The 2015 Architizer Popular Choice Awards are open for public voting.
A three-hundred member jury selected five finalists in each of the sixty architecture categories. Nine Australian projects are amongst the finalists. Victorian project Dallas Brooks Community Primary School by McBride Charles Ryan is contesting in two categories. An additional three Australian projects received special mentions, however, they are not eligible for public vote.
The jury is made up of international leading architects, designers, critics, curators, editors and cultural advocates, including Australians Linda Bennett (founder of archi-ninja.com) and Shelley Penn (past national president of the Australian Institute of Architects).
The finalists are:
Residential – Private House (M 1000-3000 sq ft)
Glebe House – Nobbs Radford Architects
Residential - Multi Unit Housing - Mid Rise (5-15 Floors)
The Aria – MHN Design Union
Residential – Residential Interiors
Manning Road House – Noxon Giffen
Commercial – Shopping Centre
Wollongong Central Expansion – HDR Rice Daubney
Hospitality – Hotels & Resorts
Hotel Hotel Lobby and Nishi Grand Stair Interior – March Studio
Higher Education and Research Facilities
Melbourne School of Design – John Wardle Architects and NADAAA
Architecture and Communication
Sydney Data Centre – Greenbox Architecture
Architecture and Learning
Dallas Brooks Community Primary School – McBride Charles Ryan
Architecture and Community
Dallas Brooks Community Primary School – McBride Charles Ryan
Architecture and Low Cost Housing
Trinity Apartments – k20 Architecture
Special mentions:
Government & Municipal Buildings and Police & Fire Stations
Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital – Conrad Gargett Riddel and Lyons Architecture
Masterplan
Central Barangaroo – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Architecture and Collaboration
Indooroopilly Health Space – Surroundings
Voting closes 3 April, 2015. Click here to vote.