The Australian Institute of Architects announced the winners of the 2016 Northern Territory (NT) Architecture Awards in Darwin on Friday 24 June.
Community engagement was a prominent theme across the winning projects. The overall winner of the evening was Anbinik Kakadu Resort by Troppo Architects, which took out the Tracy Memorial Award in addition to the Peter Dermoudy Award for Commercial Architecture.
Djabulukgu Association owns and manages the resort, which provides sustainable employment opportunities for the local Indigenous development team, and has worked with Troppo Architects since it purchased the site in 1996.
The Michael Long Learning & Leadership Centre by Hames Sharley, another example of a project focused on community benefit, received the Indigenous Community Award and an award for Educational Architecture.
NT chapter president Andrew Broffman congratulated the award winners and entrants on their commitment to design quality, while urging the broader industry to invest more in the areas of multiresidential housing and remote Indigenous communities.
“Architecture at its best depends upon well considered briefs, open conversations with clients and occupants, and the time necessary to achieve quality design. This year’s entrants have demonstrated the possibilities of good architecture, with exemplary work in the commercial sector, in research and education, in sport and recreation, and in community development and residential renovations,” Broffman said.
Projects that received a Named Award or Award are now in the running for the National Architecture Awards to be announced in November.
The winners are:
The Tracy Memorial Award
Anbinik Kakadu Resort – Troppo Architects
Menzies School of Health Research Royal Darwin Hospital by Hames Sharley.
Image: Studio McNaught
Public Architecture
Award
Menzies School of Health Research Royal Darwin Hospital – Hames Sharley
Michael Long Learning & Leadership Centre by Hames Sharley.
Image: Studio McNaught
Educational Architecture
Award
Michael Long Learning & Leadership Centre – Hames Sharley
Anbinik Kakadu Resort by Troppo Architects.
Image: David Haigh
Commercial Architecture
Peter Dermoudy Award
Anbinik Kakadu Resort – Troppo Architects
Award
Charles Darwin Centre – DWP|Suters + Pei Cobb Freed
Paspalis Business Centre, Darwin by Georgina Wilson Architect.
Image: Noel McLaughlin
Interior Architecture
George Chaloupka Award
Paspalis Business Centre, Darwin – Georgina Wilson Architect
Hardiman Residence Reworked by in4d.
Image: Kirk Dugdell
Small Project Architecture
Commendation
Hardiman Residence Reworked – in4d
Charles Darwin University Trade Training Centre by MODE.
Image: Shaana McNaught
Sustainable Architecture
Award
Charles Darwin University Trade Training Centre – MODE
Raffles Plaza (1984) by Graeme Whitford for KROMA .
Image: Tammy Neumann
Enduring Architecture
Award
Raffles Plaza – Graeme Whitford for KROMA
Menzies School of Health Royal Darwin Hospital by Hames Sharley.
Image: Studio McNaught
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Menzies School of Health Royal Darwin Hospital – Hames Sharley
Anbinik Kakadu Resort by Troppo Architects.
Image: Jamie Gill
Additional Prizes
Michael Long Learning and Leadership Centre by Hames Sharley.
Image: Studio McNaught
The Indigenous Community Award
Michael Long Learning & Leadership Centre – Hames Sharley
People’s Choice Award
Anbinik Kakadu Resort – Troppo Architects
Student Award
Danni’elle Jenkins, Charles Darwin University
