The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of the NSW Architecture Awards.

This year saw the introduction of the NSW Architecture Medallion for ‘best in show’, which was awarded to The Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture in association with Design 5 – Architects for the City of Sydney, which also won the Greenway Prize for Heritage.

Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct. Photography by Michael Nicholson

From the jury:

The Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct is the result both of a potent collaboration between its architect and heritage architect, and of a client-architect relationship that allowed the investigation of the brief to deliver a memorable public facility and a suite of community buildings as part of the City’s wider urban program of place making, says the jury.

Sulman Medal winner Punchbowl Mosque by Candalepas Associates emerged as another outstanding public architecture project. In its remarkable, sensuous ensemble of spaces, sound reflects and light and shadow play against the mosque’s concrete and timber forms to create a compelling sense of the sacred.

Punchbowl Mosque. Photography by Brett Boardman

Residential awards and commendations this year demonstrated achievements of design excellence at modest scales across diverse housing types, through careful integration with the existing landscape and through explorations of how we might live with comfort and amenity in densely populated urban areas.

The small footprint of Peter Stutchbury Architecture’s Cabbage Tree House is a commentary on distended dwelling size, while the reminiscence of a forgotten Australian suburbia distilled in Trias’s first house project, Three Piece House, is a reminder that architecture is not dependent on large budgets or contextual appeal to be successful. Similarly, careful rethinking of small lots and compact apartment living distinguished winners in the additions and alterations and multiple housing categories.

Cabbage Tree House. Photography by Michael Nicholson

The Aboriginal-owned and run Biripi Clinic in regional Purfleet was another modest project with a minimal budget that highlighted how architecture can be transformative at any scale. Cleverly stitching together a campus of buildings into a coherent precinct with a public presence, this important symbol of accomplishment and self-determination earned an Award for Commercial Architecture, the COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture and the NSW Premier’s Prize.

Biripi Clinic. Photography by Brett Boardman

Full list of winners:

NSW Architecture Medallion

Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture Architecture in association with Design 5 - Architects for City of Sydney

Commercial Architecture

The Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture – International House Sydney by Tzannes
Award – Barangaroo House by Collins and Turner Award – Biripi Clinic by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
Commendation – The Beehive by Raffaello Rosselli Architect with Luigi Rosselli Architects Commendation – 333 George Street by Grimshaw with Crone Architects

Educational Architecture

The William E. Kemp Award for Educational Architecture – Macquarie University Incubator by Architectus
Award – St Patrick's Primary School, Lochinvar – Stage 1 by SHAC
Award – UTS Blackfriars Children’s Centre by DJRD with L+S Architects
Commendation – The Waranara Early Learning Centre for the City of Sydney by Fox Johnston Commendation – Bellevue Hill Public School by GroupGSA

Heritage

Greenway Award for Heritage – Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture in association with Design 5 - Architects for City of Sydney
Award for Heritage Creative Adaptation – O'Connell Public by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects Commendation for Heritage, Adaptive re-use – Goonoo Goonoo Station by TKD Architects Commendation for Heritage, Adaptive re-use – Macaria Gallery by Dunn & Hillam Architects
Award for Heritage Conservation – The Westpac Long Gallery by Design 5 - Architects Commendation for Conservation – Emmett Residence by Orwell & Peter Phillips

Interior Architecture

John Verge Award for Interior Architecture – 75 Myrtle Street Chippendale by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Award – The Waranara Early Learning Centre for the City of Sydney by Fox Johnston
Award – NeW Space, University of Newcastle by Lyons + EJE Architecture
Commendation – Frasers Property Australia Head Office by BVN
Commendation – All Hands Brewing House by Maddison Architects Commendation – Wine Cave by McGregor Westlake Architecture
Commendation – Grimshaw Architects Office Fit Out by Grimshaw

Public architecture

Sulman Medal for Public Architecture – Punchbowl Mosque by Candalepas Associates
Award – Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture for City of Sydney Commendation – Barangaroo Ferry Wharf by Cox Architecture
Commendation – Coogee Beach Centre by Brewster Hjorth Architects

Residential architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award for Residential Architecture – Laneway House by Jon Jacka Architects Award – Bolt Hole by panovscott
Commendation – Italianate House by Renato D'Ettorre Architects

Residential Architecture - Houses (New)

Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture – Cabbage Tree House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture
Award – Coastal Garden House by Neeson Murcutt Architects
Award – Three Piece House by TRIAS
Commendation – Killcare Beach Bush House by MORA - James Fraser Architect

Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing

Aaron Bolot Award for Residential Architecture – The Rochford by Fox Johnston
Award – The Triplex Apartments by Luigi Rosselli Architects
Award – Griffiths Teas by PopovBass Award – Short Lane by Woods Bagot
Commendation – Inkmakers Place by Jensen Young

Small Project Architecture

Robert Woodward Award for Small Project Architecture – Treetop Studio by Aileen Sage Architects
Award – Montoro Wines Cellar Door by Source Architects
Award – The Beehive by Raffaello Rosselli Architect with Luigi Rosselli Architects
Commendation – Paper Bird by Plus Minus Design
Commendation – Laneway Studio by McGregor Westlake Architecture
Commendation – Islington Park by Curious Practice

Sustainable Architecture

Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture – International House Sydney by Tzannes
Award – The Beehive by Raffaello Rosselli Architect with Luigi Rosselli Architects
Award – Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture for City of Sydney Commendation – Coogee Beach Centre by Brewster Hjorth Architects
Commendation – Macquarie University Incubator by Architectus
Commendation – Cabbage Tree House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture
Commendation – Paper Bird by Plus Minus Design

Urban Design

The Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design – Darling Harbour Transformation by HASSELL / HASSELL + Populous
Award – East Sydney Community and Arts Centre and Albert Sloss Reserve by lahznimmo architects with Spackman Mossop Michaels Landscape Architects
Award – The Connection – Rhodes by Crone Architects
Award – Day Street Apartments by Tzannes and Loftex

Enduring Architecture

Award – Sirius by Tao Gofers, NSW Department of Housing with Alexander & Lloyd Architects

Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture

Award – Biripi Clinic by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
Commendation – North Avoca Studio by Matt Thitchener Architect

NSW Chapter Prizes

NSW Premier’s Prize – Biripi Clinic by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize – Barangaroo Ferry Wharf by Cox Architecture
Commendation – 333 George Street by Grimshaw with Crone
Commendation – ‘Reflection’ Memorial by Johnson Pilton Walker and Jess Dare
The Blacket Prize – St Patrick's Primary School, Lochinvar - Stage 1 by SHAC
NSW Chapter President’s Prize – Deborah Dearing, President of the NSW Architects Registration Board
Emerging Architect Prize sponsored by AWS – Amelia Holliday and Isabelle Toland, Aileen Sage Architects
David Lindner Prize – Passive Security in Schools: Investigating alternative methods of achieving secure environments in schools by Jamileh Jahangiri, TKD Architects
Marion Mahony Griffin Prize sponsored by Bespoke Careers – Oi Choong, Context Landscape Design

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