The Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter announced the winners of the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards on Friday 24 June.
From 197 entries, the independent juries handed out 29 awards and 17 commendations across 12 categories. The night’s highest honour, the Victorian Architecture Medal, was awarded to 2016 Gold Medallists ARM Architecture for Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, which was also awarded the Regional Prize and named awards in the Interior Architecture and Public Architecture categories. ARM Architecture has been awarded the Victorian Medal an unprecedented six times.
“The Geelong Library and Heritage Centre is an exemplar public project and a significant new landmark for the City of Geelong,” said Hamish Lyon, chair of juries. “A striking piece of architecture and major community hub, it has elevated the role of public architecture for both Geelong and the wider regional community.”
All winners of named awards and architecture awards will proceed to the 2016 National Architecture Awards to be announced in November.
The winners are:
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture.
Image: John Gollings
Public Architecture
William Wardell Award
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture
Award – Public Architecture (Alterations and Additions)
The Glasshouse – Croxon Ramsay Architects
Award – Public Architecture (New)
Forest Hill Police Station – bamford-architects
Commendation – Public Architecture (Alterations and Additions)
St Mary’s Narthex – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design
Jury for Public Architecture: Hamish Lyon (chair, NH Architecture), Tim Leslie (Bates Smart), Emma Jackson (RMIT)
Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village by MGS Architects, TCL and Monash University Eastern Village Design Consortium.
Image: TCL
Urban Design
Award
Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village – MGS Architects, TCL and Monash University Eastern Village Design Consortium
Jury for Urban Design: David Islip (chair, OVGA), Sophie Dyring (Schored Projects), Adam Pustola (Lyons)
The Mandeville Centre by Architectus.
Image: Ian Davidson
Educational Architecture
Henry Bastow Award
The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak – Architectus
Award
Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts and Creative Education – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design
Commendation
Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus – Law Architects
Jury for Educational Architecture: Meaghan Dwyer (chair, John Wardle Architects), Simon Topliss (Jackson Clements Burrows Architects), Jesse Judd (ARM Architecture)
Emporium Melbourne by The Buchan Group with Wonderwall.
Image: Aaron Pocock
Commercial Architecture
Sir Osborn McCutcheon Award
Emporium Melbourne – The Buchan Group with Wonderwall
Award
3–5 Jessie Street, Cremorne – Six Degrees Architects
Commendation
Melrose Health – BENT Architecture
Jury for Commercial Architecture: Peter Bickle (chair, ARM Architecture), Ruth Wilson (Architectus), Rob Watson (Watson Architecture and Design)
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture.
Image: Emma Cross
Interior Architecture
Marion Mahony Award
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture
Awards
Melrose Health – BENT Architecture
Mills, The Toy Management House – Austin Maynard Architects
Commendations
Cambridge St – Room11 Architects
Hawker Hall – Craig Tan Architects with Bergman and Co and Samantha Eades Design
Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre – McBride Charles Ryan
Jury for Interior Architecture: Philip Harmer (chair, Harmer Architecture), Kelley Mackay (Kerstin Thompson Architects), Jonathan Gardiner (Cox Architecture)
Deepdene House by Kennedy Nolan.
Image: Kennedy Nolan
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award
Deepdene House – Kennedy Nolan
Awards
THAT House – Austin Maynard Architects
Point Lonsdale House – NMBW Architecture Studio
Commendations
Goulburn Valley House – Rob Kennon Architects
Split House – BKK Architects
Torquay Concrete House – Auhaus Architecture
Jury for Residential Architecture – New: Mel Bright (chair, Make Architecture), Ben Edwards (Edwards Moore), Antony Martin (MRTN Architects)
Mills, The Toy Management House by Austin Maynard Architects.
Image: Peter Bennetts
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
John and Phyllis Murphy Award
Mills, The Toy Management House – Austin Maynard Architects
Awards
Shadow House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design with Mim Design
Arnold Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects
Park Life – Nest Architects
Commendations
Chamfer House – Mihaly Slocombe
Fitzroy Loft – Architects EAT
Jury for Residential Architecture – Alterations and Additions: Christie Petsinis (chair, Folk Architects), Simon Cookes (D B Architecture), George Yiontis (Coy Yiontis Architects)
Monash University Logan Hall by McBride Charles Ryan.
Image: John Gollings
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Best Overend Award
Monash University Logan Hall – McBride Charles Ryan
Awards
Alarah Townhouses – SJB Architects
Ari – Ola Studio
Monash University Halls of Residence, Holman Hall and Campbell Hall – Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects
Commendation
1 Bedford – DKO
Jury for Residential – Multiple Housing: Nigel Bertram (chair, NMBW and Monash University), Clare Cousins (Clare Cousins Architects), David Pryor (City of Melbourne)
Maidstone Tennis Pavilion by Searle x Waldron Architecture.
Image: Nick Searle
Small Project Architecture
Kevin Borland Award
Maidstone Tennis Pavilion – Searle x Waldron Architecture
Award
Backyard Studio – Figureground Architecture
Commendations
Flyover Gallery – Branch Studio Architects
Gertrude Glasshouse – Sibling
Jury for Small Project Architecture: Karen Alcock (chair, MA Architects), Michael Macleod (Kennedy Nolan), Claire Scorpo (Claire Scorpo Architects)
RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design.
Image: Dianna Snape
Heritage Architecture
John George Knight Award
RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design
Award
Shadow House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design with Mim Design
Commendation
Arnold Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects
Jury for Heritage Architecture: Reno Rizzo (chair, Inarc Architects), Amanda Jean (Amanda J Jean Architect and Heritage Consultant), Jim Gard’ner (GJM Heritage Consultants)
Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) by Six Degrees Architects.
Image: Alice Hutchison
Sustainable Architecture
Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award
Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) – Six Degrees Architects
Award
Saltwater Community Centre – Croxon Ramsay Architects
Commendation
Melrose Health – BENT Architecture
Jury for Sustainable Architecture: Albert Mo (chair, Architects EAT), Lisa Gerstman (NH Architecture), Christon Batey-Smith (DesignInc)
Cambridge St by Room11 Architects.
Image: Ross Honeysett
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Award
Cambridge St – Room11 Architects
Commendation
The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak – Architectus
Jury for Colorbond Award: Justin Noxon (chair, Noxon Giffen), Yvonne Meng (Von Atelier), Michael Smith (Atelier Red and Black)
Melbourne Prize: Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects.
Image: Dianna Snape
Melbourne Prize
Saltwater Community Centre – Croxon Ramsay Architects
Jury for Melbourne Prize: Tim Jackson (chair, Jackson Clements Burrows Architects), Peter Williams (Williams Boag), Anna Maskiell (Public Realm Lab)
Regional Prize
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture
Jury for Regional Prize: Jane Williams (chair, BVN), Alison Nunn (Alison Nunn Architect), Michael Roper (Architecture Architecture)
Victorian Medal: Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture.
Image: John Gollings
Victorian Architecture Medal
Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture
Heide II by McGlashan and Everist.
Image: John Gollings
Enduring Architecture Award
Heide II – McGlashan and Everist
Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media
State Award
Episodic Urbanism: The RMIT Urban Spaces Project 1996–2015 by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design – Peter Elliott
State Commendation
Monash Steps / Stawell Steps – Nigel Bertram (Author), Virginia Mannering (Author), Hiroshi Nakao (Author), Peter Bennetts (Photographer)
National Award
Places Women Make – Jane Jose
National Commendations
The Diplomat, the Artist and the Suit – Renegade Films
Take me to the River: The story of Perth’s foreshore – Dr Julian Bolleter
