Victorian Architecture Awards 2025 Shortlist Revealed with 384 Projects Across 15 Categories

The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards, with the largest number of entries of all Australian states, and a total of 384 submissions across 15 categories including Sustainable Architecture, Regional Architecture, Heritage and the popular Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Category.

The 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards will be presented at the Awards Night Dinner on Friday 27 June at the Pullman Albert Park. Winners of the Victorian Awards will be entered into the National Architecture Awards, announced in November.

In 2025 significant regional projects to be shortlisted include Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, by Lyons, in the Public Architecture category. As well as the Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade building in central Geelong by NMBW Architecture Studio with ASPECT Studios, shortlisted in the Regional Prize category.

Striking examples of the Interior Architecture category from residential projects include Murran – First Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub by Dawn Architecture, she sells seashells by multiplicity and Eva and Marc Besen Centre by Kerstin Thompson Architects also nominated for Regional Prize and Sustainable Architecture.

The Sustainable Category features projects such as Northern Memorial Park Depot by Searle x Waldron Architecture, also nominated for the Commercial Architecture and Melbourne Prize; and Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio by Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker, also nominated in the Educational Architecture category.

Run annually by the Victorian Chapter of the Institute, the Victorian Architecture Awards celebrate the best architecture across the state, collectively showcasing the positive impacts of architects in shaping the built landscape for all Victorians.

The Exhibition of Entries is a rare opportunity for the public and industry peers to view the state’s best and most recent architectural outcomes drawn from this year’s submissions. The public is welcome to view the remarkable work at Deakin University, Burwood from Monday, April 7.

“This year’s awards program continues to illustrate the contribution architects make, from local community facilities and the adaptive reuse of existing buildings to the larger footprint of city-shaping infrastructure projects,” said Hamish Lyon LFRAIA, NH Architecture, 2025 Chair of Juries.

“Against the backdrop of climate change, economic uncertainties, and the need for greater access to housing, it is encouraging to see the significant role that many of this year’s entrants are making to address these contemporary challenges.”

2025 VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS SHORTLIST

Commercial Architecture

116 Rokeby Street | Carr

555 Collins Street | COX Architecture with Gensler

Everlane Cremorne | Fieldwork

120 Collins Street Revitalisation | Hassell

Decjuba HQ | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Melbourne Place | Kennedy Nolan

Office in Collingwood | MGAO

Rosella Cremorne | Rothelowman

Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture

Melbourne Quarter Tower | Woods Bagot

The StandardX | Woods Bagot

Educational Architecture

South Oakleigh College | Architecture architecture

Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence | Architectus

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture

Pascoe Vale Primary School | Kosloff Architecture

St Kilda Primary School | Law Architects

Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio | Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker

Belerren Sports and Wellbeing Centre, The Geelong College | Wardle

Auburn High School Senior Centre | WOWOWA Architecture

Heritage Architecture

Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat, Redevelopment Stage 3 | Conservation Studio

Scotch College Errington Retreat | COX Architecture

Parliament House Stone Restoration Works | FPPV Architecture

Gunn Ridge House | Kennedy Nolan

Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve | Lovell Chen

Central Goldfields Art Gallery Nervegna | Reed Architecture

Terrace House | Rob Kennon Architects

Interior Architecture

Hume Council Chamber | Architecture Associates

Murran – First Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub | Dawn Architecture

Domain | Flack Studio

Hopetoun Residence | Freadman White

120 Collins Street Revitalisation | Hassell

Gunn Ridge House | Kennedy Nolan

Melbourne Place | Kennedy Nolan

Eva and Marc Besen Centre | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre | Lyons

she sells sea shells | multiplicity

Sarah & Sebastian Armadale | Richards Stanisich

Public Architecture

Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool | CO.OP Studio

Eagle Point Foreshore Hub | Common ADR

Glen Huntly Station | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates

Deer Park Station | Denton Corker Marshall

Dendy Beach Pavilion and Brighton Life Saving Club | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Truganina Community Centre | Jasmax (Canvas Projects)

Eva and Marc Besen Centre | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre | Lyons

Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital | Lyons

St Mary’s Coptic Church Studio | Bright

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Mess Hall | Architecture architecture

Park Life | Architecture architecture

Fox Hall House | BKK Architects

Domain | Flack Studio

Bryant Residence | Freadman White

Ayr House | Ha Architecture

Gunn Ridge House | Kennedy Nolan

Carlton Cottage | Lovell Burton Architecture

House in Anglesea | MGAO

A Light Addition | Office MI—JI

The Apple House | Sally Draper Architects

Dunstan | SSdH

Oval House | Topology Studio

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Grey House | Adam Kane Architects

Stumpy Gully House | Adam Markowitz Design with Stavrias Architecture

Warrandyte House | Figureground Architecture

Otway Beach House | Kerstin Thompson Architects

House on a Hill | Leeton Pointon Architects and Allison Pye Interiors

House on the Bay | Lovell Burton Architecture

Shady Creek Farm House | MRTN Architects

she sells sea shells | multiplicity

Fishharven | Neil Architecture

Dusty Miller House | Not All Architecture

Terrace House | Rob Kennon Architects

Howqua River Lodge | Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors

Hedge and Arbour House | Studio Bright

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Nightingale Preston | Breathe Architecture

Como Terraces | Carr

Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project | Clare Cousins Architects

The Paddock | CROSBY architects

131 Smith Street | Freadman White

Assemble 15 Thompson Street, Kensington | Hayball

Bangs Street Prahran | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects

Housing Choices Preston | Six Degrees Architects

Brighton Social Housing | SJB

Newburgh Light House | Splinter Society Architecture

82 Westgarth Walter | Walter

The Victoria Street Collective | Zen Architects

Small Project Architecture

Wangun Amphitheatre | Equity Office

Fourth Green Bridge | Inarc Architects

Grace Darling Hotel Parklet | Kerry Kounnapis Architecture Practice

Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade | NMBW Architecture Studio with ASPECT Studios

Urban Design

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture

Glen Huntly Station | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates

Marvel Stadium Upgrades | Grimshaw with Smartform & Greenaway Architects

Dendy Beach Pavilion and Brighton Life Saving Club | Jackson Clements Burrows

Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture

Casuarina Pavilion | Greenaway Architects (GA)

A Light Addition | Office MI—JI

Fitzroy North House | Pop Architecture

Melbourne Prize

Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence | Architectus

Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project | Clare Cousins Architects

120 Collins Street Revitalisation | Hassell

Truganina Community Centre | Jasmax (Canvas Projects)

Melbourne Place | Kennedy Nolan

Pascoe Vale Primary School | Kosloff Architecture

Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture

EmAGN Project Award

BVIA on Bank | Agius Scorpo Architects

North Melbourne PHRP | McBride Charles Ryan

Dusty Miller House | Not All Architecture

Echo House | PARABOLICA

Dunstan | SSdH

Clique | WOWOWA Architecture

Regional Prize

Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture

Eagle Point Foreshore Hub Common | ADR

The Paddock | CROSBY architects

Wangun Amphitheatre | Equity Office

Eva and Marc Besen Centre | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Central Goldfields Art Gallery | Nervegna Reed Architecture

Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade | NMBW Architecture Studio with ASPECT Studios

GMHBA Stadium Stage 5 Redevelopment (Joel Selwood Stand) | Populous

The Apple House | Sally Draper Architects

Belerren Sports and Wellbeing Centre, The Geelong College | Wardle

Sustainable Architecture

Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool | CO.OP Studio

The Paddock | CROSBY architects

Danthonia Passive House | Etha Architecture

Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio | Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker

Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture

Larnangurrak (Our Place) – Dja Dja Wurrung Corporate and Community Centre | Y2 Architecture

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