The jury for the Australian Institute of Architects’ Victorian Architecture Awards has whittled the field down from a record breaking 240 entries in 13 categories to 112 which will now progress on to the state awards.

The shortlisted projects are invited to an event at Melbourne’s Docklands where the winners will be announced on 21 June with Named and Architecture Award winners progressing to the National Architecture Awards to be presented on 7 November at the Sydney Opera House.

Shortlisted for the Public Architecture prize (Alterations and Additions): Melbourne Girls Grammar Morris Hall Redevelopment by Sally Draper Architects.

Categories include: Public (New and Alts & Adds), Commercial, Interior, Residential (New Houses, Alts & Adds and Multiple Housing), Heritage, Small Project, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design and the Melbourne Prize and Regional Prize.

Hamer Hall by ARM Architecture is shortlisted for an Urban Design Award. Image courtesy of ARM Architecture.

Also to be awarded on the night is the prestigious Victorian Architecture Medal which is selected as the best project of the year from the field of awarded projects and the ColorBond® Award for Steel Architecture.

Victorian Chapter President, Jon Clements said:

“Once again we have a record number of projects entered in the Awards and a record number shortlisted by our hard-working juries.

“I am genuinely encouraged by the depth of talent and the inventiveness of Victorian architects and I envy the jurors that are very fortunate to be able to visit so many extraordinary projects during the deliberation process,” he added.

2013 Victorian Architecture Awards

Shortlisted Projects

Public Architecture (New)

(9 projects/30 entries)

Bayside Police Station, Sandringham – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)

Hume Global Learning Centre & Library – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp)

La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science - Lyons

National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park – Jackson Architecture

Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Senior School– McBride Charles Ryan

RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects

South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture

Swanston Academic Building – Lyons

The Richard & Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning, Trinity Grammar – McIntyre Partnership

Public Architecture (New) Jury

Kristen Whittle (Chair) – Bates Smart; John Lee – McGlashan Everist; Ninotschka Titchkosky – BVN Donovan Hill

Public Architecture (Alterations & Additions)

(7 projects/17 entries)

Footscray Nicholson Learning Commons – Cox Architecture

Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects

Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture

Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University – Gregory Burgess Architects

Kangan Institute, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Stage 2– Gray Puksand

La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences Bio-Resources Centre – SKM

Melbourne Girls Grammar Morris Hall Redevelopment – Sally Draper Architects in association with DP Toscano Architects

Public Architecture (Alterations & Additions) Jury

Philip Harmer (Chair) – Harmer Architecture; Rosemary Burne – Billard Leece Partnership; Nick Searle – Searle x Waldron Architecture

Urban Design

(6 projects/15 entries)

Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture

Langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat

Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership

Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd

South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture

Wedge Street Bridge – WMIA now GroupGSA+WMIA

Urban Design Jury

Adrian FitzGerald (Chair) – Denton Corker Marshall; Jill Garner – Office of the Victorian Government Architect; Ben Puddy – NH Architecture

Commercial Architecture

(7 projects/12 entries)

Bar Di Stasio – Robert Simeoni Architects in collaboration with Callum Morton and David Pidgeon

Carlton Graphic Design Studios – Zen Architects

Crown Mahogany Room Expansion – Bates Smart

National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart

Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture

South Melbourne Market Roof – Paul Morgan Architects

The Cullen – Jackson Clements Burrows

Commercial Jury

Hamish Lyon (Chair) – NH Architecture; Ingrid Bakker - HASSELL; Christie Petsinis – Folk Architects

Interior Architecture (11 projects/32 entries)

33M Ground Lobby – Elenberg Fraser Architects

Aesop Flagship Store – Kerstin Thompson Architects

Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership – Maddison Architects

Captain Melville – Breathe Architecture

Footscray Nicholson Learning Commons – Cox Architecture

Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture

Moor Street Studio – Clare Cousins Architects

Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects

National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart

Scandinavian Freestyle – Minifie van Schaik Architects and Fiona Abicare in association

Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture

Interior Architecture Jury

Fiona Winzar (Chair) – Fiona Winzar Architects; Tony Battersby – SJB Architects; Reno Rizzo - Inarc Architects

Heritage Architecture

(5 projects/15 entries)

Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture

Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects

Maryborough Railway Station Conservation works – RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants

Ormond College, Main Building Gables – Lovell Chen

VCA Elisabeth Murdoch Building – Six Degrees Architects

Heritage Architecture Jury

Helen Lardner (Chair) – HLCD Pty Ltd; David Islip – Office of the Victorian Government Architect; George Yiontis – Coy Yiontis Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New) (12 Projects/35 entries)

Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect

Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects

Fairhaven Residence – John Wardle Architects

Flinders House – Ashley Lochhead Architects

Hampton Residence – Jackson Clements Burrows

Into The Woods – Breathe Architecture

Merricks Beach House – Kennedy Nolan

Merricks House – Robson Rak Architects Pty Ltd

Main Ridge Residence – McAllister Alcock Architects

Park House – Leeton Pointon Architects + Interiors

Sorrento Blue House – Neeson Murcutt Architects

Torquay House – Wolveridge Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New) Jury

Bob Sinclair (Chair) – Billard Leece Partnership; Gemma Cooke – Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture; James Jones – Architectus

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions) (10 projects/26 entries)

Ferrars Place – antarctica

HOUSE House – Andrew Maynard Architects

House Reduction – MAKE Architecture

Paris Opera – The Rexroth Mannasmann Collective

Park Lane House – Kennedy Nolan

Profile House – Black Line One X Architecture Studio

shelter shed – multiplicity

The Mullet – March Studio

Victoria Road House – Fiona Winzar Architects

Forever House – WoodWoodWard Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses (New and Alterations & Additions) Jury

Dr Paul Minifie (Chair) – Minifie van Schaik Architects; Simon Thornton – Simon and Freda Thornton; Sheree Proposch – Bates Smart

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing (13 projects/30 entries)

Aerial Apartments – Wood/Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture

Kyme Place Rooming House – MGS Architects

Leopold – SJB Architects & Fender Katsalidis Architects

Living Carlton KN1 & KN2 – Jackson Clements Burrows

Luna – Elenberg Fraser Architects

McIntyre Drive Social Housing, Altona – MGS Architects

Malvern Hill – SJB Architects

Maze Apartments – CHT Architects

Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd

The Face – ARM Architecture

Two Townhouses – BKK Architects

Youth Prevention & Recovery Care Bendigo – WMIA now GroupGSA+WMIA

Wintringham Eunice Seddon Home & Wallara Accommodation – Allen Kong Architect

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Jury

James Legge (Chair) – Six Degrees Architects; Maria Danos – McAllister Alcock Architects; Richard Middleton – Richard Middleton Architects

Small Project Architecture

(12 projects/26 entries) Australian Garden Shelters – BKK Architects

Penny Wise – Marc Dixon Architect

Little Brick Studio – MAKE Architecture

Middle Park Beach Amenities Building – Gregory Burgess Architects

Monash Steps/ Stawell Steps – Hiroshi Nakao + Monash Architecture

Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects

Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects

Scandinavian Freestyle – Minifie van Schaik Architects and Fiona Abicare in association

Seventh Heaven – Nest Architects

STREAT Melbourne Central – Six Degrees Architects

The Purple Rose of Cairo – Architecture Architecture

Abbotsford Convent Breezeway – Jackson Clements Burrows

Small Project Architecture Jury

Jeremy McLeod (Chair) – Breathe Architecture; Sophie Dyring – Gunn Dyring Architecture + Urban Design; Neil Masterton – ARM Architecture

ColorBond® Award for Steel Architecture

(7 projects)

Australian Garden Shelters – BKK Architects

Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects

National Tennis Centre, Melbourne Park – Jackson Architecture

North Melbourne Primary School Stage 3 – Workshop Architecture

RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects

shelter shed – multiplicity

Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects

ColorBond® Jury

Jacqui Wagner (Chair) – Atelier Wagner; Jose Alfano – Jose Alfano Architect; Anthony Di Mase – Di Mase Architects; George Plionis – BlueScope Steel

Sustainable Architecture

(6 projects)

Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects

Captain Melville – Breathe Architecture

Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect

Northern School for Autism – Hede Architects Pty Ltd

Precinct Energy Project, Dandenong – Peter Hogg + Toby Reed Architects

RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects

Sustainable Architecture Jury

Dennis Carter (Chair) – Dennis Carter Architect; Juliet Moore – Edwards Moore; Chris Barnett – Third Skin Sustainability

Melbourne Prize

(3 projects)

Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture

Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership

RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects

Melbourne Prize Jury

Tim Shannon (Chair) – Tim Shannon P/L; Ann Lau – Hayball; Alan Pert – Melbourne School of Design

Regional Prize

(4 projects)

Langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat

Marysville 16 Hour Police Station – Kerstin Thompson Architects

Monash Steps/ Stawell Steps – Hiroshi Nakao + Monash Architecture

Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects

Regional Prize Jury

Amy Muir (Chair) – Muir Mendes; Brendan Jones – antarctica; Michael Bouteloup – Paul Morgan Architects; Albert Mo – Architects EAT

Architecture & Design Team

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