Cox Rayner Architects are the top winners of this year's Central Queensland Regional Architecture Awards for their design of the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.
Designed pro-bono, the museum is located on a Mesa above the alluvial plains near Winton and comprises a visitor’s interpretation centre, a climate-controlled collections hall, administration centre, museum shop, amenities and outdoor gathering space from which volunteers are marshalled.
The jury said of the project:
"At a tectonic level the building uses imprints and clues from the site to create seamless insertion onto this extraordinary landscape.
The architects have carefully considered the procurement process and by working closely with the largely self-taught client, who actually built the building (with advice and help from Woollams Constructions); the whole team has been able to produce a building that has exceeded any reasonable expectations.
This team ought to be immensely proud of this achievement."
Projects awarded on the night will now progress to the Queensland Architecture Awards to be announced in Brisbane on 21 June.
Regional commendations include:
Public Architecture
Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum Cox Rayner Architects Winton
Administration and Library Woorabinda State School Kevin O’Brien Architects Woorabinda
Rockhampton Regional Library Brewster Hjorth Architects South Rockhampton
Health Clinic CQU Reddog Architects Rockhampton
Residential Architecture
Crowsnest Retreat PHORM Architecture + Design – Houses Agnes Water
