Architecture Australia, November 2003
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
Comment
Foreword
THE NATIONAL AWARDS on 30 October are more than a celebration of Australian architecture’s “best of the best”. They provide an opportunity to take stock, …
Reflection
Detention Centre photograph obtained from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. Reproduced from the website http://www.humanrights.gov.au/EVERY YEAR, …
Sunshine on the valiant
A.S. HOOK ADDRESS – PETER CORRIGAN
Features
Robin boyd award for residential buildings
Ogilvie House
Kerry Hill Architects
Lachlan macquarie award for heritage
Church of our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mullewa
John Taylor Architect
25 year award
Sydney Opera House
Jørn Utzon (stage 2 Hall, Todd and Littlemeore)
Commendation for public buildings
Woodleigh School Science Building
Sean Godsell Architects
Commendation for urban design
Commonwealth Place
Durbach Block Architects
Commendation for heritage
Heide 1 – John and Sunday Reed House
O’Connor & Houle Architects with Bryce Raworth
Commendation for commercial buildings
Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures
McElroy Morrisson Pierce Architects
Commendation for sustainable architecture
Monash Science Centre
Williams Boag Architects
Education prize
Stephen Parkin and Errol H. Tout
Robin Boyd Award for Residential Buildings
Bay House by Stutchbury & Pape
Award for interior architecture
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart, Melbourne
Award for Commercial Buildings
James Street Market by Cox Rayner Architects
Award for Sustainable Architecture
Forest EcoCentre by Morris-Nunn & Associates
Sir Zelman Cowen Award
Birabahn (Indigenous Centre) by Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Sue Harper, Architects In Association
Colorbond award for use of steel
Headquarters Training Command by Bates Smart
Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design
Federation Square by Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart, Melbourne
Commendation for Residential Buildings
Toumbaal Plains House by Fergus Scott
Student Prize
IRIS SE YOUNG HWANG AND LAWSON KATIZA
Radar
Headlines
INTERNATIONALImages from Henry Williams’s winning entry for the Sixth International Student Design Competition.Images from Henry Williams’s winning entry for the Sixth International Student Design Competition.Images …
Photography
Tate transformation bankside to modern
Regulation
Regulating aesthetics
Exhibition
A new exhibition affectionately recalls the architectural legacy of the 1962 commonwealth games.
Delight
Eli gianinni explores the glamour and community spirit of melbourne’s
Projects
NEW TAIWANLab architecture studio is one of four practices shortlisted for the design of two port developments on the north coast of Taiwan. The redevelopment …
Books
CANBERRA ARCHITECTUREAndrew Metcalf. Watermark Architectural Guides, 2003. $39.60.The latest in this series of architectural guide books, Andrew Metcalf’s guide to Canberra is a welcome addition …
Essay
Is contemporary criticism in a state of crisis? naomi stead considers the issues and the clichés, suggesting that the current situation might instead be thought of as one of productive tension.
Exhibition
Julius Elischer, architect selected projects 1958-1985