Winners of the 2015 Australian National Architecture Awards

Another year has passed for the Australian National Architecture Awards! Established in 1981 by the Australian Institute of Architects and as the final tier of the national competition, the annual awards attract a notable bunch of projects from all around the country and abroad.

Out of 185 eligible shortlisted projects for this year's edition (which started out with 753 projects), the competition jury awarded 42 projects — which received a total of 46 national honors across 14 different categories. The winners were announced during a recent ceremony in Brisbane.

Check out some photos of the projects as well as the full list of winners below. Perhaps you might already recognize a few.

Enduring Architecture

• National Enduring Architecture Award – Council House by Howlett & Bailey Architects (WA)

COLORBOND ®  Award for Steel Architecture Award

• Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley (SA) Commendation
• 50 Martin Place by JPW (NSW)

Commercial Architecture 

• Harry Seidler Award - 50 Martin Place by JPW (NSW)
• National Award - The GPT Group’s Wollongong Central by HDR Rice Daubney (NSW) 
• National Commendation - Equestrian Centre, Merricks by Seth Stein Architects (London) in association with Watson Architecture + Design (Melbourne) (Vic)

Educational Architecture

• Daryl Jackson Award – Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne by John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration (Vic)
• National Award – UTS Science Faculty, Building 7 by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects & BVN (NSW)
• National Commendation – Camperdown Childcare by CO - AP (Architects) (NSW)
• National Commendation – Jeffrey Smart Building, University of South Australia by John Wardle Architects in association with Phillips/Pilkington Architects (SA)

Heritage

• Lachlan Macquarie Award – Irving Street Brewery by Tzannes Associates (NSW)
• National Award – The Abbey, Johnston Street, Annandale by Design 5 – Architects (NSW)
• National Award – Coriyule by Bryce Raworth & Trethowan Architecture (Vic)
• National  Award – #thebarnTAS by workbylizandalex (Tas)

Interior Architecture

• Emil Sodersten Award – Bankstown Library and Knowledge Centre by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (NSW)
• National Award  – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL (Qld)
• National Commendation  – Medibank by HASSELL (Vic)

International Architecture

• Jørn Utzon Award – Pico Branch Library by Koning Eizenberg Architecture Inc. (United States)
• Australian Award – Aman, Tokyo by Kerry Hill Architects (Japan)
• Australian Award – Gloucestershire Garden Room by robert grace architecture (United Kingdom)

Public Architecture

• Sir Zelman Cowen Award - Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance by ARM Architecture (Vic)
• National Award – Adelaide Oval Redevelopment by Cox Architecture, Walter Brooke and Hames Sharley (SA)
• National Commendation  – Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital by Conrad Gargett Lyons (Qld)
• National Commendation  – Fiona Stanley Hospital – Main Hospital Building by The Fiona Stanley Hospital Design Collaboration (comprising HASSELL, Hames Sharley and Silver Thomas Hanley) (WA)
• National  Commendation  – Margaret Court Arena by NH Architecture + Populous (Vic)

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

• Eleanor Cullis-Hill  Award – Tower House by Andrew Maynard Architects (Vic)
• National Award – Local House  by MAKE Architecture (Vic)
• National Award – Orama by Smart Design Studio (NSW)
• National Commendation – Walter Street Terrace by David Boyle Architect (NSW)

Residential Architecture  – Multiple Housing

• Frederick Romberg Award  – Upper House by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (Vic)
• National Award  – Studios 54 by Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects (NSW)

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

• Robin Boyd Award – Planchonella House by Jesse Bennett Architect Builder (Qld)
• National Award – Light House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture (NSW)
• National  Award – Sawmill House by Archier (Vic)
• National Award  – Villa Marittima, St Andrews Beach by Robin Williams Architect (Vic)
• National Award – Balmoral House by Clinton Murray + Polly Harbison (NSW)

Small Project Architecture

• Nicholas Murcutt Award – #thebarnTAS by workbylizandalex (Tas)
• National Commendation – LOVESTORY shop by MORQ (WA)
• National Commendation – Moonlight Cabin by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (Vic)

Sustainable Architecture

• David Oppenheim Award  – The University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL ( Qld)
• National Award – Bethanga House by tUG workshop (Vic)
• National Award – Library at The Dock by Clare Design + Hayball (Architect of Record)  (Vic)
• National Commendation  – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) – University of Wollongong by COX Ric hardson (NSW)
• National Commendation  – Cameraygal (formerly Dunbar building) by NSW Government Architect’s Office (NSW)

Urban Design

• Walter Burley Griffin Award – NewActon Precinct by Fender Katsalidis Architects (ACT)
• National Award - Monash University North West Precinct by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects in collaboration with MGS Architects (masterplan) (Vic)