ArchiTeam Cooperative’s Annual Awards program showcased the very best in architecture from Australia’s small, medium and emerging architects at its Awards Exhibition Opening Night on 13 November.
This year, Lovell Burton’s Springhill House took out the coveted ArchiTeam Medal as the judges agreed it demonstrates excellence in response to context and brief.
“While providing a strong and inviting sense of protected enclosure, the home is connected to and elevates the experience of the site,” they said.
“Through the respect paid to the local vernacular, this project is linked to the Macedon Ranges and broader Australian context. The siting and utilitarian material palette reference local hay sheds with detailing that is highly skilled. The approach to sustainability and efficiency in the deployment of materials and planning is commendable.”
“Springhill House is immaculately crafted. With a spare and deceptively simple presentation; this project provides a multitude of ways to occupy and enjoy the home and property.”
The Sustainability Medal was won by Owl Woods Passive House by Ballarat-based Talina Edwards Architect. The project is in line to be only the fifth Passivhaus single-detached home in Victoria.
The judges agreed it is a project that demonstrates that the stringent requirements to achieve this certification can work in harmony with good design.
“The Owl Woods Passive House pavilions reach into the landscape and contain beautiful spaces that achieve a level of energy efficiency that all Architects should aspire to in their work,” they said.
The Small Project Medal was awarded to the Torquay Compartment Apartment project by Winter Architecture. The judges agreed that never was a project so aptly named, and that it was an ingenious reimagining of a tiny footprint, a 45-square metre space is a home for a family of four, which is also light, bright and utterly welcoming.
Recently added sponsored awards, Brickworks Materiality Award, was awarded to Kalora Park Sports Club by WOWOWA Architecture due to how the Masonry grounds this otherwise lightweight structure with brick pixels deployed as a graphic tool that emphasises the Architectural language and the club’s identity.
The Emerging Architect Award, sponsored by Vectorworks, was awarded to Ben Callery of Ben Callery Architects, who the judges agreed in their work “we can see a glimpse of the future of architecture – easily combining design and sustainability into strong and clear architectural forms – and a practice that is gathering pace”.
The Commercial Award – (sponsored by The Built Environment Channel) was won by Olaver Architecture with their project Future Future. The judges said that Olaver Architecture delivered a ‘fresh and innovative iteration of a well-loved architectural genre – the restaurant in a Victorian shop/dwelling’.
The overall winner of the Community Award was Kalora Park Sports Club by WOWOWA Architecture. In the judge’s citation it was unanimous that this building expresses the full gamut of what an Architect can do beyond straight-up professional services – imagination, inspiration, community engagement, leadership, even activism.
This year’s Contribution Award (sponsored by Melbourne School of Design) was awarded to EBD Journal by EBD Architects. The judges said this was highly valuable, detailed work which researched of over 200 projects and many journal articles, EBD have broken down the fundamentals of health care buildings with a particular emphasis on dementia.
WINNERS AND COMMENDATIONS LIST:
RESIDENTIAL NEW AWARD (Sponsored by Architectural Window Systems)
Winner (joint):
– House at Otago Bay, Topology
– Springhill House, Lovell Burton
Commendations:
– Blade House, Takt Studio
– Clifton Hill Terraces, Field Office Architecture
– CLT, EM Architects
COMMERCIAL AWARD (Sponsored by the Built Environment Channel)
Winner: Future Future, Olaver Architecture
Commendation: The Drawing Room, Takt Studio
COMMUNITY AWARD
Winner: Kalora Park Sports Club, WOWOWA Architecture
Commendation: Western Desert Clinics, Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
RESIDENTIAL ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS AWARD
Winner (joint):
– House N, Joyce Architects
– Limerick House, Solomon Troup
Commendation: New Modern, Bower Architecture and Interiors
UNBUILT AWARD
Winner: Förföra, Tessellate a+d
Commendations:
– Nightingale WOW, WOWOWA Architecture
– drop leaf table, tsai Design
CONTRIBUTION AWARD (Sponsored by Melbourne School of Design)
Winner: EBD Journal by EBD Architects
Commendation: Architecture and Alterity, Anthony Clarke
BRICKWORKS MATERIALITY AWARD (NEW) (Sponsored by Brickworks)
Winner: Kalora Park Sports Club, WOWOWA Architecture
EMERGING ARCHITECT AWARD (NEW) (Sponsored by Vectorworks)
Winner: Ben Callery, Ben Callery Architects
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD (Sponsored by Navi)
This year’s winner is Existenzminimum by WHDA
SMALL PROJECT MEDAL
Winner: Torquay Compartment Apartment, Winter Architecture
SUSTAINABILITY MEDAL
Winner:
Owl Woods Passive House, Talina Edwards Architect
ARCHITEAM MEDAL
Winner: Springhill House, Lovell Burton
The exhibition of all entries is open until Thursday 21 November 2019.
A full list of finalists in the 2019 ArchiTeam Awards can be found here.