The Rockhampton Museum of Artwork has been named Central Queensland’s constructing of the 12 months in the 2023 Australian Institute of Architects’ Central Queensland Regional Structure Awards.
Designed by Conrad Gargett, Clare Design (lead design architects) and Brian Hooper Architect, the gallery is a brand new dwelling for some of the important regional collections of recent Australian artwork. It was awarded the J W Wilson Award for Constructing of the 12 months, in addition to a regional commendation for Public Structure.
The jury praised the ambition of the challenge and its dedication to neighborhood.
“The challenge democratizes a big, up to date, purposeful artwork gallery within the metropolis’s heritage precinct, creating an lively neighborhood area and vibrant cultural centre that will increase the town’s porosity,” the jury stated.
The museum options an open public lobby, which features each as an city laneway into the town centre and a gallery wall.
“The outward-facing giant glass and sandstone façade leans into the city cloth of the town, extending the gallery exhibition area into laneway connections between the internal metropolis, the riverfront, and the better panorama past,” the jury stated.
Different cultural establishments additionally did nicely on this 12 months’s program. Fig Tree Galleries in Yeppoon by Design and Structure was awarded Regional Challenge of the 12 months and a regional commendation for Small Structure. And the third stage of the Australian Age of the Dinosaurs facility at Winton, often called Dynamic Vacation spot, by Cox Structure and Cultivar Structure, obtained a regional commendation in Public Structure.
The area’s counseled tasks have now been shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland Structure Awards. The state awards might be awarded on June 22, 2023.
Central Queensland Regional Structure Awards
J W Wilson Award for Constructing of the 12 months
Rockhampton Museum of Artwork – Conrad Gargett, Clare Design (Lead Design Architects) and Brian Hooper Architect
Regional Challenge of the 12 months
Fig Tree Galleries – Design and Structure
Home of the 12 months
Coconut Ice – Tomas O’Malley Architect
Coconut Ice by Tomas O’Malley Architect.
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Paul Beutel
Regional commendations
Public structure
Rockhampton Museum of Artwork – Conrad Gargett, Clare Design (Lead Design Architects) and Brian Hooper Architect
Dynamic Vacation spot – Cox Structure and Cultivar Structure
Residential Structure – Homes (New)
Coconut Ice – Tomas O’Malley Architect
Industrial Structure
QFES North Coast Regional Headquarters and Maryborough Hearth and Rescue Station – Baber Studio Architects
Small Challenge Structure
Fig Tree Galleries – Design and Structure
The Globe Lookout – Brian Hooper Architect and m3architecture
Individuals’s Alternative Award
Coconut Ice – Tomas O’Malley Architect
