Tag: Tapestry and architecture

Solstice by Beth George and Emerald Wise.
Industry News | Adair Winder | 6 Sep 2023

International Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2023 winners revealed

Beth George and Emerald Wise have been crowned winners of the $10,000 International Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2023 for their tapestry Solstice.

World warp and woof: Understand the space between weaving by Hamidreza Majnooni, Samaneh Khatamirad and Maryam Khatamirad (Iran and Australia)

Tapestry Design Prize for Architects people’s choice revealed

A design representing layers of human connection has won the People’s Choice prize in the Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Time Shouts by Ground Under Repair (Australia, Contributors: Emma Jackson, Eilidh Ross, Riley Pelham-Thorman and Abigail Li Shin Liew)

Geological provocation wins tapestry prize

The winner of the $10,000 international Tapestry Design Prize for Architects has been revealed.

Site 3: the top floor gallery of Phoenix Central Park by John Wardle Architects and Durbach Block Jaggers.

Tapestry Design Prize for Architects returns

The Australian Tapestry Workshop has launched the 2021 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

22 Temenggong Road, Twilight, 2018, Justin Hill. Hand-woven by Karlie Hawking, Sue Batten, Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Leith Maguire, Sophie Morris and Cheryl Thornton, wool, cotton, 2.35 x 3.54m.
Industry News | Patrick Hunn | 20 Feb 2019

Justin Hill’s winning design for 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects completed

The Australian Tapestry Workshop has completed a tapestry design by Justin Hill, which won the 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Colliding Universes in Saint Peter’s Four Meter Woollen Eye by Arturo Muela, Paola Ibarra and Daniela Gutiérrez.
Industry News | Patrick Hunn | 31 Oct 2018

Eye on the prize: Four-metre iris wins popular vote in 2018 Tapestry Design Prize

A design for an enormous human eye has won the people’s choice award in the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

First prize winner: Chaos and Fertility by Pop Architecture and Hotham Street Ladies.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 16 Aug 2018

Design celebrating ‘female fertility and fecundity’ wins 2018 Tapestry Design Prize

A playful and “riotously decorative” design that celebrates femininity has been awarded the first prize in the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Arturo Muela, Paolo Ibarra and Daniela Gutiérrez – Colliding Universes in Saint Peter’s Four Meter Woollen Eye.
Industry News | Patrick Hunn | 5 Jul 2018

The Australian Tapestry Workshop unveils 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects shortlist

Gravitational waves, a giant eye and “symbols of female fecundity” are among the shortlisted designs in the world’s only international tapestry design competition for architects.

Morning Star by Lyndell Brown and Charles Green in the Sir John Monash Centre.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 25 Apr 2018

Commemorative tapestry unveiled at Sir John Monash Centre

A new tapestry designed by war artists Lyndell Brown and Charles Green commemorates 46,000 Australian lives lost and those who fought in the battles of the Western Front in World War I.

The Pharos wing of the Museum of Old and New Art by Fender Katsalidis.
Industry News | Patrick Hunn | 20 Mar 2018

Entries open for 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects

The hypothetical site for the 2018 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects has been revealed.

Perspective on a Flat Surface, 2016, John Wardle Architects, woven by Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Cheryl Thornton and Jennifer Sharpe, wool, cotton, 2.26 x 3.85m.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 5 Oct 2016

John Wardle Architects’ tapestry unveiled

John Wardle Architects’ winning design for the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s inaugural Tapestry Design Prize for Architects was unveiled in a cutting ceremony in September.

22 Temenggong Road, Twilight by Justin Hill.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 30 Aug 2016

Winner revealed: 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects

Justin Hill has been awarded the $5,000 first prize in the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Black Hole / Hole in the Wall by Andrew Foster and Jessica Kreps.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 19 Jul 2016

Finalists revealed: 2016 ATW Tapestry Design Prize for Architects

Thirteen tapestry designs have been shortlisted for the 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Perspective on a Flat Surface by John Wardle Architects, joint first prize winner of the 2015 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 22 Jun 2016

John Wardle Architects’ hypothetical tapestry finds real home

John Wardle Architects’ speculative tapestry design, which won joint first prize in the inaugural Tapestry Design Prize for Architects, will now be produced thanks to arts philanthropist Judith Neilson.

Perspective on a Flat Surface by John Wardle Architects, joint first prize winner of the 2015 Tapetry Prize for Architects.

Entries open: 2016 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) has launched the 2016 ATW Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

The unveiling of The tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés  (“The Dice Are Cast”) designed by Le Corbusier.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 30 Mar 2016

Corb’s tapestry for Utzon home at last

A little known tapestry, which Jørn Utzon commissioned Le Corbusier to design, is officially installed in its intended home, the Sydney Opera House.

Perspective on a Flat Surface by John Wardle Architects.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 26 Jun 2015

Winners revealed: Australian Tapestry Prize

John Wardle Architects and Kristin Green with Michelle Hamer share first prize in the inaugural Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

The tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés (‘The Dice Are Cast’) by Le Corbusier was commissioned by Jørn Utzon for the Sydney Opera House in 1958.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 13 Jun 2015

Corb’s lost tapestry comes ‘home’ to Opera House

Le Corbusier’s little-known tapestry commissioned by Jørn Utzon for the Sydney Opera House will finally be installed in its intended place.

Tapestry design by Jonathan Donnelly.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 20 Apr 2015

Finalists revealed: Australian Tapestry Prize

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) unveils finalists of the inaugural ATW Tapestry Design Prize for Architects.

Jørn Utzon's Homage to CPE Bach in the Utzon room at the Sydney Opera House.
Discussion | Richard Johnson | 11 Dec 2014

The making of Utzon’s Homage to CPE Bach

Richard Johnson reflects on Jørn Utzon’s development of his tapestry for the Sydney Opera House.

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