Australian projects have claimed two of the three top honours in the first annual American Architecture Prize (AAP), announced in New York on World Architecture Day, 3 October 2016.
The American Architecture Prize was created to advance the appreciation of global architectural design. The prize celebrates creativity and innovation architecture, landscape architecture and interior design.
Three Architects of the Year prizes were announced. Each will receive the AAP Trophy in a ceremony to be held at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum on 25 October 2016.
The Landscape Architecture of the Year prize was awarded to Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership, with Allivium, Turpin and Crawford Stuiod, Dragonfly Evnironmental and Partridge.
The Interior Design of the Year was awarded to The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) Senior School by McBride Charles Ryan.
The third major accolade, Architectural Design of the Year, was awarded to Shanghai Tower by Gensler.
In addition to the top prizes, the jury also handed out platinum, gold, silver and bronze prizes and honourable mentions to hundreds of projects across 41 categories.
The 2016 jury had 31 members including Will Allsop (All Design), Sam Jacob (Sam Jacob Studio for Architecture and Design), Sadie Morgan (dRMM Architects) and Australian architects Leone Lorrimer (DWP Suters) and Chris Bosse (LAVA).
The awarded Australian projects are:
Architectural Design
Commercial Architecture
Gold: Ansarada Office – Those Architects
Education Buildings
Gold: The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) Senior School – McBride Charles Ryan
Green Architecture
Silver: Alexandria Residence – C Plus C Architectural Workshop
Interior Design
Public Spaces
Platinum: The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) Senior School – McBride Charles Ryan
Rooms and Zones
Gold: Dulwich Hill Residence – C Plus C Architectural Workshop
Landscape Architecture
Bronze: Kensington Street – Turf Design Studio in collaboration with Jeppe Aagaard Andersen
Educational
Silver: The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) Senior School – McBride Charles Ryan
Outdoor Designs
Silver: Canada Bay Residence – C Plus C Architectural Workshop
Public
Platinum: Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project – Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership, with Allivium, Turpin and Crawford Stuiod, Dragonfly Evnironmental and Partridge.
Gold: The Infinity Centre, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (PEGS) Senior School – McBride Charles Ryan
Bronze: Gold Coast Cultural Precinct (competition entry) – Studio Cachoua Torres Camilletti
Small and Large Scale Landscape Projects
Bronze: Kensington Street – Turf Design Studio in collaboration with Jeppe Aagaard Andersen
The Australian projects that received Honourable Mentions are:
Architectural Design
Cultural Architecture
Surf Club Building and Commercial Development City Beach – Christou Design Group
Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tāmaki – FJMT and Archimedia
Educational Buildings
Sydney Nanoscience Hub – Architectus
Residential Architecture
Anadara, Barangaroo – FJMT
Restoration and Renovation
Our Lady of The Assumption Primary School – BVN
Mixed Use Architecture
Casba – SJB and Billard Leece Partnership
Infinity by Crown Group – Koichi Takada Architects
Interior Design
Residential Design
30 Adelaide Street – Ian Moore Architects
Workplaces
Deloitte Montreal Regional HQ – Arney Fender Katsalidis
Architectus MLC Studio – Architectus
Other Interior Design
Our Lady of The Assumption Primary School – BVN
