Queensland’s best architecture was honoured at the 2023 Australian Institute of Architects’ State Architecture Awards, where winners were announced on 22 June.
Comprising architects and design industry leaders from across the state, the jury awarded more than 47 projects across 11 categories in a presentation at Brisbane’s City Hall.
The night’s highest honour – the Queensland Architecture Medallion – went to the University of Queensland Cricket Club Maintenance Shed by Lineburg Wang with Steve Hunt Architect, as did the Hayes and Scott Award for Small Project Architecture.
Praise from the unanimous jury applauded the utilitarian entry as “a small project playing a larger game.”
“This project exceeds expectations, showcasing the profession’s unique and exceptional capacity to produce the most triumphant of outcomes under the most constrained of circumstances,” the jury said.
Another multiple winner was Conrad Gargett’s Thomas Dixon Centre, which received four accolades: the Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture, the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture (QLD), and state awards in Heritage Architecture and Public Architecture.
“The Centre has been sensitively transformed into a dynamic space that seamlessly combines the preservation of its architectural heritage with the demands of modern functionality,” the jury said.
Winners progress to the National Architecture Awards, which will be announced on 31 October.
Queensland Medallion
The University of Queensland Cricket Club Maintenance Shed – Lineburg Wang with Steve Hunt Architect
Public Architecture
The FDG Stanley Award
Rockhampton Museum of Art – Conrad Gargett, Clare Design and Brian Hooper Architects
Rockhampton Museum of Art by Conrad Gargett, Clare Design and Brian Hooper Architects.
Image: John Gollings
Awards
Dynamic Destination Project – Cox Architecture and Cultivar Architecture
National Throws Centre of Excellence – Phillips Smith Conwell
Proserpine Entertainment Centre – CA Architects and Cox Architecture
QFES North Coast Regional Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station – Baber Studio Architects
Thomas Dixon Centre – Conrad Gargett
Commendation
Flipside Circus’s Brisbane Circus Centre – Blok Modular
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Robin Dods Award
River Hearth House – Arcke
River Hearth House by Arcke.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
Awards
Blok Stafford Heights – Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters
Cloudview – Paul Uhlmann Architects
Commendations
Cliffhanger – Joe Adsett Architects
Timbin House – Conrad Gargett
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Elina Mottram Award
The Cottage – Justin Humphrey Architects
The Cottage by Justin Humphrey Architects.
Image: Andy Macpherson
Award
Family Tree House – Phorm Architecture and Design
Commendations
Bardon Undercroft House – Kieron Gait Architects
East Brisbane House – Nielsen Jenkins
Hopscotch House – John Elway
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Job and Froud Award
Habitat on Juers – Refresh Studio for Architecture
Habitat on Juers by Refresh Studio for Architecture.
Image: Scott Burrows
Award
Turner Avenue Homes – Push and David Pennisi
Commendation
Labrador Social Housing – Cox Architecture
Educational Architecture
The Jennifer Taylor Award
Cannon Hill Anglican College, D-Block – Reddog Architects in association with Blueline Architecture
Cannon Hill Anglican College, D-Block by Reddog Architects in association with Blueline Architecture.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
Award
Elkhorn Building – M3 Architecture
Commendations
Newman Catholic College – TPG Architects
St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School Sports Precinct – Blight Rayner Architecture
West End State School Expansion – Cox Architecture
Commercial Architecture
The Beatrice Hutton Award
QVS Stafford Vet Hospital – Vokes and Peters
QVS Stafford Vet Hospital by Vokes and Peters.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
Award
Jubilee Place – Blight Rayner Architecture
Commendation
Midtown Centre – Fender Katsalidis
Interior Architecture
The GHM Addison Award
Suncorp HQ – Hassell
Suncorp HQ – Hassell.
Image: David Chatfield
Award
Refinery House – Carr
Commendations
Heritage Lanes, 80 Ann Street – Woods Bagot
Student Central – Hassell
Heritage
The Don Roderick Award
Warwick East State School, National School Building – Conrad Gargett
Warwick East State School, National School Building by Conrad Gargett.
Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
Award
Thomas Dixon Centre – Conrad Gargett
Small Project Architecture
The Hayes and Scott Award
The University of Queensland Cricket Club Maintenance Shed – Lineburg Wang with Steve Hunt Architect
The University of Queensland Cricket Club Maintenance Shed by Lineburg Wang with Steve Hunt Architect.
Image: David Chatfield
Award
Minderoo Centre - Plastics and Human Health – M3 Architecture
Commendation
Blue Bower – Phorm Architecture and Design with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis
Urban Design
The Karl Langer Award
Herston Quarter Redevelopment Stage 1 and 2 – Hassell
Herston Quarter Redevelopment Stage 1 and 2 by Hassell.
Image: Scott Burrows
Commendations
Heritage Lanes, 80 Ann Street – Woods Bagot
Your Home and Living Guidelines – Moreton Bay Regional Council
Sustainable Architecture
The Harry Marks Award
Thomas Dixon Centre – Conrad Gargett
Thomas Dixon Centre by Conrad Gargett.
Image: Chris Wardle
EmAGN Project Award
Habitat on Juers – Refresh Studio for Architecture
Robin Gibson Award for Enduring Architecture (QLD)
Sir Kingsford Smith Memorial – Noel Robinson Architects
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Thomas Dixon Centre – Conrad Gargett
Commendation
Crocodile Hunter Lodge – WD Architects
Chapter Prizes
Emerging Architect Prize
Carly McMahon, Cox Architecture (Brisbane)
