Azuris by Renato D’Ettorre Architects. Image: Francesca Giovanelli
Azuris designed by Renato D’Ettorre Architects received a Regional Commendation and the J.W. Wilson Award for Building of the Year presented by Queensland State Awards Jury Director, Michael Rayner.
Designed as a refuge for relaxation and enjoying the sub-tropical weather, the modern pavilion responds to light, air and water while materials were chosen to complement their surrounding and withstand the harsh sub-tropical environment of high humidity, intense sun and wet season down pours.
In 2011, Renato D’Ettorre Architects received the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture - Houses for Solis, a holiday home also on Hamilton Island.
“Azuris embodies a tropical ethos utilising heavy materials to frame spectacular views and to cacoon living and sleeping spaces interspersed by courtyards. The project unites modernist spatial principles with exceptional craftsmanship,” the jury noted.
Seven projects across Central Queensland entered the awards including a primary school, a technical college and an adaptive community for housing miners in Moranbah.
Another two Regional Commendations were awarded (pictured below)
Ergon Energy Rockhampton Skills Training Facility. Image: David Harbutt
Park Avenue Hotel, Rockhampton. Image: David Harbutt
The 2012 Central Queensland jury consisted of Carl Brown, Principal at Beat Architects in Rockhampton and Kaye Clark, Lecturer in Built Environments Programs for the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health at Central Queensland University.
