The Northern Territory’s best architecture has been celebrated at the 2017 NT Architecture Awards held on Friday 16 June in Darwin. Bullocky Point Education Precinct by Mode was the most awarded project of the night being lauded by the jury as a building that “is most assuredly a work of the Northern Territory.”
The project received the chapter’s most prestigious honour, the Tracy Memorial Award, along with the Northern Territory Chapter Award for Educational Architecture and an Award for Interior Architecture.
Troppo Architects took home an Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing for Tropology for DHA, a tiny pair of two-storey small-lot houses, which represent a new and welcome alternative to current Territory housing options, offering increased density without the loss of lifestyle or amenity. “Dual occupancy is no longer a frightening concept for good tropical housing or for the DHA. Tropology leads the charge for the future densification of the tropical north,” the jury noted.
Remote and regional projects were also recognized in this year’s event. Djilpin Arts Pavilion by Insideout Architects, Tania Dennis, was honoured with the Indigenous Community Architecture Award, with the jury recongizing the project as a critical addition to the development of the Ghunmarn Cultural Precinct. “The success of the Djilpin Arts Pavilion is reflective of the collaborative spirit between the local community and architects that continues to underpin the evolving nature of the precinct,” the jury said. “The jury was briefed by members of the Indigenous community who expressed enthusiasm for the project and the way in which it had enhanced their enterprise.”
The Yali McNamara Award for Small Project Architecture went to Bower Studio, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne for their “legacy project,” Wave Hill Walk-Off Pavilions, which commemorates a defining moment in Australia’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous history.
The Watarrka National Park Visitor Information Shelter by Tangentyere Design was awarded The George Goyder Award for Urban Design as well as the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture. The jury commented that “this project enhances the visitor environment and has seamlessly combined the spiritual needs of the traditional owners with the functional requirements of rangers for the wellbeing of visitors.”
Winners were selected from a field of 20 entries. Named Award and Award winners will now progressing to the National Architecture Awards to be announced in Canberra on Thursday 2 November.
Full list of winners:
Bullocky Point Education Precinct by MODE.
Image: Gary Annett
The Tracy Memorial Award
Bullocky Point Education Precinct – Mode
Urban Design
Watarrka National Park Visitor Information Shelter by Tangentyere Design.
Image: Andrew Broffman
George Goyder Award
Watarrka National Park Visitor Information Shelter – Tangentyere Design
Educational Architecture
Northern Territory Chapter Award
Bullocky Point Education Precinct – Mode
Award
Braitling Preschool – Susan Dugdale and Associates
Commendations
CDU Theatre Redevelopment – DKJ Projects Architecture
New Henbury School – Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, Northern Territory Government with MKEA Architects
Casuarina Square, The Quarter by Altis Architecture.
Image: Caroline Camilleri
Commercial Architecture
Peter Dermoudy Award
Casuarina Square, The Quarter – Altis Architecture
Interior Architecture
George Chaloupka Award
Information Technology and Management Support Unit – David Bridgman Architects
Award
Bullocky Point Education Precinct Interior Fitout – Mode
Tropology for DHA by Troppo Architects.
Image: Troppo Architects
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Award
Tropology for DHA – Troppo Architects
Wave Hill Walk-off Pavilions by Bower Studio, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne.
Image: James Neil
Small Project Architecture
Yali McNamara Award
Wave Hill Walk-off Pavilions – Bower Studio, Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
Commendations
Asbuild Office Fitout – Mode
The Bird Hide – Troppo Architects
Sustainable Architecture
Thorny Devil (Moloch Horridus) Award
Casuarina Square, The Quarter – Altis Architecture
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church by Andrew McPhee
Image: Courtesy Australian Institute of Architects
Enduring Architecture
Award
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church – Andrew McPhee
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Watarrka National Park Visitor Information Shelter – Tangentyere Design
Commendation
Braitling Preschool – Susan Dugdale and Associates
Additional Prizes
Indigenous Community Architecture Award
Djilpin Arts Pavilion – Insideout Architects, Tania Dennis
Student Award
Yvonne Aralar, Charles Darwin University
President’s Prize
Clare Martin, Former Chief Minister
