Architecture Australia, November 2005
Architecture AustraliaProvocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.
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Foreword
BRAVOCONGRATULATIONS TO THE RAIA’S 2005 National Architecture Award winners and commendation recipients, featured throughout this awards issue of Architecture Australia. This year’s winning projects, as …
Hybrid vigour
How might architecture and art critically engage each other?
Naomi stead considers the work of richard goodwin.
Silhouette, tactility, chiaroscuro
Dispelling myths and planning the future: the architecture – planning interface.
James birrell, the 2005 raia gold medal recipient, presents his a. S. Hook address.
Features
Judging the 2005 raia architecture awards
Judging the
2005 raia national architecture awards
Sir zelman cowen award for public buildings
JURY CITATIONThe Australian War Memorial is dedicated to the men and women who fought for Australia in theatres of war. The existing War Memorial building …
Robin boyd award for residential buildings
JURY CITATIONA remarkable relationship between client and architect has produced a house that has the intensity and strength of a spiritual place. The house celebrates …
Lachlan macquarie award for heritage
JURY CITATIONThe Mint is of exceptional cultural significance. It contains one of the oldest buildings in Sydney, the southern wing of Governor Macquarie’s Rum Hospital, …
Award for commercial buildings
The conversion of a heritage-listed Melbourne architectural icon into a new retail and commercial facility has ensured the future of one of Australia’s most prominent …
Award for commercial buildings
JURY CITATIONThis project makes a significant contribution to the quality of the workplace in an industry that is an integral part of Australia’s history. When …
Walter burley griffin award for urban design
JURY CITATIONThe Walsh Bay Redevelopment comprises a large-scale mixed-use development on a sensitive maritime heritage site in Sydney’s inner harbour. The project provides urban infrastructure …
Award for sustainable architecture
JURY CITATIONEcolinc is a demonstration project. Established as a collaborative venture, the facility teaches diverse environmental topics to schoolchildren across a range of age groups. …
National jury award
JURY CITATIONThe IXL Development is a remarkable work. This National Jury Award recognizes the depth of the project, its strength across a range of categories, …
National jury award
JURY CITATIONThis National Jury Award recognizes that the opportunities and constraints embodied in multi-residential projects are very different to those of the single bespoke house. …
25 year award
JURY CITATION1973. Photographer Wolfgang Sievers.Today. Photographer John Gollings.BHP House set new standards for multistorey office buildings in the 1970s, through its clarity of design and …
Colorbond award
JURY CITATIONAs with traditional shearing sheds, the architecture of this project is all about the roof. At the Deepwater Woolshed, however, the big sprawling roof …
Commendation for public buildings
JURY CITATIONOn the outskirts of Tewantin, South-East Queensland, the Noosa Centre TAFE rests effortlessly within its pristine bush setting. The college is comprised of three …
Commendation for public buildings
JURY CITATIONA commendation is made for the design of the home of Rugby League and Rugby Union in Brisbane commonly called “The Cauldron” or Suncorp …
Commendation for residential buildings
JURY CITATIONAn understated, low-profile street presence intentionally contrasts with the dramatic, cinematic revealing of the vast ocean presence over which House Holman presides. This single-family …
Commendation for residential buildings
JURY CITATIONThe White House is comprised of a two-storey Federation house, additions to the rear and a garage with studio over fronting the rear lane, …
Commendation for residential buildings
JURY CITATIONThis elegant and restrained addition to the rear of an Art Deco house in Brisbane explores the potential of the suburban backyard as a …
Commendation for residential buildings
JURY CITATIONThe reconstruction and replanning of this beautifully crafted terrace house in Paddington faithfully retains the context of the street, but beyond the facade a …
Commendation for heritage
JURY CITATIONSituated in the centre of Western Australia’s capital city, the Perth Town Hall is the only convict-built town hall in Australia. As one of …
Commendation for interior architecture
JURY CITATIONA commendation is awarded to this project for the creative and thorough brief development, the consultation process, the design intentions and the outstanding results. …
Commendation for urban design
JURY CITATIONThe Webb Bridge is part of the Melbourne Docklands’ public art scheme and is the outcome of a successful collaboration between Denton Corker Marshall …
Neville quarry architectural education prize
PROF. LEON VAN SCHAIKRMIT UNIVERSITYThis certificate is awarded to Professor Leon van Schaik in recognition of his outstanding contribution to design education in Australia, and …
Student prize for the advancement of architecture
JOSHUA MORRINUNIVERSITY OF SYDNEYThis certificate is awarded to Joshua Morrin in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the advancement of architecture, both nationally and internationally, …
Glenn Murcutt Student Prize
Glenn Murcutt Student Prize
Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage
State Library of Victoria
Award for interior architecture
National@Docklands by Bligh Voller Nield
Commendation for residential buildings
JURY CITATION Image: Kraig Caristrom The Canopy Apartments are an elegant medium-density development on Sydney’s North Shore. The beautifully crafted project draws on the Paddington …
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INTERNATIONALThe 9th US/ICOMOS International Symposium will be held 20–22 April 2006, in Newport, Rhode Island. The Symposium will focus on World Heritage conventions ›› Global …
Exhibition
Pavilions for new architecture
Books
THE FOUNTAINHEADS: WRIGHT, RAND, THE FBI AND HOLLYWOODDonald Leslie Johnson McFarland & Company, Inc, 2005. $US45.In recent years, postwar American architecture and Cold War politics …
Practice
The thrill of the grease trap
Competition
East Darling Harbour