Bay Cruise Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Jury citation
Jury citation
Off-the-grid, this project
generates all its own power with
solar panels; a small gas heater
provides hot water. It collects
rainwater in tanks from a 180
square metre roof. The waste
management system is an onsite aerated toilet system. This
is a self-sufficient, fully serviced
building that sleeps six in roughly
40 internal square metres and
has been achieved within a
modest budget.
The robust structure utilises
prefabricated, slightly modified
steel shipping containers.
All are placed under a single
roof, creating a series of open
veranda-like passageways;
minimal intervention informs
the desire for habitable
protection. Natural ventilation
and camp-fires are imagined
as a framework. Consciously
rough detail, re-use and an
attitude of ‘making-do’ pervades
all arrangements. Direct and
elemental, a lack of preciousness
organises an experience that
is an extension of camping.
This sense of a camp prevails,
extending to the potential re-use,
removal, or remodelling of the
building elements.
Materials are deliberately local,
durability is a priority and waste
is minimised. The structure is
economical in terms of its steel
section dimensions and cost
of assembly. Plywood interiors
to the ‘cabins’ are conceived
maximising the utility of standard
sheets and finding fortuitous
detail in off-cuts. Extremely
inexpensive and largely selfreliant, this almost ‘off the shelf’
building suggests sustainability
as an architectural criterion in
thought-provoking ways.
The terminal was a Green Star
project under a pilot tool and
is deserving of a Sustainable
Architecture Award on a number
of levels.
Firstly it is a compelling model
for the intelligent reuse of an
existing building. Whilst the initial
brief called for the whole site to
be cleared, the architects saw
an opportunity for the adaptive
reuse of the massive gantry
structure. Minimal intervention
has seen the retention of the
35 paired stanchions and the
approximately 300 metre long
dual crane gantry. The scale and
bold simplicity of the structure
is extraordinary. Primary site
elements such as the sandstone
cut escarpment and the extensive
broad wharf platform have also
been retained. Direct, simple
detailing of new elements
completes the aesthetic.
The design idea for a fabric-like
suspended roof and ceiling, visible
also from above, meant that a
clear uncluttered roof and ceiling
plane was essential. An innovative
ventilation lantern, extruded along
the length of the roof, has meant
that the need for an extensive
plant, normally required for such
a large exhibition space, has been
avoided.
The high ceiling, a product in
part of the scale of the retained
stanchions, has also meant an
abundance of natural light. The
large room is airy and bright. The
long life, loose fit of the design also
facilitates the space for functions
and events, breathing new life and
additional use into the place.
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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
COMMENDATION
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (NEW)
WILKINSON AWARD
Photography: Brett Boardman
8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/Rogers Stirk
Harbour & Partners
Yatte Yattah House
Tzannes Associates
Jury citation
This simple house overlooking
the Budawangs seeks a minimal
impact on the environment. This
was a request from the client
that has been carried through
the design of the house, from the
siting to take advantage of the
sun, views and breezes to the
robust nature of its construction.
The building achieves a 6
Star Green Star – Office
Design v2 Certified Rating,
representing ‘World Leadership’
in environmentally sustainable
design; it is also committed to
achieving a NABERS 5* +60%
Energy Rating.
This has been achieved by the
incorporation of a gas-fired, roofmounted trigeneration plant,
blackwater treatment system,
chilled beam ceilings, T-5 and
LED lighting and the use of low
embodied energy materials and
construction techniques, only 32
car spaces as well as 130 bicycle
spaces with supporting change
room and facilities.
The building’s legibility in
program, construction and
prefabricated components
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Photography: Ben Guthrie
is also shaped by the atria
of each of the three storey
office villages and the shading
systems, which give the building
a unique expression in the city’s
streetscape.
These passive design elements
allow light penetration into the
workplace and, together with
motorised blind systems, provide
managed solar protection for the
interiors.
The building delivers energy
back to the grid and reuses
its own waste as well as the
city’s through the blackwater
treatment plant, clearly
demonstrating it is an active
participant in the creation of a
sustainable city environment.
Jury citation
The house has been designed
predominantly one room wide,
with the long side facing north,
providing breezes and good solar
access. A concrete floor provides
good thermal mass for winter
months.
living. Local materials were used
in the construction by a local
builder. Solar tubes provide
heated water, and photovoltaic
panels provide 6.5 kW of power
per day.
In awarding this house for its
sustainable design qualities, it
should also be noted that the
client also deserves an award.
Without a client prepared to
commission this type of house
and one also prepared to have
the commitment to proceed
with such sustainable measures,
this type of project would not
possible.
Photography: Sharrin Rees
Griffith House
Popov Bass Architects
A 110,000 litre water tank
collects roof water, and all waste
water is recycled for garden use.
The design also includes a small
orchard and well as vegetable
and herb garden, emphasising
the client’s interest in sustainable
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WILKINSON AWARD
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ARCHITECTURE AWARD
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Jury citation
On an unremarkable site in
the flat plains of Griffith sits
this courtyard house that fits
remarkably well in its context.
The planning for the house is
calm and rational; the overriding
sense within the house is of
tranquillity.
There is a delightful sequence of
spaces as you progress through
the house. The use of light
throughout is masterful, and this
is even more greatly appreciated
when the house as “art gallery” is
recognised. There is an intimate
relationship to the artwork
throughout, producing a further
sense of wellbeing to the internal
environment.
Courtyard spaces provide direct
and indirect light, and tall light
scoops allow diffuse light deeper
into the house. The brilliant light
in this region has been handled
with great sensitivity and the
light levels throughout the
project are complimentary to the
artwork as well as providing a
pleasant atmosphere.
Thermally the house works
exceptionally well with all the
primary spaces facing north
and thermal mass achieved
through the concrete and
masonry structure. Solar panels
provide hydronic heating and
photovoltaic cells provide
a supplement to electricity.
350,000 litres of water is stored
on site.
The close relationship between
the house and its artwork
continues through to the outside
spaces with views from each
space looking to artworks within
the landscape. This enhances the
sense of relationship to the site
and the whole success of the
house.
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Established 1964
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The Wilkinson Award was introduced to
recognise exemplary domestic architecture
and named for the Emeritus Professor of
Architecture at the University of Sydney, Leslie
Wilkinson. Wilkinson had won the Sulman
Medal twice – in 1934 for a residential design
and in 1942 for a suburban church.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Alex Popov
Brian Bass
Miriam Green
Matthew Ritchard
Aya Maceda
Leigh Woodley
Christina Lucic
Consultant Team:
Simpson Design
Associates
Structural Consultant
Xeros Kendall
Consulting Engineers
Hydraulic Consultant
Construction Team:
Forlico Builders
Builder
Photography: Kilian O’Sullivan
Dogtrot House
Dunn & Hillam Architects
Hunters Hill House
Arkhefield
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reduce demand on resources.
It is a rare and splendid
thing when a lovely, tranquil,
landscape space is enhanced by
placing a building in the middle
of it! Such is the effect of the
wall-less living room of this
house.
The jury found this house to be
exemplary in many ways. The
Sydney climate enables an inside/
outside existence; air movement
is highly desirable. It also requires
ability to lock down in winter
and trap warmth. The sculptural
assembly of this house makes
these primary functional aspects
enriching and satisfying.
The creation of buildings that
embody “everything you need
and nothing you don’t” is an
honourable one; the pursuit of
buildings that simultaneously
evoke joy and delight even
more so. How refreshing to visit
Dogtrot House; a simple, refined
building on the far south coast
that successfully achieves both.
Located in a somnolent hamlet on
the south coast, this is a dwelling
that responds powerfully to its
site, its location and to a very
clear client brief.
Designed for a family of
committed campers, the request
was for a building that captured
everything they loved about
camping without the end of
holiday pack up: a permanent,
civilised campsite.
The architect’s response offers an
uncomplicated picture of life as it
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Photography: Angus Martin
was in coastal Australia – and how
it could be again. Simple layout,
materials and living; small budget
and footprint.
Two modest pavilions – one
public, one private – are joined
by a covered open breezeway or
‘dog trot’ corridor. To the south,
an uncomplicated sleeping and
bathing pavilion. To the north, a
pavilion embracing lagoon views
and light, and a protected kitchen
balanced by a large public indoor/
outdoor room for gathering
and enjoying life in the most
uninhibited way. The public nature
of this space invokes an admiring
sense of community mindedness,
and an all too uncommon act of
generosity.
Most joyfully, movement between
spaces involves, in every instance,
connection with the outdoors, with
landscape and nature, and notions
of refuge and prospect – to be
gloriously immersed in old-style,
relaxed coastal holiday living.
The jury found the work to
be spatially and materially
exceptional. Broad land
dimensions were answered by
broad room composition and
vertical landscape was answered
by vertical room composition,
so that the building and its
surrounds work as one.
The palette of materials exhibits
restraint and command of
their possibilities, structurally
and texturally. The work is
responsive to energy use and
user comfort with good passive
solar orientation and landscape
replacement, reflecting the role
of architects in the imperative to
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ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Michael Nicholson
Invisible House
Peter Stutchbury Architecture
Jury citation
This house encourages you to
just be. To breathe, slow down,
and settle fireside with good
company. Perched on the side
of a ridge with uninterrupted
views of the Megalong Valley,
Invisible House reveals a rare
appreciation of the delicate
balance between landscape
and shelter, the natural and
man-made. Located almost four
hours west of Sydney, it sits and
responds to the most majestic of
country – wild, ancient, big-sky
territory – being neither dwarfed
by nor in competition with its
setting. Rather, it simply belongs.
It feels of the land, with respect,
authenticity, ease and rawness in
keeping with rural Australia.
Responding to a site both
uniquely beautiful and viciously
savage, the building has been
tucked under the brow of a hill,
offering maximum protection,
glorious views, and enhancing
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a sense of ‘invisibility’ upon
approach. This is both pragmatic
and generous, allowing the
breathtaking nature of country
to lead.
First impressions are of the most
extraordinary roof, cantilevering
four metres west in a series of
undulations. Balancing this, a
four-metre tapered cantilever
reaches east, interrupted by a
series of mild steel boxes – light
scoops and bedroom eyries
speaking of flight and freedom.
A wide gallery stretches
protectively along the house’s
western edge, balancing its
openness and exposure on three
sides and acting as an internal
way-finder.
A simple palette of materials
speaks honestly of refined,
yet robust hardiness. This
house embraces the Australian
landscape with joy, and just the
right, fine balance.
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (NEW)
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
COMMENDATION
Photography: John Gollings
K House
Chenchow Little
Jury citation
This house presents a striking
challenge to the suburban
context of Vaucluse in its robust
and unassuming street presence.
Designed as a permeable volume
within a carefully modulated
outer skin, it provides both
privacy and seclusion as well as
an outlook to adjoining gardens.
The project’s significant move is
to provide a level of openness
between this outer skin and
outside by inserting an elongated
courtyard along the northern
side of the living area. This
feeling of porosity is further
enhanced by a series of mirrored
panels – creating an unexpected
spatial generosity and a blurring
of boundaries.
Photography: Simon Whitbread
Ozone House
Matt Elkan Architects
Upper and lower spaces
interconnect in a playful manner
with walls opening and closing
to reveal service spaces and
storage nooks. Interior materials
are texturally rich as well as
uncompromising in detail,
providing spatial delight at every
turn.
This project is both adventurous
and resolute in many ways.
The result is a beautifully
accomplished and confident
building – a good testament to
an adventurous architect and
visionary client.
Jury citation
Ozone House speaks powerfully
and persuasively of the pleasures
and values of unpretentious living,
of the charm of family homes
shaped by a simple ambition,
modest size and humble nature.
Located on Sydney’s northern
beaches, it responds with great
care and consideration to a three
part brief: to respect and engage
with the heavily vegetated site; to
create a place for gathering; and
to deliver a space no larger than
required to serve the family’s needs.
Hidden from the street up a
long battle-axe driveway, first
impressions are of a treehouse
quietly floating - respectfully and
fluidly flowing around magnificent
towering angophoras, tracking
sunlight through daytime hours
and permanent district views.
In an unequivocal gesture of
openness and welcome, visitors
Photography: Katherine Lu
House Maher
Tribe Studio Architects
are delivered through a northern
deck into the very heart of the
house, a kitchen-dining bridge.
This fluidly connects the living
spaces to the east, and the
bedrooms and bathrooms to
the west. Connection to, and
views of, the garden and outdoor
spaces permeate all interiors.
Bedrooms are small to ensure
gravitation outdoors or into
shared spaces. Materials are
simple, beautifully detailed and
highly evocative.
This house reflects its occupants’
lives and history in a gentle,
unadorned way. In particular,
their appreciation of Japanese
culture, of camping, and subtropical architecture is reflected
in the building’s modest scale
and minimalist sensibility.
This house is a great example of
good design promoting positive
environmental, social and
cultural outcomes in a suburban
context.
Jury citation
This house is a remarkable
achievement in the composition
of domestic spaces with light
and form.
It is a stimulating synthesis of
streetscape and archetypal house
form delivered in an intelligent
and striking way. It is a very
considered and resolved work,
the result of a close relationship
between architect and client, as
well as a very specific brief.
A play of scale and form unfold
within the extrusion of the
building exterior, transforming it
into dynamic reflections on the
form at diminishing scales that
suit various domestic purposes.
These layers of the onion are
enhanced by shards of light and
views to the landscape. This is an
abstract and stimulating house.
by monochrome planes and
apertures. The recycled brick
façade is banded with a form
of physical ‘graphic slip’, having
the visual effect of blurring
or pixelating the façade. The
external canopies are punched
out to emit light to the pool,
which is then reflected back into
the rooms and highlights key
points like entry – a lively play
of light and shade occurring
throughout the day.
The house has a refreshing
clarity about it that results from
the architect’s considerable
sculptural ability.
The texture of recycled brick
and timber flooring is enhanced
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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS)
HUGH AND EVA BUHRICH AWARD
Established 2014
This newly established named award
recognises the importance of alterations
and additions especially for small practices
and is named in acknowledgment of the
mid-century partnership of Hugh and
Eva Buhrich and their contribution to the
profession.
PROJECT TEAM
Project Team:
John Choi
Project Director
Jerome Cateaux
Project Leader
Felix Rasch
Project Team
Fraser Mudge
Project Team
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The project is a succinct
transformation of a small
dwelling, clarifying and
enhancing it.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Stone House
CHROFI
Existing solid basalt walls of
Bobcat-sized stone flank this
humble ridge top hut. The
protective and monumental
façade is answered by the
architects directly through an
operable façade that is bold,
functional and complimentary.
Detail of the reworking of the
replaced façade is climatically
sensible and treated to
complement the oxidizing
biotite of the basalt walls.
A series of spaces of varying
sizes retain the sense of a pared
back humility of raw materials.
The subtractions and new
façade seem to complete the
hut as an, until now, unfinished
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Tony Kenway
Site Manager
Lickiss Fabrications
Operable Doors
Men Joinery
Joinery
Consultant Team
DW Knox and
Partners
Structural
Consultant
SECTION
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Construction Team
Cedar Creek
Constructions
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work. The one-room thick house
has extensive outlook to the
West and this is made practical
and enjoyable by the layered
façade proposition. The existing
canvas of concrete floor and
timber ceiling are completed to
envelope a new distilled plan.
A less confident practice may
have exchanged period fixtures,
but the previous work is kept
down to the door knobs. The
reality of this is the comfort of
familiarity and an embrace of
the new.
The project has been designed
as a guest house and like many
of this typology it has lessons
for residential architecture in
the richness of its humble, well
lit, textural spaces which are
conducive to closeness and
conversation for those lucky
enough to stay here.
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ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Katherine Lu
A Balmain Pair
Benn & Penna Architecture
Jury citation
Envisaged as an ‘intergenerational house’, this project
is an innovative response to a
sensitive brief – that of providing
practical and livable spaces for
the architects extended family as
well as for themselves. Designed
as three separate dwellings
within two semi-detached
cottages, the major achievement
here has been the architect’s
ability to create a surprising
generosity of space and volume
within a relatively compact form.
A new wedge-shaped rear
volume spans both cottages and
reads as a sensitively considered
extension to the existing roof.
This modulated volume captures
a northerly aspect and city
skyline vistas as well as providing
much needed upper level
bedroom and study spaces. A
new intervention into the existing
façades is similarly understated
yet considered – playfully
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respecting the story of the old
cottage whilst bringing light and
sensibility to the spaces within.
Internally, double height volumes
over the ground floor living
and dining areas create an
active and purposeful dialogue
between levels. The illusion of
a much larger space is further
accentuated by the connection
to contemplative landscaped
outdoor spaces.
Materials are quiet and refined;
spaces are generous and
thought-provoking. The result
is a highly sophisticated and
detailed project carefully crafted
for its local context. It is an
inspiring example of “less is
more”, of hidden delight as well
as a poignant reminder of the
surprising beauty of modest
spaces.
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS)
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Richard Glover
Birchgrove House
Candalepas Associates
Jury citation
This project is a sensitive and
intuitive response to an original
terrace house typology in
Birchgrove. Benefitting from
both an extended side garden
to the south and a small garden
overlooking harbour views to the
north, the house offers an intimate
and unusual level of engagement
with its neighbours. Rather than
closing itself off to the street, a
new north facing rear addition
has been designed that embraces
both aspects in a resolute and
uncompromising way.
This addition – spanning the entire
width of the block – breathes
new life into the previously tired
building and sits confidently
above the rock escarpment.
Carefully grafted onto the rear of
the existing house, the integrity
of the original building remains
intact with any new intervention
added in a respectful and elegant
manner. New openings are
reinterpreted by way of sliding
and fixed panels – framing both
street and water vistas and
creating an integral relationship
with the landscape.
Materials are robust, textural and
considered, creating a richness
in palette and detail throughout.
The house is uplifting and
delightful in many ways – clearly
the result of a harmonious
relationship between client,
architect and builder.
Photography: Brigid Arnott
Piebenga-Franklyn Residence
David Boyle Architect
Jury citation
This project involved the
demolition of the rear of a
semi-detached house and the
construction of a new two-storey
pavilion with a distinct wedge
carved out of the volume to
allow the penetration of northern
sun as well as an additional
outside space on the ground
floor level. A linear skylight on
the upper level allows diffuse
light to penetrate through a
void to the lower level. There is
an emphasis on flexibility in the
house, with large sliding doors
allowing a variety of uses.
The rear garden has been treated
as a sloping amphitheatre
complete with trampoline and
chook pen along with plentiful
vegetable gardens close to the
kitchen. Passive cross ventilation
is achieved through operable
windows throughout, allowing
the sea breezes to pass through
the house.
This is an example of the core
idea of a design being generated
by the restrictions of the site.
The gesture of the wedge is the
sculptural driver. The limited
usable area has been maximised;
a collection of creative and highly
usable areas has been provided
and the resultant building is
joyful and filled with light.
Photography: Anthony Browell
Tamarama Semi-D
David Langston-Jones
Jury citation
is sophisticated and thoughtful.
This modest project rethinks
the amount of space needed
for city living by a single or
couple. With an eight-storey
apartment building as an
immediate neighbour, ideas of
privacy governed the thinking in
the living area. Yet the result is
a delightful space that is quite
introspective but which still
allows a great connection to the
personal garden that it opens
onto. It demonstrates the joy
in small spaces that have been
carefully thought through so that
no centimetre is wasted.
Through careful detailing and
clever placement of fixtures for
the basic functions of life, David
Langston-Jones has created a
gem near an inner city beach.
The design has a reverence for
space and serves as a reminder
that houses in Australia are, on
average, much larger than they
need to be.
Materials are modest. The use
of galvanised iron and concrete
in the internal spaces helps to
relate the inside and outside
spaces to each other. Whilst
using inexpensive materials, the
interiors have the perception of
a grander scale than the usual
domestic space and the detailing
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Photography: Brett Boardman
3X2 House is an inspiring example
of architectural creativity and
ingenuity in the face of challenging
constraints – a reminder that “big
moment” joyous architecture
is achievable despite, or even
in response to, small, exigent
budgets.
Like so many alterations and
additions, the project involves the
reinvigoration of the front half of
an existing terrace and replaces
the rear with a new structure.
From the street, the change is
almost invisible, deftly contained
to negate any disruption
or distraction to a heritage
streetscape.
Single-storey, simple and linear,
the original house is quietly
refreshed to accommodate a
young family of four. Comfortable,
unpretentious and robust, the
spaces speak gently of the house’s
history, with new life layered rather
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Photography: Katherine Lu
Light Cannon House
Carterwilliamson Architects
3X2 House
Panovscott
Jury citation
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
AARON BOLOT AWARD
than imposed on the building’s
original fabric.
These new/old spaces offer a
surprisingly balanced counterpoint
to the rear addition. Shunted
off the axial alignment, and past
a new discreet bathroom, a
large and delightful communal
space is revealed. Light-filled,
this combined kitchen/dining/
play space elegantly reinterprets
the lean timber construction
techniques of the front half. Living
is designed around the perimeter;
window seats encourage half-in,
half-out habitation.
Fanned by towering gums, from
the rear this structure offers
the most extraordinary sense
of complementary verticality –
presenting as a deeply evocative
two-storey timber and glass box
evoking the tea-houses of Kyoto,
of the owners’ journeys and
aesthetics, and of sculpture and
nature.
Jury citation
This is a clever, successful re-think
of the most beneficial ways of
introducing light into dark, southfacing buildings and a sense
of liberation and freedom into
small, landlocked terraces. The
brief was simple and inspiring
– to fill a diminutive Annandale
home with joy and light. Central
to this was the need to create a
kitchen/dining space for family
and friends to gather, share and
celebrate.
Eschewing the obvious and
predictable, the architect has
adopted a response far more
invigorating, playful and creative
– in keeping with the clients
themselves. Unsympathetic
additions have been removed and
a light-filled fluid, single-storey
eating and dining space created.
Sitting lightly and finely balanced
across this space is the building’s
new defining feature. Two tall,
asymmetrical and sculpted
roof forms or ‘light cannons’
yawn and stretch delicately up
over a five-metre neighbouring
wall, effectively and delightfully
drawing northern light down into
the heart of the plan and taking
the occupants’ gaze and spirits
skywards.
In an act of sociable generosity,
the roof’s low southern profile
maintains available light to the
neighbour’s windows. By their
very unevenness, the cannons
define and differentiate kitchen
from dining area, providing
a sense of unique spaces, of
grandeur and significance as
well as light and ventilation. An
existing breezeway displaced by
the footprint of the addition has
been re-imagined as a tranquil
moss garden at the intersection
of old and new. Designed for
two doctors of chemistry, this
is an alteration and addition
successfully employing a touch of
alchemy.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Gantry
Bates Smart
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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
AARON BOLOT AWARD
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Sharrin Rees
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Jury citation
Gantry is an exemplary response
to the challenge of designing a
large urban renewal project with
significant site, environmental
and cost constraints. Located
on a busy arterial corridor, the
site has a surrounding context
of low-scale terrace housing and
pre-war factories, and includes
significant heritage fabric.
Beyond this, the project is
a model for market-driven
residential development in
contemporary inner urban
Sydney. Urban fit, site planning,
re-use of existing fabric, building
modulation and communal
spaces have all been expertly
handled. The terraces and
apartment types are highly
varied, comfortably satisfy
Residential Flat Design Code
guidelines, and are pleasurable
living space. The building
forms and façades have been
produced with modest, cost
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effective materials – carefully
composed by an assured
creative hand.
courtyard. This has been
skillfully integrated without loss
of liveliness to the street.
The project responds well to its
varied contexts, ranging from
five and six storey buildings on
Denison Street and Parramatta
Road, to two storey and attic
terraces skillfully inserted behind
the restored gabled façades of
the former Fowlerware factory
on Australia Street.
Gantry is an exemplary
demonstration of the
singular contribution good
architects can bring to citymaking within a commercial
framework; particularly how
this can be amplified when
they are engaged for the entire
development process.
It demonstrates that an
agreeable transition from public
to private space can be achieved
with a ‘built to boundary’
solution, in contrast to many
contemporary apartment
developments.
An innovative storm-water
plenum between the basement
car park and ground slab allows
overland flow to run below the
ground level across this lowlying site, thereby avoiding a
raised ground level or sunken
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Single and multiple housing were
formerly included in the separate
Wilkinson Award introduced in the
1960s; however, initially only one building
– either a single residence or multiple
housing complexes – received the award
per year, hence the introduction of the
Aaron Bolot Award.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Guy Lake
Basil Richardson
Gert Halbgebauer
Mary Omar
Justin Cawley
Brady Gibbons
Damien Maddell
Josh Shin
Daniel Cheng
Felicity Stewart
Damien Abicic
Louisa Greenwell
Lee Zheng
Allan Lamb
Consultant
Team
AECOM
Structural
Consultant
Electrical
Consultant
Lighting
Consultant
Communications
Consultant
Services
Consultant
Acor Consultants
Civil Consultant
Aspect Studios
Landscape
Consultant
Otto Cserhalmi
Heritage
Construction
Team
Parkview
Construction
Builder
UNSW Kensington Colleges
Bates Smart
Coast
SJB
Jury citation
Coast is the first new apartment
building in North Bondi for a
number of years. Its context is
the ubiquitous red-brick walk
up and older buildings that have
been gentrified over time. It
responds to this context in an
understated way, with quiet but
confidently composed façades
that beautifully modulate the
transition from inside to outside.
A restrained palette of timber,
render, glass and marble is used.
The deep side façades create
a sequence of framed diagonal
views from within. Reminiscent
of the work of Viennese architect
Adolf Loos, the building’s simple
and unadorned exterior encases
a rich and more adorned private
interior. This is expressed in
the deep and wide chamfered
façade elements, where the
patterned, white marble reveal
linings flood soft natural light
into the building’s interior and
Photography: Peter Bennetts
provide a view to the sea whilst
screening neighbours. This
subtle and refined strategy is an
inventive and welcome contrast
to the small punched windows
commonly used between closely
spaced buildings.
Jury citation
Like many eastern suburbs
apartment buildings sited
on a hill, the building base is
articulated, and integrates a
double garage door opening as
well as the main building entry.
The building section has been
cleverly configured to reduce the
height of the base and create
an agreeable human scale at
street level. The street wall is
predominantly timber, subtly
enlivened with thoughtful detail
and landscape.
UNSW Kensington Colleges
create an ensemble of
communities for over 900
students. Four of the five
colleges are new and organised
around central courtyards, each
with communal kitchens and
living spaces. Balconies are
shared by groups of four suites.
Communal roof terraces provide
broad views over Randwick
Racecourse to the city.
Coast sits at the luxury end of
the multiple housing market
spectrum but never loses sight
of the basics of good apartment
design.
Student accommodation is a
distinct type of multiple housing,
responding to the common
needs of a diverse demographic
of occupants.
The buildings are well connected
to the surrounding campus,
and have resolved the site’s
steep level changes and public
interface on High Street with
great skill. The architecture is
restrained, but also rich and
elegant. The project relies on a
singular design idea to invest
its broad elevations with human
scale. Alternate floors have
opposed serrated plans, resulting
in strong sculptural plasticity
to the façades. Windows are
scattered in an offset pattern
that adds vibrancy and variety.
Each college is given its own
identity by a graphic patterning
of brightly coloured glazed
bricks interspersed through a
light clinker brick base.
Bates Smart is known for its
careful, restrained and beautifully
executed work, and this project is
no exception. These qualities sit
easily with Goldstein College and
the strong landscape character
of this part of the campus.
Avoiding fashion and excess, this
project will stand the test of time.
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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
COMMENDATION
Photography: Richard Glover
Attica Newtown
Candalepas Associates
Jury citation
This thrifty and inventive project
gives new life to an under-utilised
warehouse in the main street
of Erskineville. Keeping the art
deco perimeter wall largely
intact, a small-scale supermarket
activates the ground floor.
Above, two storeys of residential
accommodation are contained
within a large new gambrel roof.
This clever barn-like volume
presents a handsome timber
screen gable to the neighbouring
park and reduces the building’s
bulk when viewed longitudinally
from the street. The relationship of
the old and new elements have a
subtle interplay where they meet
at the parapet line, producing
a pleasing visual tension with
concrete infilling between the
original saw-tooth roof profile.
The design of compartmentalised
residential units above an open
plan supermarket is handled
adeptly. A crafted timber door on
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the secondary street frontage
signifies the residential address.
Inside, open stairs lead to a
common circulation spine
that runs the full length of the
building, open to the sky. This
surprising and delightful open-air
corridor is where the strength
and ingenuity of the scheme lies.
Pot plants, doormats and shoes
provide colour at front doors,
and bicycles hang from racks on
the walls. These signs of human
occupation show that this is a
“street in the sky” that actually
delivers on its promise.
Internally, the units have
straightforward interiors but are
spatially enriched by mezzanines
and linear skylights that draw the
eye upward.
Candalepas Associates have
delivered a project exhibiting
significant architectural skill and
content within a very limited
budget.
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
COMMENDATION
Photography: Brett Boardman
Imperial
Stanisic Architects
Jury citation
Imperial by Stanisic Architects
clearly demonstrates the benefits
that intelligent design and a
clear strategy can bring to a
difficult inner city project. The
site is highly compromised:
long, awkwardly-shaped,
overshadowed and south-facing,
with very little available street
frontage. Envelope controls
further impose a steep solar
access plane to retain sun to the
nearby Belmore Park. Working
within these constraints, the
resolution of the building form
is remarkably skilful, displaying
both proficiency in planning and a
volumetric clarity.
The building’s façades are
unapologetically contemporary,
but sit well with their streetscape
context. The lowest floors of
the building, which contain
commercial space, set a new
height datum for Campbell Street.
Photography: Simon Wood
One Central Park
PTW Architects + Atelier Jean Nouvel
At the ground level, an
appropriately scaled two-storey
portal leads to a pedestrian link
that slices diagonally through
the site. An accessible gradient
and a clear line-of-sight up to
the lane make this connection
a particularly successful
contribution to the public domain;
evidenced by the high level of
patronage it receives.
Jury citation
The project was designed as
serviced apartments as there
was no possibility of achieving
the solar access required for a
standard residential development.
Nonetheless, two very large
light-wells provide ample daylight
for short-stay visitors as well as
offering interesting city and sky
views. The floor plan is complex
with many different unit types;
however, most units are relatively
wide and shallow, lending them
the feeling of spaciousness as
well as providing good natural
ventilation.
One Central Park is the densest
and tallest apartment complex
within the overall development,
and is comprised of two residential
towers astride a shopping mall.
The project’s most distinctive
design features are its living, green
façades and the cantilevered solar
array and heliostat reflecting light
into the mall below. These are
bold and imaginative architectural
features that are new to multiple
housing projects in this country.
This project challenges orthodox
models of contemporary high
density living in Australia. The most
significant areas of innovation lie
in its ambitious environmental
agenda. Onsite tri-generation and
black water re-cycling contribute
to the sustainable urban renewal of
this very large and important site.
The façades are particularly well
handled with their heavily draped
living, green elements; their
viability will be essential to the
long-term perception and success
of this project.
The two buildings are very
dense, with deep, commercial
size floor-plates offering up to
19 apartments on a typical floor.
This challenges current residential
amenity standards in NSW. The
plan is segmented by deep,
narrow vertical slots intended to
provide cross ventilation, and has
many narrow apartments. This
raises a bigger question currently
facing Sydney developers: the
balancing and trade-offs that
inevitably arise between amenity
and affordability.
The jury was engaged by both the
inventive and challenging aspects
of the project and believes this
skillful work proposes a different
housing paradigm for the city and
its development community to
reflect upon.
Photography: Adrian Boddy
Washington Park_Meridian & Monte
Turner
Jury citation
As many of the mid-century
public housing estates in Sydney
reach the end of their useful
lives, their revitalisation at much
higher densities is becoming
more common. In this context,
Washington Park_Meridian
& Monte by Turner will be an
excellent benchmark by which
to judge the success of future
regeneration projects. As the first
stage of a larger master plan,
the paired Meridian and Monte
buildings provide a quantum
of new social housing stock,
potentially accommodating those
tenants that will be displaced
through later construction stages
for market housing.
The public domain and
landscape at the perimeter of the
development is of high quality,
making a positive framework for
the master plan. The distinction
between public and private
space is made clear with the
communal courtyard between
the buildings defined by a level
change and fencing. The central
vegetable garden with seating
and lighting is a highlight,
providing a community focus as
well as a green outlook from the
apartments.
The architectural resolution of
the buildings makes the most
of a very prescriptive brief from
the government client. Many
small design decisions and
innovations improve the project.
Wide corridors with light and air
incorporate splashes of colour
sensibly through signage and
ceiling planes where it can be
easily maintained. Recessed
balconies provide room-like
qualities lending extra space
to the unit and providing sun
protection. Bands of face and
painted brick are used externally
for longevity, but are made to
wander between varying window
head and sill heights, giving play
to the façades.
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SMALL PROJECT
ROBERT WOODWARD AWARD
Established 2013
The Small Project Architecture Award
was named in 2013 to honour architect
Robert Woodward AM whose career was
significantly altered after winning the
Institutes’ Civic Design Award in 1964 for the
El Alamein Memorial Fountain in Kings Cross.
‘Small’ refers to the scale of the project rather
than the budget and there are no restrictions
on the entries provided that the work has
been built.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Andrew Stanic
Design architect
Peter Christensen
Project Coordinator
Consultant Team:
Partridge Partners
Structural Consultant
Lighting, Art &
Science
Electrical Consultant
David Buckle &
Associates
Hydraulic Consultant
FOLEY PARK AMENITIES SECTION A
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Jury citation
Thoughtfully detailed, this
public amenities block is in
the northern corner of Foley
Park, Glebe. Sited to address
surveillance and amenity
concerns, the freestanding
structure allows the public to
circulate around and through
the building in multiple ways.
Photography: Richard Glover
Foley Park Amenities
Stanic Harding
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Discreet and deceptively
complex, the brick and
timber structure belies
the built material research
informing the design. Dark,
well-proportioned bricks are
supported in a stacked bond
on a steel frame, hovering
50mm above the ground. A
standard brick toilet block
is invoked but also subtly
subverted by practical
improvements. The floating
wall detail allows for better
natural ventilation and easier
cleaning and maintenance.
A slatted, open-ended area
with basins provides a place
to wash and rest but offers
minimal shelter, discouraging
extended occupation. This
light breezeway is private
enough but also offers casual
surveillance from and to the
park. Its material and screens
are situated in deliberate
contrast to the secure brick
cubicles. Ironbark used for
the slats has been treated to
minimize leaching; exposed
horizontal edges with capped
zinc sections anticipate
weathering.
Within each cubicle, a robust,
trafficable, polycarbonate
sheet roof provides a
surprisingly day-lit room.
High quality, naturally
weathering, material and
functional components are
conceived and constructed
for long-term performance
in a demanding environment,
mindful of robust use and
heavy maintenance. Refined
detailing and an elegant
rigour give this extremely
simple, small brick block
and screened porch an
architectural intensity.
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Aspect Studios
Landscape
Consultant
Construction Team:
Growthbuilt
Builder
Michael Woolley, City
of Sydney
Project Manager
Lianna Augustis,
Growthbuilt
Construction
Manager
Matthew Gribben,
City of Sydney
Design Manager
Marcio Teixeira,
Growthbuilt
Foreman
Acor
Environmental
Consultant
BDA Consultants
Cost Consultant
Mersonn
Planning Consultant
Tom Miskovich &
Associates
BCA Consultant
Access Associates
Sydney
Access Consultant
Deuce Design
Signage Consultant
Hydroplan
Irrigation Consultant
JK Geotechnics
Geotechnical
Consultant
Urbis
Heritage Consultant
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SMALL PROJECT
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
SMALL PROJECT
COMMENDATION
Photography: Anthony Browell
Balmain Apartment
Durbach Block Jaggers
Jury citation
A homage to Le Corbusier is
unexpectedly located in the
small domestic interior of a
prosaic Balmain apartment
block. Compactly organised
with overlapping uses,
elegantly detailed and precisely
constructed, the result is a
modest, refined retreat.
Living and sleeping are divided
into two rooms, though not
completely, with each of these
areas also split into tight rear
services and open arrangements.
All manner of interconnections
between these functions are
imagined and facilitated, each
area of imagined life deliberately
blurred with others.
Subtle, studied adjustments to
the apparent heights of essential
elements and the use of extended
and reflected sight lines carefully
create spaciousness with
structured complexity.
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Attention has also been given
to creating variety within a
restrained, yet pleasurable,
material and colour palette. An
unobtrusive built background
offers richness in parallel with the
detail of daily life.
Doubled columns are
proportioned and articulated
as a delicate device. Clever use
of other minimally dimensioned
components contributes to the
sense of a generous environment.
Strict economy here provides a
measure for the experience of
spatial luxury.
This apparently simple project is
small, yet calm, and surprisingly
dense. It offers a subtle lightness
with discreet architectural depth.
Photography: Brett Boardman
The Garden Project
Welsh + Major Architects
Jury citation
This project provides an unlikely
oasis on a busy thoroughfare
in an inner-west suburb. The
Garden Project offers an
unexpectedly layered retreat
nestled at the bottom of an
equally surprising landscape.
A late Victorian home opens
to a gently sloping backyard
with a number of varied,
mature, distinctive trees; an
elaborate garden bookended
by this project. Multiple uses
are layered in a double pavilion
divided by simple services.
Suggested occupations are as
guest or spare bedroom, living
space, garage, workshop and
entertaining area – all plausible in
this open-ended situation.
Folded concrete forms the
pavilion roof, suggesting
a constructed, almost
cantilevered, canopy. A
secondary steel structure
allows walls and windows
to slip away and facilitates
layered interconnections to the
exterior. Seamless thresholds
between interior and garden
spaces increase the sense of
permeability. Off-form concrete,
tiles and timber are folded over
each other within the building,
echoing the layered freedom of
adjacent planted surfaces.
This closely coordinated
architecture and landscape
are convincingly intertwined.
Both built and natural elements
create this modest retreat. Yet
unexpected privacy, a lush
landscape, an almost outside
bath, and the best backyard
barbeques all seem, suddenly,
simultaneously possible.
Photography: Murray Fredericks
Somersby Pavilion
Matthew Woodward Architecture
Jury citation
A glass pavilion on the edge of
a natural dam, remote from the
main residence, provides a place
from which to experience the
beautifully established gardens
and luxurious landscape of this
rural property.
Two rectangular prisms, one
glass and one clad in sandstone,
form a small structure. The
enclosed stone clad core
contains a bathroom, kitchen
area, internal and external
storage as well as service
equipment. A composite steel
and concrete slab volume,
with glass walls and ephemeral
curtains, intersects this
apparently solid mass. Two
glass “rooms” oriented to the
landscape are thus created, each
with services and storage as a
solid “back” wall. The smaller
glazed area locates the pavilion
entrance and possible guestroom
within. It is situated to suggest
a connection with grounded,
external low stonewalls, also
creating a protected sitting
room when the bed is folded
away. Glazing and curtains
slide to the other side of the
enclosure, where a major volume
cantilevers dramatically over
the lilies in the spring-fed dam.
This space offers multiple living
arrangements as well as a spa,
reached by removing timber
panels in the floor.
Materials have been selected,
detailed and constructed in
a manner well-aligned with
the stated functional, visual
and architectural hierarchy.
Compact solidity and an elegant
spaciousness are clearly posed
and well related. Layered uses
provide varied relationships with
the remarkable surrounds.
Photography: Shantanu Starick
The Pod
Takt | Studio for Architecture
Jury citation
This simple pavilion addition
to a cottage in Woonona,
demonstrates a strong
architectural ambition within
a framework of extreme
economy. Apparent throughout
is a productive, collaborative
relationship between the client
and architect.
Oriented as a perpendicular
linear extension to the original
cottage, The Pod is characterised
by a series of expressed
hardwood portal frames. As
repeated elements parallel to
the existing house, their spacing
describes added programs.
Private sleeping and bathroom
areas have tighter dimensions
closer to the house; more
expansive proportions align with
the living areas at the far end.
An external rhythm of portals
registers all added rooms. Each
of the frames was hand burnt
and sealed, the colour imagined
by the architects as a metaphor
for the coal seams of the area.
Northern glazing is located
along an embedded walkway
directing the outlook toward the
distant escarpment, a striking
feature of the local landscape.
A partially glazed roof to this
circulation extends the opening
and its orientation to the sky,
emphasising the repetitive dark
frames.
Cost and durability have
informed all material choices and
details. Sun shading to the north
is from core-ten steel off cuts – a
nod to local industry. Plywood
elements have optimised the
use of standard sheet sizes
in a playful, robust fashion. A
kitchen splashback constructed
in Lego bricks is a delightful,
collaborative client effort and
provides unexpected colour
within a broadly natural range of
built materials.
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HERITAGE
GREENWAY AWARD
Established 1975
An award for the conservation of
historic buildings – the Greenway Award
commemorates the work of the transported
convict Francis Greenway, the first architect
to be commissioned to design buildings for
the fledgling colony of New South Wales.
This category now includes adaptive re-use
projects that involve alterations and additions
to heritage buildings.
PROJECT TEAM
Practice Team:
Peter Tonkin
Director
NV
Julie Mackenzie
Jeremy Hughes
Roger O’Sullivan
Alison Osborne
Christian Williams
Bettina Siegmund
Nazia Kachwalla
Grant Sandler
Tamarind Taylor
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Photography: Brett Boardman
Eternity Playhouse
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
(Creative Adaptation)
ETERNITY PLAYHOUSE
TONKIN ZULAIKHA GREER
Jury citation
A skilful refurbishment and
adaptation of the heritage
listed 1887 Burton Street
Tabernacle; this project is a
sympathetic, clever conversion
of the original church into a
contemporary performance
space for the Darlinghurst
Theatre Company.
Building on careful external
conservation by the Sydney
City Council in 2009, this
re-conception compactly
reconfigures the church
volume as a new stepped
theatre. 200 seats slope
toward a platform centred
on the original Victorian
arched façade and niche with
baptismal font; conserved
architectural elements now
set future stages. Inclined
above the new entrance and
cafe stepping directly down
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from Burton Street, this raked
seating also provides a ceiling
above a more informal theatre
space.
Systems supporting
contemporary theatrical use
are technically ambitious and
sympathetically employed.
Natural light through restored
windows allows the original
architecture to be legible and
used when desired, with a full
blackout also possible. New
mechanical and structural
elements are handled with
precision and economy; a
delicate steel structure allows
the conserved timber ceiling
to be visible through a new
fine mesh lighting ‘grid.’
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Consultant Team:
Simpson Design
Associates
Structural Consultant
Acoustic Studio
Acoustic Consultant
Accessibility
Solutions
Access Consultant
Glendinning Minot &
Associates
Town Planner
Marshmallow
Signage Consultant
Construction Team:
Kane Constructions
Builder
City of Sydney
Council
Project Manager
Wood & Grieve
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Sydney’s 2000 celebrations,
Electrical Consultant
a symbol written for the new
LONG SECTION Mechanical
millennium. Through use,
Consultant
Hydraulic Consultant
location and community
Services Consultant
connections, the building
Environmental
resonates with multiple
Consultant
histories embedded in
Tony Youlden
architecture. Ambitiously
Theatre Consultant
re-imagined as a playhouse,
Cini Little
this project respectfully
Kitchen Consultant
conserves both the building
SMEC
and its cultural associations,
HAZMAT
providing historical awareness
GRS reports
together with convincing,
BCA Consultant
new life.
Varga Traffic
Planning
Traffic Engineer
Once the church in which
Arthur Stace heard a sermon
in 1930, inspiring him to chalk
‘Eternity’ on Sydney’s streets,
this new theatre’s name in
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HERITAGE (CREATIVE ADAPTATION) HERITAGE (CONSERVATION)
COMMENDATION
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Simon Wood
Paramount Pictures Building
Fox Johnston
Jury citation
An imaginative and sympathetic
restoration and reorganisation of
Paramount House, originally built as
a cinema and commercial building
in 1940, has carefully conserved a
well-designed building. Extending
its urban presence, new insertions
also strengthen an important
contribution to the local street,
unexpectedly complementing
the office spaces and their broad
commercial context.
To satisfy pragmatic access
requirements the building’s
circulation was reconfigured with a
new generous opening through a
former unremarkable rear loading
dock. Doubling the entrance space
and creating a new central light
court eased pressure on the original
restored entry stairwell and has
allowed for a fresh, program driven
reorientation. An excellent cafe,
bike shop and gallery provide a
new and vibrant street presence.
The building now invites public
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use. An intimate bar and small
cinema, accessed via the new
glazed entrance, extend the range
of public facilities. The cinema is
housed in the building’s original
screening room, providing a
tangible reminder of its historical
use.
Paramount Pictures’ commercial
offices, promotion and
distribution centre in Sydney
was originally designed by
architects Herbert, Wilson & Prior.
Restoration of this Art Deco
building has been completed with
a responsible but light touch.
Respect has been shown for the
materials, details and architectural
priorities while avoiding
preciousness. An open-ended
attitude, a clearly supportive
client and collaborative
relationship between all parties is
evident. This project is a careful
balance of historical conservation
aligned with a commercial, yet
publicly minded, contemporary
adaptation.
HERITAGE (CONSERVATION)
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Photography: Katherine Lu
Former Police Station,
127-129 George St, The Rocks
Welsh + Major Architects with
Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
Jury citation
The elaborately designed former
No. 4 Police Station at 127-129
George Street is one of colonial
architect James Barnet’s finest
small-scale buildings. The George
Street frontage uses the quirky
conceit of a Palladian Water
Gate, whilst the cells behind were
arranged with robust symmetry.
The project is impressive in
the way the heritage building
has been given clear priority,
leaving much of its original
detailing intact, complete with
the brooding themes of law and
justice. The current environment
retains the character of a police
‘lock-up.’ Above the lofty entrance
arch are Queen Victoria’s initials
with a lion’s head, the symbol
of British justice, designed as
the keystone with a policeman’s
truncheon in its mouth.
Many of the interventions are
reversible, allowing heritage value
to be sustained. New services,
in the challenging location of
the small masonry cells, have
been particularly well executed.
A refined new addition to the
rear lane, Nurses Walk (in an
area previously compromised
by allotment changes), provides
improved access and a precise steel
and glass contrast to the original
masonry building. Clever use of
natural light washes the solid rear
façade of the cellblock. Elegantly
detailed, restrained new elements
and materials offer new functions
yet do not compete with Barnet’s
work. This is an intelligent project
in accordance with the Australian
ICOMOS 2013 Burra Charter:
“changing as much as necessary
but as little as possible”.
HERITAGE (CONSERVATION)
COMMENDATION
Photography: Murray Van Deer Veer
Yarrangobilly Caves House 1917 Wing
Architectural Projects
Jury citation
This award celebrates the
admirable work of the NSW
Office of Environment and
Heritage in embracing its
exceptional collection of
historic cultural heritage sites.
Yarrangobilly Valley is one of
the most beautiful limestone
karst landscapes in Australia,
situated on the northern edge of
Kosciuszko National Park.
The valley was developed for
public visits by the government
tourist bureau from 1879 onwards.
Caves House was constructed
in an Arts & Craft style by the
NSW Government Architect’s
Office in 1901; this particular
two-storey wing was constructed
in 1917 to cope with increased
visitor numbers. The facility was
closed in 1966 but since 2005
has been undergoing an upgrade;
conservation and adaptation of
the 1917 wing was completed in
2013.
Guided by a thorough
conservation management plan,
these works have been carried
out with a vigorous commitment
to authentic detail and with
discrete insertion of contemporary
amenities and sustainable
services. New hydronic heating,
a blackwater system, stormwater
harvesting, co-generation plant
and a full sprinkler system have all
been installed. Large plant items
were located in the basement;
however, installation of pipes and
cables throughout the entirely
timber-framed building has been
skilfully achieved with minimal
material intervention.
This wing now offers 11 bedrooms
and guest facilities including an
elegantly restored main lounge.
The project thoughtfully conserves
an important element in Australia’s
history, allowing it to meet
contemporary accommodation
demands subtly, conscientiously
and sustainably.
Photography: Michael Nicholson
Female Orphan School, UWS Parramatta
Tanner Kibble Denton Architects
Jury citation
This project involved the
conservation and reuse of
the nationally significant
1813 Female Orphan School
at Rydalmere, the oldest
three-storey brick building in
Australia. It provides exhibition
spaces and meeting rooms
for the University of Western
Sydney’s Parramatta Campus
and the wider community. Four
stages of careful conservation
work, begun in 2002, were
completed in 2013. The building
now houses a variety of multipurpose spaces including a new
home for the Whitlam Institute
and Margaret Whitlam Galleries.
The careful repair, conservation
and necessay re-construction
of original façades involved
extensive research and detailed
documentation together with
close monitoring during the
construction phase. Fragile
fabric was repaired and a
number of the building’s former
lives has been interpreted in the
interiors.
The outstanding landscaped
setting of the former Female
Orphan School has also been
retained and celebrated.
Preservation of all phases of the
building’s history captures in
palimpsest its 200-year life and
varied use.
Respecting and conserving
cultural, social, environmental
and architectural values, this
project continues the status of
conservation and adaptation
as a critical form of sustainable
design. One of the most
important surviving structures
from the earliest period of
European settlement in Australia
has been revitalised, ensuring
that this significant building can
be used and appreciated for
years to come.
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AWARD FOR ENDURING ARCHITECTURE
Jury citation
Ian McKay and Philip Cox
(architects in association)
received the 1965 Sulman Medal
and the Blacket Award for their
design of the CB Alexander
College at Tocal, a Presbyterian
Agricultural College which is now
managed by the Department
of Primary Industries as an
agricultural training centre.
To create a residential
community, the design fused the
traditional elements of collegiate
architecture – the cloister,
the great hall, the chapel and
refectory – with motifs drawn
from Asian architecture. Central
to the complex is the sculptural
chapel, the spire of which can be
seen from the surrounding area.
A series of paved courtyards
separate the halls from the
residential wings, creating areas
for the students to gather. The
influence of Asian traditions
is evident in the detailing,
particularly the sequence of
paved courtyards, the floating
roofs and exposed rafters.
Photography: Max Dupain
CB Alexander College, Tocal
Ian McKay and Phillip Cox, architects in association
Established 2003
The dual-purpose main hall
and the chapel are frequently
used by the local community
for exhibitions and events. The
college principal’s appreciation
of the design concept and
construction techniques has
ensured that the buildings
continue to be both appreciated
and immaculately maintained.
Tocal survives in its entirety. The
principal spaces, the purposedesigned furniture and the
art works all survive today,
having been carefully repaired
and maintained or seamlessly
extended.
Following on from similar awards in America,
England and New Zealand, the 25 Year
Award was renamed the Award for Enduring
Architecture with past winners including the
Sydney Opera House.
PROJECT TEAM
Project Team:
Andre Ceprinski
Project Architect
Site Architect
Philip Cox
Design Architect
Ian McKay
Design Architect
JV Architect
Alan Ray
Architect
Adrian Boss
Architect
Consultant Team:
Mckay, Cox &
Prof. F.S. Shaw,
University of NSW in
Association
Structural
Consultant
Norman and
Addicoat
Electrical Consultant
Norman and
Addicoat
Mechanical
Consultant
Taylor, Thompson
and Whitting
Hydraulic
Consultant
Thompson and Walk
Cost Consultant
Construction Team:
Gardener
Constructions
Builder
Underlying this remarkable work
of environmentally responsive
architecture are the principles
of sustainability, evident in the
choice of the same palette of
materials typically utilised in
the hand-built rural vernacular
of the Hunter Valley in the
19th century. The use of locally
produced bricks and hand-adzed
hardwoods has helped to ensure
the continuation of local building
traditions.
Photography: Max Dupain
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COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
COMMENDATION
Photography: Brett Boardman
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White Bay Cruise Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Jury citation
As the architect Paul van
Ratingen tells the story, “The
brief’s proposition was that
the whole site be cleared, but
on our first visit here we were
captivated by the 1960s gantry
structure. It’s exceptionally
powerful and very beautiful in its
weathered state.”
Aside from the compelling
aesthetics, the sheer scale and
bold simplicity of the retained
structure is extraordinary.
Minimal intervention has
seen the retention of the 35
paired stanchions and the
approximately 300 metre long
dual crane gantry. Direct, simple
detailing of new elements
completes the aesthetic.
The project required the
demolition of the cargo
shed’s roof structure and wall
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cladding, leaving only the
trussed staunchions and crane
rail beam to support the new
free-form roof. Every second
pair of the staunchions supports
a new 50 metre long twin SHS/
RHS truss. From these trusses
are suspended 457CHS curved
purlins at approximately 11m
centres. These purlins are curved
to shape the drape of the roof
and ceiling plane, which appears
to hover over the large
column-free space below.
Established 2007
Like Rossi’s urban artefact, this
massive steel structure, whilst
allowing the facilitation of new
uses over time still speaks
eloquently of its industrial
maritime history and more
broadly of Sydney’s origins as a
port city. It is a befitting landing
point for the thousands of
visitors who arrive in Sydney by
ship and who’s first views of the
city are from its harbour.
Jury citation
The COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture is given to a project
which utilises steel in an innovative and creative manner.
PROJECT TEAM
Project Team:
Mathew Howard
Gareth Jenkins
Consultant Team:
Barry Young, TTW
Structural Consultant
Stuart Boyce,
BCA Logic
BCA consultant
Zoe Jenkins
Supinder Matharu
Natalie Minasian
Dean Genner, TTW
Structural Consultant
Construction Team:
AW Edwards
Builder
James Polyhron
Daniel Upton
Steffen, TTW
Schuetze
Structural Consultant
Brendan Murray
Project Architect
Nicky Barry, TTW
Structural Consultant
Paul van Ratingen
Project Director
Stephen Brain, TTW
Civil Consultant
Graeme Dix
Project Director
Hyder
Services Consultant
Environmental
Consultant
Andrew Christie
Landscape Architect
Adam Robilliard
Landscape Architect
David Baker
Landscape Architect
8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/Rogers Stirk
Harbour & Partners
Engineered Fire &
Safety Solutions
Fire Engineer
The use of steel in 8 Chifley
Square is central to the building’s
success and identity.
The building’s legibility in
program, construction and
prefabricated components
brings a unique language to
Sydney. The steel elements of
frame and brace, in tension and
compression, are crafted to a city
scale and finished to describe the
forces at play.
The exuberance of the building
belies the mass and forces of
gravity that are at work.
The building’s construction
materials and methodology point
to a new wave of prefabrication
and demountability that is set to
expand within our construction
future.
Steel is inherent in the building’s
success and its unique identity
within the city street and skyline.
Photography: Brett Boardman
Lemur Forest Adventure
Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects
Jury citation
Taronga Zoo’s Lemur Forest
Adventure is an experientially rich
project, which brings together
play, education, interpretation and
animal care. Celebrating Taronga
Zoo’s remarkable location and
harbour orientation, the project
responds to the drama of the
site’s natural theatre form, which
occupies the place of the former
seal pool.
The project fuses two distinct
components; a Forest Walk for
zoo visitors and the Lemur Walk
Through and Night Quarters. The
Forest Walk, primarily a children’s
play space, includes a promenade
of tightly organised architectural
and play structures, each immersed
in their own distinct landscape. The
entry is marked by a well-scaled
circular roof canopy and a series
of tightly spaced polychrome steel
poles. Within the Forest, the main
structure includes an elevated
viewing platform, sun shading and
various play elements. Access
to the structure is across a
suspension rope bridge over the
shallow water-play stream. The
light, lofty structure sits above the
gathering space as an observation
outpost.
The use of steel is manifold.
Primary structural elements are
finished in a sober bridge grey,
connecting this playful promenade
to the larger steel armature that
is threaded through the zoo’s
primary circulation routes. These
steel elements are minimally and
elegantly detailed. In contrast, the
more celebratory, playful placing
of the polychrome poles creates
a localised richness within the
site. Steel is also manifest in the
use of fine stainless steel mesh,
creating a safe but minimal sense
of enclosure.
Much thought has gone into
this very complex program
of structures, spaces and
experiences.
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BLACKET PRIZE
NSW PREMIER’S PRIZE
Established 1984
Established 1997
This Prize was introduced specifically for
buildings erected in country New South Wales
and was named for the 19th century architect
Edmund Blacket whose picturesque Gothic
Revival style churches can still be found in
many country towns.
This prize is awarded by the NSW Premier
from a shortlist of projects selected by the
NSW Government Architect which are of
benefit to the people of NSW - whether
they be educational, cultural, transport or
accommodation facilities.
PROJECT TEAM
PROJECT TEAM
Project Team:
Gideon Reiss
Project Architect
Martin Dudasko
Design Architect
Robert Mirams
Project Director
Andre Braun
Documentation
Anna Moldt
Documentation
Photography: John Gollings
Garangula Gallery
Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects
Jury citation
Garangula Gallery was
designed for a private client
and is located in Harden in
the South West Slopes region.
The building responds to its
location, exhibited through
its consideration of both
the local topography and
the harsh outback climate.
Its slightly elevated position
allows the gallery to sit within
its native landscape, whilst
connecting to the wider area
through the use of carefully
integrated sculptures and
controlled views. The building
is further anchored to its
location by the use of earth
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and stone quarried from the
site in its construction.
A restrained yet rich palette
of materials brings warmth
and texture to the building.
Artworks integrated into the
fabric of the exterior embed
references to region and
memory. The five galleries,
representing time, place,
artist, material and meaning,
are clearly articulated on
the exterior, ensuring the
legibility of the building
prior to entering. The spatial
organisation of the arrival
sequence subtly prepares the
visitor for the drama of the
interior. The architect used
Craig Chand
Documentation
Jackson Cranfield
Documentation
Emerystudio
Signage
Kurt Schilling
Documentation
There
Timber Screen
Graphic
Peter Epple
Documentation
Stacey Bark
Documentation
the potentially conflicting
requirements of the brief – for
a combined gallery and event
space – to reconsider the
ubiquitous white box gallery
interior. The bold choice of
charcoal grey as the interior
wall colour enhances the
vibrancy of the Aboriginal
pieces on display.
Garangula Gallery is
an exemplary project
demonstrating a clear
concept, an understanding
of place, and the successful
integration of art, architecture
and landscape.
Steve Gartsky
Documentation
Consultant Team:
Robert Bird Group
Structural
Consultant
Robert Bird Group
Civil Consultant
Alex Kibble
Design Architect
Daelynn Loh
Marta Eyles
Courtney Ryan
Vanessa Holtham
Mardi Christian
Fender Katsalidis
Mirams Architect
Interior Designer
Cardno
Façade and Pivot
Wall Structure
Pablo Villarino
Documentation
Project Team:
Angelo Casado
Project Architect
Arup
Hydraulic
Consultant
Tract Consultants
Landscape
Consultant
Lighting Consultant
Services Consultant
Waterforms and
DCG Design
Water Feature
Design
Margo Neale
Art Curator
Electrolight
Lighting Consultants
(Sculptures)
Jonathan Jones
Building Art
Construction Team:
Manteena
Builder
Kirk Staniland
Project Manager
Lou Agnello
Construction
Manager
Rod Mitto
Project Director
Consultant Team:
Mott Macdonald
Structural
Consultant
Civil Consultant
Kuttner Collins
Electrical Consultant
Photography: Michael Nicholson
The Boilerhouse
Tanner Kibble Denton Architects
Jury citation
Traditionally this prize is
awarded to an architect
or an architectural project
that has contributed to the
advancement of architecture in
New South Wales.
Located in the Parramatta
campus of University
of Western Sydney, The
Boilerhouse by Tanner
Kibble Denton Architects
acknowledges and celebrates
the past, engages with
students of today and provides
facilities that will be at the
centre of campus life for many
years to come.
The campus is a significant
and historic place and has
been continuously used as a
public institution since 1813.
The Boilerhouse, located at
the centre of the campus, lay
in ruins for over 10 years and
despite the iconic chimney,
was not central to campus life.
This project creates a new
student centre for the
university by reusing and
enlivening the existing
heritage site.
The 1894 Boilerhouse has lost
none of its ‘raw’ industrial
aesthetic. The liveliness
and popularity of the new
facilities is a testament to
the architect’s foresight in
recognising the potential of
the original building fabric.
Much of the original industrial
equipment including coal fired
boilers were removed and
transformed into four separate
artworks – giving a playful
interpretation to the original
industrial activity.
Kuttner Collins
Mechanical
Consultant
Mott Macdonald
Hydraulic
Consultant
Taylor Brammer
Landscape
Architects
Landscape
Consultant
Tanner Kibble
Denton Architects
Interior Designer
Heritage consultant
Vipac
Acoustic Consultant
RLB
Cost Consultant
Kuttner Collins
Communications
Consultant
Spatchurst
Graphic Design
Group DLA
Building surveyor
Construction Team:
Gledhill
Constructions
Builder
University of
Western Sydney
Capital Works and
Facilities
Project Manager
This is an intelligent and
thoughtful reuse of an existing
site and fabric to create a
dynamic and contemporary
place for students in Sydney’s
heartland. It celebrates our
past and builds on this legacy
for future generations.
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CITY OF SYDNEY LORD MAYOR’S PRIZE
Prince Alfred Park
+ Pool Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt
Architects in
association with
City of Sydney
Jury citation
In this, its second year, the City
of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize for
excellence in the public domain is
shared by two projects. Both have
beautifully transformed degraded
buildings and spaces, and both
contribute to the evolution of a
more sustainable city.
The Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross
by Environa Studio has been a
15-year labour of love for Tone
Wheeler – working with the charity
to provide a new home that strikes
the right balance between public
and private spaces, materials and
expression.
Photography: Brett Boardman
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
It is sustainable in many ways,
from its green roof providing
food for the low-energy kitchen,
to its lighting, heating and loose
fit allowing for future flexibility. It
blends spaces across a three-part
building with a “spiritual centre”
of open public spaces at ground
level. The architecture follows the
Chapel’s own precepts of providing
social service, in the best spirit, at
the lowest cost.
Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade,
although commissioned by the City,
demands recognition of the success
of Neeson Murcutt Architects and
Sue Barnsley in transforming the
public domain.
Photography: Owen Zhu
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They have created an active and
passive recreation space, folding
the pool into the landscape,
revealing the park’s Victorian
genesis, while adding the playful
elements of yellow umbrellas, a
playground and coloured
tri-generation chimneys. It sets a
benchmark in sustainability, from its
green roof and meadow habitats, to
natural ventilation and stormwater
harvesting, and is a wonderful
memorial to the late Nick Murcutt.
Established 2013 The City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize was established to
recognise a project that improves the quality of the public domain through
architectural or urban design excellence and may be for, or include, public art.
THE WAYSIDE CHAPEL
PROJECT TEAM
AWS
Glazing consultant
Practice team:
Hilary Whattam
Project Architect
NBRS & P
Heritage Consultant
Tone Wheeler
Design Architect
Director, Principal
Architect
Jan O’Connor
Interiors, Director
Consultant Team:
Partridge Partners
(Stage 1)
Structural
Consultant
Watermans
(Stage 2)
Structural
Consultant
Knox Advanced
Engineering
Electrical
Consultant
Mechanical
Consultant
J&M Group
Hydraulic Consultant
Sue Barnsley Design
Landscape
Consultant
Wilkinson Murray
Acoustic Consultant
EMF Griffiths
Environmental
Consultant
Itc Group P/L
Fire Engineering
MDA Australia
Quantity Surveying
Accessibility
Solutions
Access Consultant
Blackett Maguire +
Goldsmith
Private Certifying
Authority
Boxall Surveyors
Building Surveyor
Construction Team:
Kell & Rigby
(Stage 1)
Builder
Fugen
(Stage 2)
Builder
Skope
(Stage 3 – on going)
Builder
ACOR
GTS Mechanical,
Electrical, Hydraulic,
Aquatic, Pool
Structural, Earthworks,
Security
Tensys
Fence Engineer
Surface Design
Tiling/Façade Engineer
CTI
Corrosion/
Waterproofing
Consultant
Hydroplan
Irrigation
EPM Projects
Project Manager
SESL
Soil Scientist
PRINCE ALFRED PARK
+ POOL UPGRADE
PROJECT TEAM
GTA
Traffic Consultant
Earthscape
Arborist
Practice team:
Rachel Neeson
Nicholas Murcutt
Jenny Hien
Louise Holst
Joseph Grech
Tamas Jones
Isabelle Toland
Amelia Holliday
David Coleborne
Sean Choo
Anne Kristin Risnes
Sonia Van der Haar
Chimney Artist
Consultant Team:
SDA Structures
Structural
Consultant
Lisa Dodd
Specialist Design
Manager
John Oultram
Heritage Consultant
Construction Team:
John O’Shea
Project Manager
Design Manager
Elizabeth Sandoval
Senior Design
Manager
Cardno
Civil Consultant
Lighting, Art + Science
Lighting Consultant
Fence Engineer
Sue Barnsley
Landscape Architect
Frost Design
Signage
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NSW PRESIDENT’S PRIZE
EMERGING
ARCHITECT PRIZE
SPONSORED BY AWS
He has been a productive
Chapter Councillor for ten
years, a chair or member of the
Education and CPD Committees
in NSW and nationally, amongst
many other voluntary roles.
Steve Kennedy
Kennedy Associates
Architects
The NSW President’s Prize this
year acknowledges an individual
who, while running a highly
successful and award-winning
practice, has made a sustained
contribution to the betterment
of the profession in NSW over an
extended period of time.
Steve Kennedy’s voluntary work
for the profession includes many
undertakings which directly
– and practically – assist all
architects working in NSW. He
was instrumental in establishing
the practice networks in the
early 1990s to connect smaller
practices throughout the Sydney
metropolitan area – networks
that continue today. He created
the Continuing Professional
Development program for the
NSW Chapter in 2004, running
it continuously until 2012.
He helped found the Sydney
Architecture Festival in 2009 and
was active in nurturing it over a
number of years.
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Steve has taught architecture
and urban design at Sydney
University, University of
Technology Sydney and the
University of New South Wales
and has been a member of
numerous government working
groups, advisory boards, as well
as design review panels.
Currently engaged in negotiating
better contractual terms
and procurement methods
for the profession with the
NSW Government through
the Association of Consulting
Architects - work which is being
undertaken in conjunction with
the NSW Chapter; Steve is a
board member of the Australian
Construction Industry Forum
and a director of The Australian
Council of Built Environment
Design Professions.
Steve Kennedy has quietly and
unassumingly contributed a lot
without accolade. His energy and
leadership have had a lasting
impact on the integrity of the
profession.
Established 1984
This prize is awarded at the discretion
of the NSW Chapter President and is
given to an individual who has made
a substantial contribution to the
profession of architecture.
Shaun Carter
Carterwilliamson
Architects
The Emerging Architect Prize
recognises an individual emerging
architect or an architectural
collaboration’s contribution to
architectural practice, education,
design excellence and community
involvement which advances the
profession’s role in the public
arena.
Shaun Carter’s notable
achievements and contributions
to the architectural profession
are considered an outstanding
exemplar of a professional
deserving of this prize.
Established in 2004, Shaun’s
practice Carterwilliamson
Architects provides ongoing
education, notably through
inter-office tutelage and critique.
In addition to many years of
tutoring and course coordination
within NSW universities, Shaun
employs a dialogue of education
and guidance within the studio
model of his practice.
Shaun is an active contributor
to the evolving architectural
discourse through his roles in
the NSW Chapter; notably as
a Chapter Councillor and Chair
of the Editorial Committee as
well as a committee member
of the Gender Equity and CPD
Committees. In addition, Shaun’s
contributions to architectural
culture expand beyond his
involvement in practice and
education; through his role as
co-convenor of the Inner West
Architects Network, and his
involvement in the curated model
exhibition “Model Practice” for the
2013 Sydney Architecture Festival.
The excellence of Shaun’s work
has been recognised through
a number of awards programs
including the NSW Architecture
Awards, with Cowshed House
awarded both an 2013 NSW
Residential Architecture –
Houses (Alteration & Additions)
Award and a Sustainable
Architecture Award.
Shaun is an excellent
ambassador for advancement
of the architectural profession
within the public arena. He
engages with architectural
discourse on a multifaceted
level, and the jury looks forward
to following his progress as an
emerging architect.
Established 2011
This prize recognises an emerging
architect or architectural
collaboration’s contribution to
architectural practice, education,
design excellence and community
involvement that advances the
profession’s standing in the public
arena.
MARION MAHONY
GRIFFIN PRIZE
Bridget Smyth
City of Sydney
Bridget Smyth is a distinguished
recipient of this year’s Prize
and is outstanding for her
commitment to improving cities
as places for people. This is
demonstrated not only through
her public projects but also in
her collaborative approach to
facilitating countless strategies,
master plans and programs
focused on urban transformation.
Bridget’s approach to art,
architecture and urban design
are in sympathy with the vision
of Marion Mahony Griffin in
many ways. Importantly she
has involved herself in a broad
range of cultural, educational
and professional activities that
extend beyond her professional
practice.
A few years after completing
her architecture degree at
the University of Melbourne,
Bridget took up the position
of Senior Urban Designer at
Wallace Floyd Associates in
Boston. There she worked
on the Central Artery/Tunnel
ADRIAN ASHTON PRIZE FOR
BY
WRITING AND CRITICISM SPONSORED
BATES SMART
Project – a major city-building
and transport infrastructure
project. She also undertook a
Master in Design Studies (Urban
Design) at Harvard University,
graduating in 1992 and returned
to Australia to take on the role
of Director, Urban Design for the
Olympic Coordination Authority.
There she commissioned and
directed the design of Olympic
venues and the public domain of
Olympic Park.
Bridget has been Design
Director for the City of Sydney
since 2001, providing strong
leadership in the transformation
of Sydney and the shaping of
the city’s sustainable future.
In particular she has been one
of the key drivers behind the
promotion of public art as a
major enhancement of the urban
environment.
Established 1998
Named for the pioneering woman
architect, Marion Mahony Griffin, this
prize was established to acknowledge
a distinctive body of work by a female
architect, be it for their contribution
to: architectural education; journalism;
research; theory; professional practice;
or built architectural work.
Janne consciously exploits the
medium of radio, asking her
listeners to actively imagine the
architectural qualities of space,
as opposed to being passive
absorbers of the visual imagery
so prevalent in other forms of
architectural media.
Janne Ryan
ABC Radio
National’s By Design
The medium of radio presents
intriguing possibilities and
challenges for architecture in
a culture suffused with visual
media.
Janne Ryan has been a producer
of ABC Radio’s By Design
program since 2005 and has
been crucial in shaping its
exploration of the role that
design and architecture play
in both reflecting and shaping
culture.
Of particular interest to the jury
is a series of interviews that
Janne has conducted ‘In the
Field’, where she invites us to
visit a diverse range of public
and private buildings and spaces.
Staging her discussions with
architects walking through their
realised projects, she builds
an evocative narrative that
communicates the complex
atmosphere and sensibility of the
spaces they encounter.
Her engagement with the owners
and designers of these spaces
is rich and optimistic, but also
pointed. Her gently forensic
questioning of the real day-today use, practicality and physical
experience of spaces allows
listeners to consider, not only
how architecture looks or feels,
but the deeper questions of how
it works, how it came to be and
its broader relevance to culture
and society.
The jury acknowledges Janne’s
tireless efforts, both behind-thescenes and in the foreground
of the By Design program.
Her ongoing work provokes
listeners to question the role
of architecture in shaping their
lives, their cities and their society
– a most powerful form of
architectural advocacy.
Estabished 1986
This prize was first introduced in
1986 as a biennial award, but is now
awarded yearly. Adrian Ashton was
a past president of the Institute and
founding member of the National
Trust in NSW; however, it is his role as
the first editor of the NSW Chapter’s
‘Architecture Bulletin’ that this prize
commemorates.
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DAVID LINDNER PRIZE
Ben Wollen
Ben Wollen is the worthy
recipient of this year’s Prize
for his submission entitled
Conflicts on the periphery – an
investigation into the urban
renewal of post-bushfire affected
areas. This research seeks to
offer insight into the current
approach to the urban renewal
of bushfire-affected areas and
offer a starting point for possible
alternatives which approach the
issue from beyond a building
level to a community one. An
examination of the rebuilding of
the Winmalee community will
provide a real-time case study
for this research.
The jury unanimously agreed
on Ben as this year’s recipient.
His submission was considered
highly relevant to the future
of NSW communities in the
bush and its focus – on using
architectural solutions to improve
community resilience to bushfire
– in keeping with the objectives
of the Prize. It is anticipated
that the outcomes of the work
will provide an opportunity for
debate within the architectural
profession and the broader
community.
The proposal will be featured at
an exhibition to coincide with
this year’s Sydney Architecture
Festival and the outcomes of
Ben’s research will be published
in the 2015 Summer edition of
Architecture Bulletin.
2014 NEW SOUTH WALES GRADUATE & STUDENT AWARDS
The 2014 NSW Graduate and
Student Awards were announced
by the Australian Institute of
Architects NSW Chapter on
Friday 30 May. The jury for this
year’s Awards comprised Alex
Kibble, Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects (jury chair); Joe Agius,
NSW Chapter President/Cox
Richardson; Dr Diego RamirezLovering, Monash University;
Matt Allen, Bates Smart; Michael
Wiener, Mirvac Design and
engineer, Mark Smith.
BANGLADESHI
ARCHITECTS
IN AUSTRALIA
TRAVEL BURSARY
SCHOLARSHIP
A travel bursary scholarship for a graduating student whose entry for
the NSW Design Medal exhibits and explores an interest in some of
the issues confronting Bangladesh including urban planning, social
and political concerns, water management or urban agriculture and
food supply.
PTW 125 GRADUATE
TALENT PRIZE
A special anniversary prize to acknowledge professionalism in project
delivery, reflective of PTW’s values and aspirations.
FIRST DEGREE
BACHELOR GRADUATE
OF THE YEAR PRIZE
This prize is awarded to the most outstanding student in Design and
Professional Studies graduating from a Bachelors program.
SPONSORED BY
CRONE PARTNERS
AND FJMT
Felix Saw
University of New South Wales
Public and the Space Between
Jonathan Capparelli
University of Technology Sydney
Anh Nguyen
University of Technology Sydney
Jordan Soriot University of Technology Sydney
Scott Terry
Sharryn Ann Bowman Georgia Forbes-Smith David Hristoforidis University
University
University
University
of
of
of
of
Established 2013
This prize is named in memory of
the architect David Lindner who
disappeared whilst travelling in Iran in
1997. Initiated by David Lindner’s family
as a means to honour his memory, this
prize aims to encourage emerging
architects to contribute to the growth,
innovation and development of
architectural design and theory.
MASTERS GRADUATE
OF THE YEAR
This prize is awarded to the most outstanding student in Design and
Professional Studies graduating from a Masters program.
SPONSORED BY
CRONE PARTNERS
AND FJMT
Poppy Bevan Hang Po Boris To
Chloe Rayfield
Joshua Harrex
University
University
University
University
CONSTRUCTION AND
PRACTICE PRIZE
A prize for the student who receives the highest aggregate marks in
the discipline areas of Construction and Practice in the three years of
the Bachelor of Architecture Degree.
SPONSORED BY
LEND LEASE DESIGN
Sacha Parkinson
Wade Stewart Cogle
Shayne Jewell
Joel Glynn
HISTORY AND THEORY
AWARD
A prize for the student who receives the highest aggregate marks in
the discipline areas of History and Theory in the three years of the
Master of Architecture degree.
University
University
University
University
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Jasmine Richardson
University of
Maria Kathleena Vazques University of
Justin Cawley University of
Christina Deluchi University of
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Newcastle
Sydney
New South Wales
Technology Sydney
Newcastle
New South Wales
Sydney
Technology Sydney
Newcastle
New South Wales
Sydney
Technology Sydney
Newcastle
New South Wales
Sydney
Technology Sydney
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2014 NEW SOUTH WALES GRADUATE & STUDENT AWARDS
NSW DESIGN MEDAL
SPONSORED BY MIRVAC DESIGN
STRUCTURAL INNOVATION
IN ARCHITECTURE PRIZE
The Stoma: Herb Bank
Felix Saw, University of
New South Wales
Flinders Street Station
Nicolas Cheuk Hang Wong,
University of Sydney
Concrete Anamnesis
James Moulder and Andrew Nicolle,
University of Sydney
UTS Forum – The Future Library
Oliver Bennett and Michael Fitzgerald,
University of Technology Sydney
Jury citation
Jury citation
This project proposes the
Flinders Street Station in
Melbourne as the site for an
inventive and engaging program
of public spaces and buildings.
The thorough brief analysis sets
the framework for more detailed
architectural exploration of a
museum of contemporary art
and cycling as components of
a much larger precinct. The
inclusion of an active cycle track
is striking yet playful and is
used to great advantage in the
architectural resolution of the
built elements of the scheme.
Jury citation
Jury citation
This project inserts a new Herb
Bank into the commercial
activities of Cabramatta. Through
a careful and rigorous analysis
of the socio-spatial implications
of the Vietnamese diaspora into
this cultural enclave, the project
proposes a variety of programs
with significant cultural and social
connections to both integrate and
extend the urban fabric and the
population that it serves.
The scheme, conceptualised as
a series of programmatic and
building fragments connected
by a meandering promenade,
creates new meaningful spaces
for cultural, religious, commercial
and leisure activities. In doing so,
the latent potential of the existing
disjointed public and commercial
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domains are given structure and
meaning.
The jury was particularly
impressed with the proposal’s
ability to clearly articulate and
contribute to its difficult urban
context without resorting to
heroic, imposing responses. While
modest in scale and architectural
language, the project develops
a deeply transformative
architecture that enables and
embraces the potential for
social, cultural and economic
improvement and change. The
project is highly commendable
for its ability to deftly tackle
the messy, complicated and
multi-layered urban fabric
that increasingly characterises
contemporary cities.
The presentation of the ideas
in the project is clear, and
the principles expressed at
the outset are evident in the
detailed design. The largescale model is well crafted,
complementing simple yet very
effective diagrams and images.
This project demonstrates
a mature understanding of
architectural design that is
founded on clear ideas and
research, resulting in a strong
and identifiable presence on the
Yarra River.
Concrete Anamnesis explores
the use of damaged shipping
and freight containers and the
application of a sustainable spray
concrete, as a prefabricated
structural and form making
system. A contemporary beach
house has been elegantly
developed to contrast a fluid and
textured interior with a rugged
exterior of juxtaposed forms.
This project impressed the jury in
the way it transcends the typical
container housing studies of
repetition and module to explore
a recognisable object in an
innovative and unfamiliar way. The
sculptural quality of the distorted
containers, otherwise destined
for the scrapheap, is celebrated
and enhanced by the application
of a lightweight concrete layer
that will unify the structure and
provide a protective and thermal
performance layer.
The project demonstrates a
harmonious dialogue between
the structure, its function and
architectural form. It is to be
commended for its clear attitude
to sustainability, in particular
material use and embodied
energy.
SPONSORED BY NSW GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT’S OFFICE
The Future Library project
explores emerging digital
processes as the catalyst for a
new form of architecture. Through
the use of algorithmic workflows
as design and form generators,
the project recasts traditional
notions of spatial distribution,
ornament and program, and
proposes a process-driven
methodology which is flexible,
reflexive and information rich.
Through this process, the
programmatic elements of the
proposed building, a new library,
are re-conceptualised as a new
and dynamic network of nested
functions.
techniques that can be applied
to any number of building
typologies and contexts.
Within a quickly changing
landscape of architectural
production as a result of digitally
enabled processes for design
and construction, The Future
Library mounts convincing and
powerful arguments which add
to the growing debate. The
project is able to articulate a small
contribution within the body of
existing knowledge, inching closer
toward a paradigm shift in the
discipline.
The jury was impressed with the
exploration and development
of digital processes, tools and
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
1
Australian Plantbank
BVN Donovan Hill
Architecture Award;
Architecture Award
– Sustainable
Architecture
Image: John Gollings
2
Carrington Recreation
Centre
Jackson Teece
Image: Sharrin Rees
3
Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
HDR | Rice Daubney
Image: Brett Boardman
4
Concord Medical
Education Centre
DWP | SUTERS (Melb)
Image: Hans Schlupp
5
Cranbrook Junior
School
Tzannes Associates
Architecture Award
Image: Simon Wood
6
Garangula Gallery
Fender Katsalidis
Mirams Architects Blacket Prize
Image: John Gollings
7
Joan Freeman Centre
Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
Image: Michael Nicholson
8
Lemur Forest Adventure
Hill Thalis Architecture
+ Urban Projects
Commendation –
Colorbond® Award for
Steel Architecture
Image: Brett Boardman
9
Museum of
Contemporary Art
Redevelopment
Architect Marshall
in association with
Government Architect’s
Office
10
NeuRA
Cox Richardson
Image: Brett Boardman
11
Newcastle Museum
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp (fjmt)
Image: John Gollings
12
Newington College
Sesquicentenary Project
Budden Nangle Michael
Hudson Architects
Image: Anthony Fretwell
13
Newtown Interchange
Caldis Cook Group in
association with the
NSW Government
Architect’s Office
Image: Ross Thornton
14
North Bondi Surf Life
Saving Club
Durbach Block Jaggers
in association with Peter
Colquhoun
Architecture Award
Image: Anthony Browell
15
OLMC Parramatta Janet
Woods Building
Tzannes Associates
Architecture Award
Image: Gerrit Fokkema
16
Pemulwuy Community
Facilities
Melocco & Moore
Image: Brett Boardman
17
Prince Alfred Park +
Pool Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt
Architects in association
with City of Sydney
Sulman Medal; City of
Sydney Lord Mayor’s
Prize
Image: Brett Boardman
18
Royal Randwick
Racecourse
Redevelopment
Fitzpatrick+Partners
(Base Building) and
Woods Bagot (Interiors)
Image: Tanja Milbourne
19
Singleton Battle
Simulation Centre
Sinclair Knight Merz
Image: Brett Boardman
20
St Barnabas Church
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp (fjmt)
ENTRIES
URBAN DESIGN
27
White Bay Cruise
Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Architecture Award;
Architecture Award
– Sustainable
Architecture;
Colorbond® Award for
Steel Architecture
1
Prince Alfred Park +
Pool Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt
Architects in
association with City
of Sydney
Lloyd Rees Award
1
2
13
Image: Brett Boardman
14
2
Royal Randwick
Racecourse
Redevelopment
Fitzpatrick+Partners
Image: Brett Boardman
28
Windsong Pavilion
Clinton Murray &
Nicholas Byrne
Architects in association
Image: Eric Sierins
Image: Robert Tacheci
Image: John Gollings
3
4
15
16
17
21
The University of
Sydney Centre for
Carbon Water and Food
DWP | SUTERS (Melb)
2
4
Tamarama Kiosk and
Beach Amenities
Lahz Nimmo Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
5
6
18
5
The Northern Beaches
Storage Project at
Brookvale NSW
Tim Williams Architects
19
3
Image: Tim Williams
Image: Owen Zhu
23
Tyree Energy
Technologies Building
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp (fjmt)
3
Spring Street Seating
Waverley Council in
conjunction with Drew
Heath Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Hans Schlupp
22
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
Commendation; Milo
Dunphy Award; City of
Sydney Lord Mayor’s
Prize
1
7
20
8
21
4
22
Image: John Gollings
24
UTS Great Hall and
Balcony Room
DRAW
Commendation
Image: Brett Boardman
25
UTS Multi-Purpose
Sports Hall
PTW Architects
9
10
23
24
26
27
25
5
Image: Brian Steele
26
UWS College
Baker Kavanagh
Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
11
12
28
Image: Sam Marshall
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65
ENTRIES
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
ENTRIES
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
1
5 Murray Rose Avenue
Turner
1
Ansarada
Those Architects
Architecture Award
12
Jackson Teece Sydney
Office
Jackson Teece
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Sharrin Rees
2
Bellevue Hill Residence
Tzannes Associates
13
Macquarie Theatre
Refurbishment
Lahz Nimmo Architects
and Wilson Architects in
association
Image: Brett Boardman
2
8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/
Rogers Stirk Harbour &
Partners
Sir Arthur G.
Stephenson Award;
Commendation
– Sustainable
Architecture;
Commendation Colorbond® Award for
Steel Architecture
Image: Brett Boardman
3
Coca Cola Amatil
Technical Facility
Lippmann Partnership
Image: Willem Rethmeier
4
Eclipse Parramatta
Fitzpatrick+Partners
Image: Tanya Milbourne
5
Lune de Sang Sheds
CHROFI
Architecture Award
7
Paramount Pictures
Building
Fox Johnston / Barton
and McCarthy
Image: Phu Tangfor
8
Qantas Headquarters
Redevelopment
Architectus
Architecture Award
1
2
Image: Brett Boardman
3
Carrington Recreation
Centre
Jackson Teece
Image: Brett Boardman
9
Sydney Data Centre
Greenbox Architecture
Image: Sharrin Rees
Image: Fretwell
Photography
10
Tamarama Kiosk and
Beach Amenities
Lahz Nimmo Architects
4
3
Image: Justin Alexander
5
Coast
SJB
Image: Brett Boardman
11
WesTrac Newcastle
Service Centre &
Training Institute
EJE Architecture
Image: Steve Back
Image: Katie Kaars
6
5
Image: Atish Ghantwal
6
Corrs Chambers
Westgarth
Bates Smart
Image: Shannon McGrath
7
Eyewear Youwear Store
Stanic Harding
Image: Brett Boardman
6
Ozanam Industries
Stanmore
DTB Architects
4
Claremont House
Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
Image: Richard Glover
7
8
9
8
Garangula Gallery
Fender Katsalidis
Mirams Architects
Architecture Award
Image: John Gollings
9
Greenland Display Suite
PTW/LAVA
Image: Brett Broadman
10
11
10
Herbert Smith Freehills
Workplace
BVN Donovan Hill
Architecture Award
Image: John Gollings
11
in2ski
Ian Moore Architects
Image: Daniel Mayne
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1
2
5
6
8
9
3
4
Image: Anthony Fretwell
14
One Central Park
Smart Design Studio
& Koichi Takada
Architects both in
association with PTW
Image: Sharrin Rees
7
15
Point Piper Apartment
CO-AP (Architects)
Architecture Award
Image: Ross Honeysett
16
Royal Randwick
Woods Bagot
10
Image: Trevor Mein
17
St Barnabas Church
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp (fjmt)
Image: John Gollings
18
Sydney Commonwealth
Parliament Offices
Architectus +
Ingenhoven
John Verge Award
11
12
13
14
Image: Tyrone Branigan
19
Tyree Energy
Technologies Building
Francis-Jones Morehen
Thorp (fjmt)
15
16
17
Image: John Gollings
20
Virgin Australia Sydney
Lounge
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Architects
Commendation
Image: Brett Boardman
18
19
20
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ENTRIES
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)
1
Alexandria Courtyard
House
Matthew Pullinger
Architect
Architecture Award
– Sustainable
Architecture
Image: Brett Boardman
2
Balmoral Residence
Popov Bass Architects
Image: Sharrin Rees
3
Belgrave St Residence
Form Follows Function
Image: Marcus Clinton
Photography
4
Block House Pearl
Beach
Porebski Architects
12
Garden House
Pearse Architects
Image: Richard Glover
13
Griffith House
Popov Bass Architects
Wilkinson Award
Image: Sharrin Rees
14
High Country House
Luigi Rosselli Architects
Image: Edward Birch
15
House Maher
Tribe Studio Architects
Commendation
Image: Katherine Lu
16
House On The Ridge
Alwill Design
Image: Conor Quinn
Image: Jason Loucas
5
Clareville House
Terroir
17
Hunters Hill House
Arkhefield
Architecture Award
Image: Brett Boardman
6
Cliff Top House
Luigi Rosselli Architects
Image: Edward Birch
7
Clifftop House
ASSEMBLAGE - Peter
Chivers in association
with Teknemodus
Image: Peter Chivers
8
Cooper Park House
Tobias Partners
Image: Justin Alexander
9
Cooper Residence
CKDS Architecture
Image: Damien Furey
Photography
10
Dogtrot House
Dunn & Hillam
Architects
Architecture Award
Image: Kilian O’Sullivan
11
Gallery House
Domenic Alvaro
Image: Angus Martin
18
Invisible House
Peter Stutchbury
Architecture
Architecture Award
23
Pittwater House
Andrew Burges
Architects
Image: Peter Bennetts
24
Plywood House
Andrew Burges
Architects
26
Seaforth House
Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
Image: Andy Warren
22
Ozone House
Matt Elkan Architect
Architecture Award
Image: Simon Whitbread
4
5
6
19
18
20
21
27
The Whale Bone House
Flourish Architectural
Services
Image: Charles Anderson
28
Upper Orara House
Utz Sanby Architects
7
8
9
23
22
24
Image: Marian Riabic
29
Waverley Residence
Anderson Architecture
30
Wentworth House
MHN Design Union
21
New Residence: The
Junction
EJE Architecture
17
Image: Michael Nicholson
19
K House
Chenchow Little
Architecture Award
Image: Brett Boardman
3
Image: Michael Nicholson
Image: Nick Bowers
20
Mountainside House
Hill Thalis Architecture +
Urban Projects
2
25
Pretty Beach House
Caryn McCarthy
Architect
Image: Michael Nicholson
Image: John Gollings
1
Image: Peter Bennetts
11
10
25
26
27
Image: Richard Glover
31
Whale Watchers
Timothy Moon
Architects
Image: Timothy Moon
32
Yatte Yattah House
Tzannes Associates
Commendation
– Sustainable
Architecture
12
13
14
15
28
29
31
32
30
Image: Ben Guthrie
16
Image: Trevor Mein
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69
ENTRIES
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS)
1
3x2 House
Panovscott
Commendation
Image: Brett Boardman
2
68 Birchgrove Rd
Balmain
Daniel Boddam
Architecture and
Interior Design
Image: Kelly Geddes
3
A Balmain Pair
Benn & Penna
Architecture
Architecture Award
Image: Katherine Lu
4
Bellevue Hill Residence
Tzannes Associates
Image: Brett Boardman
5
Birchgrove House
Candalepas Associates
Architecture Award
Image: Mark Syke
6
Breuer House
Marra + Yeh Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
7
Byron Hinterland
Residence
Tzannes Associates
Image: Saul Goodwin
8
C+T House
Dunn & Hillam
Architects
Image: Kilian O’Sullivan
9
Copacabana House
McGregor Westlake
Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
10
Cosgriff House
Christopher Polly
Architect
Image: Brett Boardman
11
Cossington House
Jorge Hrdina Architects
12
Gill Additions
CKDS Architecture
Image: Damien Furey
Photograph
13
Glebe House
Nobbs Radford
Architects
Image: Murray Fredericks
14
House Boone Murray
Tribe Studio Architects
Image: Peter Bennetts
15
House Bruce Alexander
Tribe Studio Architects
Image: Katerine Lu
16
House Chapple
Tribe Studio Architects
Image: Katherine Lu
17
House on Captain
Piper’s Road
Kieran McInerney
Architect
Image: Peter Bennetts
18
Light Cannon House
Carterwilliamson
Architects
Commendation
Image: Katherine Lu
19
Mosman House
Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
Image: Lachlan Rowe
20
Newtown House
Hungerford+Edmunds
Image: Simon Wood
Photography
23
Skylight House
Andrew Burges
Architects
Image: PeterBennetts
24
Southern Highlands
House
Benn & Penna
Architecture
1
2
17
3
18
Image: Tom Ferguson
25
Stone House
CHROFI
Hugh and Eva Buhrich
Award
Image: Brett Boardman
26
Tamarama Semi-D
David Langston-Jones
Architecture Award
5
4
19
6
20
21
Image: Anthony Browell
27
Tempe House
Eoghan Lewis
Architects
Image: Eoghan Lewis
7
8
9
23
22
24
28
Terrace Australis
Barrett Pinet
Architecture
Image: Roger Barret
29
The Garden Project
Welsh + Major
Architects
10
11
26
25
27
Image: Brett Boardman
30
The Upside Down Back
to Front House
Carterwilliamson
Architects
Image: Geoff Beatty
12
13
14
15
28
29
30
21
Piebenga-Franklyn
Residence
David Boyle Architect
Architecture Award
Image: Brigid Arnott
22
Pool Pavilion
Luigi Rosselli Architects
Image: Justin Alexander
16
Image: Brigid Arnott
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ENTRIES
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING
ENTRIES
SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
1
A Balmain Pair
Benn & Penna
Architecture
1
AGL Lakeside Pavilion
Kennedy Associates
Architects
Image: Katherine Lu
2
Alora Apartments
Turner
Image: Brett Boardman
11
Glebe St Apartments
Jackson Teece
Image: Sharrin Rees
Image: Brett Boardman
3
Apex Apartments
Turner
13
Imperial
Stanisic Architects
Commendation
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Brett Boardman
4
Aria
MHN Design Union
Image: John Gollings
5
Attica Newtown
Candalepas Associates
Commendation
Image: Mark Syke
6
Austin
Smart Design Studio
Image: Sharrin Rees
7
Coast
SJB
Architecture Award
Image: Katie Kaars
8
Dulwich Hill Terrace
Houses
Redshift Architecture
& Art
Image: Brett Boardman
9
Eliza Apartments
Tony Owen Partners
Image: Peter Bennetts
12
Iglu Chatswood
Bates Smart
14
One Central Park
PTW Architects +
Atelier Jean Nouvel
Commendation
1
2
3
Image: Anthony Browel
3
Bridge House Newtown
Anderson Architecture
Image: Nick Bower
4
5
6
15
Stella Apartments
Tzannes Associates
5
Foley Park Amenities
Stanic Harding
Robert Woodward
Award
Image: Gerrit Fokkema
9
8
10
Image: Brett Boardman
17
UNSW Kensington
Colleges
Bates Smart
Architecture Award
Image: Richard Glover
6
Foveaux Street Cafe
Louise Nettleton
Architects
Image: LNA
7
Greenland Display Suite
PTW/LAVA
Image: Peter Bennetts
18
Washington Park_
Meridian & Monte
Turner
Commendation
4
Dorsal Wing - Town Hall
House
Richard Goodwin
Image: Paul Patterson
City of Sydney
11
12
13
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Brett Boardman
12
Seaforth Kitchen
Garden
Scale Architecture
1
2
3
Image: Brett Boardman
13
Somersby Pavilion
Matthew Woodward
Architecture
Commendation
Image: Murray Frederick
4
5
6
14
Southern Highlands
House
Benn & Penna
Architecture
Image: Tom Ferguson
15
The Garden Project
Welsh + Major
Architects
Architecture Award
7
8
9
Image: Brett Boardman
16
The Pod
Takt | Studio for
Architecture
Commendation
Image: Shantanu Starick
10
11
12
8
Lachlan Macquarie
Room
Architectural Projects
Image: Noni Hann
Image: Adrian Boddy
9
Llankelly Place Lights
McGregor Westlake
Architecture
Image: John Gollings
10
Gantry
Bates Smart
Aaron Bolot Award
7
Image: Simon Wood
16
The Pottery - Mashman
Avenue Kingsgrove
KANNFINCH
2
Balmain Apartment
Durbach Block Jaggers
Architecture Award
11
Outpost 742713 9
Drew Heath Architects
Architecture Award
– Sustainable
Architecture
14
15
16
14
13
Image: Kyal Sheehan
10
Maxim Workplace
SDA - Space | Design |
Architecture
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Edward Highton
17
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18
15
16
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HERITAGE (CONSERVATION)
ENTRIES
HERITAGE (CREATIVE ADAPTATION)
1
Te Waari
Clive Lucas Stapleton
and Partners
1
Ansarada
Those Architects
Image: Brett Boardman
Image: Eric Sierins
2
Yarrangobilly Caves
House 1917 Wing
Architectural Projects
Architecture
Award - Heritage
(Conservation)
1
2
Birchgrove Residence
Daniel Boddam
Architecture and
Interior Design
Image: Kelly Geddes
3
Eternity Playhouse
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Architects
Greenway Award
Image: GaryOReilly
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9
The Boilerhouse
Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
NSW Premier’s Prize
Architectural
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Image: Michael Nicholson
10
White Bay Cruise
Terminal
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2
4
Female Orphan School,
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Tanner Kibble Denton
Architects
Commendation
– Heritage
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
Sulman Medal
Prince Alfred Park + Pool
Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt Architects
in association with City of
Sydney
Architecture Award
Australian Plantbank
BVN Donovan Hill
Cranbrook Junior School
Tzannes Associates
North Bondi Surf Life Saving
Club
Durbach Block Jaggers
in association with Peter
Colquhoun
OLMC Parramatta Janet
Woods Building
Tzannes Associates
White Bay Cruise Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Commendation
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
UTS Great Hall and Balcony
Room
DRAW
URBAN ARCHITECTURE
Lloyd Rees Award
Prince Alfred Park + Pool
Upgrade
Neeson Murcutt Architects
in association with City of
Sydney
COMMERCIAL
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Sir Arthur G. Stephenson
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8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/Rogers
Stirk Harbour & Partners
Architecture Award
Lune de Sang Sheds
CHROFI
Qantas Headquarters
Redevelopment
Architectus
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
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John Verge Award
Sydney Commonwealth
Parliament Offices
Architectus + Ingenhoven
Architecture Award
Ansarada
Those Architects
Garangula Gallery Fender Katsalidis Mirams
Architects
Herbert Smith Freehills
Workplace
BVN Donovan Hill
Point Piper Apartment
CO-AP (Architects)
Commendation
Virgin Australia Sydney
Lounge
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Architects
SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE
Milo Dunphy Award
The Wayside Chapel
Environa Studio
Architecture Award
Alexandria Courtyard House
Matthew Pullinger
Australian Plantbank
BVN Donovan Hill
Outpost 742713 9
Drew Heath Architects
White Bay Cruise Terminal
Johnson Pilton Walker
Commendation
8 Chifley Square
Lippmann Partnership/Rogers
Stirk Harbour & Partners
Yatte Yattah House
Tzannes Associates
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (NEW)
Wilkinson Award
Griffith House
Popov Bass Architects
Architecture Award
Dogtrot House
Dunn & Hillam Architects
Hunters Hill House
Arkhefield
Invisible house
Peter Stutchbury Architecture
K House
Chenchow Little
SMALL PROJECT
ARCHITECTURE
Ozone House Matt Elkan Architect
Robert Woodward Award
Foley Park Amenities
Stanic Harding
Commendation
House Maher
Tribe Studio Architects
RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (ALTERATIONS
& ADDITIONS)
Architecture Award
Balmain Apartment
Durbach Block Jaggers
The Garden Project
Welsh + Major Architects
Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award
Stone House
CHROFI
Commendation
Somersby Pavilion
Matthew Woodward
Architecture
Architecture Award
A Balmain Pair
Benn & Penna Architecture
The Pod
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City of Sydney
CB Alexander College, Tocal
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