2016 Victorian Architecture Awards Shortlist Announced

The Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards.

Following presentations of all 198 entries in the program in March, 14 juries carried out an intensive schedule of site visits and have shortlisted 70 individual projects across 15 categories.

Across all categories shortlisted, the focus on community is evident, showcasing architecture’s ability to contribute to the public realm in a variety of positive and innovative ways.

Shortlisted in the Public and Sustainable Architecture categories, projects in the western suburbs of Melton South and Point Cook – Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) by Six Degrees Architects and Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects, also shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize, are examples of local councils working successfully with architects to activate and invigorate these outer suburban localities.

Reservoir Library and Community Centre by fjmt studio transforms the local precinct and optimises access to community facilities for the area, while Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture, shortlisted in three categories, has created a new community hub and architectural icon for Geelong.

Shortlisted for the COLORBOND® Award and part of the Southern Cross Station masterplan, 699 Bourke Street by Grimshaw gives back to the city through the creation of a new public pedestrian laneway bridging Melbourne’s CBD and Docklands.

Meanwhile, on the northern edge of Melbourne’s CBD Peter Elliot Architecture + Design’s redevelopment of RMIT Building 11, once the Old Melbourne Gaol Chapel and Governor’s quarters constructed in 1860, now houses offices, student meeting spaces and flexible event space and has been shortlisted for Heritage Architecture.

RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design. Photo Dianna Snape

On the other end of the scale, Carlton Cloister by MRTN Architects, one of the projects shortlisted in the Residential Architecture – Alterations & Additions category maximises use of its full block to accommodate for a growing family community.

Jury Chair Christie Petsinis noted how this ‘affordable extension typology could be applied to many single fronted terrace houses, increasing density and providing flexible spaces to enable families to still reside in the inner city without moving further out’.

And shortlisted in the Sustainable category, Grass House by David Luck Architecture shows how residential architecture can give back to the street; the building is the garden, the grasses are the tree canopy.

Winners will be announced on Friday 24 June at 7pm at a presentation event held at Peninsula at Central Pier, Docklands. Winners in each category will progress to compete for National Architecture Awards announced in November. Tickets for the Presentation Dinner are now on sale through the Chapter.

2016 Victorian Architecture Awards Shortlist

Shortlisted projects are listed in alphabetical order by practice name

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

41 entries/12 shortlisted projects

Fitzroy Loft | Architects EAT

Mills, The Toy Management House | Austin Maynard Architects

Kate’s House | Bower Architecture

Gable House | Clare Cousins Architects

Gezellig House| DiMase Architects

Myrtle Tree House | MAKE Architecture

Shadow House | Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design

Chamfer House | Mihaly Slocombe

Carlton Cloister | MRTN Architects

Park Life | Nest Architects

Rosanna House | Nest Architects

Arnold Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects

Residential Architecture – Alterations & Additions Jury

Christie Petsinis | Folk Architects (Chair)

Simon Cookes | D B Architecture

George Yiontis | Coy Yiontis Architects

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

26 entries /10 shortlisted projects

Torquay Concrete House | Auhaus Architecture

THAT House | Austin Maynard Architects

Split House | BKK Architects

Frame House Melbourne | Carr Design Group

Rail House | Clare Cousins Architects

Heald House | Harrison and White

Deepdene House | Kennedy Nolan

Point Lonsdale House | NMBW Architecture Studio

Main Ridge House | Noxon Giffen

Goulburn Valley House | Rob Kennon Architects

Residential Architecture – New Jury

Mel Bright | MAKE Architecture (Chair)

Ben Edwards | Edwards Moore

Antony Martin | MRTN Architects

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

32 entries/11 shortlisted projects

The Barak Building: Swanston Square | ARM Architecture

1 Bedford | DKO

Phoenix | Fender Katsalidis Architects

Monash University Halls of Residence, Holman Hall and Campbell Hall | Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects

The Seymour | KH Edelstein Architect/Workshop Architecture in association

George Corner | MAA with Neometro

Monash University Logan Hall | McBride Charles Ryan

Ari | Ola Studio

International House, George Hicks Building | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design

Clarence Houses | Rob Kennon Architects

Alarah Townhouses | SJB Architects

Residential – Multiple Housing Jury

Nigel Bertram | NMBW + Monash University (Chair) Clare Cousins | Clare Cousins Architects David Pryor | City of Melbourne

Small Project Architecture

18 entries/6 shortlisted projects

Flyover Gallery | Branch Studio Architects

Backyard Studio | Figureground Architecture

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square | Lyons and IADV

Maidstone Tennis Pavilion | Searle x Waldron Architecture

Gertrude Glasshouse | SIBLING

Penguins Plus Viewing | Wood Marsh Pty Ltd

Small Project Architecture Jury

Karen Alcock | MAArchitects (Chair) Michael Macleod | Kennedy Nolan Claire Scorpo | Claire Scorpo Architects

Urban Design

4 entries/2 shortlisted projects

The New Royal Children’s Hospital | Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village | MGS Architects and partners

Urban Design Jury:

David Islip | OVGA (Chair)

Sophie Dyring | Schored Projects

Adam Pustola | Lyons

Heritage Architecture

8 entries/4 shortlisted projects

CUB Malt Store: Swanston Square | ARM Architecture and Lovell Chen

Shadow House | Matt Gibson Architecture + Design with Mim Design

RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design

Arnold Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects

Heritage Architecture Jury

Reno Rizzo | Inarc Architects (Chair) Amanda Jean | Amanda J Jean Architect and Heritage Consultant Jim Gard’ner | GJM Heritage Consultants

Interior Architecture

32 entries/10 shortlisted projects

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | ARM Architecture

Mills, The Toy Management House | Austin Maynard Architects

Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Bates Smart

Melrose Health | BENT Architecture

Transformer Fitzroy | Breathe Architecture

Hawker Hall | Craig Tan Architects with Bergman and Co and Samantha Eades Design

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square | Lyons and IADV

Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre | McBride Charles Ryan

Arnold Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects

Cambridge St | Room11 Architects

Interior Architecture Jury

Philip Harmer | Harmer Architecture (Chair) Kelley Mackay | Kerstin Thompson Architects Jonathan Gardiner | Cox Architecture

Commercial Architecture

10 entries/5 shortlisted projects

Melrose Health | BENT Architecture

Emporium Melbourne | The Buchan Group with Wonderwall

Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre & Cafe | City Design Studio – City of Melbourne

Surgeons Rooms | fmd architects p/l

3-5 Jessie Street, Cremorne | Six Degrees Architects

Commercial Architecture Jury

Peter Bickle | ARM Architecture (Chair) Ruth Wilson | Architectus Rob Watson | Watson Architecture + Design

Public Architecture – New

10 entries/5 shortlisted projects

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | ARM Architecture

Forest Hill Police Station | bamford-architects

Saltwater Community Centre | Croxon Ramsay Architects

Broadmeadows Children’s Court | Lyons

Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) | Six Degrees Architects

Public Architecture – New Jury

Hamish Lyon | NH Architecture (Chair) Tim Leslie | Bates Smart Emma Jackson | RMIT

Public Architecture – Alterations & Additions

7 entries/4 shortlisted projects

Kyneton Ambulatory Care Centre | Charles Wright Architects

The Glasshouse | Croxon Ramsay Architects

Reservoir Library and Community Centre | fjmt studio

St Mary’s Narthex | Matt Gibson Architecture + Design

Public Architecture – Alterations & Additions Jury

Hamish Lyon | NH Architecture (Chair) Tim Leslie | Bates Smart Emma Jackson | RMIT

Educational Architecture

9 entries/5 shortlisted projects

The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak | Architectus

St Bernard’s Primary School, Year 5&6 Learning Hub | Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects

Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus | Law Architects

Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre | McBride Charles Ryan

Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts & Creative Education | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design

Educational Architecture Jury

Meaghan Dwyer | John Wardle Architects (Chair) Simon Topliss | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects Jesse Judd | ARM Architecture

Sustainable Architecture

5 shortlisted projects

Melrose Health | BENT Architecture

Saltwater Community Centre | Croxon Ramsay Architects

Grass House | David Luck Architecture

Gezellig House | DiMase Architects

Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) | Six Degrees Architects

Sustainable Architecture Jury

Albert Mo | Architects EAT (Chair) Lisa Gerstman | NH Architecture Christon Batey-Smith | DesignInc

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

6 shortlisted projects

The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak | Architectus

Forest Hill Police Station | bamford-architects

699 Bourke Street | Grimshaw

St Bernard’s Primary School, Year 5&6 Learning Hub | Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects

Cambridge St | Room11 Architects

A pretty pile | Rossetti Architects

COLORBOND® Award Jury

Justin Noxon | Noxon Giffen (Chair) Yvonne Meng | Von Atelier Michael Smith | Atelier Red+Black

Melbourne Prize

3 shortlisted projects

The New Royal Children’s Hospital | Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

Saltwater Community Centre | Croxon Ramsay Architects

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square | Lyons and IADV

Melbourne Prize Jury

Tim Jackson | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (Chair) Peter Williams | Williams Boag Anna Maskiell | Public Realm Lab

Regional Prize

2 shortlisted projects

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | ARM Architecture

Penguins Plus Viewing | Wood Marsh Pty Ltd

Regional Prize Jury

Jane Williams | BVN (Chair) Alison Nunn | Alison Nunn Architect Michael Roper | Architecture Architecture

About the Victorian Architecture Awards

The Australian Institute of Architects Awards program offers an opportunity for public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our Victorian architects. The program also provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture within Victoria, across Australia and internationally.

Judging Criteria:

•  Conceptual Framework
• Public and Cultural Benefits
•  Relationship of Built Form to Context
•  Program Resolution
•  Integration of Allied Disciplines
• Cost/value Outcome
• Sustainability
• Response to Client and User needs

2016 Victorian Architecture Awards Key Dates

Exhibition of Entries

7 – 19 June 2016

No Vacancy Gallery QV, Melbourne

Presentation Dinner

Friday 24 June 2016, 7pm

Peninsula at Central Pier, Docklands

National Architecture Awards Presentation

November 2016