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William Wardell Award for Public Architecture
Current: Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre
Awarded forPublic Architecture in Victoria
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Institute of Architects (Victoria Chapter)
First awarded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Last awarded2024
Websitewww.architecture.com.au/vic-awards

The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture is the highest honour awarded annually for public buildings in Victoria, Australia and is presented by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) at the Victorian Architecture Awards. It has been awarded 28 consecutive times from 1996 to 2024.

Background

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Definition of the award

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The award recognises 'completed works of architecture of the highest quality' in the public architecture category. Previously the award was offered for 'institutional buildings' with winning and commended projects including a wider array of building types.[1] In 1995 Wood Marsh was awarded the last Award of Merit, Institutional New, for Deakin University Stage 1.[2]

Projects in this awards category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature and generally fall within Building Code of Australia (BCA) Class 9, excluding projects within the definition of 'Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes'.[3][4] In 1997 the previous institutional awards were recategorised into separate and distinct public, educational and commercial categories.

A total of 15 of the 24 named awards (62%) presented between 1996 and 2024 were also awarded the top award, the Victorian Architecture Medal at the same awards.

Multiple winners

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ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall) have won the award on five separate occasions: 1996, 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2016.[5]

National awards for public architecture

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Winners of this award are eligible for consideration in the annual national Australian Institute of Architects architecture awards for the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, usually announced in October or November. Projects awarded either the Named Award or Architecture Awards in the William Wardell Award can also be considered for the National Award in the same year. To 2024 only three projects from Victoria have gone on to win the national named award.[6]

William Wardell

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The naming of the award recognises English born architect and civil engineer William Wardell (1823–1899). Wardell was appointed government architect in Victoria in 1858. He designed many important public and eccliastical buildings in Melbourne over a 20-year period. After being dismissed by the government Wardell moved to Sydney, extending his career as an influential and important public architect. He died in North Sydney in 1899.[7]

Named award winners

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William Wardell Prize for Public Architecture by year
Year Winner Project Location Other AIA awards
2024 Jackson Clements Burrows Architects Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre 91—97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
2023 Wardle Bendigo Law Courts[8][9][10] 188 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo
2022 Brearley Architects and Urbanists with Grant Amon Architects Victorian Pride Centre[11] 79—81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda
2021 Lyons Springvale Community Hub[13] 5 Hillcrest Grove, Springvale
  • Urban Design Award, 2021
2020 Terroir Penguin Parade Visitor Centre[14] 1019 Ventnor Road, Summerlands
  • Regional Prize, 2020
2019 Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design Parliament of Victoria Members' Annexe Spring Street, East Melbourne
2017 Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc & McBride Charles Ryan[15] Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne
2016 ARM Architecture Geelong Library and Heritage Centre 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong
2015 ARM Architecture Shrine of Remembrance
Galleries of Remembrance[16]		 Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne
2014 McBride Charles Ryan Dallas Brooks Community Primary School 26—36 King Street, Dallas
2013 Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects RMIT University Design Hub (Building 100) 150 Victoria Street, Carlton
2012 Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart[18] Royal Children's Hospital 50 Flemington Road, Parkville
2011 Cox Architecture AAMI Park Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne
2010 Woods Bagot and NH Architecture Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf
2009 ARM Architecture Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project, (Southbank Theatre) 31 Sturt Street, Southbank
2008 John Wardle Architecture Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School 47 Domain Road, Melbourne
2007 Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture Southern Cross Station[19] Spencer Street, Melbourne
2006 Minifie Nixon with Rush\Wright Australian Wildlife Health Centre[21][22] Healesville Sanctuary
2005 McBride Charles Ryan Architecture and Interior Design Templestowe Park Primary School Multipurpose Hall 399 Church Road, Templestowe
2004 ARM Architecture Shrine of Remembrance
Visitor Centre and Garden Courtyard		 Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne
2003 Sean Godsell Woodleigh School Science Building 485 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South
2002 Lyons Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans Campus[23] University Boulevard, St Albans
2001 Denton Corker Marshall Melbourne Museum[24][25] 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Gardens, Carlton
2000 John Wardle Architects and Demaine Partnership in association RMIT Printing Facility, Brunswick Campus (later known as the International Centre of Graphic Technology, closed c.2014)[26][27] 25 Dawson Street, Brunswick
1999 Nation Fender Katsalidis Architects Ian Potter Museum of Art[28] Swanston Street, Melbourne
1998 Wood Marsh with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff RMIT Building 220 (later known as Leo Foster Building, since 2014) Clements Drive, RMIT Campus, Bundoora
1997 Peter Elliott with Morton Dunn Ballarat Town Hall refurbishment[29] 225 Sturt Street, Ballarat
1996 ARM Architecture Storey Hall
(RMIT Building 16)		 336 Swanston Street, Melbourne

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Entries Handbook Chapter Architecture Awards" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Deakin University Stage 1". Wood Marsh. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.5" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.3.1" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Awards". ARM Architecture. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  6. ^ Australian Institute of Architects (November 2020). "Policy 13 Awards, Prizes and Honours, Section 13.2 Definitions" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  7. ^ McDonald, D. I. (1976). "William Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Bendigo Law Courts". Architecture.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Bendigo Law Courts: Wardle". Architecture.com.au. June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ^ "2023 Victorian Architecture Award Winner". Architecture.com.au. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "2022 National Award for Public Architecture". ArchitectureAU.com. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  12. ^ "2022 National Architecture Awards". Architecture.com.au. November 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  13. ^ "2021 Victorian Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  14. ^ "2020 Victorian Architecture Awards Winner". Australian Institute of Architects. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  15. ^ "2017 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners List" (PDF). Architecture.com.au. June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. ^ "2015 Victorian Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  17. ^ "2013 National Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  18. ^ "2012 Victorian Architecture Awards Announced". Architecture.com.au. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Stations curves prove real head turner". The Age. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design 2007". ArchitectureAU.com.au. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  21. ^ "RAIA State Awards: Queensland, Victoria". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  22. ^ Stead, Naomi (1 March 2006). "Australian Wildlife Health Centre". ArchitectureAU.com. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Victoria University Online Training Facility project page". Lyons. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Awards (State Awards)". ArchitectureAU. 1 September 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings: Melbourne Museum, Denton Corker Marshall". ArchitectureAU. 1 November 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  26. ^ "RAIA State Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 July 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  27. ^ "International Centre of Graphic Technology". Wardle Studio. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  28. ^ "RAIA State Awards 1999". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1999. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  29. ^ "RAIA State Awards 1997". ArchitectureAU.com. 1 September 1997. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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