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June 19 - 25, 2022: Issue 543

2022 NSW Architecture Awards Shortlist

Chisholm House | Richard Smith Architect | Photographer: Michael Nicholson - entrant in both the Residential Architecture – Houses (New) and Sustainable Architecture categories

The NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects has revealed the shortlist for the 2022 NSW Architecture Awards.

More than 100 entries have been shortlisted across 11 categories with several projects shortlisted across multiple categories.

Entrants presented to the awards juries, chaired by former NSW government architect Peter Moud, in early March and winners will be announced on Friday 1st of July.

The Australian Institute of Architects is dedicated to the promotion of Australian architects and architecture in both national and global arenas. Since 1981, the Institute have upheld excellence in the profession by recognising best practice in the field through our National Architecture Awards program and inspiring others to continue striving to positively shape communities through architecture.

The Institute’s Awards Program enables public and peer recognition of the innovative work of members, and provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture across Australia and internationally.

The National Architecture Awards is an integrated, hierarchical program resulting in annual awards at National, Chapter (State and Territory) and, in some states, Regional levels. To enter the National Architecture Awards, Institute members submit projects at the relevant chapter or regional level depending on the project’s location.

Awards in each category are based on a three-tier system, in decreasing order of merit. Only State or Territory Named and Architecture Awards progress to be considered for a National Award.

Projects entered in the National Architecture Awards may be new, renovated or altered and extended buildings. On entry, members entering must either select the category most appropriate to their project, or enter in multiple categories.

Public Architecture
Educational Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alternations and Additions)
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Commercial Architecture
Heritage
Interior Architecture
Urban Design
Small Project Architecture
Enduring Architecture (Members cannot enter this directly).

Juries may choose to consider projects in categories other than the category the project was originally entered in subject to meeting the entry requirements of the new category.

Secondary categories: Members cannot enter these categories directly, although will have the opportunity to self nominate for the following categories once they have elected a primary category:

Sustainable Architecture
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
EmAGN Project Award

This year there are a number of local projects from our area that were entrants, some in two categories, as well as some great designs that show old ideas transformed into futuristic structures. Below are details of these, as provided.

NSW Architecture Awards 2022 Shortlist

Commercial Architecture

Educational Architecture

International Grammar School | BVN
Ascham School Margaret Bailey Building | BVN
Rouse Hill Childcare | CO-AP (Architects)
Domremy College Nano Nagle Learning Centre | Hayball
6 Hassall Street | Blight Rayner and Tzannes
Shopfront for Youth Performance and Art | Stephen Collier Architects
Ultimo Public School | DesignInc Sydney, Lacoste+Stevenson and bmc2, architects in association
Inner Sydney High School | fjmtstudio
University of Sydney Engineering & Technology Precinct | COX Architecture

Heritage

Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery at Retford Park | Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct | Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
The Great Cobar Museum | Dunn & Hillam Architects
Brookfield Place Sydney | Make Architects and Architectus
Dawn Fraser Baths | TKD Architects
Haberfield Library and Community Rooms | Lahznimmo Architects
Palm Beach Surf Club | Allen Jack + Cottier (AJ+C)
Argyle Well | Welsh + Major
Wesley Edward Eagar Centre | Scott Carver Pty Ltd
Stephenson's Mill, Roberts Street, CROOKWELL, NSW 2583 | Hector Abrahams Architects
44 Martin Place, Sydney, Adaptive Reuse | Hassell
Bundanon | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Hinchcliff House | Carter Williamson

Interior Architecture

Public Architecture

Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery at Retford Park | Tonkin Zulaikha
Greer Architects
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct | Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
Eric Tweedale Stadium | dwp | design worldwide partnership
Bundanon | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Willinga Park Campdraft VIP Grandstand | COX Architecture
Willinga Park Show Jumping Arena | COX Architecture
Eden Port Welcome Centre | COX Architecture
Ken Rosewall Arena & Precinct | COX Architecture
Church of the Living God | Candalepas Associates
Kings Langley Cricket Club & Amenities | Eoghan Lewis Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Small Project Architecture

Bara Bridge at Kensington Pond, Centennial Parklands | Sam Crawford Architects
Summer Place Pavilion | Akimbo Architecture
Stealth Pavilion | Plus Minus Design
The Sanctuary | Welsh + Major
Hyde Park Cafe and Museum Station Upgrade | Andrew Burns Architecture
No Show at Carriageworks | Youssofzay and Hart

Urban Design

Parramatta Escarpment Boardwalk | Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects with
McGregor Westlake and Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture
Macquarie University Central Courtyard Precinct | Architectus and ASPECT Studios
Newcastle East End | SJB
Alumni Park | McGregor Westlake Architecture and Spackman Mossop Michaels
Quay Quarter Lanes | SJB, Silvester Fuller, Studio Bright, Carter Williamson, Lippmann
Partnership and ASPECT Studios
Terrigal Boardwalk & Rockpool | Arup
Bundanon | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Sustainability

11 Gibbons Street, Redfern DKO Architecture
Bundanon | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Eden Port Welcome Centre | COX Architecture
Dimensions X OM1 / Mobile Studio | Peter Stutchbury Architecture and Oscar Martin
Balgowlah CLT Passivehouse | betti&knut architecture
Curl Curl House | TRIAS
Phoenix House | Harley Graham Architects
Bundanon | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Rosby Wines Cellar Door & Gallery | Cameron Anderson Architects
Pepper Tree Passive House | Alexander Symes Architect

The 2022 NSW Architecture Awards entrants were:

Commercial Architecture

Jury:
Helen Lochhead (UNSW Sydney)
Hugo Cottier (lahznimmo architects)
Ian Lomas (Woods Bagot)

Small Project

Jury:
Mark Spence (Anthrosite)
Jessica Spresser (Spresser)
David Langston-Jones (David Langston-Jones Architect)

WILLINGA PARK POLOCROSS AMENITIES | COX ARCHITECTURE
BARA BRIDGE AT KENSINGTON POND, CENTENNIAL PARKLANDS | SAM CRAWFORD ARCHITECTS

DIMENSIONS X OM1 / MOBILE STUDIO | PETER STUTCHBURY ARCHITECTURE

Pedestrian TV co-founder Oscar Martin has teamed up with Australian architect Peter Stutchbury to reconsider the housing industry with planet-friendly, energy-efficient, and recyclable smart homes that are customised at the click of a button.

Introducing Dimensions X, a fast design focused and sustainable solution which is rich in spirit and aesthetic but not in price.

These are cost effective, recyclable homes delivered to the site with planet friendly inclusions such as environmental roofs, solar energy, compositing, rainwater tanks and beehives.

The future success for architects, developers & builders should be measured by the amount of waste leaving a building site. Dimensions X will create jobs and most importantly reduce the impact on the earth.

These dwellings are as affordable and eco-friendly as they are beautiful and considered. A small ecological footprint can make a big environmental difference.

Dimensions X OM1 / Mobile Studio | Peter Stutchbury Architecture | Photographer: Alejo Achaval

EMBASSY CYCLING | GOODWIN SCARFONE BELGIORNO-NETTIS
HYDE PARK CAFE AND MUSEUM STATION UPGRADE | ANDREW BURNS ARCHITECTURE
MARCH POOL PAVILION | SOURCE ARCHITECTS
NO SHOW AT CARRIAGEWORKS | YOUSSOFZAY AND HART

RAGLAN STREET WEST CAR PARK AMENITIES | MODE

The Raglan Street Carpark Amenities building is described as a modern ‘urbanistic’ public building inspired by the coastal community and picturesque natural surroundings of Mosman. The building takes strong cues from the foreshore beach culture through the building footprint, with natural, filtered light and a neutral palette of colours. The building allows for spatial efficiency while maximising usability and safety, the brick walls are framed with expressed structural elements, a climbing ‘green’ wall and sustainable timber screening, creating sheltered enclosures for the bespoke stainless steel hand washing facilities.

Raglan Street West Car Park Amenities | MODE | Photographer: Guy Wilkinson

Educational Architecture

Jury:
Ben Green (Lacoste+Stevenson)
Penny Collins (Collins and Turner)
Amelia Holliday (Aileen Sage)

WHOLECHILD EARLY LEARNING COFFS HARBOUR | WOODMAN ARCHITECTS
6 HASSALL STREET | BLIGHT RAYNER AND TZANNES
ARMIDALE SECONDARY COLLEGE | NBRS
ASCHAM SCHOOL MARGARET BAILEY BUILDING
BURWOOD GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SPACE & STEM CLASSROOM | CARTER WILLIAMSON
DOMREMY COLLEGE NANO NAGLE LEARNING CENTRE | HAYBALL
INNER SYDNEY HIGH SCHOOL | FJMTSTUDIO
INTERNATIONAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL | BVN

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 1 CENTRAL COURTYARD | ARCHITECTUS

Macquarie University’s 1 Central Courtyard (1CC) forms a vital edge to the newly landscaped Central Courtyard and provides 24 teaching/learning and events spaces. It re-establishes a dynamic atmosphere that draws people from around the campus. 1CC’s generous north-facing terrace overlooks Mars Creek and bushland beyond. Horizontally, it connects with its landscape; vertically, it connects through the senses with natural light illuminating the activity of people enjoying the spaces.

A processional stair with an accompanying water feature connects the courtyard level with the graduation hall and landscape below. Spaces blend through the purposeful placement of openings that bring the daylight in and frame views to the outside. The large span structure and generous floor-to-floor heights provide flexibility. The ‘active threshold’ defines the two upper floors. The external walls of classrooms blur formal and informal spaces to encourage continuous learning flow. With ample places to sit, work and collaborate, 1CC welcomes everybody.

Macquarie University 1 Central Courtyard | Architectus | Photographer: Richard Glover

RAVENSWOOD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS | BVN

The Senior Learning Centre encourages Ravenswood values of positive education and follow the schools guiding principles, Excellence, Courage, Respect, Compassion and Optimism.

An outward presence to the surrounding community, the building displays Ravenswood’s presence and identity to the community and passers-by. It oers optimism in learning via transformative learning spaces and provides a place where seniors can call home.

The Senior Learning Centre was developed primarily to provide future focused learning spaces on campus, but the sense of ownership and connection was important. This is a place for the Senior girls to learn, make tea, engage with their peers, have platforms for group-based learning, or retreat into quiet reflective learning areas throughout the day and after school hours. It is a building that enables a ‘transition from students of Ravenswood to being young women of purpose and a future filled with lifelong learning opportunities’ – Anne Johnstone, Principal of Ravenswood.

Ravenswood School for Girls | BVN | Photographer: Tom Ferguson

SANTA SOPHIA | BVN
SHOPFRONT FOR YOUTH PERFORMANCE AND ART | STEPHEN COLLIER ARCHITECTS
ULTIMO PUBLIC SCHOOL | DESIGNINC SYDNEY, LACOSTE+STEVENSON AND BMC2, ARCHITECTS IN ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PRECINCT | COX ARCHITECTURE

Interior Architecture

Jury:
Alex Wilson (Chenchow Little)
Connie Argyrou (Jackson Teece)
Simon Rochowski (studioplusthree)

MANLY APARTMENT | JDA STUDIO ARCHITECTS

A 1950s, yellow-brick era block of 18 units near East Esplanade on the Harbourside of Manly Beach is home to the ‘Manly Apartment’ – a project that has modernized small, retro apartment living into a light, textured and sophisticated space.

Crisp textured rendered walls have been used as a backdrop to refined cabinetry elements. These are designed to be the talking point, crafted and minimal yet hide the daily essentials and storage required for apartment living.

Floating joinery units on legs with brass accents and soft timber veneers work well with the natural stone products such as a custom kitchen sink, bathroom basin and coffee table.

A combination of clever use of space, consideration to budget and modern living, with light tones, balance and texture have been used effectively to transform this 1950s apartment from retro to refined.

Manly Apartment | JDA Studio Architects | Photographer: Pablo Veiga

THE ITALIAN FRESH MERCATO | I2C ARCHITECTS

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 1 CENTRAL COURTYARD | ARCHITECTUS

1 Central Courtyard is a vibrant four-storey building that generates a thriving campus experience for teaching, learning, and events.

The ground floor’s glass walls make the top two floors appear to float. Internal voids connect the levels, making dynamic visual connections. Inside and outside spaces blend seamlessly through the clever use of natural light, giving it energy.

The 24 new classrooms feature six modalities: lounge, collaboration, nodal, flexible, project, workplace. The spaces accommodate up to 90 people, and the large-span structure and generous floor-to-floor heights provide flexibility.

Technology provides integrated coordination of blinds, lighting and audio-visual equipment; each program matches a furniture layout, making the rooms adaptable to discussions, didactic teaching, or presenting.

Classrooms’ external walls blur formal and informal student spaces to accommodate a continuous learning flow. The ‘active threshold’, featuring interior planting and views into teaching areas, is a porous boundary where students work, collaborate and display work.

Macquarie University 1 Central Courtyard | Architectus | Photographer: Brett Boardman

Public Architecture

Jury:
Ben Green (Lacoste+Stevenson)
Penny Collins (Collins and Turner)
Amelia Holliday (Aileen Sage)

ERIC TWEEDALE STADIUM | DWP | DESIGN WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP
CRONULLA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB | REDSHIFT ARCHITECTURE & ART
CHAU CHAK WING MUSEUM | JPW
WALSH BAY ARTS PRECINCT | TONKIN ZULAIKHA GREER ARCHITECTS
NGUNUNGGULA, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS REGIONAL GALLERY AT RETFORD PARK | TONKIN ZULAIKHA GREER ARCHITECTS
MAITLAND HOSPITAL | BVN
WAGGA WAGGA BASE HOSPITAL – STAGE 3 REDEVELOPMENT | JACOBS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
KINGS LANGLEY CRICKET CLUB & AMENITIES | EOGHAN LEWIS ARCHITECTS

TENNIS PAVILION EUREKA | THE QUINLAN GROUP

Conceived as a series of contemplation spaces designed to calm and rejuvenate, the Eureka Tennis Pavilion wraps around the natural contours of the land, framing vistas in all directions through a rustic timber colonnade to the dramatic surrounding hinterland. The stone backbone of the building provides protection and intimacy to the newly formed central courtyard, creating a dramatic entry point from the ‘yellow brick road’ leading up from the main building.

The building has been sited to maximise elevation of the main contemplation spaces without separating the end user from the surrounding landscape, and possesses all the fundamentals of good sustainable design, with thermally broken double glazing, solar electricity supply, onsite filtered stormwater detention tanks and sub-surface irrigation fields.

Tennis Pavilion Eureka | The Quinlan Group | Photographer: Tyrone Branigan

CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD | CANDALEPAS ASSOCIATES

KEN ROSEWALL ARENA & PRECINCT | COX ARCHITECTURE

The Ken Rosewall Arena at Sydney Olympic Park was the original tennis venue for the 2000 Olympics Games and home to Tennis NSW.

COX Architecture was appointed in late 2018 to transform the facility to host the inaugural ATP Cup tournament in January 2020 and Netball NSW home games for the Swifts and the Giants as part of the Suncorp Super Netball 2020 season.

The resultant design provides a new cable net structure working with the existing bowl structure to support a PTFE fabric roof, (a first of this structure type for stadia in Australia) which was designed in collaboration with Arup and Fabritecture. The roof creates the required shading and protection from the elements.

This upgrade transforms Ken Rosewall Arena into a multipurpose outdoor covered arena and includes an operable façade to enclose the arena for the Netball season while still providing an open feel when retracted for Tennis.

Ken Rosewall Arena & Precinct | COX Architecture | Photographer: Cameron Hallam

EDEN PORT WELCOME CENTRE | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK SHOW JUMPING ARENA | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK CONFERENCE CENTRE | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK CAMPDRAFT VIP GRANDSTAND | COX ARCHITECTURE
BUNDANON | KERSTIN THOMPSON ARCHITECTS
CONCORD REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT – STAGE 1 NEW CLINICAL SERVICES BUILDING | JACOBS GROUP (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD

Urban Design

Jury:
Helen Lochhead (UNSW Sydney)
Hugo Cottier (lahznimmo architects)
Ian Lomas (Woods Bagot)

ALUMNI PARK | MCGREGOR WESTLAKE ARCHITECTURE AND SPACKMAN MOSSOP MICHAELS
QUAY QUARTER LANES – 18 LOFTUS STREET | SILVESTER FULLER

TERRIGAL BOARDWALK & ROCKPOOL | ARUP

Located in the beach suburb of Terrigal on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Terrigal Boardwalk & Rockpool is comprised of a 227-metre-long raised walking platform and a restored rockpool, with a new access ramp. The project was commissioned by Central Coast Council to enable equitable access to all visitors, linking two historically disconnected public spaces, Terrigal Beach promenade and the Haven.

Arup’s multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers developed the design of the boardwalk which provides a multitude of social, health and economic benefits for the local community. The project provides a safe, accessible route around the rocky headland, encouraging outdoor activity and creating a new attraction for locals and tourists to enjoy.

With equity at its very core, the project is the solution to a historically fragmented section of coastline and a unique opportunity to connect all people with the natural environment, the water and each other.

Terrigal Boardwalk and Rockpool

BUNDANON | KERSTIN THOMPSON ARCHITECTS
KING AND PHILLIP RESIDENCES | FJMTSTUDIO
PARKES CBD VIBRANCY STRATEGY | KING & CAMPBELL PTY LTD WITH PARKES SHIRE COUNCIL
PARRAMATTA ESCARPMENT BOARDWALK | HILL THALIS ARCHITECTURE + URBAN PROJECTS WITH MCGREGOR WESTLAKE AND JANE IRWIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY CENTRAL COURTYARD PRECINCT | ARCHITECTUS AND ASPECT STUDIOS

EDEN PORT WELCOME CENTRE | COX ARCHITECTURE

Eden Welcome Centre is a celebration of the town’s main industries of fishing, forestry and tourism, standing as a symbol of optimism for the town.

The structure and cladding to the building are made from Indigenous hardwoods as a celebration of the local timber industry. The building form and detailing references the robust wharf side buildings of the fishing industry, emblematic of Eden’s traditional architecture.

The building design employs a modular system to allow for easy construction and future growth in the anticipated expansion and revitalisation of Snug Cove.

The ground floor houses Eden Visitor Information Centre, along with a covered area for market stalls. The first floor provides the Port of Eden with a new maritime hub for Port Authority, Maritime NSW and NSW Police.

“Informed subtle design choices have provided locals and visitors an outcome that enhances its place and is for its people.” COX Director, David Holm

Eden Port Welcome Centre

WARRICK LANE | COX ARCHITECTURE WITH BLACKTOWN CITY COUNCIL
OPERA RESIDENCES | TZANNES

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Jury:
Mark Spence (Anthrosite)
Jessica Spresser (Spresser)
David Langston-Jones (David Langston-Jones Architect)

BALGOWLAH CLT PASSIVEHOUSE | BETTI&KNUT ARCHITECTURE

The clients wished to extend their 1920s Bungalow to fit their family of five and provide natural, healthy, and comfortable living spaces.

Retaining the large established Gumtrees onsite while maintaining privacy, shaped the building form. Clad in local untreated, rough sawn Blackbutt timber battens and left to naturally grey over time, a connection to the trees within the garden was created.

The interior of this modest residential building features exposed timber walls, floors and ceilings and is based on the idea of connecting to nature within a suburban environment; with views into the canopy, it encompasses all aspects of biophilic design principles.

Designed to the Passivhaus standard, the building works year round without the need for artificial heating and requires minimal cooling.

The cross-laminated, prefabricated timber structure was installed in 15 hours and allowed the building to be waterproof, insulated, and airtight within one week.

Balgowlah CLT Passivehouse | betti&knut architecture | Photographer: Hao Quan Cai

MY MALUA | TZIALLAS ARCHITECTS

CHARLOTTE PARK (Terry Hills)| CADENCE & CO

Charlotte Park sits atop a natural escarpment, looking across a vast native forest to the lights of Sydney. The home’s interiors are generous and dramatic, flowing casually into each other and spilling out to broad terraces and expansive gardens. They are also communal spaces, breathing in – to provide a sense of intimacy for the owners; and exhaling – to accommodate regular visits from a growing intergenerational family. It was important to our client that Charlotte Park be an expression of contemporary design whilst also retaining a sense of history, engaging intimately with its rural context. As such, the latest technologies are employed throughout, whilst the palette of materials is intended to age and patina naturally, enabling the home to blend into the surrounding landscape. Integrated into Charlotte Park’s design, the smaller original residence acts as a pivot, separating private zones from public.

Charlotte Park | Cadence & Co | Photographer: Maree Homer

HOUSE AT SHELLY BEACH | MICHAEL CUMMING ARCHITECT PTY LTD

House at Shelly Beach is conceived as a living balcony perched above the beach – detailed with clean architectural lines and a natural material palette. The house is oriented to capture the north eastern orientation, solar access, light and natural ventilation offered by the sea breeze.

House at Shelly Beach | Michael Cumming Architect Pty Ltd | Photographer: Tom Ferguson

AN ART HOUSE | MAY+SWAN ARCHITECTS

KIN HOUSE (North Manly) | AVA SHIRLEY ARCHITECT WITH NOAH SHIRLEY ARCHITECT

Kin House, on Gamaraigal Land, is a project that bridges generations, families and a street. An 1880’s workers cottage has been retained, restored, rearranged and reinvigorated for a further 140 years of life.

The complexities that were corralled through the design process included a tiny, sloping block (>180m2), a Heritage Conservation Area and equitable access for occupants of all ages. The resulting compact floor plate feels deceptively spacious as a result of borrowed neighbourhood vistas and shafts of daylight. The contrast of materiality between old and new, are bound by clever plays of patterned light and shadow throughout the day. A peaceful and serene home has been created, for an elderly couple to enjoy their final years of life accompanied by an ever-revolving composition of extended family members. If this house had a mantra, it would be; Be small, Be generous.

Kin House | Ava Shirley Architect with Noah Shirley Architect | Photographer: Michael Nicholson

TSUBO NIWA | MATT ELKAN ARCHITECT

Tsubo Niwa is a simple but densely detailed rear addition to a four room heritage listed timber cottage in a Conservation Area in North Sydney.

It is sited on a steep heavily vegetated slope uniquely located adjacent to the North Sydney CBD. The rear of the house forms an ‘L’ around a ‘Tsubo Niwa’ (small town garden) which is both an acknowledgement of the green band in which the house sits as well as being the focus of all new rooms.

At an ideological level, the new work is careful and minimal in order to respect both the scale and materiality of the existing. The small scale of the project led to the modest budget being able to be used to great effect for numerous carefully crafted details.

At a pragmatic level, the new addition replaces a previous dilapidated addition with a warm, joyful and outward looking space.

Tsubo Niwa | Matt Elkan Architect | Photographer: Clinton Weaver

HOUSE BINGIE | EOGHAN LEWIS ARCHITECTS
WHITE CUBE HOUSE | DANNY BROE ARCHITECT
MYRTLE HOUSE | LLEWELA GRIFFITHS ARCHITECTS

MOSMAN MINKA | DOWNIE NORTH

Situated in coastal suburban Sydney, Mosman Minka respects the area’s conservative built heritage, offering a contemporary counterpoint with Japanese sensibilities. Retaining the original frontage, the rear spaces are enveloped by an oversized zinc canopy, whose vaulted forms lend spaciousness to an otherwise highly efficient footprint.

With a focus on place making, proportions, materiality and detailing echo the original house and draw from the family’s collective memories.

The design embraces family life’s dichotomies: it is at once calm and restful (an important counterpoint to hectic family life), whilst equally playful and punctuated by numerous moments of delight.

Mosman Minka | Downie North | Photographer: Clinton Weaver

NORTH BONDI HOUSE | ANTHONY GILL ARCHITECTS

BEACHALET | MATTR STUDIO

Combining beach-side living, with a ski chalet, beaCHalet is an apartment renovation that is both open and airy in summer, and cosy and cocoon-like in winter.

Concealed within a nondescript 1970’s brick apartment block, the primary design principles of beaCHalet were to develop a more efficient use of the unit, to maximise hidden storage, and to provide more curated display areas, whilst at the same time creating a relaxed quality of space – hiding technology, appliances and the more functional, but less poetic elements, that make homes work.

The use of sustainably sourced plywood, cork, solid timber, and natural stone, in combination with easily reconfigurable joinery elements and furniture pieces – which serve more than one purpose – has given this 2-bedroom, 51sqm apartment a new lease on life.

mattr.studio values a smaller, smarter and simpler approach to design. beaCHalet is a built example of this philosophy.

beaCHalet | mattr studio | Photographer: Guy Wilkinson

LIGHT HOUSE | ALEXANDER SYMES ARCHITECT
ESCARPMENT HOUSE | VIRGINIA KERRIDGE ARCHITECT

Heritage

Jury:
Matthew Byrnes (Design 5 – Architects)
Tim Williams (Waverley Council)
Elisha Long (Long Blackledge Architects)

PALM BEACH SURF CLUB | ALLEN JACK + COTTIER (AJ+C)

A sensitive refurbishment of the 100-year-old Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club revives the building’s heritage, while strengthening its connection to the beach front and expanding capacity with new training and accommodation facilities and connected outdoor social spaces. Removing a warren of small partitioned spaces opens the interiors up to light and sightlines crucial for beach patrol, while rationalising utility rooms to add a new staircase that connects the two levels internally for the first time.

Palm Beach Surf Club | Allen Jack + Cottier (AJ+C) | Photographer: Graham Jepson

DAWN FRASER BATHS | TKD ARCHITECTS

Dawn Fraser Baths, Balmain, are the oldest surviving example of a fully enclosed, public tidal baths in Australia. Constructed in 1882 and successively rebuilt enlarged in the early twentieth century, the Baths derive historical and social significance from their continuous use for recreational bathing and aesthetic significance from their picturesque setting on Parramatta River.

Subject to persistent flooding due to tidal patterns of the river, the historic baths had deteriorated substantially. To address this issue and to accommodate predicted sea level rises, it was determined that the southern pavilion needed to be raised by one metre.

The timber-framed pavilion was carefully recorded and dismantled, and the sandstone boardwalk raised in height. The pavilion was reconstructed from salvaged historic timber and second-hand timber, with details corresponding to the original.

The reconstructed pavilion incorporates improved amenities including a new main entry, new change rooms and Olympic standard water polo lighting.

Dawn Fraser Baths | TKD Architects | Photographer: Martin Mischkulnig

HABERFIELD LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY ROOMS | LAHZNIMMO ARCHITECTS

CRONULLA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB – ADAPTIVE REUSE | REDSHIFT ARCHITECTURE & ART

In 2011 Redshift were posed with an intriguing question from the caretakers of one of Australia’s oldest Surf Life Saving Clubs; Cronulla SLSC.

Could the historic Clubhouse be adapted to address the needs of a contemporary Life Saving Club and the diverse needs of its various members?

An ambitious strategy was developed to substantially keep the northern 1990’s addition, adapt the original 1940s building, and rebuild a new southern wing.

The project remained a distant vision for about 5 years until a commitment was made to prepare a Development Application for the master plan as a means of securing additional funding for the ambitious project. Funding was secured and the project proceeded to construction in 2018.

The project, now completed, is a demonstration of the capability of small, agile offices and their capacity to work patiently and collaboratively with communities towards ambitions projects.

Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club – Adaptive Reuse | Redshift Architecture & Art | Photographer: The Guthrie Project

NGUNUNGGULA, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS REGIONAL GALLERY AT RETFORD PARK | TONKIN ZULAIKHA GREER ARCHITECTS
WALSH BAY ARTS PRECINCT | TONKIN ZULAIKHA GREER ARCHITECTS
THE GREAT COBAR MUSEUM | DUNN & HILLAM ARCHITECTS
2 RIDGE STREET | TZANNES
BROOKFIELD PLACE SYDNEY | MAKE ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTUS
KOOLEWONG – HABERFIELD RESIDENCE | MELOCCO & MOORE ARCHITECTS

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Jury:
Polly Harbison (Polly Harbison Design)
Phillip Nielsen (Regional Design Service)
Conrad Johnston (Studio Johnston)
Julie Power (The Sydney Morning Herald)

LEONARD HOUSE | CANDALEPAS ASSOCIATES
LEE HOUSE | CANDALEPAS ASSOCIATES
COLO CROSSINGS | BENN AND PENNA ARCHITECTURE

CURL CURL HOUSE | TRIAS

Curl Curl House was designed for an introverted family, who sought a home that would feel protective, reclusive, and quiet.

The project was inspired by time spent in Mexico. There, we were drawn to an urban condition where houses were hidden behind walls, creating private oases within.

Curl Curl House is a walled garden house that feels calm, confident, and quiet. Its twin sentinels peer above their fence line, partly visible between green.

The house is composed of two brick towers, linked by a pavilion. Thickened brick walls evoke solidity and heft.

Our sustainability approach focused on longevity and achieving carbon neutral operations. The home is all electric; its hydronics, heating and cooling and hot water are all solar-powered.

Curl Curl House elegantly reconciles two common contexts found in Sydney: the brick suburbs and the coast. The result is a relaxed yet ambitious work of architecture that aspires to timelessness.

Curl Curl House | TRIAS | Photographer: Clinton Weaver

CHISHOLM HOUSE | RICHARD SMITH ARCHITECT

This new house on an elevated site enjoys sunrise-to-sunset aspects and filtered views through the tree canopy to the Pacific Ocean and Pittwater.

Positioned on a spur running off the Bilgola Plateau – and between sandstone outcrops – the design nestles into its dramatic ground plane. Rooms on both levels open to a range of outdoor spaces including entertaining terraces, timber decks and garden roofs.

The lower level is embedded into the earth with brick walls and concrete floors. The elevated living area is enveloped in a lightweight structure featuring beautifully detailed Australian Hardwood timbers, and is topped by an east-west butterfly roof.

Passive solar design principles combine with thermal mass to create a home that is naturally comfortable all year round.

By excavating into the site – and capturing dual aspects from some rooms – the design provides multiple opportunities for the family to engage with and enjoy the spectacular surroundings more fully.

Chisholm House | Richard Smith Architect | Photographer: Michael Nicholson

ROBINSONS RUN | BENNETT MURADA ARCHITECTS
SEAGRASS HOUSE | WELSH + MAJOR

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Jury:
Carolyn Mitchell (Bickerton Masters)
Brian Meyerson (MHNDU)
Stephanie Little (Chenchow Little)

M BY MONTE | JACKSON TEECE

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY R1/R2 STUDENT ACCOMMODATION | ARCHITECTUS

The Student Accommodation at Macquarie University steers away from an institutional feel to create an environment that connects the diverse students in their formative adult years. The two buildings are large enough to generate variation while fostering community. Residents are encouraged from their rooms into shared spaces to replace isolation with friendships.

Floor-to-ceiling windows provide natural ventilation and expansive views over the campus, landscaped gardens and woodlands. Communal kitchens encourage connectedness; entertainment rooms promote fun and relaxation.

The spaces gradually shift from the ‘village’ to the ‘town’, then the ‘city’. Upper residential levels provide peace and privacy; lower floors encourage interaction with lounges joined by a spiral staircase, lit by a statement skylight connecting the buildings. The ground floor opens to the campus.

Earthy colours, materials and proportions promote belonging, not transience. Unlike the outdated furniture and pokey spaces associated with student housing, the quality allows students to be house-proud.

Macquarie University R1/R2 Student Accommodation | Architectus | Photographer: Brett Boardman

INFINITY COVE | STANISIC ARCHITECTS

Infinity Cove is an environmentally responsive building that reduces energy consumption, mitigates the impacts of climate change and maintains the comfort of residents. It retains a ‘green-belt’ of mature indigenous trees around the building to reduce Urban Heat Island effects; incorporates 14 EV charging stations in the carpark; and has 30 photo-voltaic panels on the roof for lighting common courtyards.

Located on a former works depot site for the Lane Cove Tunnel, Infinity Cove is a free standing, building sitting on high ground that responds to the complex conditions around the site by creating an organic-shaped built form that gently curves around the busy intersection. It demonstrates that sustainable design can be maintained on an environmentally challenged site.

The façade is tempered by a continuous verandah that shades the double glazed enclosing walls with trickle ventilation in acoustic treated ceiling slots to achieve air flow while mitigating noise from traffic.

Infinity Cove | Stanisic Architects | Photographer: JN Studio

ST MARYS HOUSING | MCGREGOR WESTLAKE ARCHITECTURE
NEUE | SJB

CREMORNE DUPLEX | HEBDEN ARCHITECTS

On a steep rocky site in Cremorne, this sleek duplex houses two separate but related families: an older couple starting a second married life and his son and young family.

The building reflects the surrounding mid-century housing, with a hint of Art Deco, curved forms, circular roof openings over balconies. The north unit slants back in deference to the public space and view corridor adjacent. It curves around at the end like the bow of a ship, with a fin off one side for privacy to neighbours below and shielded by battens from those above. The ground floor is below street level,behind an old sandstone retaining wall. Small casual living areas open up to blend with the patios and connect to the gardens. The footprint is limited but the ceilings are high for volume and light, like the doubleheight banks of glass louvres at the entry. There is connection to site, views, neighbourhood and family.

Cremorne Duplex | Hebden Architects | Photographer: Hero Shot Photography

Sustainable Architecture

Jury:
Digby Hall (Climate Wise Design)
Valerie Saavedra Lux (BVN)
Troy Donovan (Prism Facades)

BUNDANON | KERSTIN THOMPSON ARCHITECTS
PEPPER TREE PASSIVE HOUSE | ALEXANDER SYMES ARCHITECT
11 GIBBONS STREET, REDFERN | DKO ARCHITECTURE
BALGOWLAH CLT PASSIVEHOUSE | BETTI&KNUT ARCHITECTURE
CURL CURL HOUSE | TRIAS
EDEN PORT WELCOME CENTRE | COX ARCHITECTURE
ROSBY WINES CELLAR DOOR & GALLERY | CAMERON ANDERSON ARCHITECTS
DIMENSIONS X OM1 / MOBILE STUDIO | PETER STUTCHBURY ARCHITECTURE AND OSCAR MARTIN
PHOENIX HOUSE | HARLEY GRAHAM ARCHITECTS
DAWN FRASER BATHS | TKD ARCHITECTS
NO SHOW AT CARRIAGEWORKS | YOUSSOFZAY AND HART
BARA BRIDGE AT KENSINGTON POND, CENTENNIAL PARKLANDS | SAM CRAWFORD ARCHITECTS
LIGHT HOUSE | ALEXANDER SYMES ARCHITECT
SANTA SOPHIA | BVN
KINGS LANGLEY CRICKET CLUB & AMENITIES | EOGHAN LEWIS ARCHITECTS
ERIC TWEEDALE STADIUM | DWP | DESIGN WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP
KEN ROSEWALL ARENA & PRECINCT | COX ARCHITECTURE
CHISHOLM HOUSE | RICHARD SMITH ARCHITECT
HOUSE REVISITED | DAVID BOYLE ARCHITECT AND PANGKARRA
SUMMER PLACE PAVILION | AKIMBO ARCHITECTURE
SEAGRASS LANE | WELSH + MAJOR
WHOLECHILD EARLY LEARNING COFFS HARBOUR | WOODMAN ARCHITECTS
WILLINGA PARK ADMINISTRATION BUILDING | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK CAMPDRAFT VIP GRANDSTAND | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK POLOCROSS AMENITIES | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK CONFERENCE CENTRE | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK SHOW JUMPING ARENA | COX ARCHITECTURE
WILLINGA PARK STOCK MANAGEMENT BUILDING | COX ARCHITECTURE
HOUSE BINGIE | EOGHAN LEWIS ARCHITECTS
THE GREAT COBAR MUSEUM | DUNN AND HILLAM ARCHITECTS