A number of projects by architects have clinched top prizes at the 2021 Good Design Awards, announced across five days from 11 to 15 October.
The awards program celebrates 12 main disciplines, including design and architecture, across 30 categories. It received 930 submissions in 2021.
Prahran Square by Lyons and Aspect Studios won Best in Class in both the Architecture – Urban and Precinct Design categories. Brian Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia and chair of the awards said, “The space ebbs and flows with the mood of each day and the people that occupy it, allowing the community to define its meaning. This flexibility and accessibility is key in creating a safe public realm. By giving space back to the people, Prahran Square has already transformed a community by making it their own.”
SRG House by Fox Johnston
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In the Architecture – Interior category, SRG House by Fox Johnston won Best in Class for its “superb revitalisation of an existing quality piece of architecture,” the jury commented. “It is respectful of the original design, has a clear sense of place and engagement with its harbour context, and will ensure a long future for this quality home.”
Board Grove Architects also took home a Best in Class accolade in the Product Design – Furniture and Lighting category for its Stool Dolly chair designed for the 2020 MPavilion
Puntukurnu AMS Healthcare Hub by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture was named Best in Class for Architecture – commercial and residential as well as the winner of the Good Design Award for Sustainability.
“The designers should be commended for delivering such a beautifully designed, environmentally sustainable, and culturally appropriate health facility in one of the most remote and hottest towns in Australia,” the jury said. “The building has been sensitively co-designed with the traditional owners of the land. This consultative design process and the inclusion of local artists and communities have come together to create a successful place dedicated to the wellbeing of the people it serves. Well done.”
Elsewhere in the awards, Simone LeAmon, curator of contemporary design and architecture at the National Gallery of Victoria, received the Women in Design Award, which recognizes women who have made significant contributions to the industry.
The Australian Design Prize was awarded to Ros and John Moriarty for their Qantas Flying Art Aircraft series; the Good Design Team of the Year Award went to Black Magic, and the award’s highest accolade, the Good Design of the Year Award, went to a personal mobility vehicle, the Whill model C2.
For the full list of award recipients, head to the Good Design Australia website.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
