Australia’s first multi-residential building designed specifically for high-need under-50-year-olds by Cox Rayner Architects has won the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2009 Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards.
Youngcare, in Sinnamon Park, which is intended as a model to be copied nationally, took the Building of the Year award. The building is not “highly refined architecture” but rather creates “home conditions” that dramatically improve the quality of life of many people, said Queensland awards jury director Justin O’Neill.
“Cox Rayner has created a new model for supported community housing for younger Australians, which can now be applied and customised across the country to meet demand … It represents a new building type that we expect will be embraced by care agencies in every state and territory.”
All up, 104 architectural projects were entered in this year’s awards from across Brisbane, with 36 regional commendations awarded to 32 projects.
The 2009 House of the Year was awarded to the Fig Tree Pocket House by Bligh Graham, winners of last year’s Robin Dods Award for Architecture.
The jury said: “This house employs stepped sectional and courtyard planning techniques as a response to the difficult and conflicting site constraints. The sequential planning and spatial arrangements integrate the home with its site and progressively reveal views to the river. The finished design is a comfortable and well-considered family home.”
All commendation recipients are in the running for Queensland Architecture Awards, to be announced in Brisbane on Friday 17 July.
2009 Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards commendations:
Public Architecture
Berrinba Wetlands Parkland by AR:2 architecture
General Purpose North 4 by Richard Kirk Architect and ML Design (Architects in association)
Holy Spirit Seminary by Conrad Gargett Architecture
Mater Mother’s Redevelopment Project: (A) Mater Mothers Hospital (MMH) Mater Adult Hospital (MAH) by BVN Architecture Pty Ltd
Brisbane Water Scientific Analytical Services Laboratory by HASSELL
International Terminal Brisbane Expansion by BVN Architecture Pty Ltd
Art and Architecture
International Terminal Brisbane Expansion by BVN Architecture
Mater Mother’s Redevelopment Project: (A) Mater Mothers Hospital (MMH) Mater Adult Hospital (MAH) by BVN Architecture Pty Ltd
Commercial Architecture
HASSELL Warry Street Studio, Fortitude Valley, Qld by HASSELL Ltd
Abigroup House Stanley Street Plaza by Cox Rayner Architects in association with John Mainwaring
The Chambers, Corner of Queen and Creek Streets by Donovan Hill & Riddel Architecture
Old Albion Post Office Redevelopment by Colin Trapp and Associates Pty Ltd
Badge — Brisbane Office by Fairweather Proberts Architects Pty Ltd
Urban by Richard Kirk Architect
Sustainable Architecture
Green Square Office Precinct by Cox Rayner Architects
Queensland State Archives Expansion Project (QSA2) by Project Services
Heritage Architecture
All Saints Church by Riddel Architecture
Interior Architecture
Iceworks Bar and Restaurant by BASE Architecture
Brisbane North Eye Centre by m3architecture
Wickham Street apartment by BASE Architecture
The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research by Jackson/S2F Architectural Joint Venture
HASSELL Warry Street Studio, Fortitude Valley, Qld by HASSELL
O’Neill Buiding Nudgee College by Fairweather Proberts Architects Pty Ltd
University of Queensland, Science Learning Centre by m3architecture
Abigroup House Stanley Street Plaza by Cox Rayner Architects in association with John Mainwaring
Multi-Residential Architecture
Lady Bowen Stage 3 Studio Units by Gall & Medek Architects Pty Ltd
Youngcare by Cox Rayner Architects
Key Street Townhouses by Gall & Medek Architects Pty Ltd
Norman Reach by Cox Rayner Architects
Residential Architecture (Houses)
Cremorne Extension by Donovan Hill
Fig Tree Pocket River House by Bligh Graham
Grandstand House by PUSH
Small Project Architecture
Brookes Street Office North by James Russell Architect
Green House by aardvark architects
Tonic Studio by Tonic Architecture & Design
Urban Design
Inner Northern Busway by INB HUB Alliance/BVN Architecture
The Subtropical Row House by Centre for Subtropical Design, QUT
