The 2022 National Architecture Awards, held at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, marked the first in-person national awards event in two years, providing an opportunity for the industry to coalesce in celebration of this year’s most eminent and prestigious projects.
Since 1981, the National Architecture Awards have upheld excellence in the architecture profession by recognizing the strongest practitioners in the field. Dedicated to the promotion of distinction in Australian architecture, the awards program strives to positively shape the industry by acknowledging projects with positive impacts on their community.
The 2022 jury commented that this year’s entries “truly captured the spirit of Australian architecture,” with notable projects including those which are built on seminal landmarks of Australian identity, and visually and viscerally connected to place.
Bundanon, by Kerstin Thompson Architects, is steadily becoming a “reference for the holy grail of Australian architecture”, the jury said. “Bundanon is a layered work that has been sensitively handled and respects the original vision for the estate.” For its sensitive addition to the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd estate, this project was awarded both the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture and a National Award for Sustainable Architecture.
This 2022 jury comprised former Institute president Tony Giannone, Adrian Iredale, Caroline Pidcock, Poppy Taylor, and Tim Ross. Winners were selected from a shortlist of 85 finalists from 184 entries.
The winners are:
Public Architecture
The Sir Zelman Cowen Award
Bundanon – Kerstin Thompson Architects
National Awards
Victorian Pride Centre – Brearley Architects and Urbanists and Grant Amon Architects
Walyalup Civic Centre – Kerry Hill Architects (KHA)
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct – Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
National Commendations
Kings Langley Cricket Club and Amenities – Eoghan Lewis Architects
New Farm Neighbourhood Centre – Vokes and Peters with Zuzana and Nicholas
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
National Awards
Jimmy’s House – MJA Studio with Studio Roam and Iota
Curl Curl House – Trias
Curl Curl House by Trias.
Image: Clinton Weaver
National Commendation
Corner House – Archier
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award
Arcadia – Architecture Architecture
Arcadia by Architecture Architecture.
Image: Tom Ross
National Awards
Autumn House – Studio Bright
Stable and Cart House – Clare Cousins Architects
Fusilier Cottage – Bence Mulcahy
Cascade House – John Ellway Architect
National Commendation
Currumbin Waters House – Nielsen Jenkins
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Frederick Romberg Award
Quay Quarter Lanes – 8 Loftus Street – Studio Bright
Quay Quarter Lanes – 8 Loftus Street by Studio Bright.
Image: Rory Gardiner
National Award
Anne Street Garden Villas – Anna O’Gorman Architect
National Commendation
St Albans Housing – NMBW Architecture Studio in association with Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA)
Educational Architecture
The Daryl Jackson Award
Brisbane South State Secondary College – BVN
Brisbane South State Secondary College by BVN.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
National Award
ANU Birch Building Refurbishment – Hassell
National Commendation
Ultimo Public School – Design Inc Sydney, Lacoste and Stevenson and BMC2 (architects in association)
Interior Architecture
The Emil Sodersten Award
BVN Brisbane Studio – BVN
BVN Brisbane Studio by BVN.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
National Award
The Hedberg – Liminal Architecture with WOHA
National Commendation
ANU Birch Building Refurbishment – Hassell
Commercial Architecture
The Harry Seidler Award
52 Reservoir Street – SJB
52 Reservoir Street by SJB.
Image: Brett Boardman
National Award
Queen and Collins – Kerstin Thompson Architects and BVN
Sustainable Architecture
The David Oppenheim Award
Live Work Share House – Bligh Graham Architects
Live Work Share House by Bligh Graham Architects.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
National Awards
The Hütt 01 Passivhaus – Melbourne Design Studios (MDS)
Spring Bay Mill Ridge Quarters – Gilby and Brewin Architecture
Bundanon – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Heritage
The Lachlan Macquarie Award
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct – Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects.
Image: Brett Boardman
National Award
ANU Birch Building Refurbishment – Hassell
Urban Design
The Walter Burley Griffin Award
Quay Quarter Lanes – SJB, Silvester Fuller, Studio Bright, Carter Williamson, Lippmann Partnership and Aspect Studios
Quay Quarter Lanes by SJB, Silvester Fuller, Studio Bright, Carter Williamson, Lippmann Partnership and Aspect Studios.
Image: Rory Gardiner
National Award
Walyalup Civic Centre – Kerry Hill Architects (KHA)
National Commendations
Riverside Green South Bank Parklands – Hassell
Newcastle East End – SJB in collaboration with Durbach Block Jaggers, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Aspect Studios
Small Project Architecture
The Nicholas Murcutt Award
Gathering Place – Penhale and Winter with Sandra Harben
Gathering Place by Penhale and Winter with Sandra Harben.
Image: Kieran Murnane
National Award
The Dentist – Rob Kennon Architects
National Commendation
Long Beach Amenities – Preston Lane
International Architecture
National Award
Yuandang Bridge – Brearley Architects and Urbanists
Yuandang Bridge by Brearley Architects and Urbanists.
Image: Zhu Runzi
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
The Foundry – Lead FJMT Studio, FJMT Studio and Sissons (architects in association to DA)
Enduring Architecture
Woolley Hesketh House – Ken Woolley
National Emerging Architect Prize
Daniel Moore, Open Creative Studio
