Smart design wins top South Australian architecture award
THE state’s top designers have been honoured in prestigious architectural awards with wins for iconic landmarks. See the gallery
ADELAIDE Oval and the Jeffrey Smart Building at the University of South Australia won their designers top honours at the state’s prestigious architectural awards on Friday night.
The Oval saw its designers Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley architects collect the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture, the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture and to also score a joint win with the Riverbank Bridge for the City of Adelaide Prize.
Meanwhile, in the sought-after residential category, it was a striking concrete structure on the Adelaide Hills skyline that won the John S Chappel Award for Adelaide’s Architects Ink over more than a dozen other entries.
A growing theme to “create great experiences” that would drive business opportunities emerged across the public, education and residential categories, according to Institute of Architects SA Chapter president David Homburg.
Mr Homburg hoped Plane Tree House’s dramatic architecture would lead to more bold designs for South Australian homes that would be inspirational to live in and add value in their resale.
“We don’t have a lot of super-cool housing and this is literally, a super-cool house,” he said of the Japanese-inspired glass and concrete structure with views across the city to the sea.
Victoria Square Tarndanyangga took out the Gavin Walkley Award for Urban Design and The Hart’s Mill Projects in Port Adelaide won the David Saunders Award for heritage for Mulloway Studio and Aspect Studio.
Hart’s Mill is described as a “catalyst project for Port Adelaide” after Renewal SA commissioned Mulloway Studio to create projects around the imposing red brick structure.
It now has an interpretative playground, a market, an event space and an interpretative trail with timber posts and framed period photographs along the Port River.
“And the post-war era mill has been retrofitted as a space of considered and restrained elegance,” the jury found.
Max Pritchard Architect appeared in a number of categories, taking the top Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture for the Seppeltsfield Cellar Door and Fino Restaurant in the Barossa Valley along with an award for heritage, while Robertson House and Burnside House won an award and commendation in the residential category.
In the first year of the new Educational Architecture category, Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects in association with Adelaide-based Phillips Pilkington won the SA Chapter Award for the Jeffrey Smart Building.
It also was commended for interior architecture and won the Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture.
AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
The Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture — Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley.
The SA Chapter Award for Educational Architecture — Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia, by John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips Pilkington Architects.
The John S Chappel Award for Residential Architecture — Plane Tree House by Architects Ink.
The John Schenk Award for Residential Architecture, alterations and additions — A collection of spaces by Jon Lowe Architect.
The David Saunders Award for Heritage — The Hart’s Mill Projects, Mulloway Studio and Aspect Studio.
The Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture — Seppeltsfield Cellar Door and Fino Restaurant, Max Pritchard Architect.
The Gavin Walkley Award for Urban Design — Victoria Square Tarndanyangga Stage 1, Adelaide City Council and Taylor Cullity Lethlean.
Award for Small Project Architecture — blackline, Dimitty Andersen Architects.
The Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture — Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia, John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips Pilkington Architects.
The Jack Cheesman Award for Enduring Architecture — Centennial Park Chapel Complex, Geof Nairn Architects.
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture — Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley.
The City of Adelaide Prize — jointly to the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley and Riverbank Bridge by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Taylor Cullity Lethlean & Aurecon.
2015 Sir James Irwin President’s Medal — John Schenk, University of South Australia.
SA Emerging Architect Prize — Candy Aung, Grieve Gillett Dimitty Andersen Architects
Belinda.Willis@news.com.au