A graduate from the University of Newcastle received the state’s most prestigious honour at the 2017 NSW Graduate and Student Architecture Awards, announced earlier this month.

Announced at a ceremony held in Sydney, James Ellis took home the NSW Design Medal for his project ‘The Plant’, an investigation into where food, cities and architecture intersect.

“[The Plant is] an insightful solution to a very complex brief that explores an entirely new building typology, the Community Food Factory, [which is] an activist response to the way that modern food production has become disconnected and made invisible from modern society,” said the jury.

Brendan Boyle, also a graduate of The University of Newcastle, was named runner-up for the medal for his project, ‘Re:Birth’. The project explores the artefacts at Catherine Hill Bay, and proposes the reincarnation of industrial artefact through architectural intervention.

Two commendations were also awarded – the first to James Hargrave of the University of New South Wales for his project ‘Space // Between’, and the second to Boris Nikolov, Pareena Patel and Jennifer Strilakos, graduates of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), for their project ‘Foreshore Re-appropriate Organisation’.

Intended as an annual celebration of up-and-coming young architects, the NSW Graduate and Student Architecture Awards seeks out the best from four architecture programs throughout the state: the University of Newcastle, the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales and UTS.

Full list of winners from the 2017 Graduate and Student Architecture Awards below:

RAIA NSW DESIGN MEDAL

WINNER

James Ellis (The University of Newcastle)

RUNNER-UP

Brendan Boyle (The University of Newcastle)

COMMENDATIONS

James Hargrave (University of New South Wales)
Boris Nikolov, Pareena Patel and Jennifer Strilakos (University of Technology, Sydney)

RAIA NSW FIRST DEGREE DESIGN AWARD

WINNER

Penny Fraser (University of New South Wales)

RUNNER-UP

Adam Vandepeer (The University of Sydney)

COMMENDATION

Candace Chia-Ching Lee (University of New South Wales)

RAIA NSW ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AWARD

WINNER

Timothy Qi Nan Li and Jianzhang James Wang (The University of Sydney)

RUNNER-UP

Sharon Cheuk Yao Cheong, Fook Hong Timothy Lee and Ho Hei Yick (The University of Sydney)

RAIA NSW ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATIONS AWARD

WINNER

James Hargrave (University of New South Wales)

RUNNER-UP

Rachel Wan (University of Technology, Sydney)

COMMENDATION

James Ellis (The University of Newcastle)

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE PRIZE

Jade York

HISTORY AND THEORY PRIZE

Dianne Gardoll

FIRST DEGREE GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Corenne Earl

MASTERS GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Brendan Boyle

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE PRIZE

Joshua Sleight

HISTORY AND THEORY PRIZE

Sharryn Bowman

FIRST DEGREE GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Joshua Sleight

MASTERS GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Jessica Gottlieb

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE PRIZE

James Boden

HISTORY AND THEORY PRIZE

Pascale Roberts

FIRST DEGREE GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Janelle Woo

MASTERS GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Mitchell Page

THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY

CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE PRIZE

Adam Donbauer

HISTORY AND THEORY PRIZE

Andrea Lam

FIRST DEGREE GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Calum York

MASTERS GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PRIZE

Michelle Vassilou

Architecture & Design Team

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