Suters Architects have received three awards recently for multiple new Sport and Leisure Designs including the Punt Road Oval and Noble Park Aquatic Centre.
The Punt Road Oval facility received an Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, beating projects submitted from more than 28 countries.
New and Improved Punt Road Oval. Photographer: Emma Cross
The facility was designed for Richmond Football Club and is a multi-purpose sporting facility that aims to combine high performance training, treatment and recovery, education, workplace and retail components.
The Noble Park Aquatic Centre redevelopment, completed earlier this year, received two awards at the Splash! Environmental Awards held on the Gold Coast. The project was awarded Commercial Outdoor Pool winner and Project of the Year.
The swimming pool facility featured spotted gum timber, plywood panelling and warm toned ceramic floor tiles.
Noble Park Aquatic Centre. Photographer: Peter Bennetts
The World Architecture Festival Awards has also shortlisted Noble Park Aquatic Centre in its sports category with winners to be announced in Singapore in October.
The recent award wins coincide with Suters appointment to the WA Institute of Sport High Performance Service Centre (WAIS) project in conjunction with Western Australian practice Sandover Pinder.
The facility is the sports science, research and recovery centre for the WA Institute of Sport. It will include training and testing facilities for Olympic and Commonwealth sports including swimming, athletics, netball, basketball and hockey. It will also incorporate rehab and recovery facilities, strength and conditioning gym and indoor sports hall
Suters’ National Leisure Sector Leader Stephen Cheney said:
“At Suters we have always prided ourselves on our breadth of experience in the sports and leisure sector with over 45 recreational facilities, including numerous sporting group and leisure facilities delivered across the country. At a time when sport is at the forefront of many people’s minds, it is wonderful to be recognised for our excellence in this area.”
