Australian Institute of Architects Announces Winner of 2014 ACT Awards

The Australian Institute of Architects have announced 35 awards out of a record 51 entries for the ACT Architecture Awards. The star of the show was Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s (TZG) National Arboretum, which after winning the 2013 Romaldo Giurgola Award for Public Architecture last year received the highest prize of the Canberra Medallion.

Other awards included an Enduring Architecture award for Enrico Taglietti's 1979 project 'Apostolic Nunciature'; and the Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World by Munns Sly Moore in association with Mo Atelier Szeto - which won the Romaldo Giurgola Award for Public Architecture, the Art in Architecture Prize and a commendation in the INLITE Light in Architecture Prize.

Read on after the break for the full list of awards

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Art in Architecture Prize

  • Hotel Hotel / March Studio
  • Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World / Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto

Winner – Hotel Hotel by March Studio. Image © Peter Bennetts
Winner – Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World by Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto. Image © Ben Wrigley

BCA Certifiers Mervyn Willoughby-Thomas Renovation Award

  • Loft of Suburbia / Yuri Leong, ylarchitecture

Winner – Loft of Suburbia by Yuri Leong, ylarchitecture. Image © Yuri Leong

Canberra Medallion

Winner – National Arboretum Canberra by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Taylor Cullity Lethlean. Image © John Gollings

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

  • Award: The Mook / Rodney Moss in association with Ken Murtagh and Pip Smith
  • Commendation: Radford College–Radford Senior School / Cox Architecture

Award – The Mook by Rodney Moss in association with Ken Murtagh and Pip Smith. Image © Ben Wrigley
Commendation – Radford College–Radford Senior School by Cox Architecture. Image © Ben Wrigley

Commercial Architecture

  • John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture: Canberra Centre Food Court / Cox Architecture

John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture – Canberra Centre Food Court by Cox Architecture. Image © Rodrigo Vargas

Education Prize

  • Taylor Primary School / Small Quinton Coleman Architects

Winner – Taylor Primary School by Small Quinton Coleman Architects. Image © Ben Andrews

Enduring Architecture

  • Apostolic Nunciature 1976 – 1977 / Enrico Taglietti

Award – Apostolic Nunciature 1976 – 1977 by Enrico Taglietti. Image © Enrico Taglietti

Heritage Architecture

  • J S Murdoch Award for Heritage: Gudgenby-in-a-Box / Philip Leeson Architects
  • Commendation: NFSA Theatrette / Cox Architecture

J S Murdoch Award for Heritage – Gudgenby-in-a-Box by Philip Leeson Architects. Image © Ben Wrigley
Commendation – NFSA Theatrette by Cox Architecture. Image © Rodrigo Vargas

INLITE Light in Architecture Prize

  • Winner: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands / Philip Leeson Architects
  • Commendation: No.36 Stage 2 / Townsend + Associates Architects
  • Commendation: Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World / Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto

Winner – Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by Philip Leeson Architects. Image © Ben Wrigley
Award – No.36 Stage 2 by Townsend + Associates Architects. Image © John Gollings
Commendation – Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World by Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto. Image © Ben Wrigley

Interior Architecture

W Hayward Morris Award for Interior Architecture – Hotel Hotel by March Studio. Image © John Gollings
Award – National Museum of Australia – Additions by ARM Architecture. Image © John Gollings
Commendation – Virgin Australia Canberra Lounge by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer. Image © Brett Boardman
Commendation – Radford College–Radford Senior School by Cox Architecture. Image © Rodrigo Vargas

Public Architecture

  • Romaldo Giugola Award for Public Architecture: Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World / Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto
  • Award: Canberra International Airport / Guida Moseley Brown Architects
  • Award: National Museum of Australia – Additions / ARM Architecture
  • Award: Radford College–Radford Senior School / Cox Architecture
  • Award: Colleges of Science – Chemistry Sciences Building / Lyons
  • Commendation: John Paul College / Collins Caddaye Architects
  • Commendation: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands / Philip Leeson Architects

Romaldo Giugola Award for Public Architecture – Australian National University Australian Centre on China in the World by Munns Sly Moore Architects in Association with Mo Atelier Szeto. Image © Ben Wrigley
Award - Canberra International Airport by Guida Moseley Brown Architects. Image © Ginette Snow
Award – National Museum of Australia – Additions by ARM Architecture. Image © John Gollings
Award – Radford College–Radford Senior School by Cox Architecture. Image © Ben Wrigley
Award – Colleges of Science – Chemistry Sciences Building by Lyons. Image © Dianna Snape
Commendation – John Paul College by Collins Caddaye Architects. Image © Stefan Postles
Commendation – Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by Philip Leeson Architects. Image © Ben Wrigley

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

  • Award: No.36 Stage 2 / Townsend + Associates Architects
  • Commendation: Narrabundah House + Studio / Jigsaw Housing

Award – No.36 Stage 2 by Townsend + Associates Architects. Image © John Gollings
Commendation – Narrabundah House + Studio by Jigsaw Housing. Image © Rodrigo Vargas

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

  • Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New): The Mook / Rodney Moss in association with Ken Murtagh and Pip Smith
  • Award: Phillips Pavilion / Arquitectura
  • Award: Narrabundah House / Adam Dettrick Architects

Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – The Mook by Rodney Moss in association with Ken Murtagh and Pip Smith. Image © Ben Wrigley
Award – Phillips Pavilion by Arquitectura. Image © Pedro Geleris
Award – Narrabundah House by Adam Dettrick Architects. Image © Michael Downes

Small Project Architecture

  • ACT Chapter Award for Small Project Architecture: The National Workers Memorial / Johnson Pilton Walker
  • Commendation: Mirning Bathroom / Roger Pegrum

ACT Chapter Award for Small Project Architecture – The National Workers Memorial by Johnson Pilton Walker. Image © Brett Boardman
Commendation – Mirning Bathroom by Roger Pegrum. Image © Vikky Wilkes

Sustainable Architecture

  • ACT Chapter Award for Sustainable Architecture: John Paul College / Collins Caddaye Architects

ACT Chapter Award for Sustainable Architecture – John Paul College by Collins Caddaye Architects. Image © Stefan Postles

Urban Design

Commendation – Colleges of Science by Lyons. Image © Dianna Snape

Additional Prizes

  • 2014 President’s Medal: Janet Thomson
  • 2014 Clem Cummings Medal: Robert Purdon and Christine Purdon
  • Emerging Architect Prize: Rob Henry
  • ACT Chapter Student Medallion: Melanie Schonfeld and Cassandra Cutler
  • John Redmond Prize: Stewart Youngblutt
  • Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayn Graduate Prize: Mark Power and Kate Shepherd
  • Cox Architecture Student Design Prize Winner: Megaform / Kate Shepherd
  • Cox Architecture Student Design Second Prize: Conference Centre / Cassandra Cutler
  • Cox Architecture Student Design Third Prize: Shine Dome Inverted Cadence / Will Headland

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Cite: Rory Stott. "Australian Institute of Architects Announces Winner of 2014 ACT Awards" 14 Jun 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/516482/australian-institute-of-architects-announces-winner-of-2014-act-awards> ISSN 0719-8884

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