RELATED AWARDS
2016 Victorian Architecture Awards winners
2016 Queensland Architecture Awards winners
2016 Northern Territory Architecture Awards winners
2016 South Australian Architecture Awards winners
2016 Western Australian Architecture Awards winners
2016 New South Wales Architecture Awards
Tourism projects and community buildings were big winners at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2016 Tasmanian Architecture Awards announced in Hobart on 24 June.
Tourism-focused projects to win awards include Cumulus Studio’s striking Devil’s Corner cellar door and lookout at Bicheno; Jaws Architects’ Three Capes Track Cabins atop the sea cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula; and Birrelli Art + Architecture + Design’s insertion of accommodation pods in the grounds of the heritage-listed Hatherley House in Launceston.
The President of the Tasmanian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects Brad Wheeler says this year’s entries also demonstrate the value architecture can bring to the community.
“Tasmanian architects have a fantastic record designing award-winning buildings and spaces that benefit our island state’s communities, and this year is no exception” he explains.
“From student accommodation and facilities to sports pavilions and tourist attractions, architects have again helped to provide buildings and places that enrich all our lives and provide economic benefits for our state.”
Winners in the community, public and education categories of the awards include Dock 4 Architects’ Clarence High School Sports Pavilion, Edwards + Simpson’s new community stadium in St Helens, and several University of Tasmania projects.
The residential architecture categories were again hotly contested. Archier won the pinnacle Esmond Dorney Award for residential architecture as well as the main prize for sustainability for their clever Five Yards House. Rosevear Stephenson also won two awards for their sensitive work transforming a Battery Point Georgian into a contemporary home. Stuart Tanner’s Dunalley House – a new build since the devastating 2013 fires – was recognised for its robust yet minimal design, and also took out the People’s Choice Prize.
The Hobart College at Mt Nelson won the Enduring Architecture Award for buildings over 25 years old, and Circa Morris-Nunn’s Mountain Retreat Medical Centre in South Hobart was awarded the prestigious John Lee Archer Triennial Prize for the best example of public and commercial architecture of the last three years.
Projects that received a Named Award or Award are now in the running for the National Architecture Awards to be announced in November.
COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
COLIN PHILP AWARD
Devils Corner by Cumulus Studio. Photography by Tanja Milbourne
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
- Stornoway by 1+2 Architecture
- Three Capes Track Cabins by Jaws Architects
EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
TASMANIAN CHAPTER NAMED AWARD
The Student Lounge by Preston Lane. Photography by David Lane
HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
ROY SHARRINGTON AWARD
Jenny’s House by Rosevear Stephenson. Photography by Ray Joyce
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
- Brickworks Design Studio by BYA Architects
- Stornoway by 1+2 Architecture
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
ALAN C WALKER AWARD
Clarence High School Sports Pavilion Dock 4 Architects. Photography by Stewart Gibson
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
- Break O Day Community Stadium by Edwards + Simpson
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS)
TASMANIAN CHAPTER NAMED AWARD
Jenny’s House by Rosevear Stephenson. Photography by Ray Joyce
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
- Sofia & Otto’s Playground Gaetano Palmese Architects
COMMENDATION
- [Re]barn Circa Morris-Nunn
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – MULTIPLE HOUSING
Trinity Hill by HBV Architects w/ Carroll and Cockburn Architects. Photography by Jonathan Wherrett
COMMENDATION
- Inveresk Residences by Morrison & Breytenbach Architects w/ Circa Morris-Nunn Architects
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)
ESMOND DORNEY AWARD
Five Yards House by Archier. Photography by Adam Gibson
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Dunalley House by STA Stuart Tanner
COMMENDATION
- Horse Shoe House by Preston Lane
SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
PETER WILLMOTT AWARD
Hatherley Garden Pavilions by Birelli Art + Architecture + Design. Photography by Gail Shepherd
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
TASMANIAN CHAPTER NAMED AWARD
Five Yards House by Archier. Photography by Adam Gibson
ENDURING ARCHITECTURE
Resource Materials Centre by Tasmanian Government Dept of Public Works John Gott and Ben Ryan
COLORBOND AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE
Devils Corner by Cumulus Studio
ADDITIONAL PRIZES
JOHN LEE ARCHER TRIENNIAL PRIZE
Mountain Retreat by Circa Morris-Nunn
2015 PRESIDENT’S PRIZE
Richard Crawford Architects Designhaus
EMERGING ARCHITECT PRIZE
Bek Verrier Preston Lane
SWT BLYTHE STUDENT PRIZE
Sam Roberts University of Tasmania
