Victorian Architecture Awards 2021

Architect Victoria

Architect Victoria

Victorian Architecture Awards 2021

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AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS Victorian Chapter, Level 1, 41 Exhibition Street, Melbourne 3000 ABN 72 000 023 012 The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which our company is located and where all submissions to the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards are situated.

Barengi Gadjin

Eastern Marr

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Local Custodians of the Land

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The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects is committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.

Website www.architecture.com.au/vic Phone 03 8620 3866 Email vic@architecture.com.au

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Message from the Chapter President

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Awards Committee

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Principal Corporate Partner Message

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Awards Partners and Sponsors

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Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAP’s) in Victoria

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Victorian Architecture Medal Categories

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Residential Architecture - Houses (New)

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Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations & Additions)

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Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

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Small Project Architecture

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Urban Design

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Heritage Architecture

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Interior Architecture

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Commercial Architecture

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Public Architecture

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Educational Architecture

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Sustainable Architecture

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ABN 72 000 023 012 Managing Editor Jason Stanton Editor Emma Adams Magazine Coordinator Jason Stanton Magazine Administrator Dylan Borg Victorian Awards Coordinator Jason Stanton Cover Images Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University Photographer Front cover Rory Gardiner Back cover Michael Kai THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieved system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise without permission of the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter or Boston Publishing.

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Enduring Architecture Award

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Melbourne Prize

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Regional Prize

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Foreword —

A time to celebrate

Like 2020, we found ourselves again celebrating the Victorian Architecture Awards in a virtual environment.

This year, however, the juries visited the shortlisted projects and were once again in a position of being able to immerse themselves within the human scale of great places. Our audience online has grown allowing a broader reach for this event, allowing our clients, friends and family to link into the shortlisted projects and hear from the winning architects. A key theme among this year’s award winners was excellence at the precinct scale, whether it be an educational campus environment or a truly integrated mixed-use environment, underscoring that great architecture is about people and the creation of places that best enhance their daily lives.

The Australian Institute of Architects celebrates its 90th anniversary and while the Victorian Chapter was founded sometime earlier in 1856, we look forward to an inperson Gala Ball event later this year to mark the occasion.

A time to come together for our members and guests to celebrate this year’s award winners and acknowledge significant contributions by individual architects in our profession.

This year’s awards include 14 Categories, 204 entries and 116 shortlisted projects competing for Commendations, Architecture Awards and Named Awards.

There were 42 jurors and 14 graduate jurors.

The digital version of our awards has the potential to facilitate greater public engagement for the Institute and its members. We encourage all participants in this year’s awards to share the link for greater community awareness of this event.

Victorian Architecture Medal

Congratulations to Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University for designing and delivering the Monash Woodside Building for Technology, a seamless alignment of building elements and sustainable design principals for an exemplary resolution. The jury cited “Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design delivers a level of design cohesion and sophistication that makes it an outstanding piece of architecture”.

Emerging Architect Prize

This year I was privileged to be part of the judging panel along with Gumji Kang and Thomas McKenzie in deliberating for this year’s Emerging Architect Prize.

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The Emerging Architect Prize recognises the contribution to architectural practice, education, design excellence and community involvement, which advances the profession’s role within the public arena.

This year’s winners are Jacqui Alexander and Ben Sheridan of Alexander Sheridan Architecture.

“As important emerging voices their passionate and generous contributions have made the culture of Victorian architecture richer.” The judging was challenging given the high caliber of nominations for this year’s prize.

All eleven nominations demonstrated excellence in architectural practice, research, and in particular their ongoing commitment to higher education. Their collective contributions to community work are applauded, all working towards creating and making better places. The wealth of talented and passionate architects that are emerging in this state provides us with confidence that the future of our profession is in good hands.

architecture and urban design via government policy continues to make a difference for our members and our profession.

Congratulations to Charles Justin AM LFRAIA, Nonda Katsalidis AM FRAIA, and Shelley Penn AM LFRAIA on being appointed Members of the Order of Australia in the General Division for significant service to architecture.

Congratulations to Sue Carr AM appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division for significant service to interior design.

Congratulations also to Roger Poole OAM RIBA MAPI LFRAIA on receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia. “For service to architecture, and to the community.”

Institute advocacy

2021 thus far was filled with significant advocacy submissions in both government and private sectors. As most of our members are seeking that we continue to advocate on their behalf, we are working on outwardly focused strategies. We are doing everything we can so that we are heard at government levels.

We have provided detailed submissions to the Victorian Government and continue to do so. The rate of government interest and review of our profession is escalating, and we are at point in time where a united position on our messaging is required. We will continue to message strongly on behalf of all our members. I would like to personally thank our Chapter Council, and small, medium, and large practice forum members who have contributed to our submissions, and Paul Zanatta our Advocacy and Policy Manager for his contributions.

Gold Medal

Congratulations to Donald Watson LFRAIA awarded the 2021 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal. The jury describing him as “Queensland’s foremost architectural historian” and a “protagonist of postmodernist design”.

Queen’s Birthday Honours

Thank you

Our awards program would not be possible without the generous sponsorship of both new and longstanding supporters. A special thank you to our principal sponsor BlueScope for their ongoing contribution to the success of the awards program. We also thank the collective of all sponsors for their generous support in 2021 and look forward to their continuing involvement with this event.

I congratulate Rosemary Burne, Chair of Juries, for providing her expert guidance throughout the year.

Thank you also to Ingrid Bakker, Awards Committee Chair, for her ongoing commitment to the awards program since 2013. Thank you to all of the jurors and jury chairs for their deliberations and generosity of time in visiting the shortlisted projects this year.

In addition, thank you to Tim Leslie, Mel Bright, Matt Gibson, Simon Knott, Jason Stanton, Sanja Novakovic, Dylan Borg and Caitlin Sinclair who have all worked tirelessly in the background to make this event happen.

Finally, a very special thank you to all our members.

Your dedication in working with the Institute and engaging with a virtual awards program is testament to a united voice in our profession. It is through your attendance and active participation in this program that allows it to continue and grow. We look forward to seeing you in person at our Gala Ball later this year.

Australia Day Honours

Congratulations to Jill Garner AM LFRAIA for her distinguished service to the profession of architecture in both the private sector and more recently at government level. Her leadership of the Office of the Victorian Government Architect and her commitment to public

Victorian Chapter President Bill Krotiris

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AWARDS COMMITTEE Ingrid Bakker

Committee Chair

HASSELL

Melissa Bright

Committee Member

Studio Bright

Rosemary Burne

Chair of Juries

Conrad Gargett

Matt Gibson

Committee Member

Matt Gibson Architecture + Design

Simon Knott

Committee Member

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TRADITIONAL OWNERS The Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which our company is located and where all submissions to the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards are situated.

The following diagrams are a documentation of what was presented at the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards which was undertaken prior to 1st July 2021.

Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) boundaries have been updated since this time and the diagrams are no longer an accurate representation of the RAP map used within Victoria and should not used by the reader as such. An updated map can be found here https://www.aboriginalheritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/victorias-current-registeredaboriginal-parties. All digital records on the website will be updated to reflect the recent changes.

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Stawell Secondary College

Abbotsford Primary School The Carringbush Hotel Lumiere Black Rock Cuboid House St Paul’s Lutheran Church St Leonard’s College Redevelopment PONY Bridge House Design Hub - Entry Furniture + Display Plinths

Journal Central Through the Looking Glass Carlton Terrace Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct Conservatory Adaptation Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design Monash University Building 28 Music Market 51 Langridge

NTS Space 600 Church Street Melbourne Quarter Victoria Police Centre, 311 Spencer Street Docklands Primary School Jolimont Infill Ripple House SOLID HOUSE Adela Apartments Elwood Bungalow 90 Ruskin St Sky pavilion Fitzroy Residence The Spanish Club Church on Napier Fitzroy Bridge House The Rochester Piper Residences Clocktower, Hawthorn Arts Centre Levo’s House The Auburn Apartments Waffle House Bialik College Crèche Xavier College Prototypes Project d’Estaville TATE Mixed Use Centre, Kew Lilydale High School, Zoology and Administration Colonnade House Irving St Hawthorn House Brush House John Holland: NextHome Melbourne Quakers Centre NGV Triennial 2020 Outdoor Pavilions RMIT Rodda Lane Precinct ELLA South Cannons House 600 Bourke Lobby and Ground ReDevelopment 35 Collins Street Di Stasio Citta ACMI Renewal Olderfleet RMIT OurPlace

Collins Arch GHD Melbourne Office Melbourne Town Hall – Ground Floor Reimagining Montrose Primary School Gymnasium PICAC Narre Warren The Lothian Ozanam House Bio21 Ruth Bishop Building, University of Melbourne Project 100, Trinity College Student Accommodation Parkville Apartment Prahran Square Object 04 Garden House Divided House Wangaratta Street Rowena Parade House Seddon Langdon Coffee Merchants Jewel Box Joey Scandizzo Salon South Yarra House Yarra One Market Lane Pause for Melbourne Design Week Springvale Community Hub Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital Arco Jackalope Pavilion Limestone House JARtB House Myvore House Toorak Residence Burrinja Cultural Centre Wyndham Beach House 167K Eastbourne Henry Street Townhouses

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SEAWIND Flow House Bellows House Coastal Court Musk Creek House Flinders Beach House

Y House

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Ten Minutes by Tractor Main Ridge House Miramar Chenier Mt Eliza House Franklin

Bendigo Former Mining Exchange Creative Industries Hub for the Castlemaine State Festival at the Goods Shed

Jemmys Point lookout. Hotel Road Dalkeith Gardens Yarram & District Health Service (YDHS) Integrated Healthcare Centre

Hide House at Venus Bay

Kyneton House

Ballarat Line Upgrade (BLU) Golden Plains Shire Community & Civic Centre Stages 1&2 Barwon Heads House Project Family - house extension Geelong College Junior School Ocean Grove Tennis Pavilion Lonsdale Links Deakin KA5

Terrace House 1 Brunswick Lean-to Ona Coffee Hideout House Breese St Brunswick Design Precinct Stage 1 Fleming Park House LaTrobe University Sports Park La Trobe University Student Accommodation Burwood Brickworks Camberwell House Spensley St Primary School 122 Roseneath St POP-UP HOUSE Penleigh Essendon Grammar School Music House

St Matthew’s Primary School, Entry Works 8 Yard House This House Never Ends Milkbar House Rushall Park Independent Living Terracotta House Northcote Terrace Nunawading Community Hub Research Primary School Edwardes Lake Park Changing Places Reservoir Police Station Reservoir Station Leith Park Independent Living Sunshine Skills Hub Vivarium

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Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University | Photographer: Michael Kai

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VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL The Victorian Architecture Medial is the highest honour awarded by the Victorian Chapter each year.

The Medal derives form the original ‘Street Architecture Medal’ introduced by The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (RVIA) in 1926 as an award for the design of a building of exceptional merit. Buildings were judged on their urban propriety and architectural etiquette; the building had to front a street, road, square or court to which public had access.

It was expected to have a civic character, offering its architectural qualities to the greater public realm of the city.

Today’s Victorian Architecture Medal is selected by the Jury Chairs from the field of Named Award winners in each category. The Winner of the Victorian Architecture Medal is therefore judged to be the most outstanding project of the entire field of entries, a building of exceptional merit.

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Victorian Architecture Medal —

VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL | Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design by Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University is recognised for the highest level of design excellence and thinking. In the context of a global climate and environmental crisis, the Woodside building demonstrates an elegant and optimistic response delivering a complex program for an environmentally sustainable future while simultaneously proposing a transformational vision of what tertiary education can be.

Among the largest Passivhaus certified education buildings in the world, this all-electric building, significantly contributes to Monash University’s goal of net carbon zero by 2030. Sustainable design principles are integrated throughout including its shrouded facade system, material selection and minimal mechanical plant operation enabling low levels of energy consumption. Construction was delivered through a program of largely locally sourced materials and labour, minimising construction energy. The building demonstrates a seamless integration and expression of structure, services, technology and building fabric with exemplary resolution, requiring close collaboration across consultant and construction teams, and resulting in a living laboratory to inspire both students and staff.

Despite its vast scale, humanist principles remain central with high levels of user comfort and the promotion of occupant wellbeing. The dispersion of natural daylight deep into its footprint combined with a transparency across educational and administrative spaces imbues a sense of spatial openness and probity across the program. This building may be seen as a case study in an ever-critical space where our built environment needs to respond to a changing climate, provide greater adaptability while speaking to a need for permanence in an often transitory culture.

This is a thoughtful building born from a singular design approach, data and research driven, and resulting in an aesthetic that unifies and will provide learning opportunities for generations to come. Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design delivers a level of design cohesion and sophistication that makes it an outstanding piece of architecture and as such the jury is delighted to award Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University the Victorian Architecture Medal.

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Practice Team: Andrew Cortese (Design Architect), Michael Janeke (Project Director), Cristian Castillo (Project Team Leader), Sarah Gilder (Designer), Carolin Funcke (Designer), Benjamin Donohoo (Designer), Damon Van Horne (Project Architect), Ivana Pejic (Designer), Tomasz Rejowksi (Designer), Gaspard Michaud (Designer), Benjamin Chew (Designer), Gilbert Yeong (Project Architect), Robert Held (Project Architect), Alberto Sangiorgio (Designer), Nicole Allen (Designer), Pamela McGirr (Architect), Mark Marin (Interiors), Lee Sawyer (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Tier (Designer), Ana Subotic (Graduate of Architecture), Takanori Hanai (Designer), Wayne Henkel (Senior Designer), Carolina Rodriguez Dias (Designer), Yawen (Architect), Michaela Coe (Designer), Merridith Bergstrom (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Edmonds (Architect), Rose Fan (Graduate of Architecture), Susana Loureiro (Graduate of Architecture), Tom Donald (Designer), Benjamin Baertschi (Graduate of Architecture), Patricia Salgado (Graduate of Architecture), Amalia Mayor (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Aurecon (Structural, ESD, Civil, Fire, Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting, Hydraulic, Acoustic Engineers), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), BSGM (Certifier), Minesco (Facade Installer), Root Projects (Project Manager), Six Ideas (Learning Consultant), Bollinger Grohman (Environmental Consultant) Builder: Lendlease Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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Residential Architecture Houses (New) —

8 Yard House | Studio Bright | Photographer:Rory Gardiner

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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (NEW) The Residential Architecture – Houses (New) category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are residential in nature, designed for single occupancy or up to two self-contained dwellings, and must be new builds.

Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 1a.

Nick James Jury Chair

Katelin Butler Juror

Marika Neustupny Juror

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HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR AWARD | 8 Yard House | Studio Bright 8 Yard House presents a charming choreography of garden and interior spaces, distributed across a doublewidth site in North Fitzroy. The front elevation takes cues from the ornamentation, proportions and fenestration of surrounding facades, and is described by the architect as a “street-healing gesture”.

Studio Bright has considered how each of the adjacent inside and outside spaces interact and complement each other. The design is acutely attuned to the patterns of family activity, offering a multitude of functions and spatial moods that promote genuine interactivity. For example, a dining room overlooks the pool yard, allowing child surveillance from inside; a study zone borrows the calming energy of a small, leafy courtyard; and a bedroom courtyard offers glimpses of neighbourhood life through a perforated brick screen. The mediation between yard and house is varied, but always clearly resolved and finely detailed.

A standalone multifunctional studio/garage bookends the site, taking advantage of the rear laneway and suggesting future multigenerational use. Although located in an inner-city suburb, the planning strategy offers a model adaptable to Melbourne’s middle and outer housing developments.

The jury was thoroughly impressed by the depth of design thinking evidenced, and its effective translation into a built form that celebrates everyday family life.

Practice Team: Melissa Bright (Architect), Rob McIntyre (Architect),Todd de Hoog (Architect), Maia Close (Architect), Emily Watson (Architect), Pei She Lee (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Meyer Consulting (Structural Engineer), Peachy Green (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Basis Builders Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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AWARD | Divided House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects Divided House makes a serious contribution to recognising that architecture exists in a greater context, in terms of both time and surroundings. The division of zones across the property maintains a generous, central gathering space for the household around a courtyard garden, yet when combined with careful thought around site entry, roof drainage, car parking and sustainability systems, allows for future division into two, independent homes. By working with artist Ian Strange to record and celebrate the generic post-war house prior to demolition, the architect demonstrates genuine desire to engage with the suburb over generations.

At the same time, each step through the project exhibits a clear commitment to the design process as an avenue for exploration. Every detail is given exemplary consideration, and every material is given delight. The bathrooms glow with intense colour, heightening the experience of washing, textured brickwork subtly expresses diagonal lines in the plan, and abstract folded mesh to the main stair toys with seeing others between levels while calibrating hole size for privacy. Artwork and vegetation are seamlessly integrated to be affective yet not overwhelming. From a welcoming street seat at one end to a relaxing upper-level verandah at the other, this house inspires aspiration.

Practice Team: Hanah Wexler, Rob Majcen, Will Christian, Jessie Legge, Jon Clements, Tim Jackson, Graham Burrows Consultant / Construction Team: Tim Nicholas (Landscape Architect), Adams Consulting Engineer (Structural Engineer), Light Project (Lighting Consultant), Leeda Projects Pty Ltd (Joinery Fitout Contractor), Metta Energy (Renewable Energy Consultant), Ian Strange (Artist) Builder: BD Projects Pty Ltd Photographer: John Gollings

COMMENDATION Garden House | Austin Maynard Architects

Kyneton House | Edition Office Located on a rare, inner city battleaxe block, Garden House presents to the street as an unassuming gable front with little clue of the oasis that lies beyond. Retention of established trees provided a driver for the arrangement of linked pavilions, each intermingled with wandering garden spaces. This provides the setting for logical yet seamless integration of sustainability initiatives, both natural and technical. Internally, considered and playful spaces flow from one to another, with personal history brought to the site from a brick quarry.

Builder: Sargant Construction Photographer Ben Hosking

Kyneton House has a strong presence as pure geometric form, appropriate to a fabled notion of cottage as might be expected in the region. Inhabitants can fully enjoy every outlook and garden space. The verandah is at once modern and a reinterpretation of tradition, with a sharp perimeter edge made possible by an invisible gutter fold.

Calm interior colouring and materiality combined with abstract detailing shows a mature understanding of the relationship between construction method and spatial elements.

Builder: Dettmann Homes Photographer Derek Swalwell

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COMMENDATION Limestone House | John Wardle Architects The building’s namesake is but a hint of the embedded sustainable agenda that engages deeply with both local material and environmental systems.

Though directed by Living Building Challenge and Passive House, the raw beauty and fine natural grain of a suite of materials is celebrated and deftly brought together at every junction. Limestone is sculpted to form a strong public interface and worked with timber and glass to embrace gardens and study pavilion.

Skilful spatial sequencing maintains privacy and frames views into the surrounding landscape.

Builder: Sinjen Group

Photographer Dianna Snape

OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Bellows House Architects EAT Cannon Built

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Dianna Snape

Brush House Leeton Pointon Architects Len Bogatin & Associates

Photographer Sharyn Cairns

Camberwell House Clare Cousins Architects ProvanBuilt

Photographer Rory Gardiner

Chenier Eastop Architects Haynes Build

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Shannon McGrath

Coastal Court Bower Architecture & Interiors Andrew French

Photographer Christine Francis

Flow House Gray Puksand

Brynor Constructions

Photographer Ben Hosking

Cuboid House LLDS

Foundation Constructions Pty Ltd

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Franklin Ola Studio Sinjen Group

Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

Eastbourne Eastop Architects

Capabuild Developements

Photographer Dave Kulesza

Hide House at Venus Bay MRTN Architects Kane Worthy Constructions

Photographer Jeremy Wright

Fleming Park House Cloud Architecture Studio

Owner Builder, Daryl Poulton and Paul Dineen

Photographer Peter Bennetts

JARtB House Kavellaris Urban Design Australian Insurance Builders

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Residential Architecture Houses (New) —

OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Levo’s House Clinton Murray Architects Jorant Pty Ltd

Photographer Tom Blachford

Pop-Up House FIGR Architecture Studio Natural Build Vic Pty Ltd

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Mt Eliza House MRTN Architects Saltwater Builders

Photographer Shannon McGrath

Musk Creek House NOXON Architecture Bernie Everett Building

Photographer Shannon McGrath

Seawind Coy Yiontis Architects A.C.Paul Constructions

Photographer Shannon McGrath

Toorak Residence ADDARC Lang Construction

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Myvore House Cera Stribley

Leone Constructions

Photographer David Miller

Wyndham Beach House Sky Architect Studio Pty Ltd

Anthony Karlovic, First Avenue Homes

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Y House Andrew Simpson Architects Camson Homes

JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (NEW) The 2021 Residential New category displayed the full gamut of the Victorian architectural community – from emerging to established practices, from tight inner-city sites to expansive, regional lots, from small abodes to large dwellings. The overall submission quality was extremely high and made for rigorous, thought-provoking discussions among jury members.

A new house offers a unique opportunity to establish a dialogue with neighbours and the wider community. To deliver an engaging, positive contribution, a resolution of competing interests must be negotiated including, pedestrian and vehicular access, privacy, street life, passive surveillance, and security. A variety of innovative solutions were demonstrated across projects, managing to find ways to maintain privacy while still exhibiting a generosity to the street, whether by a change in level, building scale, materiality, an open garden, a simple seat, or a small window into the lives of its inhabitants beyond.

A recurring theme was the interaction of house to garden. Within each site, a residential project presents the challenge of establishing a design approach that somehow engages and connects to its available landscape. The more successful projects found creative ways to blend inside and out, pulling the garden closer to the house and drawing occupants into the landscape. Such projects ensured sustained, year-round enjoyment of its garden, whether by direct occupation or unfolding, curated views from within the house.

Of further note was the emergence of accessibility as a real concern, as well as integration of sustainability-focussed technologies that have until recently been the preserve of larger building typologies. Inclusion of small lifts, spatial generosity required by ramps and significant services or materials science appear to be on the cusp of economic viability in a domestic setting. It will be interesting to observe this movement unfold in the coming years.

Congratulations to all projects entered in this year’s Residential New category.

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8 Yard House | Studio Bright | Photographer:Rory Gardiner

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Elwood Bungalow | Rob Kennon Architects | Photographer: Derek Swalwell

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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS) The Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) category recognises achievement in the design of projects which include renovations, alterations or additions to an existing building whether or not the building was residential in nature in the first instance. Projects designed for single occupancy or up to two self-contained dwellings may be entered in this category. Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 1a.

Category Sponsor

Mel Bright Jury Chair

Amelia Borg Juror

Rowan Opat Juror

NBS are driven to connecting construction information through a global leading technology platform that combines the best content and connectivity for anyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment. We are delighted to sponsor the 2021 award for Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions) in Victoria.

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THE JOHN AND PHYLLIS MURPHY AWARD | Elwood Bungalow | Rob Kennon Architects An unassuming bungalow in Elwood has been carefully restored and given a new life with a single storey addition tucked in behind its street frontage. The modestly proportioned extension negotiates tricky site conditions that impose extensive overlooking and overshadowing.

New walls fill to the side boundaries creating the hero of the project – a central circular courtyard cut-out that offers a private, light-filled retreat. The architecture is quiet and gentle, resulting in spaces that make you feel good and want to linger.

An equal amount of painstaking care has been invested into the old, the new and into the entire site, giving the project a satisfying feel of complete integration. Happy to recede from overt statement or competing expression, yet confident in the rightness of its form, the addition offers tranquil spaces redefining the relationship to the lush garden surround.

Materially warm and restrained, joyfully direct in its detailing, this inventive house works as a peaceful backdrop to the inner-urban family life it supports.

Practice Team: Rob Kennon (Design Architect), Jack Leishman (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Eckersley Garden Architecture (Landscape Consultant), Mike Neighbour (Building Surveyor), Meyer Consulting (Structural Engineer), Rob Kennon Architects (Interior Designer) Builder: Tate Constructions Photographer: Derek Swalwell

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AWARD | Vivarium | Architecture architecture Architecture Architecture’s bold and formally contrasting addition breathes life and light into an existing Thornbury cottage. Threshold is intelligently considered and manipulated, the absence of a front fence generously sharing the garden with the street and passer-by. On entry, the curved glass that so successfully pulls the garden in, draws you through the house offering intrigue, then delight.

This playful gesture generates spaces that tread the line between perceived separation and visual connectivity. A narrowing and step indicate threshold, allowing the living and dining to be used independently but remain connected.

The addition is modest, a minimal increase in floor area, while rigorous planning provides spaces that work hard yet feel generous and comfortable. Locally sourced and reclaimed materials, selected with a mindfulness of environmental impact sit comfortably within the substantial garden.

A more typical transition to outside via a single large opening is resisted. A stepped threshold and filtered view to the garden, treat it as an additional independent room of the house. The sliding screen, while providing necessary sun shading, offers glimpses of the garden supporting curiosity and intrigue.

This project interrogates larger ideas of flow, threshold and spatial separation at a relatively small scale.

Gestures of boldness work at numerous levels and are complimented by modesty and restraint.

Practice Team: Nick James (Design Architect), Michael Roper (Design Architect), Daria Selleck (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: The Good Men (Building Surveyor), Deery Consulting (Structural Engineer), Bush Projects (Landscape Consultant), Ecolibria, (Building Biologist) Builder: Bresnan & Smith Photographer: Tom Ross

AWARD | Milkbar House | Kennedy Nolan Milk Bar House is an exceptional transformation of a milk bar typology into well considered and delightful family home. The entire corner site is carefully addressed, and the response is robust, yet sympathetic to its neighbourhood and context. The existing house is celebrated and cleverly expanded upon, while maintaining a nod to the history of the site.

A walled approach to the rear creates an internal garden oasis. The garden works hard, providing an additional room on the site while acting as a protective threshold from the street and delivering northern aspect to the living spaces.

Careful, yet simple planning and consideration of spatial adjacencies creates a zoning to the site to fulfil all aspects of the clients’ brief. A layering to the internal spaces generates clear zones for the family, while effortlessly maintaining connectivity. This results in an unfolding sequence of spaces that are joyful yet functional.

Through a skilful combination of humble materials, the living spaces feel warm and inviting. There is a persistent attention to detail and the interior is punctuated by moments of exploration in colour and texture. This house demonstrates a sophisticated response borne out of a confluence of site conditions and client brief.

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AWARD | Fitzroy Bridge House | Matt Gibson Architecture & Design The Fitzroy Bridge House is a highly sophisticated response; a discrete alteration that uses a bridge between old and new to unlock the potential of a tight inner-city site.

Situated in Fitzroy, one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs, inevitable concerns of overlooking and overshadowing, are seamlessly resolved through the mechanism of the bridge.

Fitzroy Bridge House enlarges the existing two-storey terrace by dividing it in two parts and placing a wellconsidered central courtyard garden in between. The courtyard is impeccably finished to create a private sanctuary where it is easy to forget its inner-city location and close neighbours.

Through precision in detailing, the bridge allows an abundance of natural light into all parts of the home.

New shapely eyelid-like window reveals bring a delightful decorative response to issues of overlooking and sun shading.

This project responds to obstacles in a delightful way, each problem is met with celebration. Every cubic millimetre has had its potential explored. Fitzroy Bridge House is a delightful, warm home.

Practice Team: Matt Gibson (Project Architect), Martyn Weaver (Design Architect), Phil Burns (Design Architect), Erica Tsuda (Japanese Architect), Karen Batchelor (Interior Designer), Stephanie Vear (Interior Designer), Pulina Ponnamperuma (Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Clive Steele Partners (Structural Engineer), Robyn Barlow (Landscape Consultant) Builder: Warwick Constructions Photographer: Derek Swalwell

COMMENDATION Northcote Terrace | Lovell Burton Architecture This humble project skilfully negotiates a small terrace on a tricky site. Through a single device, the roof scape cleverly introduces volume, amenity, and an abundance of natural light into the spaces it creates. The undulating access to the sky results in a soft and ethereal interior space.

The restrained material palette and strong form beautifully complement its laneway context. The project shows how simple and clever moves can provide delight in a modest project.

Builder: B.F.C Built

Photographer Rory Gardiner

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OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Timothy Kaye

Barwon Heads House Adam Kane Architects

Technique Construction Group

Photographer Sharyn Cairns

Colonnade House Splinter Society Architecture Quadro Constructions

Photographer Square Photography

Bridge House Angelucci Architects Pty Ltd Dwelling Building Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Tom Blachford

d’Estaville NTF Architecture

MGS Constructions Pty Ltd

Photographer Tom Ross

Brunswick Lean-to Blair Smith Architecture Cale Peters Constructions

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Fitzroy Residence MAArchitects

M + H Broadbent Building

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Photographer Sharyn Cairns

Carlton Terrace Clare Cousins Architects Marino Construction

Photographer Shannon McGrath

Flinders Beach House NOXON Architecture

Bespoke Project Management

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Photographer Tom Ross

Hideout House Breathe

Never Stop Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Trevor Mein

Jewel Box Lovell Chen B&B Freiberg

Photographer Rory Gardiner

Limestone House Winwood McKenzie Frank Victoria Pty Ltd

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Photographer Fred Kroh

Parkville Apartment Williams Boag Architects Monde

Photographer Martina Gemmola

PONY WOWOWA Architecture LocBuild

Photographer Tom Blachford

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Photographer Michael Thorpe

Seddon Clinton Murray Architects Creative Living Constructions

Damon Armstrong Building

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Photographer Cricket Saleh

Project Family - house extension Wendy Hastrich Architect Pty Ltd Laney Construction

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Rowena Parade House Techne Architecture + Interior Design | LocBuild

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Main Ridge House Chamberlain Architects

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Ripple House FMD Architects B.F.C.Built.

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Photographer Felix Bardot

Sky Pavilion Studio Edwards R&M Engineering

Photographer Peter Clarke

Solid House Coy Yiontis Architects Ben Robson Master Builder

OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Derek Swalwell

South Yarra House Lande Architects Standout Projects

Photographer Rory Gardiner

Terrace House 1 DREAMER Neverstop Group

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Terracotta House Austin Maynard Architects

Spence Construction (Terracotta House & Pavilion)

Photographer Peter Clarke

This House Never Ends Steffen Welsch Renovation One

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Jack Lovel

Through the Looking Glass Ben Callery Architects CRD Developments

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Waffle House Rob Kennon Architects Dimpat

JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS) There were 31 projects submitted for consideration in the Alterations and Additions category in 2021. The quality of work and the level of design skill on display across the category was commendable. The jury visited 14 shortlisted projects.

This year’s field of entrants demonstrate the ability of architects to problem solve and add value to homes and quality of life.

Of note, was the context of all projects visited being conceived pre-COVID. Homes were thrust into unexpected use patterns, beyond what could have reasonably been anticipated. Many houses became workplaces and classrooms and, in a very real sense provided profound refuge for body and soul.

Programs supporting flexible adaptation came to the fore. Many homeowners expressed great appreciation for a sense of supportive psychological shelter that they were able to find in their new homes.

By its nature, this category focuses on choices made about when to retain and what to demolish, often operating well beyond the retention demanded by heritage overlays. Refurbishing existing housing stock has increasing importance as an act of active sustainability. Astute observation of built form limitations and planning constraints is apparent in many of the schemes. The best ones seem to effortlessly turn tricky site conditions into solutions of extraordinary clarity, executed to a degree that belies the difficulties faced.

Repeatedly, site visits reveal so many more qualities than one can perceive from diagrammatic description. Skills of spatial perception are manifest in these projects, evident in the subtle and nuanced way spaces are linked, in the capturing of light and in powerful connections to beautiful garden spaces. In many projects, garden spaces were treated as an additional room. The projects the jury most appreciated, poured as much love into the functional rooms as the spaces that connect and support them – passages, entries and gardens all contributing to the complete whole.

NBS are driven to connecting construction information through a global leading technology platform that combines the best content and connectivity for anyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment. We are delighted to sponsor the 2021 award for Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions) in Victoria.

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Project 100, Trinity College Student Accommodation | Hayball | Photographer: Tom Roe

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RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (MULTIPLE HOUSING) The Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are residential in nature and which include two or more self-contained dwellings (whether or not the building includes uses for other purposes).

Category Sponsor

Vanessa Bird Jury Chair

Ilana Freadman Juror

Lachlan Anderson Juror

Partridge delivers consulting engineering services across a number of disciplines, namely Structural, Remedial, Event, Hydraulic and Civil engineering services. Partridge has provided these engineering services since 1982, with a reputation for delivering innovative solutions via a genuinely collaborative approach with architects and stake holders. Partridge approach each project with creativity, ingenuity and passion.

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THE BEST OVEREND AWARD | Project 100, Trinity College Student Accommodation | Hayball Trinity College Project 100 is a mature work of enduring quality comprising 100 new residential rooms, junior common room, and communal spaces. Project 100 is a skilful contemporary insertion into a heritage place and heritage garden that transforms a large, under-utilised corner of the site into a new centre, offering benefits beyond its site.

With an emphasis on community and collaborative spaces the interiors were informed through discussion with staff and students to focus on student wellbeing at a range of scales. Careful attention is paid to hallways, shared bathrooms, vertical circulation and common rooms. This coherent and legible collection of spaces were visibly enjoyed by the students.

Each of the building’s elevations creates new landscape relationships by skilfully using the surrounding context as a key aspect of the project. The jury were impressed by the considered siting, which generated the creation of courtyards, sunken courtyards, a new connection to the adjacent oval and to an historic oak tree as well as the Vatican lawn.

The faceted facade is employed to knit the building back into its neo-gothic surrounds, while signalling individual inhabitation and forming part of the passive cooling strategy. With a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2023, geothermal heating and cooling are employed as part of the overall seamless environmental strategy.

Project 100 is a building in the round that is both respectful and regenerative of its cultural landscape making it a delight to experience.

Practice Team: Sarah Buckeridge (Project Director), James Luxton (Project Leader), Erin Collins (Architect), Ann Lau (Design Architect), David Morrison (Project team member), Bianca Hung (Interior Design Lead), Laura Mason (Interior Designer), Gianni Iacobaccio (CAD Technician), Dendy Ng (Interior Designer), Nicole Burns (Interior Designer) Consultant / Construction Team: OpenWork (Landscape Consultant), Jefa Greenaway (Indigenous Engagement Advisor), Wood & Grieve Engineers (ESD Consultant), Trethowan Architecture (Heritage Consultant), Northrop (Structural Engineer), Northrop (Civil Consultant), Lucid Consulting Australia (Services Consultant), Warrington Fire (Fire Engineer), Octave Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant) Builder: Harris HMC

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AWARD | La Trobe University Student Accommodation | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects With skill and ingenuity, Jackson Clements Burrows’ Student Accommodation project has reinvigorated an under-utilised area of La Trobe University’s campus in Bundoora.

Responding to site rather than the formal extant campus masterplanning, JCB have generated significant accommodation density, a high level of student amenity and maintained important existing site vegetation. A pair of arcing forms, sitting confidently in the bush landscape, recede from view and belie their true scale from any one vantage point. The buildings bound an inbetween space of manicured lawn with a lone remnant gumtree providing scale and context. An inventive coloured facade system celebrates the surrounding native bushland. Internally, a palette of natural materials imparts a visual calmness to the public areas. Pragmatic accommodation units of various room mixes are centred around generous communal areas at the meeting of vertical and horizontal circulation paths. In housing 624 bedrooms in 275 apartments, the necessary corridors are relieved by a variety of public spaces to foster activity and connection.

An ambitious sustainability agenda is to be applauded and the jury note the championing of an innovative use of structural CLT in a building of this typology and scale.

Practice Team: Graham Burrows (Design team), Simon Topliss (Design team), Danielle Pacella (Design team), Thom McCarthy (Design team), Chad Brown (Design team), Gretel Stent (Design team), Yukari Yamaguchi (Design team), Amanda Callaghan (Design team), Naomi Evans (Design team) Consultant / Construction Team: Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec and Taylor Thomson Whitting (Structural Engineer), Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec (Civil Consultant), WSP (formerly Irwinconsult) and Taylor Thomson Whitting (Facade Engineer), Stantec (formerly Wood & Grieve Engineers) (Services Consultant), SciFire (Scientific Fire Services) (Fire Protection), Marshall Day Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant), Stantec (formerly Wood & Grieve Engineers) (ESD Consultant), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), XLam Dolomiti (CLT / Engineered Timber Fabricator), Philip Chun (Building Surveyor), Duo Projects (Project Manager), Latitude Group (Signage and Wayfnding) Builder: Multiplex Photographer: John Gollings

AWARD | The Lothian | Kennedy Nolan Generosity lies at the very heart of The Lothian by Kennedy Nolan.

Generosity in space, volume and quality –- yes, but most importantly, in experience.

Situated in North Melbourne, The Lothian responds both confidently and sympathetically to the surrounding urban environment. Nodding to the historical context of the area through materiality and form, the building settles beautifully into the landscape; however, it is immediately elevated by exquisite brick and concrete detailing.

Neighbouring a dense apartment complex and with a gritty interface to a busy road, the site posed several challenges. All living spaces are elevated from the street, creating welcome separation and refuge. The layout is unexpected yet well resolved; there are six four-storey townhouses with roof gardens (four townhouses in a terrace arrangement, two in a tower arrangement); as well as two, two-storey apartments, one with a roof garden.

Kennedy Nolan’s use of a vertical typology to create interesting sections and functional spaces exemplifies The Lothian. The clever spatial planning takes advantage of the typical townhouse layout, resulting in open, moody and welcoming living spaces.

Kennedy Nolan have achieved in designing a robust, energy efficient building which acts as a place of beauty and refuge for its inhabitants, while offering an innovative alternative composition of a multi-residential building envelope.

Practice Team: Patrick Kennedy (Design Architect), Rachel Nolan (Design Architect), Victoria Reeves (Design Architect), Susan Syer (Design Architect), Jacky Oro (Project Architect), Michael Macleod (Design Architect), Amy Evans (Project Architect), Marnie Morieson (Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Webber Design (Structural Engineer), ARG Planning (Town Planner), Sustainability House (ESD Consultant), Metro Building Surveyor (Building Surveyor) Builder: Bear Projects Photographer: Derek Swalwell west elevation

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AWARD | Leith Park Independent Living | MGS Architects At a time when aged care is in the spotlight, Leith Park Independent Living by MGS Architects presents as an uplifting example of the typology.

The single storey model of the surrounding outer urban village is reconsidered in favour of a multi-level cluster of unit groups spaced generously across the site. Where the ground plane is rescued from horizontal sprawl, mature trees have been retained and well landscaped gardens and terracing connect the unit clusters. The circulation doesn’t shy from elevation change and stairs – rather utilising the steep site as an opportunity to encourage exercise. Units at low level benefit from ease of access and connection to the garden, and those higher up the building enjoy the existing trees canopies and expansive views.

The most successful move comes in the form of oversized, connecting covered walkways which expand to form seating and viewing opportunities. Where isolation of residents is a concern, these informal and comfortable, open-air spaces encourage unplanned interactions and allow residents to meet and socialise on neutral territory. The outcome is one with the end-user clearly front of mind, and both client and architect have shown great sensitivity in considering the needs of the residents.

Consultant / Construction Team: Atkins Consulting (Project Manager), SJB Planning (Town Planner), JBA Consulting Engineers (Services Consultant), JBA Consulting Engineers (ESD Consultant), Bonacci Group (Civil Consultant), Outlines Landscape Architecture (Landscape Consultant), Arup (Acoustic Consultant), du Chateau Chun (Building Surveyor), WT Partnership (Quantity Surveyor), du Chateau Chun (Access Consultant), Traffix Group (Traffic Engineer), Leigh Design (Waste Management Consultant), Arbortecture / Stem Arboriculture (Arborist) Builder: Hewcon Group Photographer: Jake Hartmann

COMMENDATION 122 Roseneath St | Fieldwork

Photographer Tom Ross

122 Roseneath Street encourages interaction. What’s more, it makes us question the spaces we live in, and the role of the architect in re-defining those spaces.

Informed by a collaborative design process between architect, prospective residents and the local community, the building is an exercise in restraint.

Fieldwork identified the core values and prioritised them. As a result, 122 Roseneath Street is commended for facilitating community through architecture by placing an emphasis on clever shared landscape and considered communal spaces, located in pride of place on the street frontage, giving them a sense of shared ownership.

Rushall Park Independent Living | MGS Architects

Photographer Andrew Latreille

Occupying an extremely long and narrow sliver of remnant land adjacent to the rail line, Rushall Park provides 35 new independent living units within Victoria’s oldest retirement village. The surrounding 19th century gables, verandahs, ornament and pattern are interpreted to create a visual connection to the picturesque village context. House-proud occupants welcomed the jury into generous, adaptive and light-filled interiors. The jury were heartened to see a thriving community of older citizens housed in dignified yet low-cost contemporary row housing, imbued with respect and joy.

Builder: Manresa Constructions

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OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Tom Ross

90 Ruskin St Fieldwork Intracon

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Adela Apartments Jost Architects Visioneer Builders

Photographer Tom Ross

Breese St DKO Archt. with Breathe Archt. & Milieu Prop. | Ironside Constructions

Photographer Dylan James

Church on Napier Kerstin Thompson Archt. & James Stockwell Archt. | Martin Builders

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Photographer Michael Downes

Dalkeith Gardens Adam Dettrick Architects BFN Developments

Photographer Tess Kelly

Journal Central METIER3 Icon Construction

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Henry Street Townhouses Maria Danos Architecture Larik Constructions

Photographer Dave Kulesza

Lumiere Black Rock Warren and Mahoney Lowe Create

Photographer Peter Clarke

Irving St be Architecture Flux Construction

Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

Melbourne Quarter Fender Katsalidis Lendlease

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Ben Hosking

Object 04 Object Subject Architecture Bear Projects

Photographer Derek Swalwell

The Rochester Ola Studio with Breathe

Liberty Builders, completed by Intracon

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Jolimont Infill Matt Gibson Architecture & Design Proline Constructions

Photographer John Gollings

Miramar Mills Gorman Architects Liberty Builders

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Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

Piper Residences Fender Katsalidis Ironside

Photographer Luke Reaby

The Spanish Club Warren and Mahoney

Minicon Construction (Aust) Pty Ltd

Photographer Emily Bartlett

TATE Cera Stribley COBEN

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Yarra One Fender Katsalidis Hickory

Photographer Sharyn Cairns

The Auburn Apartments Splinter Society Architecture WAF Constructions

JURY CHAIR REPORT | RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES (MULTIPLE HOUSING) A consistently high level of design quality was seen in 2021 in the Residential Multiple category across all scales of projects. The diversity and quality of the projects from smaller dual occupancies, to mid-rise projects, apartment towers, independent living units and student housing projects, made it a challenge to form a shortlist, with many high-quality projects not making the shortlist.

The jury enjoyed seeing architects make sensitive and skilful insertions into established middle ring suburbs, increasing density close to services and allaying often-heard objection to densification. We were delighted to see a couple of high-quality independent living projects, which displayed care and investment in new models in a sector of high need. We saw large-scale commitment by the university sector into student accommodation with a focus on sustainability, wellbeing and carbon reduction. We saw architects again leading the way on projects that invite community, consultation and liveability. In all the varied typologies we saw the skilled analysis and execution of bespoke site-responsive solutions that demonstrate what an architect can bring to a brief or project to truly add value to the public realm and for occupants.

This is a highly varied category where comparisons of buildings are made that perhaps shouldn’t be compared. We found it pleasingly difficult to separate a group of strong projects and congratulate the award and commendation winners, and all who submitted their work in a strong field.

Partridge delivers consulting engineering services across a number of disciplines, namely Structural, Remedial, Event, Hydraulic and Civil engineering services. Partridge has provided these engineering services since 1982, with a reputation for delivering innovative solutions via a genuinely collaborative approach with architects and stake holders. Partridge approach each project with creativity, ingenuity and passion.

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NGV Triennial 2020 Outdoor Pavilions | BoardGrove Architects | Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE Projects in this category will be those considered to be “small” in terms of area or budget. Projects are recognised that have been constrained by space or cost restrictions, but have achieved a level of invention, creativity and craftsmanship despite these constraints. This category can accommodate projects, typically projects in the public realm, which may be over-looked against larger scale projects in other categories or may be transient or experimental in nature, such as exhibition design, set design, playgrounds, architectural sculptures or installations that may or may not be able to be visited by the Jury. Projects of all functional types may be considered.

Exclusions: • Residential projects are not eligible for this category.

• Projects concurrently entered into any other category are not eligible for this category.

Kim Bridgland Jury Chair

Edwina Brisbane Juror

Nicholas Travers Juror

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THE KEVIN BORLAND AWARD | NGV Triennial 2020 Outdoor Pavilions | BoardGrove Architects Designed for the 2020 NGV Triennial at a time when the city of Melbourne was emerging in a state of collective fragility from a severely extended lockdown, this assemblage of transient pavilions provided a place for rest, shelter and Covid safe communal meals. They also, and perhaps more importantly, provided a space of moral and emotional comfort where the design’s gesture of innocence and humility offered a soothing balm to relieve the effects of collective anxiety and social separation felt by us all.

Referencing the simple canvas tent structure of Tom Robert’s iconic work ‘The artist’s camp’ (held within the NGV collection), the dining pavilions become a vehicle for the sense informality, frugality and connection to place that we associated with camping trips with family and friends to be transported into the city site of the gallery’s gardens.

The gesture of this work, small in stature but profoundly generous in heart and in experience, exemplifies the immense value of this category. Careful and sensitive decision making, finely calibrated to limitations of both budget and time, have delivered a place of sincere rest and comfort within the NGV gardens that far exceeds the sum of their humble material components.

Practice Team: Holly Board (Design Architect), Peter Grove (Designer) Consultant / Construction Team: National Gallery of Victoria - Exhibition Team (Project implementation and co-ordination role), Individual Design and Construction (Furniture Maker), Paul Conole Engineering (Structural Engineer), Surveyed by Nicolas (Building Surveyor), Architecture & Access (Access Consultant) Builder: CBD Contracting Group Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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AWARD | Jackalope Pavilion | March Studio The Jackalope pavilion is a curious form drifting over and amongst the gritty streetscape of St Kilda. Housing an artwork, gift shop and ticketing booth the pavilion is a lesson in how spatial sequence can enrich our experience of place and how a small intervention can behave with civic generosity to its context.

Sited to command attention while being sensitive to its neighbours, the simple form is contained within an intangible and curious skin; the depth of which invites investigation and sparks intrigue. Moving from light to dark, drenched to shiny, the strength and sequence of spaces is akin to that of Alice’s journey down the rabbit hole. This crafted experience and the engaging dialog with the surrounds demonstrates excellence in the small project category.

The process from procurement through persuasion to proposal is critical to the success of project and of particular importance to the public and cultural benefit of this work. What is seen and unseen in Jackalope pavilion is testament to March studio’s tenacity toward design.

Jackalope pavilion is generous to its context while being a delight to encounter as a sequence of spaces. It is a reminder of the value of maturity in design, that refined complexity is reached through repeated testing and reflection with a good splash of playful joy.

Practice Team: Rodney Eggleston (Project Architect), Julien Ybert (Graduate of Architecture), Toby McElwaine (Graduate of Architecture), Julian Canterbury (Design Architect), Charlie Lane (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Random International (Rain Room Artist), Studio Ongarato (Wayfnding), Medley Property Group (Construction Manager), Wood & Grieve Engineers (Engineer), Grimbos Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor), Bluline Projects (Scaffolders) Builder: Cod Build Photographer: Peter Bennetts

COMMENDATION Conservatory Adaptation | Architecture Associates Following a masterplan and a series of previous interventions across the site, Architecture Associates came to the former Labassa conservatory (c.1890) to resolve the last but potentially the most significant operation on the site.

Tasked with adapting the heritage garden structure into a space of hybrid domesticity, the architects have delivered a series of delicate manoeuvres with surgical clarity which allow the aged steel and iron pavilion to perform as the canvas to the daily rituals of domestic duty, and to the creating and sharing from the life of a curious mind.

Builder: Latrobe Building Services

Photographer Rory Gardiner

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OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Peter Clarke

Arco Branch Studio Architects Two Two

Photographer Megan Nash

Jemmys Point lookout. Hotel Road watsonarchitecture+design Owner Builder - East Gippsland Shire Council

Photographer Felix Bardot

Base Cabin studio edwards Base Cabin

Photographer BWRM

Ocean Grove Tennis Pavilion DE atelier Architects BDH Constructions Pty Ltd

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Design Hub - Entry Furniture + Display Plinths | Searle x Waldron Architecture | Kapitol Group

Photographer Victor Manuel Vieaux

Pause for Melbourne Design Week Hassell MPA

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Edwardes Lake Park Changing Places | Bourke and Bouteloup Architects | Arden Group

Photographer John Gollings

Spensley St Primary School Workshop Architecture Marradon Constructions

Photographer Emily Bartlett

St Matthew’s Primary School, Entry Works | Harrison and White Newpol Construction

JURY CHAIR REPORT | SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE It has been a pleasure to judge a series of projects that reinforce the great value of small but well targeted and executed contributions to our built environment. The projects that we have highlighted through shortlisting, awards and commendations were the most considered, singular and focussed from the whole cohort of entrants. They also possessed a balance of delight, poetics and practicality.

Small projects demand great rigour both in concept and execution to produce works of clarity and lasting value to the community. Less successful projects in this category struggled from overreach or from poorly realised outcomes which heavily reinforce to us the value in a strong conceptual underpinning, which can outline a clear decision-making path for the architect. A clear conceptual framework is a powerful tool to enable a project to rise above the purely pragmatic requests within a client brief in to order elevate the design outcomes for both private and public users. The strength of awarded projects this year was in their translation of idea to experience.

Once again, we see the immense value of the AIA jury process, where the inclusion of site visits allows for an honest and accurate appraisal of the submitted works, beyond the purely photogenic aspects. This site visit process also brings with it one of the major perks of the jury role, which is the social connections made and reinforced between jury members. The rigorous debate and generosity knowledge and experience brought to the conversation and shared between jury members between site visits is always a standout feature of the process.

We congratulate all shortlisted and awarded projects which gain strength from clarity of concept, with thorough testing revisited through a generous design process. A reminder of the beauty of the architectural process, the value of maturity in design and the impact of small moments in our communities/cities.

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Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates | Photographer: Peter Clarke

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URBAN DESIGN The Urban Design category recognises achievement in design which enhances the quality of the built environment or public domain leading to the betterment of the broader city for the general community. Projects considered in this category may be single buildings, a group of buildings or non-building projects, studies or master plans of a public, civic or urban environment.

Clare McAllister Jury Chair

Gumji Kang Juror

Andy Fergus Juror

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THE JOSEPH REED AWARD | Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates The Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct by Cox Architecture represents an extraordinary offer of civic generosity, elevating the commuter experience through the gift of a panoramic Port Phillip Bay view. This iteration of the Level Crossing Removal Project sets a new benchmark in public realm contribution, with a precinct-wide urban design response including a new foreshore park linking the station environs to Carrum beach in addition to the creation of new regional shared path connections.

With a brief informed by community concerns with the impacts of an elevated viaduct, the result is a highly specific-to-place station and public realm outcome. The project engages with a historic barrier dune formation with clustered single storey volumes nested under the viaduct enabling good physical and visual permeability. The skilled handling of the station design to achieve a central platform has removed the need for a bulky station enclosure, allowing a series of independent roof planes that maintain views from the Carrum hinterland.

This project achieves a level of urban transformation far beyond a new station experience, re-connecting the divided suburb of Carrum back to its foreshore, and providing a generous urban realm that generations to come can enjoy.

Practice Team: Jonathan Gardiner (Design Architect), Andrew Hayes (Design Architect), Adelaide Palum (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Nargessi (Project Architect), Amanda Barker (Project Architect), Amna Omerhodzic (Graduate of Architecture), Amil Alhasan (Architect), Amy Banfield (Interior Designer), Ann Gie Tee (Graduate of Architecture), Arshia Ebadi (Graduate of Architecture), Colin Wilson (Project Architect), Daisy Lorrimar (Project Architect), Diana Ong (Graduate of Architecture), Duy Dang (Project Architect), Francisca Rodriguez (Graduate of Architecture), Kelvin Kong (Graduate of Architecture), Kristen Wang (Graduate of Architecture), Li Vee Tan (Project Architect), Mark Kowalyov (Project Architect), Matt Ellis (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Hourigan (Architectural Technician), Ness Jackson (Project Architect), Nicholas MacCormac (Graduate of Architecture), Nicholas Miltos (Project Architect), Nazanin Shaigan (Graduate of Architecture), Rae Ong (Project Architect), Stephanie Courtis (Graduate of Architecture), Sam Chesbrough (Graduate of Architecture), Yitian Chiew (Graduate of Architecture), Zen Lee (Urban Designer) Consultant / Construction Team: Acciona Coleman Rail Joint Venture (Construction Manager), WSP (Engineer), Metro Trains Melbourne (Rail Operator), Beca (Engineer), Rush Wright (Landscape Consultant), Philip Chun & Associates (Building Surveyor), Equal Access (DDA Consultant) Builder: Acciona Coleman Rail Joint Venture Photographer: Peter Clarke

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AWARD | Springvale Community Hub | Lyons with Rush Wright Associates Situated within an eclectic suburban setting, the Springvale Community Hub demonstrates urban design skill in the establishment of an exemplary new public realm framed by built form. A significant project for the City of Greater Dandenong, the civic spaces, new library, council offices, and parkland offer a place for community life.

In response to the staging challenge of keeping the former library operational through construction, Lyons have utilised a significant street setback to establish a vibrant new civic identity, signposting the new Community Hub to busy Springvale Road. The generous, kaleidoscopic public realm welcomes the community into the precinct with a range of diverse and carefully programmed outdoor rooms connected by meandering paths. The Community Hub is carefully sited within this vast landscape; a curved northern park framing majestic old river red gums and verandah offer retreat spaces at the building’s edge. The building form is an amalgam of four distinct elevations that speak to the adjacent character, from park edge, to suburb, to carpark, and arterial.

The Springvale Community Hub celebrates and embraces cultural diversity and immigrant experience. It offers powerful statements in a suburban setting and provides a new urban community precinct that is imbued with a playful civic spirit.

Practice Team: James Wilson (Design Architect), Sam Hunter (Design Architect), Van Hoang (Graduate of Architecture), Darren Snowden (Technical Draftsman), Michael Bell (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Rush Wright Associates (Landscape Consultant), Material Thinking (Public Artwork Consultant), MeinhardtBonacci (Structural Engineer), Paul Thompson (Planting Specialist), Currie & Brown (Quantity Surveyor), Studio Ongarato (Signage Consultant), Architecture & Access (Accessibility Consultant), Meinhardt-Bonacci (Civil Consultant), AECOM (Services Consultant), AECOM (ESD Consultant), Meinhardt-Bonacci (Façade Consultant)

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COMMENDATION Collins Arch | Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects

Photographer Trevor Mein

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Prahran Square | Lyons

Photographer John Gollings

A rare example of true mixed-use, Collins Arch by Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects successfully integrates retail, hotel, offices and apartments into a single arched tower form, maintaining a permeable, publicly accessible ground plane with new through-block connections. A generous colonnade and covered amphitheatre seamlessly integrate with the new Market Street public park, established in partnership with the City of Melbourne. In contrast with the dominant podium-tower typology, which consumes 100% of the site, this project offers a number of new publicly urban spaces back to the city.

Prahran Square by Lyons replaces an existing asphalt carpark with a new urban plaza, sitting over basement carparking. The plaza offers moments of delight, including raised areas providing elevated experiences of the surrounding built fabric. The jury found the street interfaces to be less successful in their engagement with the urban context; however, Prahran Square is commendable for providing an accessible and inclusive public space, and demonstrating design strategies that will allow future adaptation of the carpark for other uses.

Builder: Multiplex

Builder: Kane Constructions

OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Tom Roe

Ballarat Line Upgrade (BLU) Kyriacou Architects Coleman Rail

Photographer Jaime Diaz Berrio

ELLA South Craig Tan Architects Otto Constructions

Photographer John Gollings

Mixed Use Centre, Kew Atelier Wagner | Devco Project & Construction Management Pty Ltd

Photographer John Gollings

Nunawading Community Hub fjmt Ireland Brown Constructions

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Peter Clarke

Reservoir Station Genton John Holland Group

Photographer Peter Bennetts

RMIT Rodda Lane Precinct Sibling Architecture Evergreen Civil

Photographer Andrew Latreille

Rushall Park Independent Living MGS Architects Manresa Constructions

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Yarra One Fender Katsalidis Hickory

JURY CHAIR REPORT | URBAN DESIGN The twelve entries received for the Urban Design award were diverse in both typology and scale, including small-scale urban insertions; privately and publicly funded residential, mixed-use and community-use developments; and larger-scale rail infrastructure projects.

To assist in interpreting the awards evaluation criteria, the jury nominated six assessment characteristics, focusing on contributions to the public realm and urban life ie multi-scalar, publicly generous, integrated, local, flexible, and innovative. While not every awarded project met all these criteria, they provided a useful benchmark for jury deliberations. Six projects were shortlisted and visited, and two awards and two commendations were awarded.

The Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct by Cox Architecture is an urban design response that goes beyond the pragmatics of rail infrastructure to provide an exemplary urban realm for a coastal suburban context. The jury unanimously awarded the project the Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design.

The Springvale Community Hub by Lyons was selected for an award for demonstrating a playfully civic urban design response that celebrates cultural diversity, and engages with community at all scales, from the macro to the micro.

While both Collins Arch (Woods Bagot and Shop Architects) and Prahran Square (Lyons) had limitations in aspects of their street-level urban experience, the jury found the projects achieved commendable urban design outcomes; specifically, Collins Arch provides a generous, high quality network of privately funded public spaces, while Prahran Square demonstrates a publicly funded hybrid plaza/carpark type that offers flexibility for future adaptation as car use decreases.

The jury would also like to acknowledge the other shortlisted projects: Reservoir Station by Genton for creating an urbane civic landmark for its middle-ring suburban context; and ELLA South by Craig Tan Architects for demonstrating flexible frontage strategies that provide lessons for the design of street-level interfaces.

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Heritage Architecture —

Bendigo Former Mining Exchange | Williams Boag Architects | Photographer: Fred Kroh

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HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE This category is for any built conservation project or study developed in accordance with the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter, or any adaptive reuse of a heritage structure.

Category Sponsor

Peter Malatt Jury Chair

Louise Goodman Juror

Chris Jones Juror

The Heritage Council of Victoria recognises and celebrates Victoria’s cultural heritage, providing advice on the protection and conservation of historically important places and objects. We value Victoria’s heritage as an asset to be enjoyed and appreciated, and are proud to sponsor the 2021 Award for Heritage Architecture.

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THE JOHN GEORGE KNIGHT AWARD | Bendigo Former Mining Exchange | Williams Boag Architects Part of the Beehive building by Charles Webb, 1872, the Mining Exchange was the centre of the gold trade during Bendigo’s Gold Rush. As such it is a building of national and indeed world significance. The building was subsequently heavily modified for use by Allens music in the 1920s. Closed since the 1980s, this fine interpretive restoration acknowledges the importance of both the original Mining Exchange function and the later retail arcade.

The restoration involves reactivation of the Allens arcade, partial reopening of the trading floor, installation of a lift and amenities, and full restoration of the upper section of the exchange. Original finishes have been retained and revealed, and the upper gallery beautifully restored with interpretive heritage details such as brackets, oculus and stairs integrated into the works.

The jury was impressed by the elegance of the interpretive works, attention to detail within strict budgets and the public benefits of the reopened arcade and reactivation of this important artefact. The project is an exemplar of sophisticated design, revealing original Italianate forms, colours and details truly astonishing in richness and texture. It is this approach of quiet preservation and revealing of the historic palimpsest which sets the project apart.

Practice Team: Peter Williams (Design Architect), Sean Earl (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Regional Building Surveying Services Pty. Ltd. (Building Surveyor), Osborne Consulting Group (Structural Engineer), BCA Engineers (Services Consultant), M P Cordia & Associates Pty. Ltd. (Quantity Surveyor), A.S. James Pty. Ltd. (Geotechnical Engineer), Before Compliance (Access Consultant) Builder: DBG Projects Photographer: Fred Kroh

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AWARD | Church on Napier | Kerstin Thompson Architects and James Stockwell Architects On the site of the 1871 former Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Church on Napier is an arrangement of 13 dwellings around a shared courtyard. Master planned

by Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA), the project reimagines the church and its 1920s hall building, while introducing a new three storey building) into the heritage setting. The adaptive reuse of both the 1920s church hall (KTA), on Little Napier Street, and the church (James Stockwell Architects) sensitively repurposes the buildings and activates community life on the site.

Considered siting and proportions of the new interventions complement the existing buildings. Perforated steel screens on the accompanying new building references the patterns within the church’s stained glass. Use of natural materials, considered detailing, and play of light enhances the user experience of the heritage buildings.

Timber-lined apartments within the church form a discernable inner skin.

Contrast and separation of new materials from heritage, within the church and hall, provide clear legibility of old and new fabric.

Church on Napier celebrates our heritage buildings, taking care to leave original fabric intact. The jury was impressed by the efficient and careful masterplan, and by an approach which gives equal measure to the new, providing richness to community living experience and a generous urban outcome to the street.

Practice Team: Kerstin Thompson (Design Architect), James Stockwell (Design Architect), Kelley MacKay (Project Director), Bill Busfield (Project Architect), Martin Allen (Project Associate), Claire Humphreys (Architect), Ben Paulsky (Architect), Will Samuels (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Fontic (Project Manager), WT Partnership (Quantity Surveyor), Kersulting Pty Ltd (Structural + Civil Engineer), Contour (Town Planner), JCA Land Surveyors (Land Surveyor), ADP Consulting (Electrical + Hydraulic Engineers), TJB Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor), Hardrock Geotechnical (Geotechnical Engineer), Urban Digester ESD Services (ESD Consultant), Watson Moss Growcott Acoustics (Acoustic Consultant), Michael Taylor Architecture & Heritage (Heritage Architect), Light Project (Lighting Consultant), Cardno (Traffic Engineer), Salt (Traffic Engineer), Wastetech (Waste Consultant) Builder: Martin Builders Photographer: Dylan James

COMMENDATION d’Estaville | NTF Architecture

Hawthorn House | Kennedy Nolan Working within strict statutory constraints, NTF Architecture skillfully balance the weight of the past and the sensibilities of the present, to create a contemporary family home.

The open front fence and garden generously return this stately home is to its Kew streetscape, reinstating the original approach to the front door and showcasing a WWII air-raid shelter repurposed as a wine cellar.

The interior celebrates the houses original fabric, whilst boldly transplanting a well-delineated 21st Century architecture into the bluestone shell.

Builder: MGS Constructions Pty Ltd

Photographer Derek Swalwell

This sophisticated work displays careful attention to heritage character and scale. Kennedy Nolan have ensured their client’s particular needs are met through a deep understanding of a locally significant residence, carefully designed to ensure that every room has a garden outlook. The integrated landscape is open to the street and reconnects the home to its neighbourhood. A nuanced colour scheme and bold formal moves brings a sense of delight to the home.

Extensive additions inventively interpret detailing from previous eras, including a nod to Carlo Scarpa, grafting a delightful new layer of history onto the site.

Photographer Tom Blachford

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Builder: Provan Built

OTHER ENTRIES

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Clocktower, Hawthorn Arts Centre Atelier Wagner Ivy Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd

Photographer Rory Gardiner

Conservatory Adaptation Architecture Associates Latrobe Building Services

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Kristoffer Paulsen

Melbourne Town Hall – Ground Floor Reimagining | Hassell Alchemy Construct

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Music Market Sibling Architecture Simbuilt Pty Ltd

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Fitzroy Bridge House Matt Gibson Architecture & Design Warwick Constructions

SHORTLISTED

Photographer John Gollings

Penleigh Essendon Grammar School Music House | McBride Charles Ryan | Bear Projects

Photographer Trevor Mein

Jewel Box Lovell Chen B&B Freiberg

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Tom Ross

The Carringbush Hotel DesignOffice Inner North Carpentry

JURY CHAIR REPORT | HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE The 12 submissions made to the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Architecture Awards 2021 heritage category represented a wide spectrum of interpretations of what constitutes a heritage project. The submissions ranged from pure conservation, through alterations and additions, to adaptive reuse of historical buildings of widely differing typologies. The jury visited seven of the projects submitted and awarded or commended four.

Although, it was a challenging task to compare such as diverse range of projects, the jury employed a tabulated system of assessment addressing all of the Institute judging criteria, along with consideration of the degree of difficulty and general design excellence. This is something which may be worth consideration by the Awards Committee as a standard tool for all juries, to ensure all criteria are assessed equally.

We noted on our visits some trends in the handling of heritage projects: • An increase use of historic motifs such as arches, clerestory lighting and rich detailing in new work, rather than full differentiation of old and new.

• Use/preservation of rich, dark colours in both historic and new works.

• Use of steel, brass and stone detailing which has a similar satisfying solidity to traditional heritage materials.

• In the best projects, there was a sophisticated understanding of the importance and character of the heritage fabric, key to understanding and preserving the changes to that fabric over time.

The jury, including our graduate member, worked particularly well together, with all decisions reached consensually. That the jury’s voting across the matrix was unanimous speaks highly of the group’s synergy and shared appreciation of the myriad of factors that contribute to successful architectural outcomes within a heritage context.

The Heritage Council of Victoria recognises and celebrates Victoria’s cultural heritage, providing advice on the protection and conservation of historically important places and objects. We value Victoria’s heritage as an asset to be enjoyed and appreciated, and are proud to sponsor the 2021 Award for Heritage Architecture.

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Divided House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects | Photographer: John Gollings

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE The Interior Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of an interior spatial environment and may include projects completed within a new building or the interior refurbishment of an existing building.

Category Sponsor

Anne Clisby Jury Chair

Ben Robertson Juror

Anja de Spa Juror

McKay Timber is a family owned company with a rich history of more than 70 years. We are a sawmill processing timber for use in building, interior applications and furniture. Our products are distributed to the Tasmanian, Australian and International markets.

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THE MARION MAHONY AWARD | Divided House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects Divided House is a meticulously resolved new house with an interior that is both sophisticated yet raw. The humble materiality of timber, perforated steel and concrete is detailed with finesse which elevates and celebrates the palette. With subtle gestures to remove extraneous elements, the house questions expected norms of residential living, the resulting interior is a home with a flexible ease of occupation.

The hidden surprise elements, such as a cloak cupboard integrated into a pivoting art wall and a glazed skylight within a coffee table, bring delight and show the architect’s deft hand at combining the playful with the functional. The owner’s contemporary art collection is designed into every part of the home with unexpected pieces displayed in every room. The coloured wet areas, each one a different richly saturated colour, provide moments of intensity in an otherwise neutrally toned interior environment.

The lighting throughout the house is seamlessly integrated into ceiling linings or joinery elements to achieve a unified aesthetic. The slow-burn process of crafting the interior architecture over many years, refining details and bespoke objects such as pulley mechanisms and moveable task lighting is a homage to creative design.

Divided House is a special exemplar of considered interior conception and detail which demonstrates craftsmanship and displays the innovation possible in interior architecture.

Practice Team: Jon Clements (Design Team), Hanah Wexler (Design Team), Rob Majcen (Design Team), Will Christian (Design Team), Jessie Legge (Design Team), Tim Jackson (Design Team), Graham Burrows (Design Team) Consultant / Construction Team: Tim Nicholas Landscape Architect (Landscape Architect), Adams Consulting Engineer (Structural Engineer), Light Project (Lighting Consultant), Leeda Projects Pty Ltd (Joinery Fitout Contractor), Metta Energy (Renewable Energy Consultant), Ian Strange (Artist) Builder: BD Projects Pty Ltd Photographer: John Gollings

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AWARD | ACMI Renewal | BKK Architects and Razorfish ACMI Renewal pays homage to the existing architecture while simultaneously creating a new and recognisable identity for the museum. Original details of the Alfred Deakin Building have been highlighted through thoughtful interventions and refined detailing.

The architectural language and materiality used throughout the project is sensitive and well resolved. Lighting has been perceptively used to guide museum goers through the exhibition space. The introduction of the Living Stair that links Flinders Street to Federation Square allows visitors to seamlessly navigate ACMI’s multiple levels while enhancing the museum’s connection to the surrounding city and laneways.

This considered architectural approach has successfully increased visual connectivity to the street and invites the public to interact with the space in a new and exciting way. The addition of portals that look through to what would typically be considered back-of-house spaces helps to further the public’s connection with the museum and its staff. The clever, functional insertions have effortlessly addressed issues of wayfinding and accessibility and allow for a holistic visitor experience.

Builder: Built (Main Works) & Arete (Exhibition Fit Out) Photographer: Shannon McGrath

AWARD | Olderfleet | Grimshaw with Carr The interior architecture of Olderfleet by Grimshaw with Carr is a careful consideration of contraction and expansion, darkness and light, interwoven to create mood and experience.

The dark entryway incites reverence and acknowledgement of heritage, creating a transitional space, which contrasts with the scale and grandeur of the light-filled expansive lobby. The art installation Solar by Wolfgang Buttress enhances the experience by harnessing natural light and responding to the real-time data feed of solar radiation. The daylight into the lobby enables a contrast between light and shadow and a connection to the external environment and circadian rhythms which is heightened by the selection of surfaces and colours.

Sophisticated and meticulous detailing and approach to materiality and texture combine with a clever interplay of levels. Hidden gems of co-working spaces, bars and eateries nestled into the heritage remnants have been artfully created.

A consistency of approach and detail provides a continuous thread from public to back-of-house spaces, bringing a constancy of design language and thoughtful resolution throughout the building.

Practice Team: Neil Stonell (Managing Partner), Timothy Cox (Associate Principal), Rosie Morley (Associate Director), Rebecca Walsh (Associate), Daniela Goedecke (Senior Designer), Emma Phythian (Interior Designer), Dan Cox (Director of Interior Design), An Bui (Senior Interior Designer), Jann Agac-ac (Interior Designer), Erin Uphill (Interior Designer), Clare Fairey (Interior Designer), Cecilia Martinez (Graduate of Architecture), Han Chua (Architect), Ashini De Alwis (Architect), Laura Harrison (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Arup (Services Consultant), Electrolight (Lighting Design), TILT Creative (Branding and Wayfinding), UAP (Artwork), du Chateau Chun (Certification) Builder: Mirvac Constructions (VIC) Pty Limited Photographer: Nicole England

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COMMENDATION Monash University Building 28 | Kennedy Nolan

Photographer Derek Swalwell

The interior fit out of Building 28 at Monash University is an exemplar of the adaptive re-use of a disused 1960s infrastructure building.

With highly rational spatial planning that connects inside and out, the interior has been transformed into an open and graphic learning environment with a considered dialogue to a new adjacent landscape.

The clever employment of mathematical symbols speaks in code to its faculty user group. The architects have re-interpreted client guidelines with a succinct material palette that achieves warmth and a playful identity and creates an inviting beacon on campus.

Burwood Brickworks | NH Architecture

in partnership with Russell & George on the interior design

Photographer: Photographer Dianna Snape

Burwood Brickworks by NH Architects with Russell & George challenges the preconceptions of what a suburban shopping centre can be. Together with their forward-thinking client Frasers Property, they have created a place for the community which sets a benchmark for future developments that will have far-reaching implications for architecture and interior design.

Every material has been rigorously considered and evaluated with many products being specifically formulated for this project, which will now be available to our profession as a legacy for future sustainability.

Builder: Hacer Group

Builder: Kapitol Group

Eastbourne | Eastop Architects The harmonious yet dramatic minimalism of Eastbourne, poetically blends privacy and light unexpectedly via bold spatial dynamics, textures and apertures.

With the conceptual and experiential framework carried from Bruce Naumans sculpture – Room with my soul left out, room that does not care – the central void elevates the idea of home to a civic experience.

With a compact site and restricted budget, Eastbourne successfully manipulates light and space with a thought-provoking spatial paradigm to achieve a refined urban oasis.

Builder: Capabuild Developments

Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

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OTHER ENTRIES

Photographer Peter Clarke

35 Collins Street Grimshaw Built Pty Ltd

Photographer Dianna Snape

600 Bourke Lobby and Ground Re-Development | 3XN Architects with NH Architecture | ProBuild

Photographer Tom Ross

Brunswick Lean-to Blair Smith Architecture Cale Peters Constructions

Photographer Dianna Snape

Burrinja Cultural Centre Workshop Architecture Lloyd Group

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Tom Blachford

d’Estaville NTF Architecture

MGS Constructions Pty Ltd

Photographer Dianna Snape

Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital | Lyons Lendlease

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Di Stasio Citta Hassell

RCON Construction

Photographer Timothy Kaye

Joey Scandizzo Salon KENNON Architecture & Interiors Four Seasons Commercial Interiors

Photographer Derek Swalwell

Fitzroy Bridge House Matt Gibson Architecture & Design Warwick Constructions

Photographer John Gollings

John Holland: NextHome Decibel Architecture John Holland Group

Photographer Shannon McGrath

GHD Melbourne Office GHDWoodhead Kapitol Group

Photographer John Gollings

Melbourne Quakers Centre Nervegna Reed Architecture + PH Architects | Sinjen

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

Melbourne Quarter Fender Katsalidis Lendlease

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Music Market Sibling Architecture Simbuilt Pty Ltd

Photographer Trevor Mein

Ozanam House MGS Architects

ADCO Constructions

Photographer Willem-Dirk du Toit

Piper Residences Fender Katsalidis Ironside

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Photographer Peter Bennetts

Ripple House FMD Architects B.F.C.Built.

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Photographer John Gollings

RMIT OurPlace ARM Architecture Shape

Photographer John Gollings

Springvale Community Hub Lyons Ireland Brown Constructions

Photographer Chris Matterson

St Leonard’s College Redevelopment | ARM Achitecture ADCO Constructions

OTHER ENTRIES SHORTLISTED

Photographer Drew Echberg

St Paul’s Lutheran Church Law Architects Harris HMC interiors (Vic) Pty Ltd

SHORTLISTED

Photographer Rory Gardiner

Ten Minutes by Tractor COX Architecture Lloyd Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Tom Ross

The Carringbush Hotel DesignOffice Inner North Carpentry

Photographer David Miller

Wyndham Beach House Sky Architect Studio Pty Ltd

Anthony Karlovic, First Avenue Homes

Photographer Tatjana Plitt

Yarra One Fender Katsalidis Hickory

JURY CHAIR REPORT | INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE Thirty-one projects were presented to the Interior Architecture Jury, resulting in a shortlist of 11, culminating in three awards including the named award and three commendations.

The range and depth of projects in this category from grandiose commercial lobbies to tiny lean-to residential additions was difficult for the jury to compare and give adequate consideration to. We divided the projects into sub-categories such as office lobbies and workplace, community centres and education, large and small retail from shopping centres to restaurants, and residential, to ensure we shortlisted the best in each sub-category. We grappled with how to compare a tiny but beautifully resolved insertion in a church, with large civic gestures and sustainable projects which provide a significant legacy to our profession and future generations.

The jury unanimously agreed that Divided House was a stand-out project for its craftmanship and innovative conception of interior architecture, resolved and refined on-site over many years. Likewise, ACMI Renewal and Olderfleet were meticulously detailed to create exemplary additions to Melbourne’s public interior spaces and were considered worthy of awards.

Commendations were awarded to the exemplar adaptive reuse of a disused 1960s infrastructure building into a thriving education precinct for Monash University Building 28 and the conceptual and experiential resolution of Eastbourne Residence. Burwood Brickworks was also commended for the benchmark created for sustainable commercial retail developments and a legacy of product research which benefits the whole profession.

The jury found the process rewarding and want to reiterate the importance of the three-stage approach and site visits. While we were in general agreement about each project at each stage, we were surprised how our perceptions changed from the initial photographs and text, through the presentations and finally the site visits. While some projects stood out from the initial selection of photos, others came to the fore through the architect’s explanation and presentation, with the site visit being the most important aspect of the judging process.

Category Sponsor

McKay Timber is a family owned company with a rich history of more than 70 years. We are a sawmill processing timber for use in building, interior applications and furniture. Our products are distributed to the Tasmanian, Australian and International markets.

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Collins Arch | Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects | Photographer: Trevor Mein

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COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE The Commercial Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of projects used primarily for commercial purposes. Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 3b | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8.

Category Sponsor

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Rosemary Burne Jury Chair

Cian Davis Juror

Tim Brooks Juror

master key systems, automatic doors, digital door locks and door hardware.We have been servicing Australia and New Zealand for 50 years with products for shops, sports facilities, offices, airports, hospitals and in the home. dormakaba stands for security, sustainability and reliability.

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THE SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD | Collins Arch | Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects The award recognises the rarity in the Australian context of truly integrated mixed-use buildings within a singular form and applauds the ambition of the project as well as the skilful handling and resolution of the complex programmatic constraints.

Consultant / Construction Team: DUO Projects (Project Manager), 4D Workshop (Structural Engineer), Norman Disney & Young (Mechanical Consultant), Norman Disney & Young (Hydraulic Consultant), WSP (Electrical Consultant), WSP (Fire Services Consultant), WSP (Civil Consultant), Aecom (Facade Consultant), Norman Disney & Young (Fire Engineer), Acoustic Logic (Acoustic Consultant), PLP (Building Surveyor), B4 Compliance (DDA Consultant), Ratio (Traffic Consultant), Calibre (Pool Consultant), Altitude (BMU Consultant), Urbis (Planning Consultant), RLB (Quantity Surveyor), Bosco Johnson (Land Surveyor), Norman Disney & Young (Vertical Transportation Consultant), Studio Ongarato (Wayfinding Consultant), WSP (ESD Consultant), WSP (Specialist Lighting Consultant), Salt (Waste Consultant), Calder (Workplace Consultant)

Collins Arch occupies a full city block within the Hoddle grid, providing the rare opportunity to rethink the formal relationship of city-scale buildings to the typical hierarchy of streets and lanes. In response to the unique condition presented by the breaking of the Queen and William streets block by Market Street, SHoP and Woods Bagot have eschewed both the expected podium/ tower and the modernist plaza typology for a contemporary hybrid that successfully adapts to differing conditions and orientations.

The architects have limited the facade expression to two dominant systems that shift and evolve to varying conditions, programs and the form. Keeping strictly to a limited palate brings clarity to the complex form while balancing the scale of the conjoined towers with the permeability and diversity of the public realm. The colonnade shifts with the fall of the site and creates a strong legibility to the various urban conditions and different programs, creating a series of generous public spaces and experiences that contribute to the integration of the project with the city.

Practice Team: Nik Karalis (WB) (Project Director), Kate Frear (WB) (Project Director), Rhonda Mitchell (WB) (Project Principal/Project Leader), Blair Parkinson (WB) (Project Architect), Matthew Pieterse (WB) (Design Architect), Ryvan Lim (WB) (Project Architect), Sarah Alessi (WB) (Lead Interior Designer), Rochelle Skurnik (WB) (Design Architect), Debra Longin (WB) (Lead Interior Designer (Commercial)), Grant Hopwood (WB) (Graduate of Architecture), Kristy Lawrence (WB) (Interior Designer), Glen Crawford (WB) (Interior Designer), Grace Cram (WB) (Interior Designer), Clare Debney (WB) (Interior Designer), Stuart Clark (WB) (Designer), Muhammad Reza (WB) (Designer), Brooke Galloway (WB) (Interior Designer), Timothy Bradbury (WB) (Graduate of Architecture), Belinda Au (WB) (Interior Designer), Rob Saggin (WB) (Documenter/Designer), Stephen Rigg (WB) (Graduate of Architecture), James Ooi (WB) (Documenter/Designer), William Sharples (SHoP) (Principal), Corie Sharples (SHoP) (Principal), Gregg Pasquarelli (SHoP) (Principal), Angelica Trevino Baccon (SHoP) (Principal), Nicole Allen (SHoP)(Designer) Lisa Schwert (SHoP) (Associate Principal), Robert Page (SHoP) (Project Director), Nick Scalco (SHoP) (Project Director), Leah Nanpei (SHoP) (Project Director), Matthew Decharme-Smith (SHoP) (Project Director), Sameer Kumar (SHoP) (Project Director), Andrea Vittadini (SHoP) (Project Director), Amanda Masip (SHoP) (Design Team), Edwin Jupp (SHoP) (Design Team), Elliot Mistur (SHoP) (Design Team), Matthew Kirkham (SHoP) (Design Team), Anne Landau (SHoP) (Design Team), John Cunningham (SHoP) (Design Team), Paul Fredrickson (SHoP) (Design Team), Minyoung Song (SHoP) (Design Team), Alexis Nichol (SHoP) (Design Team), Alex Woodhouse (SHoP) (Design Team), Georgina Tiernan (SHoP) (Design Team), Ryan Lovett (SHoP) (Design Team), Jason Brook (SHoP) (Visualisations), Mengyi Fan (SHoP) (Visualisations) 78

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AWARD | Wangaratta Street | MAArchitects

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Situated on a Melbourne city-fringe site, 45 Wangaratta Street is a small footprint office building required to address both its industrial and residential neighbours. A seemingly simply expressed building, MAArchitects has concentrated their attention on a limited set of details to produce a beautifully resolved project. The shifting composition of full-height windows, deeplyangled reveals and exposed-slab edges play with the perception of council mandated setbacks. Rigorous documentation of the precast-concrete elements, including striated timber linings, has resulted in a finely crafted facade. A simple lobby and ground-floor tenancy addresses the pedestrian scale, leading to single tenancies per floor with streamlined amenities and open floor plans. Openable windows with Juliet balconies provide cross ventilation and connection to urban neighbours. The project provides a strong contribution to a changing urban context, in a quietly restrained but highly considered manner.

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Photographer Peter Clarke

35 Collins Street represents a sensitive and sophisticated insertion into one of Melbourne’s civic and commercial assets – Collins Place and the lobby of 35 Collins. The original concrete panel solidity of 35 Collins is replaced with transparency, using the original modular logic of the building. The transparency allows for a more dynamic connection between the activities of the forecourt and the lower levels of the tower. The planning, material palette and detailing is exceptional, remaining sympathetic to and consistent with the standard of the original design – upgraded to contemporary programs and crafted to last.

Builder: Built Pty Ltd

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Burwood Brickworks | NH Architecture

Photographer Dianna Snape

An ambitious and game-changing project – rethinking the suburban shopping centre and taking on a global agenda. A project with sustainability as the key driver and the idea of cleaner, greener and healthier hearts for our suburban heartlands. The Burwood Brickworks redefines the shopping centre to create a sense of place through multiple references to the industrial heritage of the site, acknowledging local Indigenous heritage through prominent and specially commissioned artwork, and incorporating an active community hub focused around outdoor public open space and the destination rooftop urban farm.

Builder: Hacer Group

COMMENDATION Cannons House | NH Architecture A relatively modest but delightful project that demonstrates a witty and wise response to its city context.

Located at the top end of Flinders Lane among the sombre and solid architectural master set pieces by DCM, IM Pei and Harry Seidler, NH Architects have deftly set up a compelling and contemporary architectural narrative through a dialogue between all three, reimagining the Cannon House facade as an “urban glo-mesh” bringing an enlivening shimmer to the street. The narrative playfully continues into the foyer as a boutique space, styled with leather, stone and silver spark.

Builder: Harris HMC Interiors Pty Ltd

Photographer Peter Bennetts

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51 Langridge SJB

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John Holland: NextHome Decibel Architecture John Holland Group

Photographer Dianna Snape

600 Bourke Lobby and Ground Re-Development | 3XN Architects with NH Architecture | ProBuild

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Langdon Coffee Merchants Hassell Buildcorp

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600 Church Street Wood Marsh ICON construction

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Market Lane Elenberg Fraser Hickory Group

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Ten Minutes by Tractor COX Architecture Lloyd Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Trevor Mein

Victoria Police Centre, 311 Spencer Street | Woods Bagot Probuild

JURY CHAIR REPORT | COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE This year saw 19 projects entered into the Commercial Architecture category. The projects ranged in scale from a modest fit-outs for an inner-city start up to high profile corporate towers and corporate fit-outs. Project types varied from heritage projects, warehouse conversions, speculative developments and facade and foyer upgrades. The projects were spread across a range of contexts, from laneways, shopping strips, and shopping centres to prominent city centre sites, inner-city sites and regional locations. After significant and robust deliberation, the jury shortlisted and visited eight projects.

The jury congratulates all entrants on the high standard of their work. All projects demonstrate responses to the wider issues of our time, such as urban integration, placemaking, sustainability, universal access, health and wellbeing, and new technologies. As our cities become denser and the changing nature of work, the projects in the commercial category were consistently optimistic and future focused, often with elements of fun, freshness and flexibility.

Well done to all involved – architects, clients, consultants and contractors. dormakaba is recognised as a global leader in manufacturing high security access control systems, locks, master key systems, automatic doors, digital door locks and door hardware.We have been servicing Australia and New Zealand for 50 years with products for shops, sports facilities, offices, airports, hospitals and in the home. dormakaba stands for security, sustainability and reliability.

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Collins Arch | Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects | Photographer: Trevor Mein

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Springvale Community Hub | Lyons | Photographer: John Gollings

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PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE The Public Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of projects which are predominantly public or institutional in nature. Generally, projects considered in this category fall within BCA Class 9.

Category Sponsor

Ruth Wilson Jury Chair

Kah-Fai Lee Juror

James Pearce Juror

For over 150 years Lysaght has been manufacturing and supplying Australia’s leading range of steel building products. As National Corporate Partner, Lysaght are proud to sponsor the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards and the award for Public Architecture.

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THE WILLIAM WARDELL AWARD | Springvale Community Hub | Lyons This is a delightful realisation of the council’s brief: a building that fosters civic pride and celebrates the diversity of cultures that comprise Springvale.

The design concept incorporates strong cultural narratives that are advanced with enthusiasm – even joy – in the resultant architectural form. The western facade references the flags of the many nations of origin of residents; to the north, the built form expresses the character of three existing gum trees. The eastern side mirrors the surrounding suburban houses. And the carpark lines that mark the southern facade are wonderfully quirky.

These playful ideas come together to create a building of robust character. Internal spaces boast an appealing loose fit: details are crafted with great care but are not precious; there is a sense the building can grow into itself over time, in response to the users’ changing needs.

We congratulate the architects for bringing diverse ideas into masterful coherence – a physical manifestation of the way different cultures can combine to create a community.

The building balances charming Australian irreverence with evident respect for the importance of representing people and place. This, combined with a sense of connection and celebration, is the spirit of public architecture.

Practice Team: James Wilson (Design Architect), Sam Hunter (Design Architect), Van Hoang (Graduate of Architecture), Darren Snowden (Technical Draftsman), Michael Bell (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Rush Wright Associates (Landscape Consultant), Material Thinking (Public Artwork Consultant), Meinhardt-Bonacci (Structural Engineer), Meinhardt-Bonacci (Civil Consultant), Meinhardt-Bonacci (Facade Consultant), Paul Thompson (Planting Specialist), Currie & Brown (Quantity Surveyor), Studio Ongarato (Signage Consultant), Architecture & Access (Accessibility Consultant), AECOM (Services Consultant), AECOM (ESD Consultant) Builder: Ireland Brown Constructions Photographer: John Gollings

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AWARD | Carrum Station and Foreshore Precinct | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates This project removes three dangerous level crossings by elevating a long stretch of rail and, while doing so, shows how thoughtful architecture can elevate transport infrastructure to enhance community life and engender local pride in a precinct.

This is a resolved program with public safety the highest priority, easy commuter flow, low maintenance and longevity adeptly addressed without using the recognised language of transport architecture. Mission-brown steel tube is twisted and curved to form the required shelters and enclosures. These pavilion structures dot the elevated station and float beyond the rail corridor to mark new public gathering spaces around the station precinct. The elevated rail line receives a lightly crumpled sleeve to mark the station, but at closer perspectives, the engineering rationality of the U-troughs remains understood.

Consultant / Construction Team: Acciona Coleman Rail Joint Venture (Construction Manager), WSP (Engineer), Metro Trains Melbourne (Rail Operator), Beca (Engineer), COX Architecture (Architect), Rush Wright (Landscape Consultant), Philip Chun & Associates (Building Surveyor), Equal Access (DDA Consultant) Builder: Acciona Coleman Rail Joint Venture Photographer: Peter Clarke

A 12-metre-high urban marker is inspired by Bunurong cultural patterns including the wedge-tailed eagle Bunjil. It houses a quirky periscope and is the newest in a lineage of tall things (mainly clock towers) along the bayside stretch.

It is this mix of connection to Country, whimsy and functional rationality that is so striking in a project that could have so easily been unremarkable – an exemplary redefinition of utilitarian public infrastructure.

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COMMENDATION Prahran Square | Lyons

Photographer John Gollings

Prahran Square transforms a once ubiquitous carpark into a vibrant public place – the basement carpark affords the street level to be returned for community participation. The strategic lifting of the perimeter while anchored by the four distinctive corner apertures draws people into a surprise urban and landscape oasis within – a noteworthy skill in choreographing a series of memorable settings. The resulting sculpted cauldron amplifies a dynamic arena of activities, an evolving internal setting cinematically backgrounded by the city and neighbourhood of buildings.

Builder: Kane Constructions

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Nunawading Community Hub | fjmt

Photographer John Gollings

The new Nunawading Community Hub seeks to gather a wide variety of disparate community services and groups under one roof. It achieves this challenging brief impressively through a respectful, contextual response within a constrained budget.

Situated along Springvale Road, behind the former brick primary school, the project elegantly mediates between the heritage fabric, football oval and Tunstall park beyond. Restrained in material and refined in detail, the building becomes a thoughtful backdrop to the lively gathering of people.

Builder: Ireland Brown Constructions

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ACMI Renewal BKK Architects and Razorfish

Photographer Tom Roe

Built (Main Works) & Arete (Exhibition Fit Out)

Ballarat Line Upgrade (BLU) Kyriacou Architects Coleman Rail

Photographer Dianna Snape

Golden Plains Shire Community & Civic Centre Stages 1 & 2 Baumgart Clark Architects | S.J. Weir

Photographer Dianna Snape

Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital | Lyons Lendlease

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Lonsdale Links Wood Marsh

Ireland Brown Projects

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Mixed Use Centre, Kew atelier wagner | Devco Project & Construction Management Pty Ltd

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Reservoir Police Station FMSA Architecture McCorkell Constructions

Photographer Peter Clarke

Reservoir Station Genton John Holland Group

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Yarram & District Health Service (YDHS) Integrated Healthcare Centre | McBride Charles Ryan TS Constructions

JURY CHAIR REPORT | PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE How do you compare the architectural merits of a train station with a community centre, civic square or medical centre? This category’s projects are not only diverse in function, but vastly varying in budget and delivery methods. The unifying trait is the demonstrable benefit these projects offer their communities, through their resolution, thoughtfulness and confident design articulation.

Jury deliberations were anchored firmly on the awards’ core evaluation criteria, with themes of longevity, connectivity, integration with landscape, and appeal to a broad demographic fuelling discussion. With a COVID lens, it was not surprising to see how outdoor gathering areas, trees, plants and play areas were also valued by the public. Awarded and commended projects are fine examples of the importance of landscape and the beautiful outcomes that close and fruitful cross-discipline collaborations can bare.

Each shortlisted project approached its context with careful consideration, with the awarded two projects showing commitment to listening to Country and all projects demonstrating deep engagement to understand the multi-faceted communities for which they catered.

Warm congratulations to the awarded and commended projects in the Public Architecture category, these projects exemplify the positive impact great design can have in our community.

For over 150 years Lysaght has been manufacturing and supplying Australia’s leading range of steel building products. As National Corporate Partner, Lysaght are proud to sponsor the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards and the award for Public Architecture.

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Geelong College Junior School | John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Katya Menshikova

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EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE The Educational Architecture category recognises achievement in the design of any preschool, primary, secondary or tertiary educational facility and/or joint research facilities in which an educational institution is a significant partner.

Category Sponsor

Kerstin Thompson Jury Chair

Mark Loughnan Juror

James Wilson Juror

For over 128 years, Littlehampton Brick has been manufacturing and supplying Australia’s premium Clay Bricks and Pavers. As Australia’s true Brick Boutique, we are proud to sponsor the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards. 100% Australian family owned! 100% Australian made!

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THE HENRY BASTOW AWARD | Geelong College Junior School | John Wardle Architects Emanating from a masterplan underpinned by Reggio Emilia Education principals the Geelong College Junior School provides functional and delightful spatial outcomes, with learning communities connected across indoor and outdoor programs. The design provides a high quality, contextual contribution to the campus and its operation. The new built forms create a joyful and sensitive interplay between new and existing heritage fabric

by McGlashan Everist, extending the school footprint as a suite of small integrated footprints. Planning provides for optimal amenity and orientation for learning typologies, which are connected via a continuous verandah extending and engaging the outdoor activities and year levels.

Facilitating a predominately northern orientation, the built form embraces the playground and provides shelter from the cooler winds and weather. Existing trees are retained while long views across the expansive fields visually connect and promote natural ventilation and daylight. Subtle colour tones of the brick facade integrate the existing building fabric and landscape, with a considered material palette providing a sense of beauty, longevity and ongoing value.

The Geelong College Junior School balances scale and delight for children’s learning, play and exploration and for adults, whether teachers or parents, a place for the wider school community.

Practice Team: John Wardle (Design Architect), Stefan Mee (Design Architect), Alan Ting (Design Architect), Diego Bekinschtein (Project Architect), Samuel Clegg (Project Architect), Maya Borjesson (Project Architect), Amanda Moore (Senior Interior Designer), Andrew Wong (Project Architect), Anna Jankovic (Project Architect), Elisabetta Zanella (Interior Designer), Will Rogers (Project Architect), Irena Galanos (Graduate of Architecture), Adrian Bonaventura (Graduate of Architecture), Bill Kalavriotis (Project Architect), Maximilien Tisserand (Graduate of Architecture), Philip Williams (Architectural Technician), Ellen Chen (Project Architect), Hannah Zhu (Graduate of Architecture), Meron Tierney (Project Architect), Nick Roberts (Project Architect), Rhys Hall (BIM Manager) Consultant / Construction Team: McLeod Consulting (Civil Consultant), McLeod Consulting (Structural Engineer), ADP Consulting (Services Consultant), Affinity Fire Engineering (Engineer), A.S. James (Engineer), BSA Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor), Mexted Rimmer (Landscape Consultant), Marshall Day (Theatre Consultant), Cardno (Traffic and Pedestrian Modelling) Builder: Fairbrother Pty Ltd Photographer: Katya Menshikova

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AWARD | Research Primary School | Kennedy Nolan The re-design of Research Primary School has dramatically transformed an existing campus to forge a new identity for the school and sense of place for the local community. It delivers a built outcome that exceeds the brief. An outstanding exemplar of how to stretch a modest VSBA budget shows expert skill from Kennedy Nolan in delivering maximum value in a crafted and locally responsive outcome. The incorporation of non-standard VSBA materiality, including extensive use of timber cladding, sympathetically aligned the project with its outer suburban bush setting and showed an impressive degree of design team tenacity.

The school’s new and renovated buildings reside alongside each other seamlessly, with a clear and simple palette of materials and series of flexible spaces that create intimacy and identity of learning experiences for children.

These work cohesively with more expansive moments that take in a reimaged terrain to embrace its bush context, and expertly settles the new built insertions into a new series of landscaped gardens by Simon Ellis.

This project creates meaningful and exciting change, generating a new centre with broad walkways and verandahs that create learning streets and whimsical moments that bring a clear sense of how intelligent architecture can deliver a community centred outcome.

Practice Team: Patrick Kennedy (Design Architect), Rachel Nolan (Design Architect), Susan Syer (Project Architect), Amy Evans (Project Architect), Catherine Blamey (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Simon Ellis Landscape Architecture (Landscape Consultant), Urban Digestor (ESD Consultant), BRT Consulting (Electrical Consultant), Argall (Structural Engineer) Builder: Newpol Construction Photographer: Emily Bartlett

AWARD | Penleigh Essendon Grammar School Music House | McBride Charles Ryan The Penleigh Essendon Grammar School Music House is a project of sheer joy that thoughtfully marries an existing Victorian heritage house with a colourful and playful extension. McBride Charles Ryan have expertly combined these two elements into a seamless and light internal experience that skilfully unfolds from a series of heritage practice rooms to a sun drenched semienclosed verandah wrapping around new music learning spaces. This relatively modest addition, that incorporates a dramatic facade of a frozen soundwave in steel and brickwork, acts as a new vibrant backdrop from across the existing outdoor play spaces, giving new literal identity and prominence in the school to musical learning.

The finishing of the project, where both heritage and contemporary detail were treated with equal care using relatively modest materials, was impressive and the careful composition created maximum delight. The new curved northern facade not only responds clearly to the program, but creates a new calmer outdoor space for boys to its northern frontage, while intently building a robust wall to the south sport courts – both provide purposeful interstitial moments that add to the use and experience of the school grounds.

Practice Team: Debbie Ryan (Design/Admin), Robert McBride (Design Architect), Manning McBride (Design/ Documentation/Admin), Georgina Karavasil Papargiris (Design Architect), Bernice Chua (Documentation/Admin), Matthew Tibballs (Documentation) Consultant / Construction Team: Nicholas Bufe (Builder), Jeremy Pankhurst (Builder), James Pettigrew (Builder), Mark Trotter (Builder), Tim Sleeth (Builder), Peta Lough (Builder), Drew Rudd Engineers (Structural Engineer), ECM Group (Services Engineer)

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AWARD | Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University The Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design shows international leadership in learning environments and sustainability. A significant addition to the Clayton Campus designed within the context of the renewed masterplan, its first influential move in response to this is to run the building north south. This establishes Woodside as portal linking Alliance Lane with future easterly development and yields extensive east and west facades instrumental to the effective utilisation of natural light. Orientation is key to the building’s outstanding performance as the largest Passivhaus certified education buildings in the world. At the heart of this building’s imperative is demonstrating how architecture can assist clients to achieve net zero, in this instance by 2030.

Teaching, learning and research spaces are on display and rigorously integrated through a linear parti complimented by a hard-working section that brings daylight into work areas via a series of atria. Looking down into or across at other transparent spaces makes for considerable spectacle. A living laboratory, Woodside further displays its wares through integration and expression of structure and services to tectonic effect which speak to the engineering faculty’s purpose. All elements are organised within a disciplined hierarchy reinforced by a strict colour and material palette that in combination with the generous floor-to-floor proportions make for a handsome and exemplary building.

Practice Team: Andrew Cortese (Design Architect), Michael Janeke (Project Director), Cristian Castillo (Project Team Leader), Sarah Gilder (Designer), Carolin Funcke (Designer), Benjamin Donohoo (Designer), Damon Van Horne (Project Architect), Ivana Pejic (Designer), Tomasz Rejowksi (Designer), Gaspard Michaud (Designer), Benjamin Chew (Designer), Gilbert Yeong (Project Architect), Robert Held (Project Architect), Alberto Sangiorgio (Designer), Nicole Allen (Designer), Pamela McGirr (Architect), Mark Marin (Interiors), Lee Sawyer (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Tier (Designer), Ana Subotic (Graduate of Architecture), Takanori Hanai (Designer), Wayne Henkel (Senior Designer), Carolina Rodriguez Dias (Designer), Yawen (Architect), Michaela Coe (Designer), Merridith Bergstrom (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Edmonds (Architect), Rose Fan (Graduate of Architecture), Susana Loureiro (Graduate of Architecture), Tom Donald (Designer), Benjamin Baertschi (Graduate of Architecture), Patricia Salgado (Graduate of Architecture), Amalia Mayor (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Aurecon (Structural, ESD, Civil, Fire, Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting, Hydraulic, Acoustic Engineers), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), BSGM (Certifier), Minesco (Facade Installer), Root Projects (Project Manager), Six Ideas (Learning Consultant), Bollinger Grohman (Environmental Consultant)

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COMMENDATION St Leonard’s College Redevelopment | ARM Achitecture

Photographer John Gollings

St Leonards College redevelopment cleverly incorporates new indoor and outdoor year 11 and 12 spaces, as well as a high quality 600-seat performing arts facility. Smart integration and weaving of existing and new program yields high-quality function and interstitial spaces, including a central outdoor agora providing a community gathering space and an outdoor extension for the theatre. The conceptual approach of the built form connects old and new in a way that unifies and dramatically transforms the campus.

Builder: ADCO Constructions

Stawell Secondary College | Workshop Architecture

Photographer John Gollings

On a campus which encompasses buildings of variable ages and quality, this new piece in the puzzle stands out as quietly competent and considered. The use of form, materials and details amount to a subtle interpretation of local heritage with equal care to all sides, wise given the uncertainty around the school’s masterplan.

A modest, voluminous and breathing building the learning spaces and food tech labs are functional and suitably low tech for their environmental performance offering a timely reminder of how simple devices – breezeways, louvres, high ceilings – can effectively manage climate and resource use in a state school.

Builder: Searle Bros

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Abbotsford Primary School GHDWoodhead Alchemy

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Deakin KA5 H2o architects

Kane Constructions

Photographer Trevor Mein

Montrose Primary School Gymnasium | H2o architects SwitchCo Build

Photographer Dianna Snape

Xavier College Prototypes Project Baumgart Clark Architects 2Construct

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Photographer Jeremy Blode

Bialik College Crèche | Ron Unger Architects with Maurie Novak Architecture | May Constructions

Photographer Peter Clarke

Docklands Primary School COX Architecture Monaco Hickey

Photographer Blue Tree Studios

PICAC Narre Warren FMSA Architecture Hutchinson Builders VIC

Photographer Thurston Empson

Bio21 Ruth Bishop Building, University of Melbourne Architectus | Kane Constructions

Photographer Derek Swalwell

LaTrobe University Sports Park Warren and Mahoney Architects ADCO Constructions

Photographer John Gollings

RMIT OurPlace ARM Architecture Shape

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Brunswick Design Precinct Stage 1 Paul Morgan Architects / Studio Roland Snooks / Zilka Studio | Neo Construct

Photographer Tatjana Plitt

Lilydale High School, Zoology and Administration | Harrison and White | SJ Higgins Group

Photographer Peter Bennetts

Sunshine Skills Hub Woods Bagot ADCO

JURY CHAIR REPORT | EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE Due to COVID-19, presentation photos were noticeably devoid of people, and some visited buildings were barely inhabited, especially higher education ones, missing the accrued layers of lived space. It’s fair to say, many buildings remained somewhat untested and only provisionally enjoyed. But still the shortlisting process in this category of nineteen was a tough ask this year with a considerable number of very high-quality projects to whittle down.

In the end we awarded six, but a few more offered additional insights into the architecture of education worth commenting on: Abbotsford Primary School carefully edited 19th century bones for more contiguous learning spaces and extracted a central gathering place for school and community from under-utilised interstitial space; Bialik College managed to shift the often utilitarian and institutional sensibility of an early learning centre to one of domestic delight through playful form making and enriched materiality; The Ruth Bishop building showed how even the most demanding and precise laboratory requirements could be accommodated via adaptive re-use within heritage fabric; Docklands Primary School continued the move up rather than out in school planning, illustrating the key role educational infrastructure plays in establishing residential communities; Lilydale High School Zoology added to Melbourne’s interest in forging school identity through narrative, figuration and humour; Brunswick Design Precinct testified to the value of the small project as testing ground for ambitious experiments and research, in this instance in materials and form making.

Much to learn from the class of 2021. Congratulations to all.

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Burwood Brickworks | NH Architecture, in partnership with Russell & George on the interior design and Wurundjeri-willam artist Mandy Nicholson for the ceiling mural and façade artwork | Photographer: Peter Bennetts

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SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE The Sustainable Architecture category recognises achievement in sustainable design that excels as architecture, and exhibits innovation and excellence in terms of environmental sustainability. Assessment of environmental performance is guided by the Australian Institute of Architects Environment Policy and Sustainable Design Strategies for Architects.

All Victorian Architecture Award entries are considered for a Sustainable Architecture Award.

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The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, incorporating the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), is a creative and people-oriented built environment faculty at the University of Melbourne, Australia’s leading research-intensive university. We teach across the built environment fields and are passionate about activating the next generation of built environment professionals.

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THE ALLAN AND BETH COLDICUTT AWARD | Burwood Brickworks | NH Architecture

in partnership with Russell & George on the interior design and Wurundjeri-willam artist Mandy Nicholson for the ceiling mural and façade artwork Pending certification as the world’s first Living Building Challenge (LBC) certified shopping centre, Burwood Brickworks sets a new standard for sustainable building practice and operations in retail and commercial buildings more broadly. The jury commends the project’s use of 100% renewable electricity, elimination of gas, implementation of closed (off grid) fresh water, grey and black water systems, high proportions of locally sourced materials, red-list certification of all construction materials, minimisation of construction waste though adaptive reuse on site and considerations of design for disassembly at the end of the project’s life.

The design’s facilitation of positive environmental impact during operation is also highly commended, specifically implementation of multiple waste streams for base building and all tenancies, including multiple plastics streams and mulching of organic food waste for use on the building’s garden roof, the produce from which is then used to produce food served in the onsite cafe and dining offers.

The project team advised that the completed net-asset value of the property significantly exceeded the pre-construction estimates, based on key retail metrics, including increased visitation, increased visitor dwell time, catchment and overall spend. This project evidences that net-positive sustainable building practice is not only possible in shopping centres, but increases return on investment, presenting compelling argument for a new sustainable benchmark in retail design.

Practice Team: Roger Nelson (Project Director), Deborah Halliday (Project Professional), Edward Tang (Project Leader), Fabian Jungbeck (Design Leader), Rathyana Renthawa (Project Architect), Amy Shaw (Graduate of Architecture), Daniel O’Dowd (Architectural Professional), Luis Sorrentino (Project Architect), Michael Prato (Project Architect), Vee Korjarunchit (Project Architect) Consultant / Construction Team: Russell & George (Interior Elements), Zwei Interiors Architecture (Interior Elements - Urban Farm and Cafe), Electrolight (Lighting Design), Tract Consulting (Planning Consultant), Spencer Group Engineering (Structural Engineer), ADP Consulting (Services Engineer), Reeds Consulting (Infrastructure Engineer) CJArms (Hydraulic Engineer), Group GSA (Landscape Architect), McKenzie Group (DOA/ Building Surveyor), Traffix Group (Traffic Engineer), Omnii (Fire Engineer), Acoustic Logic (Acoustic Engineer), Closed Loop (Waste Consultant), Rider Levett Bucknell (Quantity Surveyor), Hacer Group (Builder and Construction Leader), NH Architecture (Master Planner) Builder: Hacer Group Photographer: Dianna Snape

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AWARD | Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University The Woodside Building for Technology and Design is among the largest Passivehaus certified education buildings in the world. Grimshaw in collaboration with Aurecon and Monash University, set a high benchmark for sustainability and design. The built outcome is testament to a collective vision – an architectural and performance-based approach to net carbon zero by 2030.

The building is 100% electric with solar panels connected to the Monash’s campus wide smart grid and provides for 750 staff and students. The 19,800 metre-square envelope provides a tight thermal skin and solar radiation is managed through the high-performance curtain wall that features a 50% window to wall ratio and an array of vertical and horizontal fins.

The modular nature of the building greatly contributes to reducing material wastage on structure, facade and internal partitions and finishes. The landscape design increases the biodiversity through indigenous planting and creation of ecological stepping stones.

Not only does the building engage with the principles of environmental design, it exceeds in achieving a meticulously detailed and resolved design.

The building serves as a learning tool for students, a model for future developments on the Monash Clayton campus and has great potential to positively influence other organisations and institutions.

Practice Team: Andrew Cortese (Design Architect), Michael Janeke (Project Director), Cristian Castillo (Project Team Leader), Sarah Gilder (Designer), Carolin Funcke (Designer), Benjamin Donohoo (Designer), Damon Van Horne (Project Architect), Ivana Pejic (Designer), Tomasz Rejowksi (Designer), Gaspard Michaud (Designer), Benjamin Chew (Designer), Gilbert Yeong (Project Architect), Robert Held (Project Architect), Alberto Sangiorgio (Designer), Nicole Allen (Designer), Pamela McGirr (Architect), Mark Marin (Interiors), Lee Sawyer (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Tier (Designer), Ana Subotic (Graduate of Architecture), Takanori Hanai (Designer), Wayne Henkel (Senior Designer), Carolina Rodriguez Dias (Designer), Yawen (Architect), Michaela Coe (Designer), Merridith Bergstrom (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Edmonds (Architect), Rose Fan (Graduate of Architecture), Susana Loureiro (Graduate of Architecture), Tom Donald (Designer), Benjamin Baertschi (Graduate of Architecture), Patricia Salgado (Graduate of Architecture), Amalia Mayor (Graduate of Architecture)

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Consultant / Construction Team: Aurecon (Structural, ESD, Civil, Fire, Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting, Hydraulic, Acoustic Engineers), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), BSGM (Certifier), Minesco (Facade Installer), Root Projects (Project Manager), Six Ideas (Learning Consultant), Bollinger Grohman (Environmental Consultant) Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design Ground Floor Plan

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COMMENDATION Ona Coffee | Breathe

PICAC Narre Warren | FMSA Architecture Ona is a 100% carbon neutral adaptive re-use project, making it a disruptive game changer and a convincing catalyst for change within the hospitality industry. You won’t find any gas in this kitchen.

Tucked away in a Brunswick backstreet, Breathe Architecture make clever use of existing building fabric, recycled materials, and local partnerships to create not only an authentic space that looks and feels like Brunswick, but also a place that is authentic to the ethical ethos of Ona’s global mission.

Builder: Never Stop Group Pty Ltd

Photographer Blue Tree Studios

Victoria’s first net zero energy education and research facility, PICAC Narre Warren is a climate action centre accommodating training for plumbers and research and certification of emerging plumbing technologies. The project served as a test bed for an innovative new hybrid screw pile/geothermal bore system reducing heating and cooling energy consumption. PICAC not only deploys sustainable building systems operationally but reveals them throughout the building, benefiting learners and showcasing them to industry, accelerating the adoption of these systems.

Builder: Hutchinson Builders VIC

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE In an era of climate crisis, the Sustainable Architecture jury were impressed with the range, depth and variety of responses to the question of how to approach sustainability in our built environment evident in submissions to this year’s awards. It is apparent that sustainability is no longer a niche concern within the profession Rather, it must be a central and core endeavour for all architects. Business as usual now includes high levels of environmental performance as a core element of architectural practice. At the highest level of work reviewed, this year’s submission approaches to sustainability moved beyond minimisation or reduction of environmental harm towards restoration and net positive environmental outcomes from projects.

All projects reviewed evidenced some level of certificate under the many systems on offer, including Green Star, WELL, Passivhaus, Living Building Challenge and others. Rather than seeking to evaluate across these certification systems, the jury asked what was the impact of the project; how do each of the projects catalyse change in our industry and the community more broadly? We looked for evidence or potential for projects to create positive change with regard to sustainability in the construction industry and the wider community.

In the awarded and commended projects this has taken different forms, including demonstrating commercial return of very high levels of environmental performance in retail projects, setting new standards for energy performance in education buildings, developing and disseminating new sustainable technologies in the construction industry. We congratulate all of the winning and shortlisted entries this year and look forward to further innovations in sustainability in the year ahead.

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, incorporating the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), is a creative and people-oriented built environment faculty at the University of Melbourne, Australia’s leading research-intensive university. We teach across the built environment fields and are passionate about activating the next generation of built environment professionals.

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Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University | Photographer: Michael Kai

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COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE (VIC) The COLORBOND® Award recognises projects in which steel products play a significant role in the architectural solution and which exemplify innovation in the use of steel products. Use of BlueScope products, including COLORBOND®, is a criterion for selection or award.

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Brett Nixon Jury Chair

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Kate Frear Juror

BlueScope Steel believes excellence in architecture improves the quality of the built environment. In our 36th year as Principal Corporate Partner, we are proud to sponsor the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards and the COLORBOND Award for Steel in Architecture

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COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE (VIC) | Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University The Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design is an outstanding example of employing steel as a medium to achieve world-class sustainability.

It is one of the largest certified Education Passivhaus buildings in the world and demonstrates how a pedagogical vision for a transformational learning building with large, adaptable teaching spaces can be thoughtfully realised using the long-span and lightweight capabilities of steel.

The application of a variety of steel components throughout the building envelope and interior is commendable. Exposed steel trusses, beams and columns with prefabricated components are expressed internally, while thermal and acoustic insulated panels in pre-finished Colorbond steel sheet is a complementary choice for the insulative facades and roof. The steel structure allows for a 50% transparent facade with pairs of skylights located in the centre of the building. Large spans and limited cross bracing optimise connectivity between the educational spaces. The use of locally sourced structural steel was an innovative solution to the tight construction timeframe and facilitated both the client’s program objectives and world first sustainable aspirations.

The jury congratulates the project team for creating an important new benchmark for sustainable steel buildings in Australia.

Practice Team: Andrew Cortese (Design Architect), Michael Janeke (Project Director), Cristian Castillo (Project Team Leader), Sarah Gilder (Designer), Level 1 Plan Carolin Funcke (Designer), Benjamin Donohoo (Designer), Damon Van Horne (Project Architect), Ivana Pejic (Designer), Tomasz Rejowksi (Designer), Gaspard Michaud (Designer), Benjamin Chew (Designer), Gilbert Yeong (Project Architect), Robert Held (Project Architect), Alberto Sangiorgio (Designer), Nicole Allen (Designer), Pamela McGirr (Architect), Mark Marin (Interiors), Lee Sawyer (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Tier (Designer), Ana Subotic (Graduate of Architecture), Takanori Hanai (Designer), Wayne Henkel (Senior Designer), Carolina Rodriguez Dias (Designer), Yawen (Architect), Michaela Coe (Designer), Merridith Bergstrom (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Edmonds (Architect), Rose Fan (Graduate of Architecture), Susana Loureiro (Graduate of Architecture), Tom Donald (Designer), Benjamin Baertschi (Graduate of Architecture), Patricia Salgado (Graduate of Architecture), Amalia Mayor (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Aurecon (Structural, ESD, Civil, Fire, Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting, Hydraulic, Acoustic Engineers), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), BSGM (Certifier), Minesco (Facade Installer), Root Projects (Project Manager), Six Ideas (Learning Consultant), Bollinger Grohman (Environmental Consultant) Builder: Lendlease Photographer: Rory Gardiner

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COMMENDATION Divided House | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects For what at first glance appears to be an essay in masonry, Divided House is an exemplar in the myriad of ways steel can contribute to the poetry, delight and utility of architecture.

Perforated stainless steel is utilised as a project signature, reinterpreting light and aspect through operable elevational fins, screens, draped ceiling veils and stairs. Plate steel forms robust shrouds, vanities and cowls, a steel framed bookcase slides across space, while a stainless-steel rooftop pool captures the urban horizon.

Builder: BD Projects Pty Ltd

Photographer John Gollings

JURY CHAIR REPORT | COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE (VIC) The Colorbond category enjoyed a new process in 2021. This year there were a total of 15 projects entered from which the jury created an initial shortlist based on the submitted material. From this, eight of the entrants were asked to present their project to the jury via Zoom. This provided the opportunity to better understand each project’s use of steel and for the jury to have a dedicated time to ask questions. Following the online presentations, five projects were chosen for the final shortlist and site visits.

This year’s shortlist had projects from different categories and showed the innovative use of steel across a range of building types and scales. The visits were undertaken over three sessions and provided the jury with the opportunity to further understand each project.

For the jury, this year’s named award winner, the Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design by Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University, was a clear stand out among the entries. This was not only for its extremely extensive and creative use of steel across so many elements of the building, but also for its innovative use of steel in the creation of such a highly sustainable building.

The commendation proved to be a far more competitive field with four excellent projects from which to choose one recipient. The site visits were invaluable in this process as we had the opportunity to delve into greater detail with each project. Divided House by Jackson Clements Burrows provides an excellent example of the creative and innovative use of steel in a residential project with the jury being particularly impressed with the delight that the use of steel brings to this project.

Congratulations to all the entrants in the 2021 Colorbond category and particularly to those who were shortlisted and received awards.

BlueScope Steel believes excellence in architecture improves the quality of the built environment. In our 36th year as Principal Corporate Partner, we are proud to sponsor the 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards and the COLORBOND Award for Steel in Architecture

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Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University | Photographer: Michael Kai

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Olympic Swimming Pool | Kevin Borland, John and Phyllis Murphy and Peter McIntyre, with engineer Bill Irwin | Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers

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ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD Buildings in excess of 25 years of age may be considered for this Award. The Award recognises achievement for the design of buildings of outstanding merit which remain important as high quality works of architecture when considered in a contemporary context. Projects will be works considered technically advanced or innovative for their time; works which remain symbolically significant; are exponents of creative leadership, or works of national significance.

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ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD | Olympic Swimming Pool | Kevin Borland, John and Phyllis Murphy and Peter McIntyre, with engineer Bill Irwin The former Olympic Swimming Stadium is not just one of the few remaining physical landmarks of the 1956 Olympic Games but also one of the most important buildings of mid-twentieth century Australian architecture.

The result of a competition win in 1952, the design by young University of Melbourne graduates, Kevin Borland, Peter McIntyre and John and Phyllis Murphy, working in collaboration with engineer Bill Irwin, represents the highpoint of expressive structural functional design, an approach that signalled Melbourne as the ‘cradle of modernity’ in the 1950s. It was a brilliant engineering solution. Tiers of seats sat on sloping steel girders on either side of the pool and these girders were held in angled place by lightweight steel roof trusses, which in turn were tied down by steel rods.

Built between 1954 and 1956, Irwin’s expertise was critical in determining tension stresses in steel and satisfying the architects’ desire for minimal expression. At either end of the pool were two huge clear glass curtain walls and in the northern forecourt Arthur Boyd’s sculpture, Olympic Pylon/Totem, remains in its original position. In 1980 Kevin Borland and Bernard Brown converted the pool into the Glass House, a live performance venue, before the McIntyre Partnership restored and refurbished the building as a training venue for the Collingwood Football Club between 1999 and 2001. Today, the former Olympic Swimming Stadium continues to inspire, exemplifying unparalleled optimism in Victoria’s design culture of the 1950s.

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Bringing Exceptional Design to Life Melbourne Prize —

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ACMI Renewal. Built in collaboration with BKK Architects and Razorfish.

Australian Institute of Architects’ 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards, Interior Architecture Category and Melbourne Prize Category finalist.

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MELBOURNE PRIZE The Melbourne Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to the city of Melbourne. All projects located within the urban growth boundary are eligible for consideration. Projects may be of a built form, an urban design solution or an innovation that has influenced and improved the fabric of the city.

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The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, incorporating the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), is a creative and people-oriented built environment faculty at the University of Melbourne, Australia’s leading research-intensive university. We teach across the built environment fields and are passionate about activating the next generation of built environment professionals.

REGIONAL PRIZE The Regional Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to Regional Victoria. All projects located outside the urban growth boundary are eligible for consideration. Projects may be of a built form, an urban design solution or an innovation that has influenced and improved the fabric of the region.

Scott Balmforth Jury Chair

Rachel Hannan Juror

Katie Petros Juror

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MELBOURNE PRIZE | Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University Site Plan

A clear winner of the Melbourne Prize, Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design reminded the jury of the fundamental role of architects in creating humanist structures that last for generations. Dataand research-led, Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University has created a future-focused, sustainable education machine that never forgets human scale or human experience. Without need for metaphor of narrative, Monash Woodside provides an optimistic vision of the future. A technology and design building that not only provides world class teaching spaces but also, in the great tradition of Australian TAFE buildings, is an educational tool itself. Structure, services, circulation, technology and environmental control are all on display for students to learn from, in real time. This is a building that wants you to know how it works and hides nothing.

Among the largest Passivhaus certified education buildings in the world and with largely locally sourced materials, trades and expertise, Monash Woodside sends a clear message to the world that Melbourne is an important source of technology and design innovation as we fight the climate crisis. Along with its engaged, driven and knowledgeable collaborator, Monash University, the jury congratulates Grimshaw for this outstanding achievement.

Practice Team: Andrew Cortese (Design Architect), Michael Janeke (Project Director), Cristian Castillo (Project Team Leader), Sarah Gilder (Designer), Carolin Funcke (Designer), Benjamin Donohoo (Designer), Damon Van Horne (Project Architect), Ivana Pejic (Designer), Tomasz Rejowksi (Designer), Gaspard Michaud (Designer), Benjamin Chew (Designer), Gilbert Yeong (Project Architect), Robert Held (Project Architect), Alberto Sangiorgio (Designer), Nicole Allen (Designer), Pamela McGirr (Architect), Mark Marin (Interiors), Lee Sawyer (Graduate of Architecture), Alan Tier (Designer), Ana Subotic (Graduate of Architecture), Takanori Hanai (Designer), Wayne Henkel (Senior Designer), Carolina Rodriguez Dias (Designer), Yawen (Architect), Michaela Coe (Designer), Merridith Bergstrom (Graduate of Architecture), Michael Edmonds (Architect), Rose Fan (Graduate of Architecture), Susana Loureiro (Graduate of Architecture), Tom Donald (Designer), Benjamin Baertschi (Graduate of Architecture), Patricia Salgado (Graduate of Architecture), Amalia Mayor (Graduate of Architecture) Consultant / Construction Team: Aurecon (Structural, ESD, Civil, Fire, Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting, Hydraulic, Acoustic Engineers), ASPECT Studios (Landscape Consultant), BSGM (Certifier), Minesco (Facade Installer), Root Projects (Project Manager), Six Ideas (Learning Consultant), Bollinger Grohman (Environmental Consultant) Builder: Lendlease Photographer: Michael Kai

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REGIONAL PRIZE | Geelong College Junior School | John Wardle Architects The jury consider the new Junior School at Geelong College by John Wardle Architects an exemplary precedent for regional architecture through its rich story-telling and sensitive design focused on student scale.

The new junior school, early learning centre and multipurpose hall, respect the existing heritage school buildings and form a learning village on the southern edge of the college’s preparatory campus.

The walled exterior references the village origins of the Reggio Emilia approach to education, framing views over the adjacent sporting fields and campus. The architects refer to it as a “defensive” wall; its zig-zag line providing protection from traffic noise and severe westerly winds. Simultaneously, it references colours and textures of the local vegetation, Barwon River, or perhaps the knitted pattern of old school uniforms – all contributing to promoting community interest and engagement.

Arranged around a central landscaped courtyard, the continuous verandah blurs the threshold between indoors and outdoors, and creates flexible zones for pedagogical learning, gathering and play. Outdoor learning is highly valued within this regional educational setting to establish connection to place.

Retention of existing significant trees and conservation/repurpose of historically significant buildings, enhance the miniature town concept and are integral to the many squares, plazas and landscaped courtyards that are sequenced in between the buildings.

The multipurpose hall is an appropriate civic gesture to the surrounding lowscale context and easily accessible. It’s a sheltered space for the school and wider community to come together under the large academic hat-like roof.

While it’s an exceptional building in detail and resolution, the jury were most impressed by the crafting of different scales to achieve its architectural excellence.

This is the first building project emanating from ongoing masterplan work and heralds an exciting future for Geelong College to achieve their educational beliefs reflected through thoughtful design.

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Practice Team: John Wardle (Design Architect), Stefan Mee (Design Architect), Alan Ting (Design Architect), Diego Bekinschtein (Project Architect), Samuel Clegg (Project Architect), Maya Borjesson (Project Architect), Amanda Moore (Senior Interior Designer), Andrew Wong (Project Architect), Anna Jankovic (Project Architect), Elisabetta Zanella (Interior Designer), Will Rogers (Project Architect), Irena Galanos (Graduate of Architecture), Adrian Bonaventura (Graduate of Architecture), Bill Kalavriotis (Project Architect), Maximilien Tisserand (Graduate of Architecture), Philip Williams (Architectural Technician), Ellen Chen (Project Architect), Hannah Zhu (Graduate of Architecture), Meron Tierney (Project Architect), Nick Roberts (Project Architect), Rhys Hall (BIM Manager) Consultant / Construction Team: McLeod Consulting (Civil Consultant), McLeod Consulting (Structural Engineer), ADP Consulting (Services Consultant), Affinity Fire Engineering (Engineer), A.S. James (Engineer), BSA Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor), Mexted Rimmer (Landscape Consultant), Marshall Day (Theatre Consultant), Cardno (Traffic and Pedestrian Modelling) Builder: Fairbrother Pty Ltd Photographer: Katya Menshikova

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JURY CHAIR REPORT | MELBOURNE PRIZE The Melbourne Prize recognises projects that have made a significant and unique contribution to the Melbourne metropolitan area. From a diverse range of projects, 47 entries were considered, with the jury hearing presentations from nine projects, all of which were shortlisted and visited.

From schools, to commercial buildings, public spaces and public infrastructure, the jury deliberated about the significant contribution each of the shortlisted projects offered greater Melbourne. The energetic and diverse Springvale community, represented in equal parts by Lyon’s energetic and diverse community hub, offered something for everyone. BKK’s playful public interior at the ACMI renewal and March Studio’s refined and thoughtful temporary Jackalope Pavilion both proved to be highly engaging works with broader public engagement. Both Collins Arch and Olderfleet illustrated a significant care and responsibility for public space and connection beyond their private commercial brief, with the former creating significant new public space and the latter proving to be a careful custodian of important heritage legacy. The Docklands primary school by Cox is an important reimagining of public education within an unusual and emerging community. Prahran Square, while divisive amongst the jury, proved a robust and interesting insertion, whilst Carrum Station proved an inspired amalgam of large infrastructure with carefully considered community place making.

However, the jury were unanimous in awarding Monash Woodside. A skilfully executed building that illustrates a way forward and through the current climate crisis. A careful, considered and clear lesson for present and future architects and the broader building industry.

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, incorporating the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), is a creative and people-oriented built environment faculty at the University of Melbourne, Australia’s leading research-intensive university. We teach across the built environment fields and are passionate about activating the next generation of built environment professionals.

JURY CHAIR REPORT | REGIONAL PRIZE The Regional Prize category attracted 19 entries this year. All entries were invited to (virtually) present to the jury and following considerable discussions the jury selected six shortlisted projects to visit.

There was a diversity of projects, from state and private schools, community health facility, and multiple residential projects. The entrant list included projects from both emerging and experienced practitioners. The shortlist had more experienced than emerging practitioners.

After visiting, the jury deemed all projects were indeed worthy of shortlisting. There was no standout winner and the jury ultimately relied on the Institute’s published recommended criteria for the Regional Prize to determine the eventual winner.

While the final two projects the jury deliberated on were benefiting from generous budgets for their typologies, the jury were unanimous in believing their conceptual ideas were translatable across different budgets.

Congratulations to all the architects that entered the 2021 awards, to the architects with shortlisted projects and the recipient of the Regional Prize.

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Geelong College Junior School | John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Katya Menshikova

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Geelong College Junior School | John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Katya Menshikova

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BATES SMART AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIA The Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media is Australia’s most prestigious media award for journalists, editors, producers and event organisers working in the field of architecture and design. It is an annual award to encourage and to recognise media discussion of architecture.

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NATIONAL AWARD | Architects After Architecture: Alternative Pathways for Practice | Rory Hyde, Harriet Harriss, Roberta Marcaccio Architects After Architecture seeks to map the diverse careers and projects that those who trained as architects have undertaken post studying architecture. The book is an important text in the world of expanded practice, which has in recent years had renewed interest globally to help make architecture more directly and socially relevant.

The book questions what our understanding of architectural practice might be through in-depth discussions outlining alternatives to the ever-pervasive idea of architects as singular author and hero. Examples such as those in data, disability, activism, homelessness, and exhibition, outline a more complex idea of the profession.

In making the case, the book brings into focus how architects can be useful in the changed world. Completed just as the pandemic was taking hold, the book is well suited to the urgency of the moment and will hopefully validate those who chose to apply their considerable design skills outside of the provision of buildings.

Additional producers or contributors: Routledge (Publisher)

NATIONAL AWARD | Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia | Miles Lewis Miles Lewis’ comprehensive and instructional work on collecting, interpreting and conserving architectural drawings reveals the story of our profession through its most tangible and storied medium of communication. The publication is a masterful demonstration of the subject matter through the presentation and contextualisation of an exemplary collection of Australian architectural drawings, models and artefacts. These works of art are brought to life with charming anecdotes and are accompanied by sharp and concise descriptions that demystify the day-to-day activities of our profession in an engaging and accessible manner.

The jury commends this work for its insightful and balanced approach to the subject.

While it was written for a specific audience in mind, it is presented beautifully and has wide-reaching appeal. This manual would be equally at home on a curator’s bookshelf or a well-appointed coffee table.

Additional producers or contributors: Melbourne Books (Publisher), Sean Hogan (Designer)

STATE AWARD | Inflection Journal Volume 7 Boundaries | Han Jiang, Louis O’Connor, Arinah Rizal Boundaries is a thoughtfully curated and a beautifully presented publication. This volume of the student-run design journal, published by Melbourne School of Design, showcases the ability of its editors to provoke active discussion, elicit informed responses to an issue and broaden public perception around issues that influence and shape the built environment.

Set against the backdrop of COVID-19 and Australia’s pandemic closed borders, Boundaries focuses provocatively and engagingly on how tangible and intangible borders manifest in physical space.

The issue traverses widely – from the Jewish eruv and the National Gallery of Victoria pavilion, In Absence (Edition Office and Yhonnie Scarce), to discussions of BIM, refugees and the unionisation of architectural workers. It presents the spatial effects of religious and political constructs, colonisation, policy and legislation, work practices, environmental contamination and technology. Boundaries unpacks a range of significant issues, broadens the scope of architecture and widens the reach of architectural thinking.

Additional producers or contributors: Melbourne Books (Publisher), Dr, AnnMarie Brennan (Academic Advsior), Kate Donaldson (Collaborator), Michaela Prunotto (Collaborator), Katja Wagner (Collaborator), Yuan Cao (Collaborator), Ziqi Peng (Collaborator)

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OTHER ENTRIES

A place to watch the trees grow Callan Green

Archemist Podcast S3: Is This What You Wanted? Kimberley K. Hui & Jingwen (Jina) He

Building User Manual Patrick Jost

The Art of Living with Art Fiona Dunin

The Design Emotive Anthony Richardson

The Good Client Stephen Crafti

Passive House In Australia’ book Australian Passive House Association

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