The 2014 BPN Sustainability Awards finalists have been announced, with projects ranging from dazzling high-tech towers and new building products, to the healthiest offices and cleverly designed houses.
Out of the 70 finalists, 10 are in the running for the Innovation of the Year Award, which seeks to recognise the best in new building products and services.
The other categories include Single Dwelling (New), Single Dwelling (Alterations & Additions), Multi-Density Residential, Landscape Design, Large Commercial, Small Commercial, Office Fitout and Public Building & Urban Design.
The field of entrants is the largest and arguably the most impressive in the awards series history.
“The calibre of entries keeps getting stronger every year. This is an incredibly positive sign. It reflects the fact that Australia’s architects, designers, builders, product manufacturers and the broader industry have and will continue to improve in terms of sustainability,” says editor of BPN Magazine, David Wheeldon.
Category winners will fight it out for the grand prix – the Best of the Best Award. Last year, this prize went to Bligh Tanner, Wagners & HASSELL for their application of suspended geopolymer concrete floor panels at the University of Queensland’s Global Change Institute.
The project was the first building in the world to utilise such cement-free concrete for suspended construction.
Winners will be announced at a gala awards presentation to be held in Sydney on October 23. For details and to book tickets, please click HERE or visit http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/awards/bpn-sustainability-awards.
The winners will be chosen by a panel of distinguished experts in sustainable architecture, building design and Australia’s green building industry.
This year’s judges include Caroline Pidcock (PIDCOCK - Architecture + Sustainability), Dick Clarke (Envirotecture), Gerard Reinmuth (UTS and Terroir) and Suzie Barnett (Suzie Barnett Consulting).
To find out more about the projects in the running, please visit http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/awards/2014-awards-finalists.
Click through to articles on all 70 finalists below:
Caladenia Street House – Strine Environments
Crabtree Residence – Misho + Associates
Desert House – Dunn & Hillam Architects
Forest Lodge ECO House – Chris Kniernam, Code Green
Eco-Balanced 1 – Beaumont Concepts (Image: Warren Reed @ Coast Magazine)
Five Dock House – Sophie Solomon Design
Gladesville House – your abode
Nannup House – Iredale Pedersen Hook architects
Nelson Modular House – Jigsaw Housing
One2six ashton – Sorensen Architects
Solar Sollew – Positive Footprints
Stonewood – Breathe Architecture
The Haven 2 – Kenick Constructions
The Recycled House – Etica Studio
Yatte Yattah House – Tzannes Associates
Colour House – Ande Bunbury Architects
Argyle – S2 design
The Beachmere Project – Sovereign Homes
CASA31_4 Room House – Caroline Di Costa Architect and iredale pedersen hook architects
Light Cannon House – carterwilliamson architects (Image: Katherine Lu)
Sustainability Revisited – BP Architects
Living Room – aardvarc
AE2 Ermington – dKO Architecture and Defence Housing Australia
The Commons – Breathe Architecture
Forte – Lend Lease
13-15 Myrtle Street, North Sydney – Nicholas Dunn + Associates
One Central Park – Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects
True North – Altum Constructions
8 Chifley – Lippmann Partnership in collaboration with Rogers, Stirk Harbour and Partners
Hindmarsh Corporate Centre – k20 Architecture
Legion House – Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (Image: John Gollings & Andrew Chung)
NAB Docklands 700 Bourke St – Woods Bagot
UTS Haberfield Rowing Club – HASSELL
Outpost 742709-9 – Drew Heath Architects
Simpson Construction Co Offices – Atelier Wagner Architects
JWT Presentation Space – MAKE Architecture
Whites Dispensary – Studio Equator (Image: Anne-Sophie Poirier)
Australian Postal Corporation South Australian Headquarters Fitout – Swanbury Penglase Architects (Image: Lyndon Stacy)
JWT Presentation Space – MAKE Architecture
NAB Docklands 700 Bourke St – Woods Bagot
Sydney Commonwealth Parliament Offices – Architectus + Ingenhoven
Affinity Village Clubhouse – T&Z Architects
Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club & Boathouse – Birrelli art + design + architecture
University of Queensland Global Change Institute – HASSELL
Gordon Library – CK Design International
Katoomba Library – CK Design International
Melville Civic Square Library – CK Design International
Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre at Austin Hospital – Jackson Architecture (Image: Martin Saunders, Tony Miller and Diana Snape)
Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade – Neeson Murcutt Architects
Rippon Lea Roof Reinstatement – Lovell Chen
Sir Samuel Griffith Centre – Cox Rayner Architects
Surf Coast Secondary College – dwp|suters
UTS Haberfield Rowing Club – HASSELL
UWS College Teaching Facility, Bankstown Campus – BKA Architecture
Birrarung Marr Stormwater Harvesting and Landscape Integration Project – Urban Initiatives and Jones & Whitehead, Cardno and City of Melbourne
Dickson Lyneham Ponds – Glascott Landscape & Civil and Enviro Links Design
Innovation Campus Sustainable Buildings Research Centre – Taylor Brammer Landscape Architects (Image: Olivia Gho)
Noosa Flexible Learning Centre – Bligh Tanner and Fulton Trotter Architects
Prince Alfred Park – Neeson Murcutt Architects & Sue Barnsley Design
Living Room – aardvarc
Replas, Argyle – S2 Design
Ultra Mass Walls, Caladenia Street House by Strine Environments
Next generation COLORBOND steel – BlueScope
DESSO Airmaster with DESSO EcoBase backing – DESSO Australia
The Global Institute of Change Greenwall Project – The Greenwall Company
Net Effect – Interface Aust
MagIQ Touch Controller – Seeley International
Braemar Super-Six – Seeley International
The Smart Living Handbook – Healthy Interiors and Green Moves Australia
SolarAdapt with LoE-366 – Glassworks Insulated Glass Unit
