Jury citation
The architects for this refreshing project have deftly transformed the mundane and pragmatic aspects of international air travel into delight and dignity through careful spatial articulation, restrained materials, purpose-designed furniture and a well-integrated lighting scheme. Here the often-stressful experience of travel is calmly celebrated with a sense of seamless luxury. To achieve such a cohesive and assured outcome, resolving a complex brief within an existing airport shell in a project that was designed, documented and constructed in less than ten months, is testament to the great skill and commitment of the architects.
Credits
- Project
- Canberra Airport – International
- Architect
- Guida Moseley Brown Architects
Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Project Team
- Paul Mutton (project director), Harold Guida, John Guida (design architects), William Gardner, Gayatri Pathare (project architects), Rob McLachlan, Morgan Roberts, Morteza Taheri, Robert Patat, Michael Komnacki, Anton Knedlhans
- Consultants
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Builder
Construction Control
Building certifier Philip Chun & Associates
Electrical consultant Rudds Consulting Engineers
Fire engineer Defire
Hydraulic consultant Vital Design Solutions
Lighting consultant Lighting Design Partnership
Mechanical engineer Rudds Consulting Engineers
Sprnklers consultant Rudds Consulting Engineers
- Site Details
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Location
Canberra,
ACT,
Australia
Site type Urban
- Project Details
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Status
Built
Category Commercial
Type Transport
Source
Award
Published online: 2 Nov 2017
Words:
2017 National Architecture Awards Jury
Images:
John Gollings
Issue
Architecture Australia, November 2017