The Victorian Architecture Awards 2018: Winners announced

The winners of the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards have been announced at the annual awards dinner hosted on Friday night.

Education and public architecture projects dominated across multiple categories, reinforcing the importance of a well designed public realm.

Across 14 categories, a total of 66 awards were given including named awards, architecture awards and commendations from the 108 shortlisted projects. The awards were announced at a dinner hosted in Melbourne by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.

RMIT University's New Academic Street, by Lyons in collaboration with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects, dominated proceedings on the way to the claiming the Victorian Architecture Medal along with the Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, The Henry Bastow Award for Educational Architecture, architecture awards for Interior Architecture and Sustainable Architecture and a joint winner of the Melbourne Prize.

Other big winners include Nightingale 1 by Breathe Architecture, Victorian College of the Arts former Mounted Police Stables by Kerstin Thompson Architects and Koondrook Wharf by TERROIR, all obtaining recognition across three categories.

The Enduring Architecture Award, recognising structures over 25 years old that remain important in a contemporary context, was given to the Yarra Footbridge at Southbank, which ties into this year’s theme of the public realm.

Projects that received an architecture award or a named award will now progress to compete in the National Architecture Awards program. The shortlist will be announced by the Australian Institute of Architects in the coming months.

We are celebrating the significant contribution that architecture brings to the everyday lives of people and to the evolution of our cities and townships throughout Victoria. The awards also acknowledges the strong collaboration between clients and architects required to deliver carefully considered and robust buildings and public realm interventions.

The projects included in the awards program define a broad and rich example of architecture within our state. It is wonderful to see these projects recognised and I extend my congratulations to all of our very deserving winners.

Victorians understand the value of good design and the enormous benefits it brings to building engaged and resilient communities. The award winning architects are not prepared to accept the status quo and have worked incredibly hard to deliver outstanding contributions to our state’s architecture and infrastructure landscape.

-  Amy Muir, Victorian Chapter President

The winners of the named awards and architecture awards are listed below:

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

THE HAROLD DESBROWE-ANNEAR AWARD FOR RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (NEW)
Compound House | March Studio

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Park House | Kerstin Thompson Architects
House on the Coast | Sean Godsell Architects
Towers Road House | Wood Marsh Architecture

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

THE BEST OVEREND AWARD FOR RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING
Nightingale 1 | Breathe Architecture

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
35 Spring Street | Bates Smart
Campbell Street | DKO Architecture and SLAB
Averi | Jackson Clements Burrows
C.F. Row | Woods Bagot

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

THE JOHN AND PHYLLIS MURPHY AWARD FOR RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS)
King Bill | Austin Maynard Architects

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Hatherlie | Andrew Simpson Architects
The Kite | Architecture Architecture
Boneo Country House | John Wardle Architects
Station Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects

Small Project Architecture

THE KEVIN BORLAND AWARD FOR SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE
Sorrento Visitor Centre | Workshop Architecture

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Campbell Street | DKO Architecture and SLAB
Koondrook Wharf | TERROIR

Urban Design

THE JOSEPH REED AWARD FOR URBAN DESIGN
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Koondrook Wharf | TERROIR
Deakin Link | watsonarchitecture+design

Heritage Architecture

THE JOHN GEORGE KNIGHT AWARD FOR HERITAGE
North Melbourne Terrace | Matt Gibson Architecture + Design

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
St Vincents Place Residence | B.E Architecture
Victorian College of the Arts former Mounted Police Stables | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Commercial Architecture

THE SIR OSBORN MCCUTCHEON AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
Barwon Water | GHDWoodhead

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Jackalope | Carr
Mercedes Me | Jackson Clements Burrows

Interior Architecture

THE MARION MAHONY AWARD FOR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Deepdene | Law Architects

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Boneo Country House | John Wardle Architects
Monash University Learning and Teaching Building | John Wardle Architects
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, MvSArchitecture, Harrison & White and Maddison Architects
Station Street House | Robert Simeoni Architects

Public Architecture

THE WILLIAM WARDELL AWARD FOR PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
Bunjil Place | fjmt

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Bendigo Hospital | Silver Thomas Hanley with Bates Smart
North Fitzroy Library and Community Hub | GroupGSA

Educational Architecture

THE HENRY BASTOW AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The Geoff Handbury Science and Technology Hub, Melbourne Grammar School | Denton Corker Marshall
Monash University Learning and Teaching Building | John Wardle Architects
Victorian College of the Arts former Mounted Police Stables | Kerstin Thompson Architects

Sustainable Architecture

THE ALLAN AND BETH COLDICUTT AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Nightingale 1 | Breathe Architecture

ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
Barwon Water | GHDWoodhead
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects

Regional Prize

Koondrook Wharf | TERROIR

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture

COLORBOND® AWARD FOR STEEL ARCHITECTURE (VIC)
Bugiga Hiker Camp - Grampians National Park | Sean Godsell Architects

Melbourne Prize – Joint Winner

Nightingale 1 | Breathe Architecture
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects

Enduring Architecture Award
Yarra Footbridge at Southbank | Cocks Carmichael Whitford

Victorian Architecture Medal
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects

Lead Image: New Academic Street, RMIT University by Peter Bennett