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2016 Western Australian Architecture Awards winners
2016 New South Wales Architecture Awards
ARM Architecture won an unprecedented sixth Victorian Medal at the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards held recently, taking home the honour for their Geelong Library & Heritage Centre along with a suitcase full of other trophies.
The Geelong Library & Heritage Centre also earned the 2016 Institute Gold Medallists the Regional Prize and both the Interior Architecture and Public Architecture named awards at the awards ceremony held 24 June.
Chair of Juries, Hamish Lyon, described the project as “a significant new landmark for the City of Geelong,”
“[It’s] A striking piece of architecture and major community hub, it has elevated the role of public architecture for both Geelong and the wider regional community.”
Six Degrees Architects were also recognised for their continued commitment to design excellence, this time for their work in the sustainability space. The 2015 Sustainability Awards winners took home the Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award for Sustainable Architecture on the night, their Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) pipping projects by Croxon Ramsay Architects and Bent Architecture.
Victorian residential design was once again a highlight of the program. A total of 17 awards were handed out across the Residential Architecture – Houses (New), Houses (Alterations and Additions) and Multiple Housing categories, the top performer was Austin Maynard Architects who received the Houses (Alterations and Additions) Named Award as well as an Architecture Award in the Houses (New) category.
Across the board, the Juries noted that a focus on community was evident in all categories, cleverly showcasing architecture’s ability to contribute to the public realm in a variety of positive and innovative ways. Vanessa Bird, Victorian Chapter President stated that it is “particularly heartening to see architects demonstrating a thinking beyond a specific site to produce benefits for the wider community.”
The following is a full list of 2016 Victorian Architecture Award winners. Named Award and Architecture Award winners go on to compete in the National Architecture Awards, announced in November.
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (NEW)
HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR AWARD
Deepdene House by Kennedy Nolan. Photography by Derek Swalwell
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
That House by Austin Maynard Architects. Photography by Tess Kelly
Point Lonsdale House by NMBW Architecture Studio. Photography by Peter Bennetts
COMMENDATIONS
- Goulburn Valley House by Rob Kennon Architects
- Split House by BKK Architects
- Torquay Concrete House by Auhaus Architecture
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS)
JOHN AND PHYLLIS MURPHY AWARD
Mills, The Toy Management House by Austin Maynard Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Shadow House by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design. Photography by Shannon McGrath
Arnold Street House by Robert Simeoni Architects. Photography by Trevor Mein
Park Life by Nest Architects. Photography Lauren Bamford 
COMMENDATIONS
- Chamfer House by Mihaly Slocombe
- Fitzroy Loft by Architects EAT
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - HOUSES (MULTIPLE HOUSING)
BEST OVEREND AWARD
Monash University Logan Hall by McBride Charles Ryan. Photography by John Gollings
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Alarah Townhouses by SJB Architects. Photography by Wolfdene
Ari by Ola Studio. Photography by Paul Carland
Monash University Halls of Residence, Holman Hall and Campbell Hall by Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects. Photography by John Gollings
COMMENDATION
SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
KEVIN BORLAND AWARD
Maidstone Tennis Pavilion by Searle x Waldron Architecture. Photography by Nick Searle
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Backyard Studio by Figureground Architecture. Photography by Derek Swalwell
COMMENDATIONS
- Flyover Gallery by BRANCH STUDIO ARCHITECTS
- Gertrude Glasshouse by SIBLING
URBAN DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village by MGS Architects, TCL and Monash University Eastern Village Design Consortium
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
JOHN GEORGE KNIGHT AWARD
RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photography by Diana Snape
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Shadow House by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design. Photography by Shannon McGrath
COMMENDATION
- Arnold Street House by Robert Simeoni Architects
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
MARION MAHONY AWARD
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture. Photography by Emma Cross
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Melrose Health by Bent Architecture. Photography by Folded Bird
Mills, The Toy Management House by Austin Maynard Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
COMMENDATIONS
- Cambridge St by Room11 Architects
- Hawker Hall by Craig Tan Architects with Bergman and Co and Samantha Eades Design
- Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre by McBride Charles Ryan
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD
Emporium Melbourne by The Buchan Group with Wonderwall. Photography by Aaron Pocock
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
3-5 Jessie Street, Cremorne by Six Degrees Architects. Photography by Alice Hutchison
COMMENDATION
- Melrose Health by Bent Architecture
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
WILLIAM WARDELL AWARD
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture. Photography by John Gollings
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The Glasshouse by Croxon Ramsay Architects (Public Alterations & Additions). Photography by Diana Snape
Forest Hill Police Station by Bamford-architects (Public New). Photography by Peter Bennetts
COMMENDATION
- St Mary's Narthex by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design (Public Alterations & Additions)
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
HENRY BASTOW AWARD
The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak by Architectus. Photography by Ian Davidson
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts & Creative Education by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photography by John Gollings
COMMENDATION
- Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus by Law Architects
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
ALLAN AND BETH COLDICUTT AWARD
Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) by Six Degrees Architects. Photography by Alice Hutchison
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects. Photography by Diana Snape
COMMENDATION
- Melrose Health by Bent Architecture
SPECIAL PRIZES
COLORBOND AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
Cambridge St by Room11 Architects
COMMENDATION
- The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak by Architectus
MELBOURNE PRIZE
Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects
REGIONAL PRIZE
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Heide II by McGlashan and Everist
BATES SMART AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE IN THE MEDIA
STATE AWARD
Episodic Urbanism: The RMIT Urban Spaces Project 1996-2015 by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban
Design | Peter Elliott
STATE COMMENDATION
- Monash Steps / Stawell Steps by Nigel Bertram (Author), Virginia Mannering (Author), Hiroshi Nakao (Author), Peter Bennetts (Photographer)
NATIONAL AWARD
Places Women Make by Jane Jose
NATIONAL COMMENDATIONS
- The Diplomat, the Artist and the Suit by Renegade Films
- Take me to the River: The story of Perth's foreshore by Dr Julian Bolleter
