The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture is the highest honour awarded annually for public buildings and presented by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) at the Victorian Architecture Awards. It has been awarded 28 consecutive times from 1997 to 2024.
The award recognises 'completed works of architecture of the highest quality' in the public architecture category. Previously the award was offered for 'insitutional buildings' with winning and commended projects including a wider array of building types.[ citation needed]
Projects in this awards category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature and generally fall within Building Code of Australia (BCA) Class 9, excluding projects within the definition of 'Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes'. [1] [2] In 1997 the previous insitutional awards were recategorised into separate and distinct public, educational and commerical categories.
ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall) have won the award on five separate occasions: 1996, 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2016.[ citation needed]
Winners of this award are eligible for consideration in the annual national Australian Institute of Architects architecture awards for the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, usually announced in October or November. Projects awarded Named Awards and Architecture Awards in this category will be considered for a National Award in the same year. To 2023 only three projects from Victoria had gone on to win the national award.[ citation needed]
The naming of the award recognises English born architect and civil engineer William Wardell (1823–1899). Wardell was appointed government architect in Victoria in 1858. He designed many important public and eccliastical buildings in Melbourne over a 20 year period. After being dismissed by the government Wardell moved to Sydney, extending his career as an influential and important public architect. He died in North Sydney in 1899. [3]
| Year | Winner | Project | Location | Other AIA awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects | Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre | 91—97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes | |
| 2023 | Wardle | Bendigo Law Courts [5] [6] [7] | 188 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo |
|
| 2022 | Brearley Architects and Urbanists with Grant Amon Architects | Victorian Pride Centre [8] | 79—81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda | |
| 2021 | Lyons | Springvale Community Hub [10] | 5 Hillcrest Grove, Springvale |
|
| 2020 | Terroir | Penguin Parade Visitor Centre [11] | 1019 Ventnor Road, Summerlands |
|
| 2019 | Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design | Parliament of Victoria Members' Annexe | Spring Street, East Melbourne |
|
| 2017 | Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc & McBride Charles Ryan [12] | Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) | 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne | |
| 2016 | ARM Architecture | Geelong Library and Heritage Centre | 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong |
|
| 2015 | ARM Architecture | Shrine of Remembrance, Galleries of Remembrance | Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne |
|
| 2014 | McBride Charles Ryan | Dallas Brooks Community Primary School | 26—36 King Street, Dallas | |
| 2013 | Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects | RMIT University Design Hub (Building 100) | 150 Victoria Street, Carlton |
|
| 2012 | Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart [13] | Royal Children's Hospital | 50 Flemington Road, Parkville |
|
| 2011 | Cox Architecture | AAMI Park | Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne |
|
| 2010 | Woods Bagot and NH Architecture | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf |
|
| 2009 | ARM Architecture | Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project, ( Southbank Theatre) | 31 Sturt Street, Southbank |
|
| 2008 | John Wardle Architecture | Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School | 47 Domain Road, Melbourne |
|
| 2007 | Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture | Southern Cross Station [14] | Spencer Street, Melbourne |
|
| 2006 | Minifie Nixon with Rush\Wright | Australian Wildlife Health Centre [16] [17] | Healesville Sanctuary | |
| 2005 | McBride Charles Ryan Architecture and Interior Design | Templestowe Park Primary School Multipurpose Hall | 399 Church Road, Templestowe | |
| 2004 | ARM Architecture | Shrine of Remembrance Visitor Centre and Garden Courtyard | Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne |
|
| 2003 | Sean Godsell | Woodleigh School Science Building | 485 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South | |
| 2002 | Lyons | Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans Campus [18] | University Boulevard, St Albans | |
| 2001 | Denton Corker Marshall | Melbourne Museum | 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Gardens, Carlton | |
| 2000 | John Wardle Architects and Demaine Partnership in association | RMIT Printing Facility, Brunswick Campus (later known as the International Centre of Graphic Technology, closed c.2014) [19] [20] | 25 Dawson Street, Brunswick | |
| 1999 | Nation Fender Katsalidis Architects | Ian Potter Museum of Art [21] | Swanston Street, Melbourne |
|
| 1998 | Wood Marsh with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff | RMIT Building 220 (later known as Leo Foster Building, since 2014) | Clements Drive, RMIT Campus, Bundoora | |
| 1997 | Peter Elliott with Morton Dunn | Ballarat Town Hall refurbishment [22] | 225 Sturt Street, Ballarat | |
| 1996 | ARM Architecture |
Storey Hall (RMIT Building 16) |
336 Swanston Street, Melbourne |
|
- Australian Institute of Architects
- Australian Institute of Architects Awards and Prizes
- Victorian Architecture Awards
- Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture
- Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award
- Melbourne Prize
- Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.5" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.1" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ McDonald, D. I. (1976). "William Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899)". Australian Dictionay of Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Victorian Architecture Medal Winner" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Bendigo Law Courts". Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Bendigo Law Courts: Wardle". Architecture.com.au. June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2023 Victorian Architecture Award Winner". Architecture.com.au. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2022 National Award for Public Architecture". ArchitectureAU.com. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2022 National Architecture Awards". Architecture.com.au. November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2021 Victorian Architecture Awads". ArchitectureAU.com. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2020 Victorian Architecture Awards Winner". Australian Institute of Architects. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2017 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners List" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "2012 Victorian Architecture Awards Announced". Architecture.com.au. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Stations curves prove real head turner". The Age. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design 2007". ArchitectureAU.com.au. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards: Queensland, Victoria". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Stead, Naomi (1 March 2006). "Australian Wildlife Health Centre". ArchitectureAU.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Victoria University Online Training Facility project page". Lyons. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 July 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "International Centre of Graphic Technology". Wardle Studio. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards 1999". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1999. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards 1997". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1997. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture is the highest honour awarded annually for public buildings and presented by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) at the Victorian Architecture Awards. It has been awarded 28 consecutive times from 1997 to 2024.
The award recognises 'completed works of architecture of the highest quality' in the public architecture category. Previously the award was offered for 'insitutional buildings' with winning and commended projects including a wider array of building types.[ citation needed]
Projects in this awards category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature and generally fall within Building Code of Australia (BCA) Class 9, excluding projects within the definition of 'Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes'. [1] [2] In 1997 the previous insitutional awards were recategorised into separate and distinct public, educational and commerical categories.
ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall) have won the award on five separate occasions: 1996, 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2016.[ citation needed]
Winners of this award are eligible for consideration in the annual national Australian Institute of Architects architecture awards for the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, usually announced in October or November. Projects awarded Named Awards and Architecture Awards in this category will be considered for a National Award in the same year. To 2023 only three projects from Victoria had gone on to win the national award.[ citation needed]
The naming of the award recognises English born architect and civil engineer William Wardell (1823–1899). Wardell was appointed government architect in Victoria in 1858. He designed many important public and eccliastical buildings in Melbourne over a 20 year period. After being dismissed by the government Wardell moved to Sydney, extending his career as an influential and important public architect. He died in North Sydney in 1899. [3]
| Year | Winner | Project | Location | Other AIA awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects | Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre | 91—97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes | |
| 2023 | Wardle | Bendigo Law Courts [5] [6] [7] | 188 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo |
|
| 2022 | Brearley Architects and Urbanists with Grant Amon Architects | Victorian Pride Centre [8] | 79—81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda | |
| 2021 | Lyons | Springvale Community Hub [10] | 5 Hillcrest Grove, Springvale |
|
| 2020 | Terroir | Penguin Parade Visitor Centre [11] | 1019 Ventnor Road, Summerlands |
|
| 2019 | Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design | Parliament of Victoria Members' Annexe | Spring Street, East Melbourne |
|
| 2017 | Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc & McBride Charles Ryan [12] | Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) | 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne | |
| 2016 | ARM Architecture | Geelong Library and Heritage Centre | 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong |
|
| 2015 | ARM Architecture | Shrine of Remembrance, Galleries of Remembrance | Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne |
|
| 2014 | McBride Charles Ryan | Dallas Brooks Community Primary School | 26—36 King Street, Dallas | |
| 2013 | Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects | RMIT University Design Hub (Building 100) | 150 Victoria Street, Carlton |
|
| 2012 | Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart [13] | Royal Children's Hospital | 50 Flemington Road, Parkville |
|
| 2011 | Cox Architecture | AAMI Park | Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne |
|
| 2010 | Woods Bagot and NH Architecture | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf |
|
| 2009 | ARM Architecture | Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project, ( Southbank Theatre) | 31 Sturt Street, Southbank |
|
| 2008 | John Wardle Architecture | Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School | 47 Domain Road, Melbourne |
|
| 2007 | Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture | Southern Cross Station [14] | Spencer Street, Melbourne |
|
| 2006 | Minifie Nixon with Rush\Wright | Australian Wildlife Health Centre [16] [17] | Healesville Sanctuary | |
| 2005 | McBride Charles Ryan Architecture and Interior Design | Templestowe Park Primary School Multipurpose Hall | 399 Church Road, Templestowe | |
| 2004 | ARM Architecture | Shrine of Remembrance Visitor Centre and Garden Courtyard | Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne |
|
| 2003 | Sean Godsell | Woodleigh School Science Building | 485 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South | |
| 2002 | Lyons | Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans Campus [18] | University Boulevard, St Albans | |
| 2001 | Denton Corker Marshall | Melbourne Museum | 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Gardens, Carlton | |
| 2000 | John Wardle Architects and Demaine Partnership in association | RMIT Printing Facility, Brunswick Campus (later known as the International Centre of Graphic Technology, closed c.2014) [19] [20] | 25 Dawson Street, Brunswick | |
| 1999 | Nation Fender Katsalidis Architects | Ian Potter Museum of Art [21] | Swanston Street, Melbourne |
|
| 1998 | Wood Marsh with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff | RMIT Building 220 (later known as Leo Foster Building, since 2014) | Clements Drive, RMIT Campus, Bundoora | |
| 1997 | Peter Elliott with Morton Dunn | Ballarat Town Hall refurbishment [22] | 225 Sturt Street, Ballarat | |
| 1996 | ARM Architecture |
Storey Hall (RMIT Building 16) |
336 Swanston Street, Melbourne |
|
- Australian Institute of Architects
- Australian Institute of Architects Awards and Prizes
- Victorian Architecture Awards
- Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture
- Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award
- Melbourne Prize
- Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.5" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.1" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ McDonald, D. I. (1976). "William Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899)". Australian Dictionay of Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Victorian Architecture Medal Winner" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Bendigo Law Courts". Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Bendigo Law Courts: Wardle". Architecture.com.au. June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2023 Victorian Architecture Award Winner". Architecture.com.au. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2022 National Award for Public Architecture". ArchitectureAU.com. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2022 National Architecture Awards". Architecture.com.au. November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2021 Victorian Architecture Awads". ArchitectureAU.com. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2020 Victorian Architecture Awards Winner". Australian Institute of Architects. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "2017 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners List" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "2012 Victorian Architecture Awards Announced". Architecture.com.au. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Stations curves prove real head turner". The Age. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design 2007". ArchitectureAU.com.au. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards: Queensland, Victoria". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Stead, Naomi (1 March 2006). "Australian Wildlife Health Centre". ArchitectureAU.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Victoria University Online Training Facility project page". Lyons. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 July 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "International Centre of Graphic Technology". Wardle Studio. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards 1999". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1999. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "RAIA State Awards 1997". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1997. Retrieved 29 July 2024.