Search

The article offers information on the winners of the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. The categories for the awards include Small Project Architecture, Houses, Public Architecture and Interior Architecture. Donovan Hill and Peddle Thorp received the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture for its design of the State Library of Queensland. Architectus received the National Award for Public Architecture for its design of the Gallery of Modern Art in Queensland.

The article provides information on the Royal Australian Institute of Architects State Awards in Queensland and Victoria. The Institutional FDG Stanley Award was given to James & Mary Emelia Mayne Centre designed by Wilson Architects. The Residential Robin Dods Award was presented to Brookes Street House designed by James Russell Architect. The Victorian Architecture Medal was given to Yve Apartments designed by Wood Marsh Architecture.

Features the winners of the 2002 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards. RMIT Biosciences Building for the Sir Zelman Cowen award for public buildings; Lavarack Barracks Redevelopment Stage 2, Living in Accommodation and Messes, Townsville for the Robin Boyd award for residential buildings; Sidney Myer Music Bowl for the Burley Griffin award for urban design.

Presents the recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards 2001. Melbourne Museum in Victoria which was designed by Denton Corker Marshall company; D House residential building in Brisbane, Queensland which was designed by Donovan Hill Architects company; Mansion Hotel in Werribee, Melbourne which was designed by Wood Marsh Architecture company with Rice & Skinner Architecture and Interior Design company.

Lists the winners of the 2000 architecture awards of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Top buildings in New South Wales; George Temple Poole Award of the international airport at the Royal Australian Air Force Base; Award won by the Catholic Theological College in Victoria.

Lists the winners of the 1999 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards on October 15, 1999 in Melbourne, Victoria. Categories of the award; Description; Jury verdict; Murcutt Lewin Lark's Boyd Centre at Riversdake, New South Wales (NSW); Denton Corker Marshall's Sheep Farm house at Melbourne, Victoria; Jahn Associates' Grant House at Surry Hills, NSW.

Presents information regarding the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Awards program for architecture in Australian states in 1999. Architectural projects without any citation; Popular choice for the Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award; Reassurance given by awards convenor Lu Balsamo.

Unveils the recipients of the 1997 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) state awards. Freeman Leeson's house at Tranquil Bay; Northern grandstand at the Brisbane Cricket Ground by Daryl Jackson; Metier 3's Country Road headquarters.

Focuses on the upcoming 1996 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) state architecture awards. Includes the nominees in the various chapters and categories; Comments on the jury; Snubbing of prominent projects by the judges.

The authors offers comments on the Australian Institute of Architects' 2012 National Architecture Awards held in Perth, Western Australia on November 1. One author thinks that the filtering process on which the award system is constructed does not give proper weight to the diversity of architectural production in Australia. Another author criticizes the limited information about the architectural projects available on the institute's website.

The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) recently named the winners of its national architecture awards. The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales's Birabahn Indigenous Centre designed by Richard LePlastrier, Peter Stutchbury, and Sue Harper, won for best public building. For the first time ever, the same architect has collected two major prizes. Stutchbury and partner Phoebe Pape also received one of two top residential awards for their Bay House in Sydney. Other awards include best urban design for Federation Square in Melbourne, Victoria by Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart Architects.

The author comments on the outcomes of the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. He claims that a number of awards across several categories indicate the social responsibilities of the profession. He cites two themes that represent two facets of architectural ideas that interact to provide tension in the shaping of the country's architecture. He mentions three awarded residential schemes.

The article features the Challenger Tafe Maritime Centre in Australia designed by Cow Howlett + Bailey Woodland, which received a jury citation for the Colorbond Steel Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The TAFE building responds to its maritime context of existing wharf shed forms and a corrosive, uncompromising sea edge environment. Sawtooth roofs were selected to develop three distinct, two-storey connected shed forms.

The article features the Memorial Hall of Melbourne Grammar School in Victoria designed by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design, which received a jury citation for the Lachlan MacQuarie Award for Heritage from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The Memorial Hall has been reaffirmed as an icon building in the school campus. Establishment of a ceremonial entry and address conditions and the creation of a fitting setting for the hall, has contributed to the aesthetic, historic and social value of this place.

The article features the Brickpit Ring in Australia designed by Durbach Block Architects, which received a jury citation for the National Jury Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The physical intervention of the Brickpit Ring is an extremely delicate and sensitive approach to this fragile site. The ring walkway sits on top of a slender, steel-braced cruciform structure, which appears extremely thin and allows minimal connections through its columns onto the brickpit floor.

The article features Sydney Hilton hotel designed by Johnson Pilton Walker, which received a jury citation for the Award for Commercial Buildings from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This major refurbishment of the flagship hotel of an international chain offers a model of urban responsiveness, powerfully enhancing the commercial viability of the development. The previously internalized spaces have been turned inside out and offered back to the city while, at the same time, they embrace their surroundings.

The article features Sukhumvit SOI 53 Apartments in Bangkok, Thailand designed by Kerry Hill Architects, which received a jury citation for International Award from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The strength of the rectilinear geometries of the apartments is enriched by the fine grain of timber screens and by solid masonry enclosures. Clear graphic order of architectural elements and a commitment to beautifully considered detail are a consistent theme in the oeuvre of this practice.

The article features the Melbourne Central designed by Ashton Ragatt McDougall, which received a jury citation for the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This complex is formed through the skilled redesign of an existing commercial complex. It offers a microcosm of the city, following older patterns of movement across the site, and allowing a legible network of movement both into the site and back into the city.

The article features the St. Andrews Beach House designed by Sean Godsell Architects, which received a jury citation for the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Buildings from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Singular in its intent and beautifully spare in its materiality, this house is as resonant as a finely tuned musical instrument. This work investigates the essential relationship between architecture and nature. Internally the house provides a haven from the ravages of coastal storms.

The article discusses the 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects' National Architecture Awards from the view of an Awards jury. The jury was aware of the work that has been undertaken by the National Awards Taskforce. The jury concurs with the Taskforce that all projects should address the range of issues of sustainability as fundamental considerations in the development of the design. Projects should demonstrate how architecture can intelligently integrate sustainable initiatives as is essential for our future.

Reports on the winners of the 2000 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) and Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Colorbond Steel Student Biennale architecture awards. Winner of the BHP Steel Design prize; Criteria used by the jury; Amount won by Lewis Hunt of the faculty of architecture, building and planning at the University of Melbourne; RAIA traveling exhibition.

The article offers news briefs related to environmental protection in Australia. The government will implement the Home WaterWise Rebate Scheme in Queensland which will offer cash rebates to consumers who will purchase water-saving devices. The Melbourne Convention Center received a 6 star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). A conference to be hosted by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) on architectural culture will be held on April 13, 2008.

The author comments on the outcomes of the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. She considers public architecture as the richest and most competitive field. She claims that projects in the residential categories seem refined but conservative. She criticizes the range of architectural approaches in the Residential category.

The author addresses the debate over the selection of winners for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards. He believes being a juror for the RAIA award program is a particular privilege. He claims the decision-making process for selecting the winners is important to the development of architectural culture in the country. He mentions changes in the journal "Architecture Australia."

The article reports on the Colorbond Steel Student Biennale Prize given by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects to students, Alistair Dickinson for his study, Interstitial Landscapes: Working the Terrain Vague of Perth, Steven Swain for Co-rational Design and Investigations Into the Potential of Mathematical Equations, and Michael Spooner for Playground: A Manifesto for Giants. Dickinson provides a proposition of the small acts of daily life. Spooner analyses the nature of play and of homicide, lust and gluttony.

The article features the Vnukovo Orphanage in Russia designed by Elena Svistounova of Adelaide University, which received a commendation from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. It is a thoughtful, humane response, linked to the ideal of the intimacy of Russian village life, and nominally to the Russian vernacular tradition. The concept responds to the healing and developmental potential of play. The project would benefit from a greater critical engagement in the evolution of new designs from vernacular models.

The article reports on the Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture awarded by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects to Genevieve Blanchett of the University of Sydney and Jennifer Van Den Bussche of Deakin university. The 2006 Student Prize is awarded jointly to Blanchett and Van Den Bussche for their work on people places situations. The exhibition involved a contribution from a wide range of students across Australia and in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The article features the ITC Sonar Bangla Hotel in Calcutta, India designed by Kerry Hill Architects, which received Commendation for International Architecture from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. A water body forms the heart of this fascinating hotel complex. It moderates the environment and provides opportunities for delicate tea pavilions. Courtyards and colonnades fragment the rectilinear organization of this complex, and bring daylight and water into a series of enclosed spaces.

The article features the Sherman Studio designed by Tzannes Associates, which received Commendation for Heritage from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This is a rich and sensitive adaptive reuse of a prominent nineteenth-century corner shop and outbuildings. The work retains the important relationship of the building to the site context and skillfully inserts compatible contemporary requirements for mixed-use studio purposes.

The article features the Moorilla Wine and Food Centre in Tasmania, designed by Rosevear Architects and Jawsarchitects, which received Commendation for Commercial Architecture from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. The building is designed in a T-shaped plan. The building is distinguished by a respectful response to its setting, a clarity of planning, a crispness of detailing, a carefully considered composition, and a thoroughly integrated brace of environmental controls.

The article features 40 Albert Road designed by SJB Architects, which received Commendation for Sustainable Architecture from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This modest office building has an astounding array of innovative technology to contribute to its six-star Green Star rating for commercial refurbishment. In this project the architect's intention was to demonstrate how such technologies could be seamlessly integrated into a workplace environment.

The article reports on the winners of the 2006 New South Wales Architecture Awards of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. Five young architects won three major awards for the sensitive way they transformed a garage into a working studio and the way they developed apartments with courtyards. Two small studios in inner Sydney received the Adaptive Re-use Architecture Awards.

The article offers news briefs related to interior architecture in Australia. Lockwood Construction Co. and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has collaborated to launch a competition to design a door lever. Several Australian scientists, engineers and commercial interests have been brought by CSIRO Light Metals Flagship through the aid of the International Titanium Association in order to explore the country's potential for a local titanium industry.

Reports on the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' 1999/2000 awards. Winners; Contact information.