Procurement practice was recognised by the judges of this year’s NSW Australian Institute of Architecture Awards as a key element in achieving outstanding projects.
“The NSW Architecture Awards are a celebration of design excellence. Although they are unquestionably essential to its emergence, the realisation of design excellence depends on more than the architect’s talent and industry,” NSW AIA Chapter president, Andrew Nimmo, said.
“Procurement – the ways in which and conditions under which an architect is engaged – plays a critical part in ensuring design excellence is brought to life.”
Mr Nimmo said the awards also celebrated what good procurement practice can mean for architects, clients and the winder
community by delivering “beautiful, functional, holistically sustainable environments for living, working, learning, healing and culture.”
The inaugural winner of the NSW Architecture Medallion for Best in Show was won by the Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct by Peter Stutchbury Architecture in association with Design 5 – Architects for the City of Sydney. It also won the Award for Public Architecture, the Greenaway Award for Heritage and an Award for Sustainable Architecture.
It took out the Medallion ahead of some much higher profile projects including International House by Tzanne Architects, winner of the Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture and the Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture.
The project added a new public space for the Green Square community that was not part of the initial brief through creating a roof element that creates a large covered outdoor room.
The roof comprises a series of timber, glass and copper arches which are drawn from the existing building’s own architectural features.
The judges noted the Joynton Avenue project fully integrated passive sustainability initiatives throughout, including the clustering of services behind a screened artwork that also protects from the western sun, roof vents are another passive sustainability measure.
Internal arches create a variety of spatial conditions, and a shallow water body reinterprets the site’s original marshlands as well as having a functional purpose of adding to passive cooling.
“The detailing is exquisite with robust interventions balanced with careful conservation. There is throughout the project a consciousness and confidence born of careful collaboration and a deep understanding of materials,” the judges said.
Another small project with a major sustainability impact, the Macquarie University Incubator by Architectus, was awarded the William E Kemp Award for Educational Architecture.
The prefabricated, modular and fully relocatable project was constructed primarily from engineered timbers including laminated veneer lumber, glulam and cross-laminated timber.
A design based around recycled materials and passive building systems, the Beehive, by Raffaello Rosselli Architect with Luigi Rosselli Architects was recognised with an Award for Sustainable Architecture.
The project uses all-recycled terracotta tile for a brise soliel feature that screens the western facade. As well as providing shade from the heat of the sun, it allows diffused daylight into the interior, dampens winds to reduce turbulence when the building is being naturally ventilated and is part of an evaporative cooling system that uses a fine mist dispersed over the tiles from the building’s roof terrace.
“As opposed to being simply a ‘tacked-on’ feature, it is clear that the rest of the building has been designed thoughtfully to work in harmony with the brise soleil in order to maximise its effectiveness,” the judge’s said.
“The exposed concrete floors and soffits enable connectivity with thermal mass, while generous mesh openings on the north-east façade enhance the daylighting and cross-flow ventilation of each floor.”
The judges said it is “an encouraging example of using recycled materials and passive solar design principles to great effect on a difficult west facing innercity site.”
Small budgets do not stand in the way
Small budgets are no impediment to great outcomes, as the winner of the NSW Premier’s prize, the Aboriginal-owned and run Biripi Clinic in regional Purfleet designed by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture has shown.
The project also won an Award for Commercial Architecture and the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture. The judges noted the design cleverly stitched together a campus of buildings into a “coherent precinct with a public presence”, describing it as an “important symbol of accomplishment and self-determination”.
“A place of community integration, clinical innovation and respect of social and cultural heritage, the Biripi Clinic is more than the joining of volumes, it is a testament to the journey of place, health, nature and people.”
Even humble public transport infrastructure showed it can achieve design greatness, with Cox Architecture’s Barangaroo Ferry Wharf winning the Lord Mayor’s Prize.
“This wonderful wharf concept, which is able to be repeated, resolves a myriad of competing issues with highly legible sculptural forms, accessible open planning, good customer experience and structural simplicity,” the judges said.
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 byDesign 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