The winners of the Victorian Chapter of the AIA Awards have been announced, with ARM Architecture taking out four awards - including a sixth Victorian Medal - for the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre. "It has elevated the role of public architecture for both Geelong and the wider regional community," Hamish Lyon, Chair of Juries said.
The state’s longest standing honour, the Sulman Medal, was awarded to the "quintessentially Australian" Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club by Neeson Murcutt Architects, with SJB Architects, Smart Design Studio and WMK Architecture among the other celebrated practices at the AIA NSW Architecture Awards.
Australian architects working on projects abroad have been celebrated at the Australian Institute of Architects’ International Chapter Architecture Awards, announced at an event in London last week.
As we prepare to close IDEA entries for 2016, ADR takes a look back at the Hospitality winners of years gone by. Featuring projects by Breathe Architecture, DesignOffice, and Acme&Co, IDEA presents Australia's most inspiring venues in which to share a meal and a drink (or two).