A sturdy brick residence has acquired the highest honour at 2024 Tasmanian Structure Awards, topped the winner of each the Tasmanian Structure Medal and the Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Structure – Homes (New).
James Avenue by Taylor and Hinds Architects was applauded by the jury as a fragile and complex composition of nuanced spatial qualities. “The brand new residence responds poetically to its context as a sculptural quantity on the fringe of the Launceston civic centre, a metropolis identified for its wealthy brick heritage,” commented the jury.
“It [the house] perches quietly and confidently inside its hilly residential setting whereas the encompassing courtyard gardens kind a non-public oasis. This can be a masterclass in modern residential design.”
The 2024 Tasmanian Structure Awards program attracted 39 entries. Jury chair Fred Ward famous {that a} substantial proportion of the entries sought to handle social challenges via the supply of social housing and lodging, social companies buildings and academic amenities.
“The jury noticed architects responding by bringing strategic design considering and excessive design values to their initiatives, notably on this difficult financial context. Architects are being requested to do extra with much less, leading to each economically and environmentally sustainable outcomes,” mentioned Ward.
The jury moreover noticed that collaborations between architects and their shoppers was way more prevalent than in earlier years. “It was satisfying to see authorities businesses, establishments, group organisations and different shoppers recognising the worth architects deliver to their initiatives, and demanding prime quality service and outcomes,” mentioned Ward.
The winners of the 2024 Tasmanian Structure Awards are:
Tasmanian Structure Medal
James Avenue – Taylor and Hinds Architects
Residential Structure – Homes (New)
The Esmond Dorney Award
James Avenue – Taylor and Hinds Architects
Award
Skellig Home – Crump Architects
Commendation
Taroona Home – Archier
Residential Structure – Homes (Alterations and Additions)
The Edith Emery Award
Pedder Avenue Home – Bence Mulcahy
Award
Finlay Avenue – Christopher Clinton Architect
Commendations
Patrick Avenue – Andrew Campbell and Georgina Russell
Regent Avenue Extension – Preston Lane
Residential Structure – A number of Housing
The Ray Heffernan Award
Youth 2 Independence (Y2I) Campbell Avenue – Liminal Structure
Commendation
The Rox Flats – Core Collective Architects
Academic Structure
The Sydney Blythe Award
River’s Edge Constructing, College of Tasmania – Wardle
Awards
Larapi Youngster and Household Studying Centre – Jaws Architects
The Cottage College – Taylor and Hinds Architects
The Hutchins College Pre-Kinder – Rosevear Stephenson
Commendation
The Mates’ College Redevelopment Venture – Bence Mulcahy with H2O Architects
Business Structure
The Colin Philp Award
Lexus of Tasmania and Omotenashi – BYA with Core Collective Architects
Inside Structure
The Alexander North Award
Arch South – Rosevear Stephenson
Heritage Structure
Awards
Finlay Avenue – Christopher Clinton Architect
Murdolo Flats – Rosevear Stephenson
Commendation
The Rox Flats – Core Collective Architects
The Peacock Centre – Xsquared Architects
Small Venture Structure
The Peter Willmott Award
Terroir Hobart Workplace – Terroir
Award
Unshackled! – a convict memorial – Circa Morris-Nunn Chua
Sustainable Structure
Awards
River’s Edge Constructing, College of Tasmania – Wardle
Terroir Hobart Workplace – Terroir
Colorbond Award for Metal Structure
Wattlebird Home – Scott Flett Structure Workshop
Enduring Structure
Lengthy Seashore Bathing Pavilion – Hartley Wilson and Bolt Architects
Chapter Prizes
Triennial Prize
Harriet’s Home – SO Structure
SWT Blythe Pupil Prize
World Studio: Barcelona and The Eixample District – Hamish Saul
Rising Architect Prize
Keith Westbrook, Cumulus Studio
President’s Prize
Charles Voss and John Button
