Tasmanian events, awards & prizes

The Tasmanian Chapter's awards, events and prizes program features many highlights of the state's architectural calendar, such as the Tasmanian Architecture Awards (including the annual People's Choice Prize), Emerging Architect Prize, SWT Blythe Student Prize and Open House Hobart. Our numerous Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars are listed on our CPD page.

Tasmanian Architecture Awards Launceston Exhibition

The Launceston exhibition launch of the 2019 Tasmanian Architecture Award was held this year at the Launceston Brickworks Design Studio on Thursday 23 May 2019 and will be open to the public until Friday 7 June 2019. Pop in and see this year’s entries while it's up north and cast your vote in the People's Choice.

 

Tasmanian Architecture Awards Hobart Exhibition

The Hobart exhibition launch of the 2019 Tasmanian Architecture Award will be held at Brooke Street Pier on Thursday 13 June 2019 and will be open to the public until Sunday 14 July 2019. 

Hobart Exhibition Launch: 6pm - 7.30 pm Thursday June 13, free entry, but please register here.

As always, these events aren't possible without the generous support of our sponsors.

Principal Corporate Partner: BlueScope | Major National Partner: Dulux | National Corporate Partner: AWS | National Supporting Partner: USG Boral | State Partners: Access Solutions, Aldanmark, Brickworks, Fairbrother, Jetmaster, Southern Lighting, McKay Timber, Tasmanian Heritage Council, | In-kind: The Mercury, Zip. | National Insurance Partner: Planned Cover | National Media Partner: Architecture Media

 

Key dates for the 2019 Tasmanian Architecture Awards are as follows:

Northern exhibition opening: 23 May 2019, on display until Friday 7 June 2019.
Southern exhibition opening: 13 June 2019, on display until Sunday 14 July 2019.
Awards presentation event: 6 July 2019, Hobart, further details to be released soon.  

 

2019 Tasmanian Architecture Awards - Shortlist

Find the list of shortlisted projects here.

 

2018 Tasmanian Architecture Awards

Commercial Architecture

The Colin Philp Award –  krakani lumi by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
Award – MAC 01 by Circa Morris-Nunn Architects
Commendation – Shorehouse Addition by JAWS Architects

Educational Architecture
Commendation – Helix – Scotch Oakburn College by birelli art+design+architecture

Heritage
The Roy Sharrington Smith Award – luwa by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

Interior Architecture
The Alexander North Award –  105 Macquarie Street Apartments by Preston Lane
Award – Jakadjari Hair by Preston Lane
Commendation – Kingston Beach Dental by BYA Architects

Public Architecture
The Alan C Walker Award – Kangaroo Bay Pavilion by Preston Lane 
Commendation – Port Arthur Visitor Centre by Rosevear Stephenson

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
The Edith Emery Award – Mawhera Extension by Preston Lane 
Commendation – Willisdene House by Archier

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Esmond Dorney Award –  Bruny Island Hideaway by Maguire + Devine Architects
Award – Elms House by STUART TANNER ARCHITECTS

Small Project Architecture
The Peter Willmott Award – krakani lumi by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania
Award – Kangaroo Bay Pavilion by Preston Lane
Award – Triabunna Gatehouse by Gilby + Brewin Architecture

Sustainable Architecture
The Barry McNeill Award – Bruny Island Hideaway by Maguire + Devine Architects 

Urban Design
Commendation – University of Tasmania City Apartments by TERROIR and Fender Katsalidis, in association

Enduring Architecture
Award – Friendly Beaches Lodge by Latona Masterman and Associates

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Award – Bruny Island Hideaway by Maguire + Devine Architects

Chapter Prizes
The James Blackburn Triennial Prize – Lagoon House by Taylor and Hinds Architects
President’s Prize – Leigh Woolley
Emerging Architect Prize – Mat Hinds
SWT Blythe Student Prize – Sports Training and Research Centre by Kwan Chak Law

For the list of Enduring Architecture prizes awarded from the Tas Chapter please CLICK HERE.


2017 Tasmanian Architecture Awards

Commercial Architecture
The Colin Philp Award is the state's highest award for commercial architecture. Colin Philp was particularly active during the 1930s and designed some of the earliest Modern architecture in Tasmania. His notable buildings include Alfred Harrop & Sons, Launceston (1931); Duncan House, Launceston (1934); and Sunray Flats, Hobart (1938). 2017 Award: Shambles Brewery, Room11
2017 Award: Launceston Airport Retail Transformation, The Buchan Group

Educational Architecture
The Sydney Blythe Award for Education Architecture is the state's highest award for educational architecture. Blythe was an architect and town planner who worked for Tasmania's Public Works Department throughout the 1920s, 30s and 40s. He was responsible for numerous government buildings including schools, technical colleges, hospitals, railway stations and law courts in most centres throughout Tasmania. The A. G. Ogilvie High School (1936) at New Town is regarded as his masterpiece.

2017 Sydney Blythe Award: Lady Gowrie Integrated Centre for Children & Families, Cumulus Studio 
2017 Commendation: Lauderdale Primary School - Kinder and Classroom Addition, Preston Lane

Heritage Architecture
The Roy Sharrington Smith Award is the state's highest award for heritage architecture. Roy Sharrington Smith's career spanned the Arts and Crafts, Art Deco and Modernist eras, and he was an early advocate for heritage conservation in Tasmania. He was assistant architect to the Federal Capital Commission 1925–30 and began practising in Launceston in 1932, where his landmark buildings include Holyman House (1936) and the Launceston Gas Company (1940). He was instrumental in the formation of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects as well as the National Trust of Australia.

2017 Roy Sharrington Smith Award: Captain Kelly's Cottage, John Wardle Architects

Interior Architecture
The Alexander North Award is the state's highest award for interior architecture. The state’s highest award for interior architecture is named for Alexander North. A renowned church architect, North brought together Gothic and Arts and Crafts styles. He was also instrumental in the formation of the Tasmanian Association of Architects in 1905 – the precursor to today’s Institute of Architects – and a pioneer of concrete architecture. His landmark buildings include Launceston Post Office (1886), Holy Trinity (1888–1902) and St John’s (1901–38), all in Launceston.

2017 Alexander North Award: Captain Kelly's Cottage, John Wardle Architects
2017 Commendation: St Albi, Cykel Architecture

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Edith Emery Award is the state's highest award for residential architecture (alterations and additions). Edith Emery trained and worked as a doctor before fleeing the Nazi regime and eventually settled in Tasmania after World War II. Her medical degree wasn’t recognised in Australia, so she studied architecture for six and a half years, mainly at night, while raising her family. She described architecture as an ‘exciting mixture of the creative and the practical, of imagination and science’. 

2017 Edith Emery Award: Longview Ave Garden Room, Taylor & Hinds 
2017 Commendation: The Minallo Residence, JAWSARCHITECTS

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
The Esmond Dorney Award is the state's highest award for new residential architecture. Esmond Dorney began practising architecture in Melbourne in the 1930s, where he worked with Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony. He moved to Hobart in 1949, where he explored space, light and the use of economical materials, often in curved forms. His landmark buildings include Pius X Catholic Church (1958) and his own home at Fort Nelson (rebuilt twice; 1978). 

2017 Esmond Dorney Award: Cross House, Taylor & Hinds
2017 Award: River's Edge House, Stuart Tanner Architects
2017 Award: D'Entrecasteaux House, Room11
2017 Award: Sunnybanks House, Core Collective Architects
2017 Commendation: Nelson House, Room11

Small Project Architecture
The Peter Willmott Award is the state's highest award for Small Project Architecture. Wilmott studied at Hobart Technical College between 1964 and 1973, and throughout his career revelled in a minimalist approach that often extended to a project’s size and budget. His works include the refurbishments of City Hall (1970s) and Police Citizens and Youth Club (1980s), Hobart and numerous small homes in Southern Tasmania.

2017 Peter Willmott Award: Milkman's Cottage, Preston Lane
2017 Commendation: Princes Park Toilets, Terroir

Sustainable Architecture
The Barry McNeill Award for Sustainable Architecture is the state's highest award for sustainable architecture. McNeill was made director of the Department of Environmental Design in 1969 and was a formative influence in the teaching of architecture in Tasmania, particularly through self-directed and project-based learning, and learning by making. He was a staunch advocate for embedded sustainability in Tasmanian architecture. 

2017 Barry McNeill Award: Shambles Brewery, Room11
2017 Award: Sunnybanks House, Core Collective Architects

COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
This award is conferred annually by our major corporate partners Bluescope and acknowledges the innovative use of steel in architecture.

2017 Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture: Sunnybanks House, Core Collective Architects

Additional Prizes
Henry Hunter Triennial Prize for Heritage Architecture: #thebarntas, workbylizandalex 
2017 President’s Prize: Karen Davis
2017 Emerging Architect Prize: Thomas Bailey
2017 SWT Blythe Student Prize: Maximilian Cooke 
2017 People’s Choice Prize: Launcestion Sub-station, S. Group

For the list of Enduring Architecture prizes awarded from the Tas Chapter please CLICK HERE. 

Tasmanian Architecture Awards Archives
Please see below for a collection of Tasmanian Architecture Awards magazines:
2017
2016
2015