Seventy buildings of all shapes and sizes have been shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards ahead of the awards ceremony in late June.
Nearly 130 of the 198 entries were trimmed by the 45-strong jury after an intensive schedule of site visits and presentations.
As was the case in 2015, the residential categories once again have the strongest numbers across the 15 total categories with some 30 projects shortlisted in the Residential Architecture —Houses (New), —Houses (Alterations & Additions) and —Multiple Housing categories.
Interior Architecture will also be a strong category with 10 shortlisted projects, as will Public Architecture which has nine across the New, and Alterations & Additions sub categories.
The race for the Sustainable Architecture award is tipped to a good one as well, with the likes of Six Degrees and their Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence project up against David Luck’s interesting Grass House as well as others from Bent Architecture, Croxon Ramsay Architects and DiMase Architects.
Winners will be announced at the annual Presentation Dinner on Friday 24 June at Peninsula at Shed 14 Central Pier, Docklands. Named Award and Award winners will progress onto the National Architecture Awards, announced in November.
All entries including the shortlisted projects will be exhibited at No Vacancy Gallery QV for a period of two weeks from 7 June.
Full shortlist below:
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS)
Fitzroy Loft by Architects EAT
Mills, The Toy Management House by Austin Maynard Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
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Kate's House by Bower Architecture
Gable House by Clare Cousins Architects
Gezellig House by DiMase Architects
Myrtle Tree House by MAKE Architecture
Shadow House by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design
Chamfer House by Mihaly Slocombe. Photography by Andrew Latreille
![chamfer-house.jpg chamfer-house.jpg](/getattachment/93883d21-046e-4511-b6f3-c753f9c6ff06/chamfer-house.jpg.aspx)
Carlton Cloister by MRTN Architects
Park Life by Nest Architects. Photography by Lauren Bamford
![park-life.jpg park-life.jpg](/getattachment/a679b466-797b-4464-a66d-4e8b45b3ba1c/park-life.jpg.aspx)
Rosanna House by Nest Architects
Arnold Street House by Robert Simeoni Architects
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)
Torquay Concrete House by Auhaus Architecture. Photography by Derek Swalwell
![torquay-concrete.jpg torquay-concrete.jpg](/getattachment/180df14a-adcf-496f-acad-4d21db309ed2/torquay-concrete.jpg.aspx)
That House by Austin Maynard Architects
Split House by BKK Architects
Frame House Melbourne by Carr Design Group
Rail House by Clare Cousins Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
![rail-house.jpg rail-house.jpg](/getattachment/f5d9c865-f68f-46f5-a804-2298778be7d2/rail-house.jpg.aspx)
Heald House by Harrison and White
Deepdene House by Kennedy Nolan
Point Lonsdale House by NMBW Architecture Studio. Photography by Peter Bennetts
![point-lonsdale.jpg point-lonsdale.jpg](/getattachment/9a83e8f1-c143-4c2f-9419-801b0488a28c/point-lonsdale.jpg.aspx)
Main Ridge House by Noxon Giffen
Goulburn Valley House by Rob Kennon Architects
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
The Barak Building: Swanston Square by ARM Architecture
1 Bedford by DKO. Photography by Damien Kook
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Phoenix by Fender Katsalidis Architects. Photography by John Gollings
![phoeniz.jpg phoeniz.jpg](/getattachment/86b2e9e2-bed9-4d08-b868-0d858126f7f6/phoeniz.jpg.aspx)
Monash University Halls of Residence, Holman Hall and Campbell Hall by Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects
The Seymour by KH Edelstein Architect/Workshop Architecture in association
George Corner by MAA with Neometro. Photography by Derek Swalwell
![george-corner.jpg george-corner.jpg](/getattachment/02ac89cf-c947-4324-bac5-73c8e0002486/george-corner.jpg.aspx)
Monash University Logan Hall by McBride Charles Ryan
Ari by Ola Studio
International House, George Hicks Building by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
Clarence Houses by Rob Kennon Architects. Photography by Derek Swalwell
![clarence.jpg clarence.jpg](/getattachment/114949b9-3c8f-4303-a6fd-8ccf62849c9f/clarence.jpg.aspx)
Alarah Townhouses by SJB Architects
SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
Flyover Gallery by Branch Studio Architects. Photography by Peter Clarke
![flyover.jpg flyover.jpg](/getattachment/428d1ae6-cdeb-4e43-a65d-8759fd5a341a/flyover.jpg.aspx)
Backyard Studio by Figureground Architecture
Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square by Lyons and IADV. Photography by Peter Bennetts
![koorie.jpg koorie.jpg](/getattachment/eb60976f-e98b-495f-ab87-c094d0438b70/koorie.jpg.aspx)
Maidstone Tennis Pavilion by Searle X Waldron Architecture
Gertrude Glasshouse by Sibling
Penguins Plus Viewing by Wood Marsh. Photography by PINP
![penguins.jpg penguins.jpg](/getattachment/8855e348-d96c-48d4-8921-bd849fa794f2/penguins.jpg.aspx)
URBAN DESIGN
The New Royal Children's Hospital by Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart. Photography by Peter Bennetts
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Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village by MGS Architects and partners
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
CUB Malt Store: Swanston Square by ARM Architecture and Lovell Chen
Shadow House by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design. Photography by Shannon McGrath
![709_11961.jpg 709_11961.jpg](/getattachment/448e4561-2a61-42e7-b7cb-88993bf0d3f0/709_11961.jpg.aspx)
RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photography by Glenn Hester
![RMIT.jpg RMIT.jpg](/getattachment/9bfe7620-49f9-4d48-86cb-6895f9092551/RMIT.jpg.aspx)
Arnold Street House by Robert Simeoni Architects
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture. Photography by John Gollings
![Geelong-Library.jpg Geelong-Library.jpg](/getattachment/872ddcda-6af7-4877-807a-afe131a6a4c9/Geelong-Library.jpg.aspx)
Mills, The Toy Management House by Austin Maynard Architects
Corrs Chambers Westgarth by Bates Smart
Melrose Health by Bent Architecture. Photography by Folded Bird
![melrose.jpg melrose.jpg](/getattachment/90174017-fe8a-4d3f-9d56-207c2c27e5d9/melrose.jpg.aspx)
Transformer Fitzroy by Breathe Architecture
Hawker Hall by Craig Tan Architects with Bergman and Co and Samantha Eades Design
Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square by Lyons and IADV
Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre by McBride Charles Ryan. Photography by John Gollings
![Ivanhoe.jpg Ivanhoe.jpg](/getattachment/e1e5d63e-dc4e-40c8-a9c3-fffb6a40fcd5/Ivanhoe.jpg.aspx)
Arnold Street House by Robert Simeoni Architects
Cambridge St by Room 11 Architects
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
Melrose Health by Bent Architecture
Emporium Melbourne by The Buchan Group with Wonderwall. Photography by Aaron Pocock
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Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre & Cafe by City Design Studio - City of Melbourne
Surgeons Rooms by FMD Architects
3-5 Jessie Street, Cremorne by Six Degrees Architects. Photography by Alice Hutchison
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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE – NEW
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
Forest Hill Police Station by Bamford Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
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Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects
Broadmeadows Children's Court by Lyons. Photography by Peter Bennetts
![broadmeadow.jpg broadmeadow.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/broadmeadow.jpg.aspx)
Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) by Six Degrees Architects
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE - ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS
Kyneton Ambulatory Care Centre by Charles Wright Architects. Photography by Peter Bennetts
![kyneton.jpg kyneton.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/kyneton.jpg.aspx)
The Glasshouse by Croxon Ramsay Architects
Reservoir Library and Community Centre by FJMT Studio
St Mary's Narthex by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design. Photography by Derek Swalwell
![st-mary-s.jpg st-mary-s.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/st-mary-s.jpg.aspx)
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak by Architectus. Photography by Trevor Mein
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St Bernard's Primary School, Year 5&6 Learning Hub by Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects
Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus by Law Architects
Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre by McBride Charles Ryan
Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts & Creative Education by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photograph by John Gollings
![geelong-school.jpg geelong-school.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/geelong-school.jpg.aspx)
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Melrose Health by BENT Architecture
Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects
Grass House by David Luck Architecture. Photography by Peter Hyatt and Associates
![grass-house.jpg grass-house.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/grass-house.jpg.aspx)
Gezellig House by DiMase Architects
Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) by Six Degrees Architects. Photography by Alice Hutchison
![western.jpg western.jpg](/getattachment/News/2016-Victorian-Architecture-Awards-shorlist/western.jpg.aspx)
COLORBOND AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak by Architectus
Forest Hill Police Station by Bamford - Architects
699 Bourke Street by Grimshaw
St Bernard's Primary School, Year 5&6 Learning Hub by Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects
Cambridge St by Room11 Architects
A pretty pile by Rossetti Architects
MELBOURNE PRIZE
The New Royal Children's Hospital by Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart
Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects
Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square by Lyons and IADV
REGIONAL PRIZE
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
Penguins Plus Viewing by Wood Marsh