I blame the Great Basement Cleanout of 2020-21 for the sacrifice of my extensive Andrew Greeley novel collection. The literary output of the late Chicago priest, sociologist and best-selling novelist .
Jarrod Reedie
The Australian Institute of Architects yesterday announced its 2021 National Prize winners, with the awards recognising the outstanding efforts of both architectural practitioners and advocates nationwide.
The Gold Medal, seen as the Institute’s most prestigious honour, was won by Donald ‘Don’ Watson. Affectionately nicknamed the ‘Renaissance man’, Watson who has traversed scales, typologies, and public and private commissions in a celebrated career spanning more than 50 years was awarded the medal by the esteemed Jury who describe him as a most worthy recipient.
Watson has been a seminal figure in his profession’s understanding of the constructed world, renowned for being Queensland’s foremost architectural historian. Watson initially rose to prominence in 1989 when his ‘Campbell House’ won the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture. That same year, Watson embraced a radically different portfolio, designing 11 TAFE buildings across South
WHILE many architects dream of making architecture more accessible, Sarah Lebner is doing it.
That’s what Australian Institute of Architects’ president Alice Hampson said about Sarah, 32, of Gungahlin, when she was announced as the winner of the National Emerging Architecture Prize.
The award was unexpected for the principal architect at the multi-disciplinary firm, Light House Architecture and Science.
“I always dreamt of winning the state one. Some of the state winners have always been my idols so I was pretty blown away [to win the national prize],” says Sarah after she was applauded by the prize jury for her work in making quality, architect-designed homes more affordable, and for her role in educating the community.
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Acclaimed architect and designer Michael Bryce and the husband of the 25th Governor-General of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce, passed away last Saturday.
A principal of the international design firm, Minale Bryce design strategy, Bryce was a leader in the design establishment in Australia for over thirty years, energetically representing and promoting the interests of Design to his clients, government, business and the industry.
Australian Institute of Architects president Alice Hampson says that, “The Institute pays tribute to Mr Bryce’s outstanding contribution to design in its many forms.”
“More than anyone else, Michael Bryce recognised that architecture, urban design, environmental design, graphic design and industrial design are all aspects of a professional continuum devoted to design as an intellectual and aesthetic pursuit. More than anyone else, he promoted design professionals from the backroom to the boardroom and placed them at the fo