79 shortlisters announced for 2015 NSW Architecture Awards in Australia

The shortlist is out for the 2015 NSW Architecture Awards. Organized by the Australian Institute of Architects, the awards program recognizes and promotes architectural design excellence in the New South Wales region of Australia.

Out of more than 170 submissions this year, 79 projects made the first cut for various categories including Education Architecture, Urban Design, Commercial Architecture, Interior Architecture, and more.

Winners will be announced at the 2015 NSW Architecture Awards evening presentation on July 2. Afterward, the NSW Award recipients will move on to compete in the National Architecture Awards to be announced in November 2015.

We picked out a few shortlisters that caught our attention. Check them out and the full shortlist below.

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

• Cargo Lane Terraces  – PBD Architects
• CASBA  – Billard Leece Partnership + SJB Architects in association with BKH Interiors
• DHA Lindfield  - Tubbs View + Hamilton Corner  – Bates Smart
• Eton  – Stanisic Architects
• Finlayson Street  – Candalepas Associates
• Park Lane  – JPW Pelican Street  – Candalepas Associates
• Polychrome  – David Boyle Architect
• Studios 54  – Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects
• The Kensington  – Fox Johnston
• Viking by Crown  – MHN Design Union

Public Architecture

• Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp
• MA Noble, Don Bradman and Dally Mess enger Stands  – Cox Architecture
• Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre  – HASSELL
• South West Rail Link - Edmondson Park / Leppington Station  – HASSELL in association with GHD
• St Barnabas Church  – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp
• University of Technology (UTS) Haberfield  Rowing Club  – HASSELL
• Westmead Millennium Institute  - BVN

Sustainable Architecture

• 50 Martin Place  – JPW
• Alfalfa House  – Dunn & Hillam Architects
• Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp
• Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building)  – NSW Government Architect’s Office
• Camperdown Childcare  – CO - AP Architects
• House for Bob and Susan  – Austin McFarland Architects
• Nikki Maloneys  – Drew Heath Architects
• Polychrome  – David Boyle Architect
• Salgo Kitching House  – Sam Crawford Architects
• Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) - University of Wollongong  – COX Richardson

Educational Architecture

• Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building)  – NSW Government Architect’s Office
• Camperdown Childcare – CO - AP (Architects)
• Charles Perkins Centre  – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)
• Nan Tien Institute and Cultural Centre  – Woods Bagot
• NSW Aboriginal Child and Family Centre Gunnedah  - NSW Government Architect’s Office
• O’Regan Arts & Cultural Common  – Brewster Hjorth Architects
• Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC)  – University of Wollongong  – COX Richardson
• UTS Science Faculty, Building 7  – Durbach Block Jaggers Architects & BVN Architecture

Heritage (Conservation)

• Bronte House, Restoration & Management  – Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners
• George Street Gatehouse - Parramatta Park  – NSW Government Architect’s Office
• Melrose House  – Tropman & Tropman Architects
• The Abbey, Johnston Street, Annandale  – Design 5 - Architects

Heritage (Creative Adaptation)

• Carleton Estate Development  – Kennedy Associates Architects
• House McBeath  – Tribe Studio Architects
• Irving Street Brewery  – Tzannes Associates
• Legion House  – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp
• Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building)  – NSW Government Architect’s Office

Commercial Architecture

• 50 Martin Place  – JPW
• Irving Street Brewery  – Tzannes Associates
• The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central  – HDR Rice Daubney
• TransGrid Headquarters  – Bates Smar

Interior Architecture

• Archie Rose Distilling Co.  – Acme & Co.
• Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre  – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp
• Charles Perkins Centre – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp + Building Studio (architects in association)
• Qantas Campus  – HASSELL
• St Barnabas Church  – Francis - Jones Morehen Thorp

Residential Architecture  – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

• Courtyard House St Peters  – Reg Lark Architect
• Darlinghurst Rooftop  – CO - AP (Architects)
• House Boone Murray  – Tribe Studio Architects
• Howe Allan House  – Ian Moore Architects
• Inner City Warehouse  – Allen Jack+Cottier
• Kensington House  – Virginia Kerridge Architect
• Orama  – Smart Design Studio
• Paddington House  – PIDCOCK - Architecture + Sustainability
• Pigeon Shed  – mck architects
• Salgo Kitching House  – Sam Crawford Architects
• Spiegel Haus  – Carterwilliamson Architects
• Tempe House  – Eoghan Lewis Architects
• Walter Street Terrace  – David Boyle Architect

Urban Design

• Chatswood Transport Interchange  – CO XDesignInc (COX Richardson and DesignInc Joint Venture)
• Llankelly Place Lights  – McGregor Westlake Architecture in association with Conybeare Morrison
• Tamarama Kiosk  and Beach Amenities  – Lahz Nimmo Architects
• The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central  – HDR Rice Daubney
• Wollongong City Centre and Crown Street Mall Renewal  – NSW Government Architect’s Office

Residential Architecture  – Houses (New)  (10 Projects)

• Alexandria  Courtyard House  – Matthew Pullinger Architect
• Balmoral House  – Clinton Murray + Polly Harbison
• Cooper Park House  – Tobias Partners
• Courtyard House  – Aileen Sage Architects
• Cronulla House  – Reg Lark Architect
• Garden House  – Tzannes Associates
• House for Bob and Susan  – Austin McFarland Architects
• Light House  – Peter Stutchbury Architecture
• Nikki Maloneys  – Drew Heath Architects
• Pacific House  – Casey Brown Architecture

Small Project Architecture (12 Projects)

• A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts and  Sciences, Sydney, NSW – Christina Carayanides architect and the  Museum of Applied  Arts and Sciences, Sydney, NSW
• AGL Lakeside Pavilion – Kennedy Associates Architects
• Alfalfa House  – Dunn & Hillam Architects
• Bresic Whitney, Hunters Hill  – Chenchow Little
• Copper House  – Takt | Studio for Architecture
• EN House  – Derive Architecture and Design
• Horizon Apartment  – Stephen Collier Architects
• Reformatory Caffeine Laboratory  – Louise Nettleton Architects
• Sydney Ferry Wharves  – Group GSA
• Sydney Opera House Recording Studio  – Scott Carver
• Tempe House  – Eoghan Lewis Architects
• Tent House  – Peter Stutchbury Architecture

See last year's winners here.