Melbourne School of Design
The 2015 Australian Timber Design Awards were announced September 18 at an awards night in Melbourne. Source: Architecture & Design
A total of 23 prizes were handed out to architects and designers who used timber as a major component of a project or application, including everything from timber windows and floors to full large-scale buildings.
The Australian Timber Design Award, the major prize of the program, went to John Wardle Architects and NADAAA for the Melbourne School of Design, described by the event’s team as an inspiring example of complex green design.
Judges were also effusive in their praise for the manner in which the timber framed and lined building envelope is suspended from two of the overhead LVL beams.
“The three-storey Melbourne School of Design is a showcase of the very best that can be achieved with structural timber,” reads the program’s media release.
“The selection and working of the timbers shows exceptional understanding of the material and lends warmth to the complex structural design.”
John Wardle Architects were joined by a host of big name firms who were category prize winners on the night including Gehry Partners for their contribution to the UTS Business School – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects for Garangula Gallery, Cox Architecture for Box Office and Duckbuild Architecture for Red Hill House.
2015 Australian Timber Design Awards winners:
AUSTRALIAN TIMBER DESIGN AWARD
Melbourne School of Design – The University of Melbourne by John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration.
PEOPLES’ CHOICE AWARD
UTS Business School – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building by Gehry Partners LLP – Design Architect and Daryl Jackson Robin Dyke – Executive Architect.
SUSTAINABILITY
Port Melbourne Football Club Sporting and Community Facility by k20 Architecture.
SMALL BUDGET
Artist’s Studio, Thornbury by Chan Architecture.
RISING STAR
Invermay House by Michael Moloney of Maloney Architects.
EXCELLENCE IN TIMBER DESIGN AWARDS
LANDSCAPE
Armstrong Creek West Park and Wetland by MDG Landscape Architects.
FURNITURE AND JOINERY
Garangula Gallery – Furniture and Joinery by Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects.
STAND-ALONE STRUCTURE
Origami Pool House by MADE Architecture.
INTERIOR FITOUT – COMMERCIAL
Box Office, Melbourne by Cox Architecture.
INTERIOR FITOUT – RESIDENTIAL
Bedfordale House by Suzanne Hunt Architect.
PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Melbourne School of Design – The University of Melbourne by John Wardle Architects & NADAAA in collaboration.
RESIDENTIAL CLASS 1 – ALTERATION OR ADDITION
Dulwich Hill Residence by CplusC Architectural Workshop.
RESIDENTIAL CLASS 1 – NEW BUILDINGS
Red Hill House by Duckbuild Architecture.
EXCELLENCE IN THE USE OF TIMBER PRODUCTS AWARDS
TREATED PINE
The Rose by University of Western Australia – Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Visual Arts.
TIMBER WINDOWS AND DOORS
Beach Ave by Schulberg Demkiw Architects.
TIMBER VENEERS
Kununurra Courthouse by TAG Architects and iredale pederesen hook architects, architects in association.
TIMBER PANELS
Swinburne University Factory of the Future by H2o Architects Pty Ltd.
TIMBER FLOORING
The Charming Squire by Baber Studio in association with Collins + Turner Architects and D’Occhio.
TIMBER CLADDING
Clareville House by Terroir Pty Ltd.
RECYCLED TIMBER
Garangula Gallery by Fender Katsalidis Mirams Architects.
ENGINEERED TIMBER PRODUCTS
ANTSO Building 90 Electron Microscopy Facility by Taylor Thomson Whitting & Jacobs Group (Australia).
AUSTRALIAN CERTIFIED TIMBER
Box Office, Melbourne by Cox Architecture.
