Celebrating courage in design from both commissioners and creators, winners of the 2013 Sydney Design Awards have been announced.
The City of Sydney has won the Design Champion Award, which is presented to the most significant body of work in the Awards.
This year, the City of Sydney commissioned four significant projects across five categories.
Prince Alfred Park and Pool, the transformation of inner-city laneways – Angel Place, Chinatown and the Pitt Street Mall Public Domain - and the makeover of Walla Mulla and Bourke Street parks have been recognised.
Chris Elliott Architects, Frost* Design and Principals have been recognised as the Best Studios in Sydney.
Awards director Mark Bergin says, “The Design Champion Award recognises the courage to commission a body of work. This year the City of Sydney has lead the pack with an outstanding set of entries.”
“There have been an extraordinary range of winners who have really pushed the boundaries to design fresh and innovative outcomes. The designers have been bold, as have those that have commissioned them; each wanting the best possible design outcome and it is pleasing that is what they have achieved.”
Neeson Murcutt Architects with Sue Barnsley Design won the Architecture Mixed Use Constructed category for Prince Alfred Park and Pool in Surry Hills. Image: City of Sydney.
On the win, Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the City is committed to strong and sustainable designs that have a lasting and positive impact on residents, workers, visitors and tourists.
“Good design in both buildings and public spaces encourages imagination, innovation, inspiration and pride.
“Over the past nine years, the City has actively encouraged quality development and pursued design excellence in urban design, not only for our own projects, public spaces and parks, but for all development within the city.
ASPECT Studios won the Urban Design category for Angel Place. Image: City of Sydney.
“City staff work closely with leading architects, designers and builders to create beautiful, functional and sustainable public spaces and buildings.
“Since 2004, we’ve won more than 40 national and international design awards for our public projects and it’s wonderful these projects will be added to that list,” the Lord Mayor concluded.
In addition to the win for Walla Mulla and Bourke Street parks, Chris Elliott Architects has also taken two awards for Seacliff House – one for Residential-New and one for Residential-Interiors.
Seacliff House by Chris Elliott Architects.
On the wins, Elliott says, “Winning these awards for two very different projects highlights how smart design solutions apply to a diversity of needs and clients. Making places that enhance life and improve human dignity is the goal in all our projects. Working with a small team and collaborating with the creative Vladimir Sitta of Terragram has been invaluable.
“The Walla Mulla and Bourke Street parks project provided safe amenities for homeless people whilst creating a place of some beauty in a left-over space in Sydney’s urban centre; whilst Seacliff House provided a family of four with an expansive sustainable home on a very narrow block maximising the ocean view and light,” he says.
Walla Mulla and Bourke Street Parks by Terragram and Chris Elliott Architects.
Along with these wins, a total of 37 winners were announced on the night. For a full list, click here.
The Sydney Design Awards form part of the City Design Awards, a global multi-disciplinary awards program incorporating five categories – marketplace, space, visual, object and experience, with a wide range of sub-categories including products and furnishings, architecture, interiors, landscape design, advertising graphic design, fashion, and digital media.
A total of 65 design projects were shortlisted in the Awards, which attracted more than 200 entrants.
