The 2024 National Architecture Awards, held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, has shined a spotlight on Australia’s most prestigious and respected projects of the year, with this year’s ceremony reflecting themes of connectedness and community.
Forty-six distinguished projects have earned an award or commendation from a pool of 62 shortlisted entries. Common themes among the projects include championing a strong sense of social and economic responsibility, offering innovative material solutions, and celebrating the preservation and adaptive re-use of existing heritage.
Jury chair and immediate past national president of the Australian Institute of Architects Stuart Tanner said the award-winning projects are evidence of the broad typological spectrum the Institute’s members are engaged in, further substantiating how architecture elevates society and enhances lives.
“Flying over the seemingly endless red plains and river lines of far-northern Western Australia, one realises a land of vast power and profound narrative. It is an environ that our profession is priveleged to practice within, which presents challenges of climate, community and locale, urban and remote and which fosters the innovative thinking that places our members at the forefront of design excellence,” Tanner said.
The 2024 jury comprised Yun Nie Chong, Naomi Stead, Stuart Tanner, Jemima Retallack and Paul Owen. You can read the jury chair’s overview here.
The winners are:
Public Architecture
The Sir Zelman Cowen Award
Powerhouse Castle Hill – Lahznimmo Architects
National Awards
Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Parramatta Aquatic Centre – Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor Coxall
Spinifex Hill Project Space – Officer Woods Architects
National Commendation
Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club – Adriano Pupilli Architects
Educational Architecture
The Daryl Jackson Award
River’s Edge Building, University of Tasmania – Wardle
National Awards
Clifton Hill Primary School – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
The Cottage School – Taylor and Hinds Architects
National Commendation
St. Patrick’s College: Scientia Building – BVN
Commercial Architecture
The Harry Seidler Award
T3 Collingwood – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
National Awards
Sanders Place – NMBW, Openwork and Finding Infinity
The Porter House Hotel – Candalepas Associates
The Warehouses – J.AR Office
National Commendation
Campbell House Private Office – Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Interior Architecture
The Emil Sodersten Award
Burnt Earth Beach House – Wardle
National Awards
Cox Architecture Adelaide Studio – Cox Architecture
Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) – ARM Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Robin Boyd Award
Naples Street House – Edition Office
National Awards
Burnt Earth Beach House – Wardle
Six Ways House – Kennedy Nolan
National Commendation
Maitland Bay House – Studio Bright
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award
High Street – Lineburg Wang
National Awards
Aru House – Curious Practice
Mansard House – Studio Bright
National Commendations
Lee House – Candalepas Associates
Six Chimney House – Vokes and Peters
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Frederick Romberg Award
Ferrars and York – Six Degrees Architects
National Awards
Maggie Street – Curious Practice
Nungalinya – Incidental Architecture
National Commendation
Mari-Mari-Ba – Affordable Housing – Deicke Richards
Sustainable Architecture
The David Oppenheim Award
Campbell House Private Office – Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
National Award
Powerhouse Place – Public Realm Lab
National Commendation
Ravensthorpe Cultural Precinct – Peter Hobbs Architects with Advanced Timber Concepts and Intensive Fields
Heritage Architecture
The Lachlan Macquarie Award
The Glass House – Cracknell and Lonergan Architects
National Award
The Porter House Hotel – Candalepas Associates
National Commendation
St George’s Performing Arts Centre – Kneeler Design Architects
Urban Design
The Walter Burley Griffin Award
Parramatta Aquatic Centre – Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor Coxall
National Award
Powerhouse Place – Public Realm Lab
National Commendation
Hope Street Housing – Officer Woods Architects and MDC Architects
International Architecture
The Jorn Utzon Award
The Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC – Bates Smart
National Commendation
Acticity Centre for Dance and Movement-based Arts – Gall and Associates (Gall és Társai Építésziroda)
Small Project Architecture
The Nicholas Murcutt Award
North Head Viewing Platforms – Chrofi and Bangawarra with National Parks and Wildlife Service
National Awards
Dwaarlindjirraap Suspension Bridge – Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and ARUP
LESS – Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, Oculus and Molonglo
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Spinifex Hill Project Space – Officer Woods Architects
Enduring Architecture
C House – Donovan Hill
National Emerging Architect Prize
Jennifer McMaster
Source: Architecture - architectureau
