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| Public projects dominate 2005 National Architecture Awards Royal Australia Institute of Architects (RAIA) 25th National Architecture Awards were presented to the nation’s most inspiring recent architectural projects and the architects who created them at a special ceremony at the Sydney Opera House to mark the RAIA’s 75th anniversary. RAIA national awards jury recommending 23 awards and commendations across 10 awards categories to projects spread through the ACT, NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania. The jury awarded a record number of residential housing awards, and three joint awards in key categories. This year has been marked by the large number of highly accessible, public buildings that have received awards, and in particular the redevelopment of a number of Australia’s oldest and most culturally significant heritage buildings that have seen the sensitive blending of old and new to create innovative 22nd century icons. These include The Mint and Walsh Bay in Sydney, the State Library and GPO in Melbourne, Perth Town Hall, and the IXL Development in the old Henry Jones Jam Factory in Hobart. The nation’s top award for public buildings, the prestigious RAIA Sir Zelman Cowan Award for Public Buildings, was awarded to Denton Corker Marshall for Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial. The RAIA Robin Boyd Award for Residential Buildings, the nation’s top residential architecture housing award, was presented to Stutchbury & Pape for Springwater at Seaforth - a Sydney house “which has the intensity and strength of a spiritual place”. Stutchbury & Pape were also awarded joint winner of the RAIA National Award for Commercial Buildings for a “shed that is an exercise in innovation” and that “makes a significant contribution to the quality of the workplace in an industry that is an integral part of Australia’s history” - Deepwater Woolshed out of Wagga Wagga in rural NSW. Topping off their successful run, Stutchbury & Pape also picked up the Colorbond Steel Award for Deepwater Woolshed. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |