A house that balances the clients’ cultural heritage and sense of place has been unanimously awarded the Canberra Medallion at the 2021 ACT Architecture Awards.
House for Hiroko by Anthony Knobel Architect not only took home the ACT chapter’s highest honour, it also received the Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture - Houses (New).
“House for Hiroko is a delightful and modest response to a couple’s life-long ambition to commission a home that celebrates and encapsulates a culturally rich life lived abroad,” said the jury.
The ACT Architecture Awards were announced by the Australian Institute of Architects via a livestream on 4 June.
Winners of awards and named awards will progress to the National Architecture Awards, to be announced in November.
The winners are:
Canberra Medallion
House for Hiroko – Anthony Knobel Architect
Public Architecture
Commendations
Stromlo Leisure Centre – Cox Architecture
Winnunga Nimmityjah AHCS New Health and Community Facility – Judd Studio
Residential Architecture - Houses (New)
The Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award
House for Hiroko – Anthony Knobel Architect
Award
SL House – Ben Walker Architects
Commendation
Narrabundah House – Ben Walker Architects
Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Gene Willsford Award
Little Loft House – Light House Architecture and Science
Little Loft House by Light House Architecture and Science.
Image: Ben Wrigley
Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing
The Sydney Ancher Award
Jacka Crescent Townhouses – Co-ap Architects
Educational Architecture
Commendations
Burgmann Anglican School - Early Learning Centre – Cox Architecture
The Australian National University: Research School of Social Sciences – Hassell
Commercial Architecture
The John Andrews Award
Northbourne Avenue – Bates Smart
Northbourne Avenue by Bates Smart.
Image: Peter Clarke
Commendations
Brindabella Carpark 9 – Guida Moseley Brown Architects
Interior Architecture
The W. Hayward Morris Award
Burgmann Anglican School - Early Learning Centre – Cox Architecture
Award
Capital Brewing Company Airport Taproom – Craig Tan Architects
Commendation
University of Canberra - Our Space 5C Fitout – Cox Architecture
Heritage Architecture
Commendation
Verity Lane Market – Mather Architecture
Urban Design
Commendation
Kingsbourough Village – Cox Architecture
Sustainable Architecture
The Derek Wrigley Award
Little Loft House – Light House Architecture and Science
Enduring Architecture
The Sir Roy Grounds Award
Canberra’s Concrete Bus Shelters, 1975–1995 – Clem Cummings
Canberra’s Concrete Bus Shelters, 1975–1995 by Clem Cummings.
Image: Ken Charlton
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Mass House #4 – Townsend and Associates Architects
Chapter Prizes
President’s Prize
Clare Cousins
Art in Architecture
Murmuration - Art Installation – Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn
Light in Architecture
Jacka Crescent Townhouses – Co-ap Architects
Emerging Architect Prize
Sander de Vries, SQC Group
