2013 Far North Queensland – Queensland Regional Architecture Awards

The 2013 Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards from the Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter were announced on Friday, 24 May, at Pullman Reef Casino, Cairns. Building of the Year went to the Cairns Foreshore Development – a fusion of playground, sculpture, outdoor shelters and amenities, that reuse the existing hardwood timber from the site, while House of the Year went to Glass House – a sampling of the modernist ideals of Phillip Johnson’s icon, reworked into a living space for the tropics. All winning projects will now progress to the Queensland Architecture Awards, to be announced in Brisbane on 21 June.

On the jury were: Dr Shaneen Fantin (People Oriented Design), Andrew Lane (Indij Architectural & Interior Design), Kier Shorey (ABC Far North Queensland), Mark Damant (Woods Bagot), Liam Proberts (bureau^proberts), Eloise Atkinson (Deicke Richards Architects) and Paul Curran (PUSH Architects).

Eddie Oribin Award for Building of the Year

Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment – CA Architects & Cox Rayner Architects in association with O’Neill Architecture

Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment by CA Architects & Cox Rayner Architects in association with O’Neill Architecture.

Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment by CA Architects & Cox Rayner Architects in association with O’Neill Architecture.

Image: Robert Gesink

Far North Queensland House of the Year

Glass House by Charles Wright Architects.

Glass House by Charles Wright Architects.

Image: Patrick Bingham-Hall

Glass House – Charles Wright Architects

Regional Commendations

Commercial Architecture

JCU Central Energy Plant – Clarke and Prince
Mt Sheridan Plaza Cairns – Reddog Architects
Retail Store and Offices Lockhart River – Kevin O’Brien Architects in association with Project Services
Undara Experience – EdgeArchitecture

Heritage Architecture

Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment – CA Architects & Cox Rayner Architects in association with O’Neill Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses

Glass House – Charles Wright Architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Charles Street Residences – Studio Mango

Small Project Architecture

Curator’s Office, Tanks Arts Centre – Total Project Group Architects
Re-Newell – Charles Wright Architects

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