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EmAGN Project Award
Object 07 • Prior Barraclough • Photographer: Ben Hosking
The EmAGN Project Award is a celebration of a project that has come about through the process of valuing and recognising the contributions members of the EmAGN demographic make, in the areas of leadership, collaboration and application of expertise and quality of architecture. The award was judged by the jury chairs from the 10 direct-entry categories as well as the co-chairs of EmAGN Victoria.
Object 07 • Prior Barraclough • Photographer: Ben Hosking
Wurundjeri Country
Object 07 is a coherent and resolved intervention into a Fitzroy streetscape much valued for its eclecticism, fine grain and heritage fabric. Dennis Prior and his team provided an enthusiastic and thoughtful presentation to the multi-residential jury which clearly communicated their deep engagement with the site context and brief. The project accommodates seven, three-bedroom townhouses behind a restored heritage frontage and reactivates a formerly unsafe laneway. Object 07 skilfully achieves required density amid sensitive interfaces. It succeeds in being respectful of neighbouring amenity and scale while exploring a confident geometric form and rigorous facade detailing. As an emerging practice, Prior Barraclough are all from the EmAGN demographic and the jury was impressed by their generous approach to collaboration and team mentorship. At every opportunity, the role and expertise of the project team was acknowledged and promoted. Valuable experience was gained by directors Dennis Prior and Michael Barraclough and graduate team members Melissa Spencer and Ryan Bate (both now registered architects) in navigating delivery of a more complex multiresidential typology through design and construct procurement. Object 07 achieves impressive architectural quality and detail within tight commercial parameters and provides an inventive model for densification within our inner suburbs.
Practice team: Michael Barraclough (Design Architect), Dennis Prior (Design Architect), Melissa Spencer (Graduate of Architecture), Ryan Bate (Graduate of Architecture), Andrew Lim (Graduate of Architecture), Emily Creamer (Designer) Consultant / Construction team: Efficiency by Design (Engineer), Lucid Consulting Australia (Services Consultant), McKenzie Group Consulting (Building Surveyor), Urban Planning Collective (Town Planner), Bryce Raworth (Heritage Consultant) Builder: Henny Photographer: Ben Hosking and Thomas Salomon
Object 07 • Prior Barraclough • Photographer: Ben Hosking
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