2017 Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist

The Australian Institute of Architects has released the shortlist for the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards. From 223 individual project entries, 14 juries have shortlisted 102 entries in 14 categories following the presentations.

The Victorian Architecture Awards will be announced on 30 June at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Winners will then progress to the National Architecture Awards to be announced in Canberra in November. All entries, including the shortlist, will be exhibited at No Vacancy Gallery QV for a period of two weeks from 23 May.

The shortlisted projects for the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards are:

Bunurong Memorial Park by BVN.

Bunurong Memorial Park by BVN.

Image: John Gollings

Public Architecture

Eastland Town Square and Realm Library – Acme

Bunurong Memorial Park – BVN

Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre – FJMT

Brimbank Community and Civic Centre – Lyons

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre – STHDI and MCR (Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan)

Pomonal Community Hall – Workshop Architecture

Public Architecture jury: Neil Masterton (ARM Architecture), Paul Katsieris (Katsieris Origami: Architecture and Urbanism), Catherine Ramsay (Croxon Ramsay)

Fitzroy Gardens Redevelopment Project by City of Melbourne City Design Studio.

Fitzroy Gardens Redevelopment Project by City of Melbourne City Design Studio.

Image: Nils Koenning

Urban Design

Reservoir Urban Nodes – Bellemo and Cat

Acland Street St Kilda – BKK Architects with McGregor Coxall and City of Port Phillip

Fitzroy Gardens Redevelopment Project – City of Melbourne City Design Studio

Upper West Side – Cottee Parker Architects

Frank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre – FJMT

Tanderrum BridgeJohn Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration

388 Elizabeth – McMahon and Nerlich

Urban Design jury: Richard Middleton (RMA), Mark Healy (ARM Architecture), Rosemary Burne (Architectus)

The Gipson Commons, St Michael's Grammar School by Architectus.

The Gipson Commons, St Michael’s Grammar School by Architectus.

Image: Trevor Mein

Educational Architecture

The Gipson Commons, St Michael’s Grammar School – Architectus

Arts West, University of Melbourne – ARM Architecture and Architectus

Sir Zelman Cowen Centre for Science, Scotch College – Cox Architecture

Wesley College Learning In Residence – Cox Architecture

Good Samaritan Primary School - Nazareth (Year 1 and 2) Learning Village – Harrison and White

QT Melbourne by Candalepas Associates.

QT Melbourne by Candalepas Associates.

Image: Brett Boardman

The Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation - The University of Melbourne – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub – Six Degrees Architects

Margaret McRae Centre – Woods Bagot

Educational Architecture jury: Hamish Lyon (NH Architecture), Sue Syer (Kennedy Nolan), Adam Pustola, (Lyons Architecture)

Commercial Architecture

QT Melbourne – Candalepas Associates

Cox Box Office – Cox Architecture

The Coppel and Piekarski Family Disability Respite Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows

Hiro-En House by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design.

Hiro-En House by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design.

Image: Shannon McGrath

Architects

TarraWarra Cellar Door – Kerstin Thompson Architects

Streat Cromwell – Six Degrees Architects

End To End – ITN Architects

Commercial Architecture jury: Kristin Green (KGA Architecture), Ben Milbourne (Bild Architecture and NAAU), Nick Bourns (Lyons Architecture).

Heritage

Hiro-En House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design

Saving Grace – Multiplicity in conjunction with Mel Odgen Landscapes

Albert Park College Environmental Arts Hub – Six Degrees Architects

Little Parndon – Templeton Architecture

Heritage Architecture jury: Gabrielle Moylan ( Andronas Conservation Architecture), Emilio Fuscaldo (Nest Architects), Monique Woodward (WOWOWA).

Slack Melbourne Office by Breathe Architecture.

Slack Melbourne Office by Breathe Architecture.

Image: Peter Clarke

Interior Architecture

The Gipson Commons, St Michael’s Grammar School – Architectus

Arts West, University of Melbourne – ARM Architecture and Architectus

Slack Melbourne Office – Breathe Architecture

Cox Box Office – Cox Architecture

Freshwater Apartment – John Wardle Architects

Belmont House – Kennedy Nolan

Twig House – Leeton Pointon Architects and Interiors and Allison Pye Interiors

Shadow House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design, Mim Design

Woods Bagot Studio Melbourne – Woods Bagot

Besen House – Wood Marsh

Interior Architecture jury: Ingrid Bakker (Hassell), Michael Roper (Architecture Architecture), Tara Ward (Clare Cousins Architects)

House A by Andrew Walter.

House A by Andrew Walter.

Image: Ben Hosking

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

House A – Andrew Walter

Moving House – Architects EAT

Dark Horse – Architecture Architecture

Ivanhoe House – Auhaus Architecture

Charles House – Austin Maynard Architects

Rose House – Baracco and Wright Architects

Hide and Seek House – Bower Architecture

Sorrento Beach House – Clare Cousins Architects

Fish Creek House – Edition Office

Seaberg – Kerstin Thompson Architects

Twig House – Leeton Pointon Architects and Interiors and Allison Pye Interiors

Wellington St Mixed Use – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design, DDB Design

Hawthorn House – Robert Simeoni Architects

True North – Tandem Design Studio

South Melbourne Beach House – Topology Studio

Besen House – Wood Marsh

Residential Architecture - New jury: Tim Jackson, (Jackson Clements Burrows), Claire Scorpo (Claire Scorpo Architecture), Stefan Mee (John Wardle Architects).

Residential Architecture - New jury: Tim Jackson (Jackson Clements Burrows), Claire Scorpo (Claire Scorpo Architecture), Stefan Mee (John Wardle Architects)

House SE by Andrew Walter.

House SE by Andrew Walter.

Image: Ben Hosking

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

House SE – Andrew Walter

Dorman House – Austin Maynard Architects

Alfred House – Austin Maynard Architects

My-House (The Mental Health House) – Austin Maynard Architects

Baffle House – Clare Cousins Architects

The Leaf House – Damian Rogers Architecture

Sorrento House – Figureground Architecture

Belmont House – Kennedy Nolan

Perimeter House – Make Architecture

Hiro-En House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design

Shadow Cottage Daylesford – MRTN Architects

Residential Architecture - Alterations & Additions jury: Fiona Winzar (Fiona Winzar Architects), Brad Wray (Branch Studio Architects), Beth Solomon (ARM Architecture).

Cirqua Apartments by BKK Architects.

Cirqua Apartments by BKK Architects.

Image: Peter Bennetts

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Cirqua Apartments – BKK Architects

Albert Street – DKO Architecture

Monash University Turner Building Student Accommodation – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Peel and Oxford – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation – Richard Middleton Architects (RMA)

Assembly Apartments – Woods Bagot

Residential - Multiple Housing jury: Juliet Moore (Edwards Moore), Jonathan Boucher (be architecture), Drew Williamson (McBride Charles Ryan).

2016 National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission: 'Haven't you always wanted...?' by M@ Studio Architects.

2016 National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission: ‘Haven’t you always wanted…?’ by M@ Studio Architects.

Image: Peter Bennetts

Small Project Architecture

Sound Cloud – Andrew Simpson Architects

Balnarring Retreat – Branch Studio Architects

ShimmerlandsHa - Architecture, Product and Environment with Ben Sibley, Architectural Craftsperson

Footscray Shed House – Jonathan Wong Architects

2016 National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission: Haven’t you always wanted…? – M@ Studio Architects

South Melbourne Beach House – Topology Studio

Hill Plains Cottage – Wolveridge Architects

Casa de Gatos – WOWOWA Architecture and Interiors

Small Project Architecture jury: Kim Irons (Irons McDuff), Martyn Weaver (Matt Gibson Architecture and Design), Alfred de Bruyne (AdeB Architects)

Garden House by Baracco and Wright Architects.

Garden House by Baracco and Wright Architects.

Image: Louise Wright

Sustainable Architecture

Garden House – Baracco and Wright Architects

South East Water – BVN

Fitzroy Gardens Redevelopment Project – City of Melbourne City Design Studio

Monash University Building 56 Redevelopment – McGlashan Everist

Birkenstock Australia Headquarters – Melbourne Design Studios (MDS)

Brae Restaurant Accommodation – Six Degrees Architects

Montagne Centre, Marist College Bendigo – Y2 Architecture

Sustainable Architecture jury: Christon Batey Smith (DesignInc), Jane Toner (Biomimicry Australia), David Tweedie (Hayball).

Arbory Bar and Restaurant by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects.

Arbory Bar and Restaurant by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects.

Image: John Gollings

Melbourne Prize

Arts West, University of Melbourne – ARM Architecture and Architectus

Arbory Bar and Restaurant – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Tanderrum BridgeJohn Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration

2016 National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission: Haven’t you always wanted…? – M@ Studio Architects

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre – STHDI and MCR (Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan)

Melbourne Prize jury: James Staughton (Workshop Architecture), Alison Nunn (Alison Nunn Architect), Amy Muir (Muir Architects).

Ulumbarra Theatre by Y2 Architecture.

Ulumbarra Theatre by Y2 Architecture.

Image: Peter Clarke

Regional Prize

Eastern Hub – FMSA Architecture

Pomonal Community Hall – Workshop Architecture

Ulumbarra Theatre – Y2 Architecture

Regional Prize jury: Barbara Bamford (bamford-architects), Ian Davidson (Architectus), Lisa Gerstman (NH Architecture).

Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture

Arts West, University of Melbourne – ARM Architecture and Architectus

Garden House – Baracco and Wright Architects

ShimmerlandsHa - Architecture, Product and Environment with Ben Sibley, Architectural Craftsperson

The Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation - The University of Melbourne – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Monash Learning Village – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Colorbond Award jury: Delia Teschendorff (Delia Teschendorff Architecture), Keith Westbrook, (Cumulus Studio), Emma Gauder, (Architects EAT)

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