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Constitution Avenue awarded highest architecture honour

THE refurbished Constitution Avenue was tonight (June 24) awarded The ACT’s highest architecture honour, the Canberra Medallion, at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 ACT Architecture Awards.

Constitution Avenue by NCA, JILA, Hill Thalis, SMEC and AECOM. Photo by Martin Ollman.
Over a decade in the making, the project of the National Capital Authority, JILA, Hill Thalis, SMEC and AECOM also received the Sir John Overall Award for Urban Design, and was considered by the judges to have realised Walter Burley Griffin’s vision with a project that they said “negotiates the macro and micro scale with consistency, clarity and vision”.

Describing it as “responsive to its particular location and adjacency, with subtle changes in scale and detail – from civic to boulevard, bushland to ceremonial”, they praised the NCA for having “gathered a team of collaborators to achieve an outcome of immense public worth, and in doing so, have given us an exemplar to plan, design and deliver public domain work”.

The gala event held at the National Arboretum honoured a broad range of buildings, covering both small-scale residential renovations and large-scale public constructions.

NewActon Nishi by Fender Katsalidis Architects. Photo by John Gollings.
Fender Katsalidis Architects added to the long list of awards for their NewActon Nishi development receiving the Sydney Ancher Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing, as well as a Commercial Architecture Award.

ACT Chapter president, Rob Henry, praised the entrants and winners for their commitment to designing places for people.

“‘Continued population growth in our small territory, with its limited boundaries, must be managed with a commitment to urban renewal and densification. It is the ‘voids’ that will provide the ACT with sustainable opportunities for future growth. Underpinning any successful densification will be the inclusion of places for people that enrich sociocultural environments,” he said.

A total of 25 named awards and commendations were presented on the night from a field of 45 entries.

Named award and award winners will now progress to the National Architecture Awards, to be announced in Canberra on Thursday, November 2.

 

The full list of winners is as follows:

Commercial Architecture Award – NewActon Nishi by Fender Katsalidis Architects

Casey Market Town by Cox Architecture. Photo by Sean Davey.
Award – Casey Market Town by Cox  Architecture

Commendation – Sikorsky Helitech MH-60R Through Life Support Facility by Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Pty Ltd

Embassy of Sweden by Guida Moseley Brown Architects. Photo by Morteza Taheri.
 

Heritage:

The J S Murdoch Award – Embassy of Sweden by Guida Moseley Brown Architects

Award – Howitt Street Residence by Cox Architecture

 

Interior Architecture:

The W Hayward Morris Award – Willinga Park by Cox Architecture and Sally Hieatt Interiors

Award – Canberra Airport – International by Guida Moseley Brown Architects

Commendation – Casino Canberra Refurbishment by Cox Architecture

 

Public Architecture:

The Romaldo Giurgola Award – Willinga Park by Cox Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

The Gene Willsford Award – MD House by Ben Walker Architects

Commendation – Three Generation House by Light House Architecture and Science

Willinga Park by Cox Architecture. Photo by Ginette Snow.
Residential Architecture – Houses (New):

The Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award – McCarthy Purba House by Anthony Knobel Architect Award – SG House by Ben Walker Architects

Commendation – O’Connor House by de Rome Architects Commendation – Windywoppa by Collins Caddaye Architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing:

The Sydney Ancher Award – NewActon Nishi by Fender Katsalidis Architects

Award – Atelier by Bates Smart Award – Barcelona by Guida Moseley Brown Architects

 

Small Project Architecture:

The ACT Award – Corner House by Joanna Nelson Architect

Award – Pop Inn by Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Pty Ltd

Sustainable Architecture:

The Derek Wrigley Award – Corner House by Joanna Nelson Architect

 

Urban Design:

The Sir John Overall Award – Constitution Avenue by NCA, JILA, Hill Thalis, SMEC and AECOM

Award – Woden Stair by Cox Architecture

Enduring Architecture Award – Lakeview by Harry Seidler & Associates 1984

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture Award – John James Village by Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Pty Ltd

 

Chapter Awards and Prizes:

Canberra Medallion – Constitution Avenue by NCA, JILA, Hill Thalis, SMEC and AECOM

The Pamille Berg Award for Art in Architecture – Woden Stair by Cox Architecture

The Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture – Canberra Airport – International by Guida Moseley Brown Architects. Photo by John Gollings.
The Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture – Canberra Airport – International by Guida Moseley Brown Architects

Architectural Professional of the Year – Shoba Cole, May + Russell Architects

President’s Medal – ACT Emerging Architects and Graduates Clem Cummings Medal – Tim Reeves and Alan Roberts

Emerging Architect Prize – Jessica de Rome, de Rome Architects

ACT Chapter Emerging Architect Prize – Special Commendation – Annette Pogas, ArPM

ACT Chapter Student Medallion – Daniel Reardon, University of Canberra

Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Graduate Prize – Eleanor Kirkham, University of Canberra

John Redmond Prize – Chloe Yin, University of Canberra.

 

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