2021 Tasmanian Architecture Awards winners

Tourism projects have dominated at the 2021 Tasmanian Architecture Awards. Held on Saturday 5 June, the winners of Tasmania’s most prestigious architecture awards were announced via a YouTube live stream.

Winner of both the Alan C Walker Award for Public Architecture and the COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture, and one of the victorious tourism entries, was Cradle Mountain Visitors Centre by Cumulus Studio.

The first of a series of buildings envisioned as part of a Tourism and Architectural Masterplan for Cradle Mountain, the Visitors Centre provides an excellent new gateway to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The jury noted that “a carefully orchestrated series of spaces frame the natural and constructed landscape to create a highly legible sequence that celebrates the path of movement towards the mountain.”

Cumulus Studio also won the Dirk Bolt Award for Urban Design for Cradle Mountain Gateway Precinct and a Chapter Award for Stoney Rise Wine.

The Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture this year went to Moss 25 by Circa Morris-Nunn Chua. A boutique hotel in Hobart, the building was crowned a ‘hidden delightful world’ by the jury, which called the project “an exemplary example of the reuse of disused city space to create a rich environment that contributes to a denser and vital city.”

Moss 25 was also awarded the inaugural Tasmanian Architecture Medal.

Floating Sauna Derby by Licht Architecture was presented the Peter Wilmott Award for Small Project Architecture. A small but powerful project, the jury was impressed by the “richness of experience” that this floating destination offered visitors.

The Australian Institute of Architects’ Tasmanian Chapter Executive Director, Jennifer Nichols, said that that these projects showcase how good design can enrich community spaces and world class travel destinations.

Jennifer said: “It’s timely that this year’s awards have highlighted some of the exemplar new tourism buildings in Tasmania. As domestic tourism opens across the country, Tasmanian architecture is truly bringing its A game and helping to show off our state.

“These projects enhance the natural landscape and add to a rich tourism experience.”

The Tasmanian awards are the second in a month-long series of state and territory architecture awards run by the Australian Institute of Architects. These awards recognise architectural excellence in categories such as public architecture, residential, commercial, education, and sustainability.

All the winners in the Awards will be published in a special lift-out in the Sunday Tasmanian on Sunday 6 June 2021.

All Tasmanian Chapter winners were selected by independent juries. All Named Award and Chapter Award winners will now progress to the National Architecture Awards.

The program also includes a People’s Choice Award. Voting closes midnight Wednesday 30 June 2021. Vote here: architecture.com.au

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE

The Colin Philp Award | MOSS 25 | Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects

Chapter Award | Stoney Rise Wine | Cumulus Studio

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE

The Alan C Walker Award | Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre | Cumulus Studio

Chapter Award | Spring Bay Mill Event Spaces | Gilby + Brewin Architecture

URBAN DESIGN

The Dirk Bolt Award | Cradle Mountain Gateway Precinct | Cumulus Studio

HERITAGE

The Roy Sharrington Smith Award | Spring Bay Mill Event Space Interiors | Gilby + Brewin Architecture

Chapter Award | Signalman’s Quarters | 1 + 2 Architecture

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS)

The Edith Emery Award | Arthur Circus | Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects

Chapter Award | Pirie Street Extension | Preston Lane

Chapter Commendation | Signalman’s Quarters | 1 + 2 Architecture

RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)

The Esmond Dorney Award | Coopworth | FMD Architects

Chapter Award | Killora Bay | Lara Maeseele in association with Tanner Architects

Chapter Commendation | Cascade House | Core Collective Architects

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

The Barry McNeill Award | Spring Bay Mill Stage 1 | Gilby + Brewin Architecture with Marcus Ragus

ENDURING ARCHITECTURE

Chapter Award | Wilson Robson Building, 191-193 Liverpool St | Hartley Wilson Oldmeadow Eastman Walch Architects

COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE

COLORBOND Award | Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre | Cumulus Studio

SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE

The Peter Willmott Award | Floating Sauna Derby | Licht Architecture

CHAPTER PRIZES

Tasmanian Architecture Medal | MOSS 25 | Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects

President’s Prize | Gregory Luttrell & Jonathan Pyefinch, Luttrell Pyefinch Architects

Emerging Architect Prize | Emily Ouston | Core Collective

SWT Blythe Student Prize | Lost and Found | Hamish Saul

SWT Blythe Commendation | The Hang-Out | Emily Hunt

2021 TASMANIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS JURY

James Morrison – Jury Chair

Liz Walsh

Paul Wakelam

Garth Ancher

Dr Helen Norrie