The Hilton Community Centre has taken the highest honour in the 2012 Australian Institute of Architects' Western Australia chapter awards, the George Temple Poole Award presented to the project judged most worthy of all the category winners.
The centre also won the John Septimus Roe Award for Urban Design.
In all, 43 awards and commendations were made from a field of 123 entries in the awards program.
The project included restoration, refurbishment and new works to existing community facilities carried for the City of Fremantle.
The Hilton Community Centre in Fremantle. Images: BernardSeeber
The awards jury noted:
"By resurrecting the long-compromised principles of its original ‘tablet landscape’ the site is being re-made providing access for all within a shared, civic, garden setting. Humble in origin and limited in means this project masterfully draws neglected and modest but dignified public buildings into a new ensemble. The new buildings are a delight and clearly the result of patient and dedicated practice."
“The result is a truly civic neighbourhood environment- inner, peripheral and landscape.
The other top award winners included:
Public Architecture
Jeffrey Howlett Award: Augusta Margaret River Shire Civic and Administration Centre -Bollig Design Group
Architecture Awards
Trades North at Clarkson - JCY Architects and Urban Designers)
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle — Tannock Hall of Education - Marcus Collins Architects
Katitjin Centre, Australian Institute of Management - Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland
Belmont City College Hospitality Trade Training Centre - Gresley Abas
Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Peppermint Grove Middle School, Science and Creative Arts - Marcus Collins Architects
Commercial Architecture
Ross Chisholm Award: 167 Westralia Plaza - JCY Architects and Urban Designers
Architecture Awards
Alluvion -The Buchan Group
Women’s Health and Family Services - Coda
Southern Seawater Desalination Plant - Parry and Rosenthal Architects
Station Street - JCY Architects and Urban Designers in association with Rodrigues Bodycoat Architects
Residential Architecture - Houses
Marshall Clifton Award: House in Cottesloe - Blane Brackenridge Architect
Architecture Award
Norfolk Farm - Coda
Residential Architecture - Alterations and Additions
Peter Overman Award: Kinder Shophouse - Chindarsi Architects
Architecture Award
Gresley Monk Additions (Gresley Abas)
Residential Architecture — Multiple
Harold Krantz Award: 58 Stevens Street - Officer Woods Architects
Heritage Architecture
Margaret Pitt Morison Award: Marsala House, Dianella - Donaldson and Warn
Architecture Award
Cathedral House Conservation and Adaptation - Griffiths Architects
Interior Architecture
Julius Elischer Award: Venn - Matthews Architecture
Architecture Award: Cultural Centre Amenities - Coniglio Ainsworth Architects
Sustainable Architecture
Walter Greenham Award: 58 Stevens Street - Officer Woods Architecture
Architecture Award: Katitjin Centre, Australian Institute of Management - Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Trades North at Clarkson - JCY Architects and Urban Designers
Small Project Architecture
Iwan Iwanoff Award: Cultural Centre Amenities - Coniglio Ainsworth Architects
Architecture Award: Westbury Crescent Residence - David Barr Architect in association with Brett Mitchell
