The 18 projects vying for Architecture Awards in the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Region this year range from the huge hotels in Surfers Paradise right through to a hut on South Stradbroke Island.

The event taking place on the weekend also marks a major milestone for the Australian Institute of Architects’ region, which will also celebrate 30 years of recognising the best local architecture.

The projects span the region from South Stradbroke Island in the north to Casuarina in the south and Binna Birra in the east.

The projects entered this year include a hotel, surf training centre and a school chapel among others entered in commercial, interior, public, residential – houses, residential – multiple housing, small project architecture and urban design.

All Saints Anglican School – Chapel by Burling Brown Architects. Image by John Mills Photography. (See down the page for all the finalists.)

Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Regional Jury Coordinator, David Brown, Executive Development Manager at Sunland Group, will be joined on the jury by Matt Cooper, Principal at Aspect Architecture; Finn Jones, Principal Architect and Urban Designer at the Gold Coast City Council; Alison McDonald, Lecturer at Griffith University; Paul Robertson, Principal at Paul Robertson Architect; Zac Tooth, Principal at ZT A+B; lay juror Shannon Willoughby, Journalist at Gold Coast Bulletin and lay juror Peter Scott, Presenter on ABC Coast FM.

The Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Jury will assist the 2013 Awards Jury Director, Mark Damant (Woods Bagot), and Deputy Director, Liam Proberts (bureau^proberts), with selecting the worthy recipients of Regional Commendations, the Building of the Year and the House of the Year.

Past winners of the Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Building of the Year include the Sheraton Mirage by Media 5 (1988), Gold Coast City Council Chambers by Bligh Voller Nield (2005), Q1 by Sunland Design Group & Innovarchi (2006) and Skilled Park by Populous (2009).

Projects in the running for this year’s awards:

Commercial Architecture
 

  • Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel by The Buchan Group.
  • Surfing Australia High Performance Centre HPC by PENTARCHI & PHORM Architecture + Design. Image by Adam Nicholas (below).

Interior Architecture

  • Outlook Eye Specialists Southport by Inarc Design Qld.
  • Saint Stephen’s College Senior Technology Building by Burling Brown Architects. Image by Aperture (below).

Public Architecture
 

  • Outlook Eye Specialists Southport by Inarc Design Qld. .
  • Saint Stephen’s College Senior Technology Building by Burling Brown Architects.
  • All Saints Anglican School – Chapel by Burling Brown Architects.
  • Emmanuel College Auditorium by Hamilton Hayes Henderson Architects.
  • Emmanuel College BER Project by Hamilton Hayes Henderson Architects.
  • Gold Coast University Hospital Mental Health Unit by HASSELL.
  • St Joseph’s Primary School by Fulton Trotter Architects. Image by John Mills.

Residential Architecture - Houses

  • H Duplex by Arkitektika. Image by Jon Holden.
  • O Residence by Arkitektika. Image by John Pearce.
  • Promenade Residence by BGD Architects. Image by Rix Ryan Photography.
  • Riddell Residence by Hamilton Hayes Henderson Architects. Image by Alan Hayes.
  • Sebring Residence by Paul Uhlmann Architects. Image by Remco Photography.
  • South Stradbroke Island ‘Main Hut’ by W.I.M Architects. Image by Mitchell Young. (below).

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
 

  • Binna Burra Sky Lodges by dm2architecture.
  • Hilton Surfers Paradise Residences by The Buchan Group.
  • Soul by DBI Design. Image by Peter Sexty (below).

Small Project Architecture
 

  • Outlook Eye Specialists Southport by Inarc Design Qld. Image by Ross Spencer.

Urban Design
 

  • Soul by DBI Design.

 

Queensland 2013 Awards Jury Director, Mark Damant will present the Regional Commendations to Gold Coast/Northern Rivers winners at the special Awards ceremony at the Palazzo Versace, commencing at 6.30pm Saturday 20 April.

As part of the gala celebrations, the evening will include the launch of the film Drawn Here produced by Jeff Licence of Tigermonkey Productions along with a preview of the soon to be released book GC30+ by Images Publishing. 

Drawn Here, funded by a grant from Arts Queensland, is a multimedia exposé showcasing the artistic, cultural, educational and economic value of Gold Coast design. Drawn Here aims to promote the role confident design has made over the last 30 years in making places that attract people and investment to the Gold Coast; including how the celebration of such architecture has triggered the state-wide valuing of regional diversity.

Supported by Griffith University and the Australian Institute of Architects, GC30+ by Dr Andrew Leach, Katherine Rickard and Finn Jones documents the work of many projects that have received awards and commendations in the Institute’s regional (and formerly divisional) awards cycle for the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers. Published by Images Publishing, the book presents photographs and drawings as submitted to the awards since the inaugural event of 1984 and frames this work with a series of historical and critical essays.