The jury for the Australian Institute of Architects’ Victorian Architecture Awards has whittled the field down from a record breaking 240 entries in 13 categories to 112 which will now progress on to the state awards.
The shortlisted projects are invited to an event at Melbourne’s Docklands where the winners will be announced on 21 June with Named and Architecture Award winners progressing to the National Architecture Awards to be presented on 7 November at the Sydney Opera House.
Shortlisted for the Public Architecture prize (Alterations and Additions): Melbourne Girls Grammar Morris Hall Redevelopment by Sally Draper Architects.
Categories include: Public (New and Alts & Adds), Commercial, Interior, Residential (New Houses, Alts & Adds and Multiple Housing), Heritage, Small Project, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design and the Melbourne Prize and Regional Prize.
Hamer Hall by ARM Architecture is shortlisted for an Urban Design Award. Image courtesy of ARM Architecture.
Also to be awarded on the night is the prestigious Victorian Architecture Medal which is selected as the best project of the year from the field of awarded projects and the ColorBond® Award for Steel Architecture.
Victorian Chapter President, Jon Clements said:
“Once again we have a record number of projects entered in the Awards and a record number shortlisted by our hard-working juries.
“I am genuinely encouraged by the depth of talent and the inventiveness of Victorian architects and I envy the jurors that are very fortunate to be able to visit so many extraordinary projects during the deliberation process,” he added.
2013 Victorian Architecture Awards
Shortlisted Projects
Public Architecture (New)
(9 projects/30 entries)
Bayside Police Station, Sandringham – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)
Hume Global Learning Centre & Library – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science - Lyons
National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park – Jackson Architecture
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Senior School– McBride Charles Ryan
RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects
South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture
Swanston Academic Building – Lyons
The Richard & Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning, Trinity Grammar – McIntyre Partnership
Public Architecture (New) Jury
Kristen Whittle (Chair) – Bates Smart; John Lee – McGlashan Everist; Ninotschka Titchkosky – BVN Donovan Hill
Public Architecture (Alterations & Additions)
(7 projects/17 entries)
Footscray Nicholson Learning Commons – Cox Architecture
Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects
Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture
Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University – Gregory Burgess Architects
Kangan Institute, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Stage 2– Gray Puksand
La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences Bio-Resources Centre – SKM
Melbourne Girls Grammar Morris Hall Redevelopment – Sally Draper Architects in association with DP Toscano Architects
Public Architecture (Alterations & Additions) Jury
Philip Harmer (Chair) – Harmer Architecture; Rosemary Burne – Billard Leece Partnership; Nick Searle – Searle x Waldron Architecture
Urban Design
(6 projects/15 entries)
Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture
Langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat
Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership
Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd
South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture
Wedge Street Bridge – WMIA now GroupGSA+WMIA
Urban Design Jury
Adrian FitzGerald (Chair) – Denton Corker Marshall; Jill Garner – Office of the Victorian Government Architect; Ben Puddy – NH Architecture
Commercial Architecture
(7 projects/12 entries)
Bar Di Stasio – Robert Simeoni Architects in collaboration with Callum Morton and David Pidgeon
Carlton Graphic Design Studios – Zen Architects
Crown Mahogany Room Expansion – Bates Smart
National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart
Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture
South Melbourne Market Roof – Paul Morgan Architects
The Cullen – Jackson Clements Burrows
Commercial Jury
Hamish Lyon (Chair) – NH Architecture; Ingrid Bakker - HASSELL; Christie Petsinis – Folk Architects
Interior Architecture (11 projects/32 entries)
33M Ground Lobby – Elenberg Fraser Architects
Aesop Flagship Store – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership – Maddison Architects
Captain Melville – Breathe Architecture
Footscray Nicholson Learning Commons – Cox Architecture
Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture
Moor Street Studio – Clare Cousins Architects
Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects
National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart
Scandinavian Freestyle – Minifie van Schaik Architects and Fiona Abicare in association
Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture
Interior Architecture Jury
Fiona Winzar (Chair) – Fiona Winzar Architects; Tony Battersby – SJB Architects; Reno Rizzo - Inarc Architects
Heritage Architecture
(5 projects/15 entries)
Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture
Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects
Maryborough Railway Station Conservation works – RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants
Ormond College, Main Building Gables – Lovell Chen
VCA Elisabeth Murdoch Building – Six Degrees Architects
Heritage Architecture Jury
Helen Lardner (Chair) – HLCD Pty Ltd; David Islip – Office of the Victorian Government Architect; George Yiontis – Coy Yiontis Architects
Residential Architecture – Houses (New) (12 Projects/35 entries)
Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect
Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects
Fairhaven Residence – John Wardle Architects
Flinders House – Ashley Lochhead Architects
Hampton Residence – Jackson Clements Burrows
Into The Woods – Breathe Architecture
Merricks Beach House – Kennedy Nolan
Merricks House – Robson Rak Architects Pty Ltd
Main Ridge Residence – McAllister Alcock Architects
Park House – Leeton Pointon Architects + Interiors
Sorrento Blue House – Neeson Murcutt Architects
Torquay House – Wolveridge Architects
Residential Architecture – Houses (New) Jury
Bob Sinclair (Chair) – Billard Leece Partnership; Gemma Cooke – Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture; James Jones – Architectus
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) (10 projects/26 entries)
Ferrars Place – antarctica
HOUSE House – Andrew Maynard Architects
House Reduction – MAKE Architecture
Paris Opera – The Rexroth Mannasmann Collective
Park Lane House – Kennedy Nolan
Profile House – Black Line One X Architecture Studio
shelter shed – multiplicity
The Mullet – March Studio
Victoria Road House – Fiona Winzar Architects
Forever House – WoodWoodWard Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (New and Alterations & Additions) Jury
Dr Paul Minifie (Chair) – Minifie van Schaik Architects; Simon Thornton – Simon and Freda Thornton; Sheree Proposch – Bates Smart
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing (13 projects/30 entries)
Aerial Apartments – Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture
Kyme Place Rooming House – MGS Architects
Leopold – SJB Architects & Fender Katsalidis Architects
Living Carlton KN1 & KN2 – Jackson Clements Burrows
Luna – Elenberg Fraser Architects
McIntyre Drive Social Housing, Altona – MGS Architects
Malvern Hill – SJB Architects
Maze Apartments – CHT Architects
Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd
The Face – ARM Architecture
Two Townhouses – BKK Architects
Youth Prevention & Recovery Care Bendigo – WMIA now GroupGSA+WMIA
Wintringham Eunice Seddon Home & Wallara Accommodation – Allen Kong Architect
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Jury
James Legge (Chair) – Six Degrees Architects; Maria Danos – McAllister Alcock Architects; Richard Middleton – Richard Middleton Architects
Small Project Architecture
(12 projects/26 entries) Australian Garden Shelters – BKK Architects
Penny Wise – Marc Dixon Architect
Little Brick Studio – MAKE Architecture
Middle Park Beach Amenities Building – Gregory Burgess Architects
Monash Steps/ Stawell Steps – Hiroshi Nakao + Monash Architecture
Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects
Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects
Scandinavian Freestyle – Minifie van Schaik Architects and Fiona Abicare in association
Seventh Heaven – Nest Architects
STREAT Melbourne Central – Six Degrees Architects
The Purple Rose of Cairo – Architecture Architecture
Abbotsford Convent Breezeway – Jackson Clements Burrows
Small Project Architecture Jury
Jeremy McLeod (Chair) – Breathe Architecture; Sophie Dyring – Gunn Dyring Architecture + Urban Design; Neil Masterton – ARM Architecture
ColorBond® Award for Steel Architecture
(7 projects)
Australian Garden Shelters – BKK Architects
Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects
National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park – Jackson Architecture
North Melbourne Primary School Stage 3 – Workshop Architecture
RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects
shelter shed – multiplicity
Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects
ColorBond® Jury
Jacqui Wagner (Chair) – Atelier Wagner; Jose Alfano – Jose Alfano Architect; Anthony Di Mase – Di Mase Architects; George Plionis – BlueScope Steel
Sustainable Architecture
(6 projects)
Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects
Captain Melville – Breathe Architecture
Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect
Northern School for Autism – Hede Architects Pty Ltd
Precinct Energy Project, Dandenong – Peter Hogg + Toby Reed Architects
RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects
Sustainable Architecture Jury
Dennis Carter (Chair) – Dennis Carter Architect; Juliet Moore – Edwards Moore; Chris Barnett – Third Skin Sustainability
Melbourne Prize
(3 projects)
Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture
Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership
RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects
Melbourne Prize Jury
Tim Shannon (Chair) – Tim Shannon P/L; Ann Lau – Hayball; Alan Pert – Melbourne School of Design
Regional Prize
(4 projects)
Langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat
Marysville 16 Hour Police Station – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Monash Steps/ Stawell Steps – Hiroshi Nakao + Monash Architecture
Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects
Regional Prize Jury
Amy Muir (Chair) – Muir Mendes; Brendan Jones – antarctica; Michael Bouteloup – Paul Morgan Architects; Albert Mo – Architects EAT
