Winners of 2017 Newcastle Architecture Awards announced
The complex alteration of a modest four-unit, beachside structure by Genton Architecture has taken top honours at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2017 Newcastle Architecture Awards.
The high number of entries in the 2017 Awards program along with the quality of the projects reinforces the strength of the Newcastle architectural community in demonstrating excellence in design.
The jury recognised the ‘enigmatic and innovative’ 43 Ocean Street North Avoca project with both the Award for Excellence and Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing. Jurors noted the challenges of building within tight foreshore exclusion zones and designing for multiple generations of a single family to share the space successfully.
The delightfully small MA House by SHAC won both the Small Project Architecture and Residential Architecture – Houses (New) categories. The jury was impressed with how well the house fulfilled the brief for ‘a home that is small, enforces simple, compact, minimal living, has less space for less stuff and celebrates the sun, the shade, the light and the dark’.
The Educational Architecture category had joint winners with both Primary Building – Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College by SHAC and The Junction Public School by dwp|suters being awarded for their quality, clever planning and flexibility in providing opportunity for play and learning.
Other winning projects include the John Hunter Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Refurbishment by EJE Architecture for Interior Architecture; 25 Watt Street by EJE Architecture for Commercial Architecture; St Francis Xavier Catholic Church Belmont by Killen + Doran Architects for Public Architecture; Bull Street Residence by Studio Dot for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions); ‘Allagai’ – Crowe Residence by True North Architects for Sustainable Architecture and Battlesticks at Scratchleys by EJE Architecure winning the COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture.
The award winners and commended projects were announced at a presentation held at the Merewether Surfhouse. Awarded projects are now eligible for the NSW Architecture Awards, which will be announced on Saturday 1 July.
Full list of winning projects:
Award for Excellence
Winner – 43 Ocean Street North Avoca by Genton Architecture
Commercial Architecture
Award – 25 Watt Street by EJE Architecture
Educational Architecture
Award – Primary Building – Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College by SHAC
Award – The Junction Public School by dwp|suters
Interior Architecture
Award – John Hunter Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Refurbishment by EJE Architecture
Commendation – 25 Watt Street by EJE Architecture
Public Architecture
Award – St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Belmont by Killen + Doran Architects
Commendation – Kilpatrick Court, Toronto by Jackson Teece
Urban Design
Commendation – 18 Honeysuckle Drive by dwp|suters
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Award – Bull Street Residence by Studio Dot
Commendation – ‘Allagai’ – Crowe Residence by True North Architects
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Award – MA House by SHAC
Commendation – Lake House Warners Bay by SDA
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Award – 43 Ocean Street North Avoca by Genton Architecture
Small Project Architecture
Award – MA House by SHAC
Commendation – SHAC Offices Adaptive Reuse by SHAC
Commendation – Innovation Hub by SDA
Sustainable Architecture
Award – ‘Allagai’ – Crowe Residence by True North Architects
Commendation – St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Belmont by Killen + Doran Architects
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Award – Battlesticks at Scratchleys by EJE Architecture (pictured above)
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