Thirty-three projects were honoured at the 2012 National Architecture Awards in Perth on 1 November, the peak awards program from the Australian Institute of Architects. Tasmania topped and tailed the awards with historic wins in at both ends of the spectrum. Hobart’s MONA – Museum of Old and New Art by Fender Katsalidis received the state’s first-ever peak award for public architecture, the Sir Zelman Cowen Award, while Tasmania’s first Robin Boyd Award (for residential architecture) went to the Shearer’s Quarters on Bruny Island by John Wardle Architects. Both projects are uniquely Australian in their response to country and place, materiality and structure, and will no doubt inspire for decades to come.
In all, fifty-nine projects were shortlisted this year from 157 entries. (Read the National Awards jury overview here). The shortlist will be showcased in a free public exhibition of models, drawings, photography and video, at the Gallery of Australian Design in Canberra from 9 November to 1 December 2012. Included in the exhibition are the entries to the National Architecture Awards Short Film Competition, Archiflick.
2012 National Architecture Awards
Public Architecture
Sir Zelman Cowen Award
MONA – Museum of Old and New Art – Fender Katsalidis Architects
National Awards
Narbethong Community Hall – BVN Architecture
The Royal Children’s Hospital – Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart
Ravenswood School for Girls – BVN Architecture
National Commendation
Dapto Anglican Church Auditorium – Silvester Fuller
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Frederick Romberg Award
Monash University Student Housing, Clayton – BVN Architecture
National Awards
Heller Street Park and Residences – Six Degrees Architects
Bell Romero Houses – Chenchow Little Architects
National Commendation
58 Stevens Street – Officer Woods
Residential Architecture – Houses
Robin Boyd Award
Shearer’s Quarters – John Wardle Architects
National Award
Cliff Face House – Fergus Scott Architects with Peter Stutchbury Architecture
National Commendations
Queensberry Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects
Four-Room Cottage – Owen and Vokes
Big Hill – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Smee Schoff House – Sam Crawford Architects
Enduring Architecture
National Award
Australia Square – Harry Seidler and Associates
Heritage Architecture
Lachlan Macquarie Award
Restoration of Swifts, Darling Point – Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners
National Award
Ormond College Academic Centre – McGlashan Everist
Commercial Architecture
Harry Seidler Award
1 Bligh Street – Architectus and Ingenhoven Architects
National Award
Adelaide Studios – Grieve Gillett and Cox Richardson in association
National Commendation
Medhurst Winery – Folk Architects
Interior Architecture
Emil Sondersten Award
John Kaldor Family Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales – PTW Architects
National Awards
Garagistes – Paul Johnston Architects
Inner House – Bates Smart
Urban Design
Walter Burley Griffin Award
University Lawn Precinct, RMIT University – Peter Elliot Architecture & Urban Design
National Award
Taronga Zoo Upper Entry Precinct – BVN Architecture
National Commendations
Harry’s Park – Harry Seidler and Associates
William Buckley Bridge, Barwon Heads – Peter Elliot Architecture & Urban Design
Hilton Community Centre – Bernard Seeber
International Architecture
Jørn Utzon Award
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki – FJMT and Archimedia in association
Small Project Architecture
National Award
Real Studio: Murphy’s Creek BNT – Queensland University of Technology
Cultural Centre Amenities – Coniglio Ainsworth Architects
Sustainable Architecture
National Awards
1 Bligh Street – Architectus and Ingenhoven Architects
Heller St Park and Residences – Six Degrees Architects
Steel Architecture
Colorbond Award
Milson Island Indoor Sports Stadium – Allen Jack + Cottier Architects
