The Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards, which will be announced on June 24 at a presentation at Peninsula at Central Pier, Docklands. From 198 entries, 70 individual projects across 15 categories have been shortlisted.

In making their selections, the jurers noted a focus on community was evident across all categories. 

The 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards entries will be exhibited at No Vacancy gallery, QV, from June 7 to 19.  

The shortlisted projects:

Public Architecture

New Broadmeadows Children’s Court  – Lyons

Forest Hill Police Station – bamford-architects

Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture

Saltwater Community Centre – Croxon Ramsay Architects

Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) – Six Degrees Architects

Jury for Public Architecture – New: Hamish Lyon (chair, NH Architecture), Tim Leslie (Bates Smart) Emma Jackson (RMIT)

Public Architecture – Alterations and Additions

Kyneton Ambulatory Care Centre – Charles Wright Architects

Reservoir Library and Community Centre – FJMT Studio

St Mary’s Narthex – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design

The Glasshouse – Croxon Ramsay

Architects Jury for Public Architecture - Alterations and Additions: Hamish Lyon (chair, NH Architecture), Tim Leslie (Bates Smart), Emma Jackson (RMIT)

Urban Design

Monash Clayton Eastern Residential Village – MGS Architects and partners

The New Royal Children’s Hospital – Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

Jury for Urban Design: David Islip (chair, OVGA), Sophie Dyring (Schored Projects), Adam Pustola (Lyons)

Educational Architecture

Geelong Grammar School, School of Performing Arts and Creative Education – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design

Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre – McBride Charles Ryan

St Bernard’s Primary School, Year 5 and 6 Learning Hub – Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects

The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak – Architectus

Woodleigh School, Homestead Redevelopment, Senior Campus – Law Architects

Jury for Educational Architecture: Meaghan Dwyer (chair, John Wardle Architects), Simon Topliss (Jackson Clements Burrows Architects), Jesse Judd (ARM Architecture)

Commercial Architecture

3-5 Jessie Street, Cremorne – Six Degrees Architects

Emporium Melbourne – The Buchan Group with Wonderwall

Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre and Cafe – City Design Studio,  City of Melbourne

Melrose Health – BENT Architecture

Surgeons Rooms – FMD Architects

Jury for Commercial Architecture: Peter Bickle (chair, ARM Architecture), Ruth Wilson (Architectus), Rob Watson (Watson Architecture and Design)

Interior Architecture

Arnold Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects

Cambridge St – Room11 Architects

Corrs Chambers Westgarth – Bates Smart

Geelong Library and Heritage Centre ­– ARM Architecture

Hawker Hall – Craig Tan Architects with Bergman and Co and Samantha Eades Design

Ivanhoe Grammar Senior Years Centre – McBride Charles Ryan

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square – Lyons and IADV

Melrose Health – BENT Architecture

Mills, The Toy Management House – Austin Maynard Architects

Transformer Fitzroy – Breathe Architecture

Jury for Interior Architecture: Philip Harmer (chair, Harmer Architecture), Kelley Mackay (Kerstin Thompson Architects) Jonathan Gardiner (Cox Architecture)

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Deepdene House – Kennedy Nolan

Frame House Melbourne – Carr Design Group

Goulburn Valley House – Rob Kennon Architects

Heald House – Harrison and White

Main Ridge House – Noxon Giffen

Point Lonsdale House – NMBW Architecture

Studio Rail House – Clare Cousins Architects

Split House – BKK Architects

THAT House – Austin Maynard Architects

Torquay Concrete House – Auhaus Architecture

Jury for Residential Architecture – New: Mel Bright – (chair, MAKE Architecture), Ben Edwards (Edwards Moore), Antony Martin (MRTN Architects)

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Arnold Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects

Carlton Cloister – MRTN Architects

Chamfer House – Mihaly Slocombe

Fitzroy Loft – Architects EAT

Gable House – Clare Cousins Architects

Gezellig House– DiMase Architects

Kate’s House – Bower Architecture

Mills, The Toy Management House – Austin Maynard Architects

Myrtle Tree House – Make Architecture 

Park Life – Nest Architects

Rosanna House – Nest Architects

Shadow House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design with Mim Design

Jury for Residential Architecture – Alterations and Additions: Christie Petsinis (chair, Folk Architects), Simon Cookes (D B Architecture), George Yiontis (Coy Yiontis Architects)

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

1 Bedford – DKO

Alarah Townhouses – SJB Architects

Ari – Ola Studio

Clarence Houses – Rob Kennon Architects

George Corner – MAA with Neometro

International House, George Hicks Building – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design

Monash University Halls of Residence, Holman Hall and Campbell Hall – Hayball and Richard Middleton Architects

Monash University Logan Hall – McBride Charles Ryan

Phoenix – Fender Katsalidis Architects

The Barak Building: Swanston Square – ARM Architecture

The Seymour – KH Edelstein Architect/Workshop Architecture in association

Jury for Residential – Multiple Housing: Nigel Bertram (chair, NMBW and Monash University), Clare Cousins (Clare Cousins Architects), David Pryor (City of Melbourne)

Small Project Architecture

Backyard Studio – Figureground Architecture

Flyover Gallery – Branch Studio Architects

Gertrude Glasshouse – Sibling

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square – Lyons and IADV

Maidstone Tennis Pavilion – Searle x Waldron Architecture

Penguins Plus Viewing – Wood Marsh

Jury for Small Project Architecture: Karen Alcock (chair, MAArchitects), Michael Macleod (Kennedy Nolan), Claire Scorpo (Claire Scorpo Architects)

Heritage Architecture

Arnold Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects

CUB Malt Store: Swanston Square – ARM Architecture and Lovell Chen

RMIT University, Building 11 Redevelopment – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design

Shadow House – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design with Mim Design

Jury for Heritage Architecture: Reno Rizzo (chair, Inarc Architects), Amanda Jean (Amanda J Jean Architect and Heritage Consultant), Jim Gard’ner (GJM Heritage Consultants)

Sustainable Architecture

Gezellig House – DiMase Architects

Grass House – David Luck Architecture

Melrose Health – BENT Architecture

Saltwater Community Centre – Croxon Ramsay Architects

Western Business Accelerator and Centre for Excellence (BACE) – Six Degrees Architects

Jury for Sustainable Architecture: Albert Mo (chair, Architects EAT), Lisa Gerstman (NH Architecture), Christon Batey-Smith (DesignInc)

Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture

699 Bourke Street – Grimshaw

A pretty pile – Rossetti Architects

Cambridge St – Room11 Architects

Forest Hill Police Station – bamford architects

St Bernard’s Primary School, Year 5 and 6 Learning Hub – Harrison and White with Paul Coffey Architects

The Mandeville Centre, Loreto Toorak – Architectus

Jury for Colorbond Award: Justin Noxon (chair, Noxon Giffen), Yvonne Meng (Von Atelier), Michael Smith (Atelier Red and Black)

Melbourne Prize

Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square – Lyons and IADV

Saltwater Community Centre – Croxon Ramsay Architects

The New Royal Children’s Hospital – Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

Jury for Melbourne Prize: Tim Jackson (chair, Jackson Clements Burrows Architects), Peter Williams (Williams Boag), Anna Maskiell (Public Realm Lab)

Regional Prize

Geelong Library and Heritage Centre – ARM Architecture

Penguins Plus Viewing – Wood Marsh

Jury for Regional Prize: Jane Williams (chair, BVN), Alison Nunn (Alison Nunn Architect), Michael Roper (Architecture Architecture­)

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