2015 National Architecture Awards: Frederick Romberg Award for Residential...
As a model for multiple housing in the contemporary city, Upper House stands tall. Its program is innovative and well conceived: the strategy of creating a communal platform at the present council...
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This project is a great example of clever design delivering significant architectural benefit to a severely constrained site. It is a narrow, single-storey terrace with a ten-metre-high brick warehouse...
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This modest house extension demonstrates the value of inventive design to a willing and receptive client. Details and finishes have been worked hard to deliver maximum benefits. There are see-through...
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The jury was impressed by this monumental concrete and glass extension, which is a perfect contemporary companion to Orama, the stately Victorian villa of similar proportions that sits in front. The...
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Inserted deftly into a suburban streetscape, the playful additions and alterations of the Tower House are a surprisingly comfortable and delightful fit. From the street, the project’s defining...
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The jury found the Balmoral House to be unusual in its generosity to the street and the community. The most compelling gesture of this house is its striking sculptural composition, when seen from the...
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Crammed into a tight suburban context where all vie for that precious Sydney water view, the Light House sits understated. Here is a building with a sensual upper-storey curvature that is actually more...
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Through the old sawmill shed, the jury is escorted up a steep old steel-gridded ramp covered in blackberries, to meet the architect’s brother and client and to stand on a tower overlooking the site:...
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Villa Marittima challenges the “norms” as great works must. This villa is about poetry, discipline and commitment. It’s also almost impossible to describe, as it is alluring, reflective, abstract and...
View Article2015 National Architecture Awards: Robin Boyd Award for Houses (New)
Here is an architect/builder/inventor and an interior innovator at their combined best. The Planchonella House in Cairns is not constrained by climatic concerns or by a client who might have had...
View Article2015 National Architecture Awards: Public Commendation
The Main Hospital Building at Perth’s Fiona Stanley Hospital is commended for its remarkable resolution of a highly complex program. An exceptional degree of clarity has created a tangible atmosphere...
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Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane is an outstanding response to a very complex project typology, made all the more difficult by its location, which had restricted access, a sloping site and...
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Embedded in the heart of Melbourne’s urban sports precinct, the Margaret Court Arena redevelopment project embraces its context with framed views across the city, the Yarra River and adjacent...
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The redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval has set a new standard for facilitating a range of sporting and hospitality events within a major sports stadium. The project retains the unique characteristics...
View Article2015 National Architecture Awards: Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public...
The Galleries of Remembrance at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, completed in time to commemorate the centenary of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, represent the fitting culmination of a masterplan that...
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