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Bates Smart Crown Mahogany Room Expansion. Photo: JohnGollings.
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SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE Crown Mahogany Room Expansion – Bates Smart Award - National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart Commendation - South Melbourne Market Roof – Paul Morgan Architects Commendation - Spring Street Grocer – KGA Architecture
AN EXTRACT FROM JON CLEMENT’S OPENING ADDRESS AT THE 2013 AIA AWARDS
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t is encouraging to note that in a period of economic turmoil the Victorian Awards program continues to expand, this year attracting a record 240 entries across eleven national and three state categories, in addition we had 21 entries to the Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media. During an ongoing global financial crisis the Victorian Architecture Awards
program has continued to grow. The standard of work across all categories is truly exceptional and it reflects the fact that, in the face of adversity, our members continue to demonstrate an undivided commitment to improving the quality of our built environment. Our legacy is judged by the built work we leave behind. The results demonstrate that the public face of architecture in Victoria
is in excellent shape – and on behalf of all our members I would like to congratulate the winners of awards and commendations. Our celebrations should also recognise the extensive professional commitments from the private face of architecture and the many people who collaborate in the interests of delivering a successful project. We can be optimistic about the fact that architecture continues to
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be embraced in a wider range of spaces; however, it is clear that our profession also faces many challenges. In the current environment you can be assured that the Institute is working hard to protect our territory and to advocate for the value of architecture, but significant change and advancement for our profession cannot be achieved without change from the architects.
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AIA AWARDS Public Architecture William Wardell Award for Public Architecture - RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects Award - Penleigh and Essendon Grammar Senior School– McBride Charles Ryan Award - South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture Award - Swanston Academic Building – Lyons Commendation - Bayside Police Station, Sandringham – fmjt (Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp) Commendation - La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science - Lyons Commendation - The Richard & Elizabeth Tudor Centre for Contemporary Learning, Trinity Grammar – McIntyre Partnership
Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects RMIT Design Hub. Photo: EarlCarter.
Heritage Architecture John George Knight Award for Heritage - Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture Award - Good Shepherd Chapel, Abbotsford – Robert Simeoni Architects Award - Maryborough Railway Station Conservation works – RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants Commendation - Ormond College, Main Building Gables – Lovell Chen ARM Architecture Hamer Hall. Photo: JohnGollings.
BKKTCL Partnership Revitalising Central Dandenong. Photo: John Gollings.
Sustainable Architecture Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award for Sustainable Architecture Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect
James Stockwell Architect Crofthouse. Photo: JamesArchibald.
Kerstin Thompson Architects Marysville 16 Hour Police Stat. Photo: TrevorMein.
Regional Prize Winner - Marysville 16 Hour Police Station – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Urban Design Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design - Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership Award - Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd Award - South Morang Rail Extension – Cox Architecture Commendation - Langtree Mall Pavilion – Bellemo & Cat
Interior Architecture
ARM Architecture Hamer Hall. Photo: Peter Bennetts.
Marion Mahony Award for Interior Architecture Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture Award - Footscray Nicholson Learning Commons – Cox Architecture Award - Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects Commendation - Captain Melville – Breathe Architecture Commendation - National Centre for Synchrotron Science – Bates Smart
The Australian Institute of Architects extends congratulations to the exemplary field of 55 winning projects recognized with Victorian Architecture Awards and Commendations in 2013. The Australian Institute of Architect’s Awards are the highest accolade for architectural achievement within the State of Victoria.
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Public Architecture (Alterations & Additions) Award - Hamer Hall – ARM Architecture Award - Institute of Koorie Education, Deakin University – Gregory Burgess Architects
Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award for Residential Architecture - Edward Street House – Sean Godsell Architects Award - Fairhaven Residence – John Wardle Architects Award - Merricks Beach House – Kennedy Nolan Award - Sorrento Blue House – Neeson Murcutt Architects Commendation - Crofthouse – James Stockwell Architect Commendation - Merricks House – Robson Rak Architects Pty Ltd
Award - HOUSE House – Andrew Maynard Architects Award - The Mullet – March Studio Commendation - Ferrars Place – antarctica Commendation - shelter shed – multiplicity Commendation - Victoria Road House – Fiona Winzar Architects
Small Project Architecture Kevin Borland Award for Small Project Architecture - Seventh Heaven – Nest Architects Award - Abbotsford Convent Breezeway – Jackson Clements Burrows Award - Third Wave Kiosk – Tony Hobba Architects Commendation - Move-In – Elenberg Fraser Architects Commendation - Penny Wise – Marc Dixon Architect Commendation - The Purple Rose of Cairo – Architecture Architecture
Sean Godsell Architects Edward Street House. Photo: Earl Carter.
Melbourne Prize Winner - Revitalising Central Dandenong: Lonsdale Street Redevelopment – BKK/TCL Partnership
Nest Architects Seventh Heaven. Photo: Jesse Marlow.
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture - RMIT Design Hub – Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects Commendation - shelter shed – multiplicity
BKKTCL Partnership Revitalising Central Dandenong. Photo: John Gollings.
Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects RMIT Design Hub. Photo: Earl Carter.
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
March Studio The Mullet. Photo: John Gollings.
ARM Architecture Hamer Hall. Photo: John Gollings.
Exhibition of Entries This year, the Exhibition of Entries celebrated and made accessible to the public the projects entered into the 2013 Victorian Architecture Awards. The initial brief from the Institute to Monash Art Design & Architecture (MADA) was simple: to design an exhibition which expands the ambition of the annual awards exhibition from a simple predictable arrangement of the traditional A2 display board submissions. The higher objective was to make an interesting show intended to open a new dialogue with the architectural community.
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AIA AWARDS MGS Architects McIntyre Drive Social Housing. Photo: Trevor Mein.
RMIT Design Hub Photo: Earl Carter
Architect’s Statement by Sean Godsell
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing - McIntyre Drive Social Housing, Altona – MGS Architects Award - Serrata Docklands – Hayball Pty Ltd Commendation - Aerial Apartments – Wood/ Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture Commendation - Leopold – SJB Architects & Fender Katsalidis Architects Commendation - Malvern Hill – SJB Architects
Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media Award – Dream Build – ABC TV (National) Award – Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture – Rory Hyde (National) Award – Parlour: women, architecture, equity – Justine Clark (State) Commendation – Cities of Hope: Remembered/Rehearsed – Conrad Hamann Commendation – Designer Suburbs: Architects and Affordable Homes in Australia – Judith O’Callaghan and Charles Pickett
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he purpose of the Design Hub is to provide accommodation in one building for a diverse range of design research and post-graduate education. RMIT is a world leader in design research; however post-graduates are currently dissipated across various campuses and facilities. The Hub provides a collegial research base where postgraduates in fields such as fabric and fashion design will work alongside those involved in architecture, aeronautical engineering, industrial design, landscape architecture, urban design and so on. Research groups have the ability to locate and fine tune their accommodation within ‘warehouses’ – open plan spaces where research teams can set up and tailor their work environment to suit their particular needs. Teams may stay for anywhere from six months to three years depending on the nature of and funding limits to their research and education programs. Research may include the need for workshops to make physical models to be located alongside computer studios, three dimensional printing, virtual reality modelling and so on. Given the time frames associated with research projects all the warehouses require a high level of adaptability and flexibility. In that sense these spaces are designed to accommodate the organic nature of research – ever evolving, adapting, changing and growing. Each of the warehouses is a 60m x 10m column free space with a raised floor which houses air, power and data distribution. The warehouses are configured and re-configured by researchers using a ‘kit of parts’ system of mobile furniture. The plan of the Design Hub acknowledges the desire for incidental cross pollination where researchers from one field encounter those from other (often completely unrelated) fields as part of their day-to-day use of the building. Two public exhibition spaces and Design Archive provide a public interface with both industry and research outcomes. The Design Archive is housed in the steel framed pavilion to the west of the main tower. These spaces, combined with a variety of lecture, seminar and multi-purpose rooms facilitate high level exchanges in a number of forums. Researchers also have access to state of the art sound studios, model making and robotics workshops.
The Design Hub has a number of ESD features and incorporates strategies of water, waste and recycling management that are the equal of any ESD focussed building on the planet.
and RMIT. The entire building façade, in other words, has the capacity to be upgraded as solar technology evolves and it may one day generate enough electricity to run the whole building.
The façade of the Design Hub incorporates automated sun shading that includes the capacity for the incorporation of solar cells along with fresh air intakes that improve the internal air quality and reduce running costs. The cells have been designed so that they can be easily replaced as research into solar energy results in improved technology and part of the northern façade is actually dedicated to ongoing research into solar cells to be conducted jointly by industry
The façade is made up of 600 mm diameter sandblasted glass disks, which are fixed to either a horizontal or vertical aluminium axle. The discs are controlled through a centralised building management system (BMS) and are automated to open and close based on the time of day, time of year and orientation.
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MADA would like to thank the Architecture profession for their ongoing support and contribution to our Architecture program. monash.edu/mada/architecture Image: Design<>Make project - Stawell Steps, 2012, MADA Architecture students, Hiroshi Nakao and Professor Nigel Bertram. The project was made possible through the generous support of the profession, Krause Bricks, Northern Grampians Shire Council, Rural Councils Victoria and the Country Education Project, and Monash University Museum of Art. Photographer: Peter Bennetts.