Bridgewater LINC and child and Family Centre by Liminal Architecture has won the top Public Architecture Award, the Alan C Walker Award for Public Architecture, at The Australian Institute of Architects' 2013 Tasmanian Architecture Awards.

As one of three family centres in the running, the Bridgewater LINC and Child and Family Centre was described by the jury as ‘demonstrating the synergy possible when different facilities are drawn together under a single roof.’

Featuring a library, a Service Tasmania shopfront, and a child and family centre, the building was praised for its folded form sitting within an undulating topography, with its brick exterior resonating with the brick suburban context that it looks onto.

‘The building is a successful workplace, and has become a genuine community focus – its facilities are well-patronised with the largest increase in LINC membership in the state since its opening.'

Bridgewater LINC and child and Family Centre by Liminal Architecture. Photographed by Shamus Mulcahy.

Photographed by Jonathan Wherrett.

Apart from the Bridgewater community centre, the Awards also attracted an inspiring selection of architectural projects, many of which have a strong community focus.

Other winners include the Mountain Retreat Medical Centre by Circa Morrs-Nunn, which won the Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture for its enlargement of an established medical practice, and the Wellspring Anglican Church by 1 + 2 Architecture, which won two awards – the Award for Public Architecture and the Award for Heritage Architecture.

Mountain Retreat Medical Centre by Circa Morrs-Nunn. Photographed by Peter Whyte.

Wellspring Anglican Church by 1 + 2 Architecture.

The Alexander North Award for Interior Architecture was awarded to the Meeting Room, St Mary’s Cathedral by Circa Morris-Nunn for its multifunctional space and dome, popularised by the Pantheon and St Peter’s Basilica.

Meeting Room, St Mary’s Cathedral by Circa Morris-Nunn. Photographed by Peter Whyte.

Rosevear Architects also received the Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Architecture for their Churchill Residence project, which the jury said ‘represents a singular architectural approach to a sublime coastal landscape.’

Churchill Residence by Rosevear Architects. Photographed by Jonathan Wherrett.

In total, 20 prizes and commendations were awarded during the ceremony, which was held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Full list of winning projects:

Public Architecture

Alan C Walker Award - Bridgewater LINC and Child & Family Centre by Liminal Architecture

Award - Wellspring Anglican Church by 1 + 2 Architecture

Commendation - Royal Hobart Hospital ICU/HDU by Vincent Chrisp & Partners P/L & Jawsarchitects

Commercial Architecture

Colin Philp Award - Mountain Retreat Medical Centre by Circa Morris-Nunn

Award - Josef Chromy Cellar Door and Wine Centre by Birrelli art + design + architecture

Commendation - Southern Swan by Core Collective

Sustainable Architecture

Award for Sustainable Architecture - Sustainability Learning Centre by Morrison & Breytenbach Architects

Urban Design

Award - GASP! Stage 1 by Room 11

Award - Princes Wharf Shed 1 by Circa Morris-Nunn Architects

Heritage Architecture

Award - Wellspring Anglican Church by 1 + 2 Architecture

Interior Architecture

Alexander North Award - Meeting Room, St. Mary's Cathedral Centre by Circa Morris-Nunn Architects

Small Project Architecture

Peter Willmott Award - Omnipod by Rosevear Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New / Alterations + Additions)

Esmond Dorney Award - Churchill Residence by Rosevear Architects

Award (New) - Napoleon Street by Maria Gigney Architects

Commendation (New) - Annie & Peter’s House by 1+2 Architecture

Commendation (Alterations + Additions) - Harrington House by Booth&Watts

Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing

Award - 40 Brisbane Street by Morrison & Breytenbach Architects

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

Winner - Omnipod by Rosevear Architects

Enduring Architecture Award

Winner - 152 Macquarie Street Hobart by Hartley Wilson & Bolt Architects

John Lee Archer Triennial Prize

Winner – MONA – Museum of Old & New Art by Fender Katsalidis Architects

Geraldine Chua

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