Seven projects have received regional commendations at the 2015 Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Architecture Awards and will progress to the 2015 Queensland Architecture Awards in June.
Three category awards were also given, two were chosen by the jury comprising Katherine Rickard (MODE, jury coordinator), Matthew Eagle (ME) and Chris Gee (Coast Arc), while one was a People’s Choice Award.
Cox Rayner Architects Gold Coast Aquatic Centre was the big winner, taking home both the Building of the Year and the People’s Choice Award, and was praised by the jury for its quality adaptive re-use of the site’s previous Southport Pool.
The House of the Year Award went to refresh*design architects for their Northern Rivers Beach House. The minimalistic elevated house rises on a small footprint and was cited by the Jury as an innovative exemplar of architectural and structural resolution to constrained site.
The 2015 Building of the Year and People’s Choice Award went to Cox Rayner Architects for the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (above) while the 2015 House of the Year was Northern Rivers Beach House by refresh*design. (Images: Christopher Frederick Jones and Damien Bredberg) 
Regional Commendations
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Varsity College Junior Learning Centre by Fluid Architecture (Image: Helen Ewart)
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Marina Residences by Sunland Group (Image: Stefan Jannides)
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Byron Bay House by Architectus (Image: Christopher Frederick Jones)
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Miami Hill House by BDA Architecture (Image: Scott Burrows)
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Gold Coast Aquatic Centre by Cox Rayner Architects
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Northern Rivers Beach House by refresh*design
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Griffith Health Centre by Cox Rayner Architects in association with Hames Sharley (image: Christopher Frederick Jones)
The Queensland Architecture Awards will be announced on 26 June 2015.
