A business park centred around a light-filled town centre, the adaptive reuse of former industrial warehouses and a home built for sustainability are among the winners of the 2023 ACT Architecture Awards.
Hassell’s refurbishment of the Birch Building at the Australian National University has seen the practice take out the Canberra Medallion for 2022 at the ACT Architecture Awards.
The winners’ parade was led by the Newcastle East End Stage 1 project by SJB, Durbach Block Jaggers and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer who took out top honours winning the Newcastle Medal as well as the Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing Award. SJB also received the Urban Design Award for this four-stage, master-planned project.
Maitland City Council
Maitland City Council, in collaboration with Studio Dot, has once again received architectural acclaim after receiving two awards at the recent Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards for the Maitland Regional Athletics Centre.
Maitland City Council, in collaboration with Studio Dot, has once again received architectural acclaim after receiving two awards at the recent Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards for the Maitland Regional Athletics Centre.
The Centre was awarded a Public Architecture Award and the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, which follows the Award for Public Architecture won as part of the Newcastle Architecture Awards earlier in the year.
Within the striking, metal screened, square exterior of the new Monash University Chancellery building designed by ARM Architecture, two central elliptical voids can be found. These rise up breathtakingly to the sky and bring light into the middle of the building.
The stepped plywood balustrades that surround this void draw your eye up to the ceiling to take in the beautiful Australian motif, a Lino-cut by renowned artist Margaret Preston of Tea Tree and Hakea Petiolaris.
Robert Nestic, Director and Senior Engineer from TGA Engineers explained how he came to work on this significant piece of architecture and how Australian-made plywood became one of the heroes.