RAIA BRISBANE REGIONAL AWARDS 2007

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1 RAIA BRISBANE REGIONAL AWARDS 2007 In 2007 there have been 91 projects entered in the Brisbane Region for the RAIA Architecture Awards. The task of visiting and assessing these entries has skills undertaken distinguished juries made up of 26 member architects and allied professionals who have freely volunteered their time. There were 10 sub-juries and each building has been visited by at least three jurors with specialist. Christian Skou of Skou Crone has chaired and coordinated the Brisbane Awards juries, and will be a member of the future State Awards Jury. Christian, together with Assoc Prof Peter Skinner, the State Awards Jury Director, and Rosemary Kennedy, the State Awards Deputy Director, joined the Brisbane juries for visits and discussion of commendations, and the State Awards director included two additional commendations beyond the jury s recommendations. In all there are 42 Brisbane Regional Commendations in The three state jurors abstained from the deliberations on the Brisbane House of the Year, and the Brisbane Building of the Year; and the selections in these categories reflect the judgements of the membership of the Brisbane Regional juries. All projects receiving Regional Commendations will progress to the judging of the RAIA Queensland Architectural Awards to be announced on 3 August, SMALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURE Projects in this category will be those considered to be small in terms of area or budget as determined by the Jury Projects of all functional types may be considered. Brisbane Jurors: Shawn Godwin, Sarah Foley, Tim O'Rourke, Ray Jones, Jim Gall. QUT Human Movement Pavilion Kelvin Grove Campus Project team: Michael Banney, Ben Vielle, Ashley Paine, Dirk Yates. Builder: T F Woollam Pty Ltd. m3architecture This facility providing sport training and change rooms, stretches a utilitarian brief to achieve both scale and meaning in the broad landscape of a playing field overlooked by university buildings on one side and a residential street on the other. A covered breezeway separating the new building and an existing off-the-shelf metal shed extends the footprint, and a deep, overhanging fascia connects the parts together to become an unexpected mega-graphic. Through subtle juxtaposition of colours and angles, static materials become alive offering a shifting palette of light, shade, colour and texture, changing with the time of the day and the season, the dynamics of which can be appreciated as runners lap the oval, or from the office buildings beyond. The external area beneath the fascia becomes a shaded spectator space and provides deep shade to the north wall as well as directing much-needed natural light to the facilities through an innovative system of translucent sheeting to both roof and ceiling. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 Whynot Street Tea Room West End PHORM architecture+design Paul Hotston: project architect, project manager. James Pierre du Plessis; design / project architect. Builder: Contrast Constructions. 1

2 Whynot Street Tea Room, an extension to a modest timber cottage by Phorm, thoughtfully resolves a request for additional living areas with a semi-enclosed pavilion that creates a variety of connections into a rambling, north-facing backyard. The clients and the neighbours benefit from the fibro and timber-clad addition, which offers shelter and privacy in a delightful, under-developed suburban landscape. Like an adult cubby-house the extensions are human-scaled and the vertical movement alongside trees is celebrated. This is a place, like the small Japanese tea house retreat, where beauty is observed in the change of seasons and the small and quiet delights of the ebb and flow of nature, friends and children. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 3 Brookes Street Office Fortitude Valley James Russell Architect James Russell - design architect. James Russell builder. This garden and office are the latest intervention transforming a former church and hall into a community of buildings knitted together by positive spaces. The garden wall and low profile of the office define the street edge, yet the building is almost invisible, so deferential is its scale and so transparent its enclosure. Its skin is adjustable and its walls breathe. With different degrees of enclosure from solid brickwork and fixed glass on the street line, the walls dissolve away to semiopen on the lane edge with fixed timber louvre-wall and roll-down weather protection, to full-height sliding glass which can fully open the garden side to the courtyard where grasses, stones, tree canopy and creepers become the materials.this is not a conventional response which cuts occupants off from the world outside, but one that acknowledges and appreciates Brisbane s climate and allows occupants maximum control over light, air movement, thermal comfort and connection between indoors and out, year round. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 4 Ross Street Newstead LaSpina Architects & Coop Creative Design architects: Alfred LaSpina, Rowena Cornwell. Project team: Chris Gyzemyter, Katherina Sparti, Claudia Moran. Coop Creative (Interior design). Builder: Andrew Schmidt. This existing industrial shed with frontages to two streets, was subdivided to provide studio/workshop for the artist owner on one street, and an adjoining lettable commercial space on the other. The original building s structure and fabric was maintained and the result is two separate areas with distinct characters. In the artist s space, a large light-filled workshop is flanked by a succession of small, carefully-crafted places for study, habitation and contemplation on a raised platform, providing a vantage where the artist can survey his studio. These spaces can be concealed behind a series of folding plywood doors and shutters when the workshop is in full swing. Inspired by the painting of St Jerome in his studio, this the artists scholarly reflective retreat. In the commercial space, a mezzanine supported on a large scale truss inserted into the structure parallel with the external walls, provides extra floor area, while maintaining a generous sense of volume and diffuse natural light. HERITAGE This category is for any built conservation project or study developed in accordance with the Australian ICOMOS Burra Charter, or any adaptive reuse of a heritage structure. National Award: The RAIA Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage Queensland Awards: Unnamed Brisbane Jurors: Michael Kennedy, Ruth Woods, Richard Stringer 2

3 Roma House, Lady Bowen Precinct, Spring Hill Project Services, Professional Services Original architect: Harold Parr, Public Works, Qld Reuse project: Design architect: Adrian Papi. Project architect: Paul Spear. Graduate architect: Liam Kelly, Architectural technicians: Alan Harper, David Howard. Heritage architects: Richard Allom, Margaret Lawrence-Drew. Project manager: Peter Gibbon. Construction: QBuild. Stan Gooda & Joe Walton: construction managers. David Younger: foreman, Mel Cross: contracts, Kate Barley: administrator The Nurses Quarters building in the Lady Bowen Hospital precinct on Wickham Terrace was designed by Harold Parr, from the Department of Public Works, and built in The jury found that a transparent and robust strategy was developed by the Queensland Government in this project that re-uses the Nurses Quarters for emergency accommodation for the chronically homeless. This continuing use as a civic building, again incorporating dormitory style accommodation, has allowed for a sensitive and finely detailed resolution by Project Services. A Conservation Management Plan prepared for the whole hospital site in 2004 by Allom Lovell and Associates has greatly assisted in delivering an artful adaptation. The building s external elements, its relationship to the streetscape and the internal fabric of cultural heritage importance have been restored. This is a sensitively controlled outcome of restoration and reconstruction, well balanced with the introduction of new facilities and the provision of up-to-date services is achieved with minimal interference with the significant historic fabric. The thorough level of the project documentation, both in terms of the heritage reports and the design schematics is highly commended. SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE This category recognises projects which excel as architecture, and also display innovation and excellence in terms of environmental sustainability. Juries will assess the environmental performance in terms of the RAIA Environment Policy. Other non-building projects that contribute to the advancement of architecture and to the goals outlined in the RAIA Environment Policy may also be considered for this Award. Brisbane Jurors: Jim Gall, Ray Jones. Viret at Clayfield The TVS Partnership Design architects: Mark Thomson & Michael Kisluk; Project team: Brett Harbourne, Vicki Crawford. Project manager: Glenn Rix, QM Properties. The building was designed in 2003 yet clearly shows a determination by the architect to champion sustainability that in many ways was ahead of its time. Despite the fact that TVS had no role in project management the client QM Properties genuinely wanted to build a sustainable apartment block. The final result shows a good commercial response to sustainability. On the whole, the building is well designed with environmentally sustainable features totally integrated into the architecture. Apart from other achievements, it addresses the problem of cross ventilation in apartments, which is a far more challenging situation than in a detached house REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 Sustainable Home Brisbane Seventeen Mile Rocks Bligh Voller Nield Project & design director: Shane Thompson. Project Architect: Marci Webster Mannison. Project team: Hayley Sainsbury, Dana Hutchinson, Howard Lawrence, Brian Wong. Construction: Natural Lifestyle Homes (Builder), AGDF Project Partner A second Sustainable Project was specially commended by the State Awards Director as an example of our profession taking the initiative in drawing environmental issues to public awareness. 3

4 In planning for the 2004 National Year of the Built Environment, Wayne Petrie championed the construction of demonstration sustainable houses across the state and many local authorities took up the challenge. In Brisbane, Bligh Voller Nield was selected to build the sustainable house at Seventeen Mile Rocks, and the project led by Shane Thompson and Marci Webster Mannison was supported by Project Partner the Australian Green Development Forum. There is no one single way to build sustainably and the project succeeded in exposing the general public to a wide number of materials technologies and strategies. From our viewpoint now in 2007,following An Inconvenient Truth, The Stern report, the drought, and water restrictions, we can be confident that the broad principles of sustainability have been taken on board by the public and are now mainstream expectations. The Seventeen Mile Rocks house is now stepping back from the limelight to be simply a comfortable warm and welcoming, but responsible family home. Before it recedes completely from public view the director would like to commend BVN and all associated with the project for their pioneering work. COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE Projects in this category must be built primarily for commercial purposes, generally falling within BCA Classes 3b, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Brisbane Jurors: Len Powe, Catherine Baudet. Riparian Plaza 71 Eagle St Harry Seidler & Associates This is a bold solution to a difficult site which manages to connect well to the city and to the river. The openness of the ground floor plane is delightful, considering the size of the structure above. Riparian Plaza is a sculptural and exciting building. Its supporting columns at ground level mimic crystals in multifaceted polished Sardinian granite that appear light and elegant. The building is a mixed use development with an imposing 10 metre high lobby, with commercial space over and 11 stories of apartments on the top, which complete the tri-partite physical expression of the Tower, with an alternating 4 and 5 apartments per floor arrangement leading to the counter-curving balcony expression at the top of the building. It relates well to neighboring Riverside, and yet is individual, distinct and is a valuable addition to the urban infrastructure in this part of the city. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 SW1 Melbourne Street South Brisbane Cox Rayner Architects & Planners This development in Melbourne Street has successfully activated a major city gateway site. The planning of the building draws people in and around the site, and builds on the outdoor-indoor theme of the successful James Street market. It is a busy building form and a refreshing departure from other contemporary mixed use developments. The construction process, in particular the relationship with the builder, has allowed a collaborative design process with sub contractors, resulting in more textured and designed facades and detailing. RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE - MULTIPLE HOUSING Projects in this category must be residential in nature, generally falling within BCA Class 1b, 2 or 3a, c or d. Buildings in class 3b will generally be considered as Commercial Architecture. Brisbane Jurors: Mark Trotter, George Fatseas. The Cornwall Apartments New Farm Donovan Hill Design architects: Timothy Hill, Brian Donovan. Project team: Craig Channon, Adrian Spence. Builder: Jim Evans. 4

5 Cornwall Apartments are a group of 9 attached, 3 level apartments. The design explores a number of architectural ideas including the relationship with context and streetscape, the flexibility of occupation and uses and sustainability with the integration of natural ventilation, solar orientation and protection. The design also creates a lovely communal space available to all residents that explores the relationship of public service spaces with communal private space. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 Story Apartments Kangaroo Point Plazibat+Jemmott Architects Design architects: Shane Plazibat, Anthony Jemmott. Architectural assistants: Vincent Teo, Shawn O'Shea, Danielle Sturton, Amos Pang. Developer and Builder: Tom Dooley Developments. The Story Apartments is a development that incorporates 78 apartments on Shafston Avenue in East Brisbane. The clever siting of 5 separate buildings on the site allowed the design to explore a number of architectural ideas including strong relationship with context, streetscape and the relationship of bulk and scale while capitalising on opportunities for views and residential variety. The relationship of the spaces between the buildings provided an interesting community space sheltered from the noisy Shafston Avenue. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 3 W4 Apartments Newstead Donovan Hill Design architects: Brian Donovan, Timothy Hill. Project Team: Jasper Brown, Angus Munro, Kamil Kuciak, Matthew Frazer, Jodie Cummins, Adrian Spence, Michael Hogg. Builder /construction manager: McNab Constructions. Developer / project manager: Pearson Property Group W4 is an innovative solution to the development of a traditional wool store building. The design for this project required the demolition of the rear part of the wool store floor plate to be replaced by a new building set apart from the refurbished portion of the existing building. The space that is created is a top lit central void that acts as formal address, gathering place, landscape and environmental necessity. Spaces created to the street front apartments and rooftop apartments provide an interesting variety of uses and accommodation. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 4 Saville South Bank Fairweather Proberts Architects & dko Architects Project director: Liam Proberts. Project Team: David Johnston, Saskia Ruijs, Tony Jemmott, Terry McQuillan, Alvin Huang, Brian Hill, Robert Shipley, Julie Lawrence + dko staff members. Builder: Laing O'Rourke Australia Saville on Grey Street is a development incorporating a mixture of public spaces, hotel and apartments. The relationship of the various functions of the building, provide the opportunity for the design to deliver a strong building form. The location of the public service areas has been well handled to provide the opportunity for worthwhile public gathering spaces well presented to Grey Street. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 5 Hartopp Lane Kelvin Grove Urban Village Arkhefield Design director: Shaun Lockyer. Project architects: Karen Ognibene & Jemima Rosevear. Documentation: Damien Waugh & Lucy Haynes. Construction: David Taylor Building Services (Builder), Brisbane Housing Company (Developer), Greg Coghlan (Project Manager). Hartopp Lane is a 5 level affordable housing project in the Kelvin Grove Urban Village. Hartopp Lane explores the opportunity to positively influence residents living experience with good quality design and quality detailing generally preserved for more expensive accommodation. The design emphasized a positive impact to the street to improve the perception of the development. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 6 Domain Resort Point Lookout Donovan Hill 5

6 Brian Donovan, Timothy Hill: design architects. Project team: Angus Munro, Craig Channon, Kim Baber, Ron van Sluys, Kamil Kuciak, Kevin Bessent, Anna O'Gorman. Construction: Hutchinson Builders. Developer & project manager: Consolidated Properties. The approach for the design of this project advocated the opportunity for an alternative model for a gentler form of coastal development to the traditional multi level apartment style of development. Drawing on references to traditional beach shack, fishing cabins, caravans in the trees, the design provides a variety of dwelling options sprinkled in amongst the existing natural vegetation. Shacks that have either loft sleeping arrangements through to four bedroom arrangements in a traditional beach shack format are provided in traditional casual materials providing an authentic beach holiday. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 7 Alderley Residences Archibett Architecture Walter Betten- design architect. Design development/ documentation: Steven Mitchell, Shaye Mclean, Jenny Yang. Construction: Terry O'Connor Builder, Bragg About Landscapes: landscape contractor The multi-dwelling solution to the design of this project creates a simple alternative to the traditional apartment development for this type of near city location. The jury were impressed by the quality of space and simple solution to siting, articulation and detailing. RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE HOUSES These projects must be individual and residential in nature, generally within BCA Class 1a. Brisbane Jurors: Bill Heather, Susan Holden, Dr Andrew Magub, Dr Antony Moulis, Leigh Shutter, Peter Smith Balaam Residence Hamilton Arkhefield Shaun Lockyer. Project team: Kerry Condon, Lucy Haynes, Justin Boland, Brad Ellis, Jennekin Dicks, Jami Elliott. Builder: Hutchinson Builders. The Balaam residence hugs the east and south boundaries of its riverside site, leaving a valuable private garden space to the west, offering play space for children and a cosy gathering nook around a stone fire hearth. Elevationally the house is very bold with a bubbling blue glass-ended plunge pool on an immaculately cast pure white concrete cantilever above the entry. Highly articulated walls are variously cast concrete, sensuously undulating zinc-work, beautifully rich timbers or fine, raw battening. Spatial flow is equally rich, crafted and surprising. The basic configuration of stacked childrens rooms to the north and parents, guests and entertaining spaces to the southern riverfront can be predicted but the flow, shaping and interlocking of these spaces has an ever-changing vitality. Some elements, like the three level stack of glass floors at the lift threshold are pure drama, while others, such as the highly effective central natural ventilation core are the confident application of technical knowledge. It is clear that the client, the architects, builders and craftsmen have approached this project with enthusiasm, skill and gusto. While the same budget might easily have been expended on a much larger house on a much larger site, the sheer richness of the outcome here is the result of a condensed focus of attention on the smallest and finest of details. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 KP House Fairfield KP Architects Kon Panagopoulos. Project team: Natalie Wilcher, Neng Sapphokha. Builder: PKD Developments The KP House in Fairfield is on the Brisbane Corso facing north across parkland to the river. The street scaled entry steps up between carport and pool to lower level living spaces set above flood level. A simple linear plan connects double height and double storey indoor and outdoor volumes and rooms sandwiched between solid east/west external walls. The outdoor courts, that punctuate the plan, provide a sequence of 6

7 places suitable for the diversity of daily home activities: eating, relaxing, entertaining, playing. This is a generous home filled with breezy relaxed spaces well suited for family living. The jury commends the straightforward and functional layout of this light filled residence and the generous and homely comfort of warm materials and unfussy detailing. REGIONAL COMMENDATION Residence Fairfield Push Adam Smith & Paul Curran. Project architect: Jason Woodhouse with Luke Churchin, Lindsay Grundy, Steff Gard. Builder: Tom Taylor, Taycon Pty Ltd. Due to its siting at the blunt end of a tee-intersection this house is largely blind to the street with an entry progression across fish ponds at an unusual diagonal to the lot. Once through the door the origin of the diagonal strategy becomes clear. Progressively narrowing living, kitchen and deck spaces culminate in a narrow lookout deck affording views up and down two mangrove-lined reaches of the river and turning the long edge of the building towards the northern view to the Green Bridge. A disciplined rhythm of alternating bathroom and void spaces along the southern zone of the building and a consistent sectional strategy that allows sunlight, controlled by automatic shutters, to enter deep into the house; reveals a very clear strategic parti that responds directly to site conditions. This is a rigorously configured and meticulously detailed building that responds powerfully to its site. The landscape work is an equally successfully merging of strong geometries into the soft and changeable riverine environment. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 4 S House Ascot Biscoe Wilson Architects Melinda Morrison, Robert Biscoe, Marion Wilson. Project team: Ray Franke, Anita James. Builder: Harben Constructions This small and simply conceived addition adds exponentially to the usability and quality of an existing 1980s masonry home, by providing much needed semi-independent accommodation for teenage children above the existing triple garage, and a strategic internal link between the garage and house. The architects have approached the connection of the two as an opportunity to recompose the street elevation and provide a public disposition to the house. The primary space in the new composition is an elongated light filled insertion that inside provides a great space for displaying art and outside appears as a joyful lantern to the street. The jury commends the simple and strategic approach of the architects and finds in this house a good example of what can be achieved with a small addition to improve both pragmatic and experiential qualities of an existing house. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 5 The Bay House Lota Fairweather Proberts Architects Liam Proberts. Project Team: Craig Sargeant, Brant Harris. Construction: Fisher Builders. This residence is located on a steeply sloping site facing east out over Moreton Bay. It presents a solid but playfully articulated western façade to the street. The children have given their home the name Nemo in recognition of this stripey public face. This tough but fun exterior transitions into an open airy interior with views to the bay beyond as you move into and through the house. Two wings span the width of the block and are connected by a circulation slot that follows the slope of the site. A private and sheltered courtyard is captured between these wings providing an alternate outdoor living space when the bay winds strengthen. The main east facing double height living space of the bayside wing extends the width of the house connecting children s play, kitchen, dining and living areas. Motorised solid louvers and sliding glazed doors have been well used for climate protection and connection. The jury admires the intelligent layout, fine spatial sense and honest use of material and detail and commends the architects for providing a fine family home so skilfully appreciative of its context. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 6 Dekkers Residence Wilston Richard Kirk Architect Design architect: Richard Kirk. Project architect: Kieron Gait. 7

8 Builder: E J Hall Constructions This very substantial extension to an immaculately renovated workers cottage is sited and proportioned so carefully that it is barely visible from the street. The new work is a delightfully crisp extrusion that yields three children s bedrooms and bathroom on the upper level and a long hall for living with an adjacent playroom below. From the southern bench at the back of the living/dining/kitchen room across the suspended floor, deck and lawn to the swimming pool to the north the section is calm, pure and precise. The upper floor is effectively a bridge leaving ten-metre long openings north and south. The rear of the space is a long rhythm of casements while the large doors to the north slide effortlessly away. The controlled simplicity of the plan and section is humanised by a skilful gradation of rich warm timber joinery and claddings that range from stained ply and raw western red cedar cladding to rich rosewood joinery and highly finished teak veneer window bays. The jury commends this as a simple, joyful container for family living achieved through close attention to detail, and an enjoyment of indoor/outdoor living in our climate. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 7 Lantern House Bardon Arkhefield Shaun Lockyer. with documentationby: Justin Boland, Jennekin Dicks, Lucy Haynes. Builder: Pinbar Constructions This house on the Mt Coot-tha hillside, rises vertically over three levels from the street. The movement sequence is well handled, via ramps and short steps past a pool area to a clearly defined entry, from which rises a gentle internal timber staircase. The lowest level is carparking and a guest room, the primary middle level combines living/ dining /kitchen areas with family spaces and childrens bedrooms, and the top-most level is the parents domain, overlooking the living area double volume space from a delightfully detailed stair landing. The jury commended the tightly controlled planning and well executed cabinetwork and particularly noted the consistency in internal finish and consistently thoughtful detailing which pervades the house. The challenge in this project was the tension between wooded views downhill to the south and access to sun and private garden uphill to the north that was resolved through the skilful sectional stategy. The joy in this project is the celebration of vertical movement, internally through the beautiful stair joinery and externally through the colour, light and transparency of the vertical glowing lantern. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 8 Sanctuary Place House Fig Tree Pocket James Russell Architect Design architect: James Russell. Builder: A.J. Ryan Construction The jury was impressed by the originality and genuine inventiveness of this house. Sited at the end of a long winding cul-de-sac of standard hipped roofed suburban houses, this residence has the manners of a small but dignified civic building, with formally composed brick elevations framing grandly-proportioned openings. Unexpectedly, the openings are glazed with huge panels of sliding gauze doors and fixed insect screens, and entry through the front door leads into an internal screened deck space. The more conventionally enclosed living spaces appear like a specimen fibro beach house encased within a large screened display case. The ambiguity of inside/outside is pursued relentlessly - even the master bedroom can variously appear as a podium deck standing free in the landscape or alternatively as a warm and dark nook cocooned in richly quilted drapery. The variable enclosure strategy is employed to engage directly with the adjacent bushland park and pond, or to screen at dusk as a retreat from insects. At one scale the architect s simply crafted timber joinery and furniture appears as a further miniaturisation of the architectural aedicule; while at another the agricultural shade mesh netting that wraps the west and south elevations so obscures the composition of dark painted wall and windows that the building presents as an enigmatic black monolith in many lights. A most intriguing project. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 9 New Farm House Shane Plazibat Architect Design/project architect: Shane Plazibat. Assistant: Neil Wilson. Builder: Dave Wilkie. On a site that has been conjured from the backyard of two of his family s houses on a New Farm side street, Shane Plazibat has produced a cool and spacious family home on two levels which could serve as a 8

9 prototype of how to deal with small lot development in a character area without compromising architectural credibility. The house is raised above the ground by a metre, to meet planning flood regulations, and consequently achieving a nicely elevated piano nobile relationship to the urban street that with screening achieves a good control of privacy. The floor layout is simple and direct - open planned lower level living and family spaces, opening out to a rear terrace which overlooks a lap pool. A staircase is set to one side and on the upper level, 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms in a compact arrangement offer plenty of light and air with a secure outlook to both north and south with minimal balconies to full height glazing. Materials are simple and durable with polished concrete floors and a finely formed cast white concrete garden wall in recognition of the client s occupation and skill. In this relatively modest project the architect has demonstrated a happy solution to much broader urban issues. The new work increases residential density by 50%, supports a strong multigenerational family lifestyle and demonstrates the potential for contemporary living while enhancing the character and vitality of the streetscape, 0 H House Hamilton Donovan Hill Brian Donovan & Timothy Hill. Project team: Adrian Spence, Jeffrey Briant, Rosario Distaso. Construction: Hutchinson Builders The H-House is built on a single allotment with an apartment tower to the west, a garden and car court on a potentially separable second allotment to the east, a public river walkway immediately to the south and spectacular city and mountain views along the long river reach to the southwest. A cursory reading of the bow-shaped plan might suggest that the architects have tied the house in knots to maintain privacy and outlook and garner pockets of open space and still slip sun and light deep into the site- and that may indeed be the case. However, when you visit the house and rise up to the pivot space at the top of the generous entry stair, the spatial benefits of the radiating living spaces are immediately comprehensible. From spaces shaped for an individual or couple the volume teases apart to the correct proportion for a convivial table to the appropriate volume for a conversational grouping to the perfect balance of enclosure and projection for a relaxed and sociable gathering. The experience of travelling through a perfectly tailored and progressively expansive volume is palpable and reinforced by subtle gradation of detail, material and visual dynamics. Spatial coherence is counterbalanced by ambiguity and undercut by subtlety, and this is probably strongest at the vertex of the double-height external volume which depending on which threshold cues are adopted is variously inside or outside the entry hall, kitchen, terrace or dining space, and simultaneously big and little. The experience of three-dimensional space is exhilarating, the play of visual interest is pleasurable and the tactility of the worked materials is direct. Sizing and proportioning of every element is bespoke, never predictable, nor extravagant. Most importantly, the thought that has gone into the architecture is not fundamentally about the architecture, but about the people who will see, experience and live and grow with it. 1 Bowman Residence Kenmore Steendyk Design/Project Architect Brian Steendyk. assisted by: Luke Townsley. Builder: Indigo Building Group. With minimal modification to an existing masonry house that provides an independent living unit in the old garage, this project achieves a new clarity though the clever attention the designer has paid to the external areas around the house. By creating a series of distinct courtyard spaces associated with internal living spaces the house can now open generously to the outside and be defined not by its envelope but by its outlook. The two living areas can operate independently but also share facilities and social contact if desired. The Jury was impressed with the modest and sensitive approach of the architect to work in a disciplined way with the existing fabric and a modest budget, but also engage with colour, materiality and light in a creative way. What has been achieved is a pleasing and practical transformation of the existing house that clearly satisfies the clients living requirements as well as offering a joyful and sensual experience. Bowman Residence Steendyk 2 Newstead Residence AB+M Architects 9

10 Terry Murchison design architect, interior designer & project manager. Builder: Keybuilt Pty. Ltd. This house is an excellent example of adaptive re-use, as it has the look and feel of a sophisticated purpose built urban townhouse despite its origins as a mundane industrial warehouse. From a discreetly recessed entry, the house opens to reveal a luxuriously long double- height gallery space opening through to a garden courtyard with pool. A series of secondary spaces run parallel to the long gallery space including a hovering stair that leads to bedrooms above. The spaces are so appropriately shaped and located that again it is hard to believe that they started life as a prosaic mezzanine office in the old warehouse. Detailing of kitchen, bathrooms and joinery is meticulous with a sometimes powerful juxtaposition of precious and industrial materials. The centrepiece of the design however is the gallery whose generous volume is defined byplaster walls subtly modelled into pilasters and niches that give visual and acoustic relief to the spaces, and discretely integrated lighting for the large artworks that establish the ambience. The skill of the architect is evident in refining and editing the existing structure to achieve a calm and restful interior retreat from the urban whirl outside. This is a fine example of an un-apologetically modernist approach extracting grandeur in the most utilitarian of building types. INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE Projects in this category must be interior spaces and environments within a new building or the refurbishment of an existing building. Brisbane Jury: Melissa Reid, Michael Malloy, Dianne Smith Balaam Residence, Arkhefield: NOTE : This project has already been commended in another category. A significant example of an integrated design approach where architecture and interiors have been holistically considered to provide a highly crafted response to the client s lifestyle and family requirements. Consideration of context and environment establish a consistent design language at all scales and level of detail including the selection of artwork and furnishing. Suncorp Metway Office Fitout L24-37 Brisbane Square Cox Rayner Architects & Planners Design architect: Michael Rayner. Stephen Gunn: Architect. Wei Shun Lee - Interior Design Leader. Project team: Catherine Allen, Michelle Mitchell, Samantha Ritch, Steve Hunter, Arlyn Mangabat, Angela Pearcy Natasha McGuffog Builder: Baulderstone Hornibrook. Project Manager: Investa. A well-resolved head office fit out that successfully embodies the strategic client aim to establish an appropriately expressive corporate Queensland identity. The strong village concept consistently underpins the planning resolution and maximizes the use of available natural light and views. A layered approach to the use of materials, good integration of ESD principles and consistently strong detail design create a humane and sensitive interpretation of the workplace. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 The Met Fortitude Valley Kevin Hayes Architects Project architects: Kevin Hayes, Gerard Lynch. Project Interior Designer, Kelly Nieves. Project Team: Titta Wadington, Bianca Toth, Troy Chambers Builder: John Cardillo and Matt Webster. Trademarc Group: Shopfitter. A strongly themed and richly resolved series of experiences create a journey of discovery in this labyrinth of spaces which are appropriately related to the culture and context of the club. This is a uniquely theatrical project encompassing an experimental use of materials and involving a high degree of hands-on involvement by the designer. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 3 10

11 151 Robertson St Fortitude Valley ARK atelier Project architect/ design architect/ project management: Stephen Cameron Builder: Watpac. Concept Stainless. T&B Air. This innovative space adventurously combines a highly specific range of clinical activities with a series of multifunctional flexible spaces. There is an experience of discovery and transformation as spaces unfold in this cutting edge example of contemporary interior design demonstrating an exceptionally high level of detail resolution. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 4 Murphy Schmidt Solicitors 130 Mary Street Deicke Richards Project architects: John Deicke, Eloise Atkinson. Project staff: Shy Tay, Mark Rees, Tom Kaye, Shane Bowden. Brannock & Associates (heritage consultant) Builder: Alpine Construction A crafted approach to planning and detailing is strongly evident in the physical interpretation of the clients diverse range of needs throughout this interior design project. The imagery of the legal profession is clearly expressed with an overlay of casual approachability. The project challenges the conventions of office fit out with neat planning solutions and a high degree of attention to detail achieving a level of finesse particularly evident in the joinery work. The jury recommendation of this scheme within the Heritage category at state level. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 5 Janda Furniture Newstead Fairweather Proberts Architects Pty Ltd Project Director: Liam Proberts. Project Leaders: Brant Harris, Christopher Everding. Interior Designers: Ingrid Strasser, Deb Flanagan. Fabric wall: Alvin Huang, Janda Furniture. Documentation: Michelle VanPelt, Daniel Russell. Builder: Clarke Constructions Queensland. A simple resolution that establishes a seamless integration between architecture and interior design. The showroom is reinterpreted as gallery in this flexible and well detailed sequence of spaces. A strong site presence combines successfully with a defined architectural intervention to create an interesting connection between the interior spaces and the street and results in a new contribution to the urban context. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 6 KPMG Workplace L14-18, Riparian Plaza HASSELL Ltd Project Director: Kirsti Simpson. Project Designers: Amanda Shea, Tony Dickens. Project Team: Edwina Ewins, Ben McCarthy, Catherine van der Heide. (Base building architect: Harry Seidler + Associates) Construction: Schiavello Fitout, Phil Ross (Builder), RCP, Joe Finneran: Project Manager. The arrival level of this fit out is client-oriented and expresses a refined, timeless and elegant identity for these Brisbane corporate headquarters of KPMG. A relaxed and appropriately welcoming ambiance of the finishes scheme in association with the planning take advantage of vistas to iconic landmarks beyond. The base building footprint has been rigorously investigated and maximized on the administrative floors to meet brief requirements as well as communicate a sense of departmental individuality. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 7 Brisbane Square Library and Customer Centre City Design - Brisbane City Council Design Director: Phillip Lord. Project architect: Mathew Watt; Design architect: Joyce Law, Sandi Kurtzman; Interior Design: Crystal White, Rene D. Project Team: Brian Hill, Mark Stone. David Pfaff: Briefing Medha Gokhale: Environmental Architect Builder: Baulderstone Hornibrook. Project Manager: Brisbane City Council; Construction Manager: ISIS. The State Awards Jury director has selected this project for commendation as an example of the impact on architecture on the identity and culture of a large institution. This complex interior project denotes a responsive solution to a wide range of public user groups and specific demands. Traditional library functions successfully integrate with new public services allowing positive interaction within this new civic destination. The clarity of connectivity and lightness of the spaces have contributed to the demonstrated 11

12 operating efficiencies. The commendation is in recognition of a major initiative by Brisbane City Council to employ architecture to combine and re-present its many points of interaction with its citizenry. 12

13 URBAN DESIGN Projects in this category may be single buildings, groups of buildings or non-building projects, including studies or masterplans, of public, civic or urban design in nature. Awarded projects must have enhanced the quality of the built environment or public domain or have led to the betterment of the broader city for the general community. Brisbane Jury: Malcolm Middleton, Amalie Wright Riparian Plaza Harry Seidler & Associates v: NOTE : This project has already been commended in another category. The Riparian Plaza project is a complex, powerful and provocative large scale urban intervention into the fabric of the city. This significant project increases public access to the riverfront and continues the waters edge redevelopment begun by the Riverside Centre. The building is aligned on axis with the city street grid but creates generous plaza spaces that contribute back the streetscape. Glenelg Street Upgrade South Brisbane Deicke Richards Peter Richards, Cameron Davies (design architects), Shem Guthrie (project architect), Arno King (landscape architect) Tom Kaye (project team) Construction: APP (project manager), CIVDEC & Hutchinson (Builders) The Glenelg Street pergola/ street structures are a well refined development of the original South Bank device at Grey Street. These pergolas were used to define the street in the early stages of the precincts' establishment. In the case of the Glenelg Street structures these have been utilised to effect a number of significant (although not apparent) re-alignments of the street and intersections with the rail bridge and Grey Street itself. The structures develop further the simple form of the Denton Corker Marshall structures to provide more shelter and canopy treatment and reference the form and landscape integration of the Grand Arbour through the integration of the elliptical garden beds at the base of the angled legs PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE These projects must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature, generally falling within BCA Class 9. Jury: Malcolm Middleton, Bruce Wolfe, Bernard Rush, Alan Jordan, Amalie Wright. Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland. South Brisbane Architectus Design architects: Lindsay Clare, Kerry Clare, James Jones. Project architect: John Norman. Project team: John Grealy, John Jeffrey, Mark Curzon, Felix Winter, Blair Johnson Construction: Project Services (project manager), Bovis Lend Lease (construction manager) The excitement generated by the open architectural design that was conducted for the design of this major cultural project, has meant that the construction of the building has been keenly anticipated, and that almost all architects already have strong opinions about the project. From the opening of this cultural landmark with the APT exhibition it is clear the public have also formed a strong opinion and affection. The vast and commodious galleries and soaring public circulation and gathering spaces are clear and uplifting. The public spaces are logical and memorable, but it is the backstage workings of the gallery that distinguish it as a 13

14 remarkable achievement. Through a series of vertical links concealed in the depth of the walls, it is possible to move art from arrival docks to conservation and storage within a high degree of environmental control and a high degree of flexibility to change exhibitionsthe daylit cruciform circulation galleries anchor GoMA to its spot at Kurilpa Point and powerful vistas link it to the river the mountains, the history and urban form of Brisbane. There is simple form, and a direct responsiveness and connection to climate and landscape that has sparked a beachhouse on steroids sobriquet. In that it seeks to maximize sensory experience and enjoyment within a strong a frugal construction strategy, this is no bad thing, but the simple jibe seriously underestimates the reality of the creation of a new and distinctively local large building idiom. The remarkable impact of the shadow of the broad-brimmed roof as it circumscribes the building through the day is itself a unique invention and opportunity, and the degree of transparency and communication with the city makes the gallery immediately accessible and inviting. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 2 Hillbrook Chapel Hillbrook Anglican School Enoggera Brand + Slater Architects Project architect: John Slater. Nathan Schwartz & Peter Justo: design architects. Documentation: Darren Smith, Luke Lin, Rob Douge Builder: Mt. Cotton Constructions. The Chapel has been skilfully positioned in a peaceful location isolated from the main activities of the secondary school environment. Approaching the Chapel, one is firstly engaged with the Tree of Life symbolism in the entry plaza which incorporates permanent and temporary artworks and careful landscape. The building sits logically within the tight site planning constraints, orientated to capture the local vistas whilst at the same time, minimising any visual disturbances from passing pedestrians. Externally, the strong sloping roof profile floats above folding glass walls creating a memorable spiritual space of worship. Internally, whilst designed as a flexible liturgical space, the profiled sloping ceiling incorporating timber paneling and the adjacent walls to the altar proper, delicately frame the glazed focal backdrop to the beautifully crafted timber cross centrally positioned behind the altar. The chapel is further enhanced with the inclusion of the Tree of Life mosaic artwork set within the entrance column, the granite Font, and the hand crafted timber Cross and Altar, reinforcing the sacredness of the space. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 3 Peter Krebs Centre St Paul's School Bald Hills Heathwood Cardillo Wilson Pty Ltd Design architect, Project architect: Guy Bleney. Builders: DG Wilson Constructions (Stage 2), FK Gardner (Stage 1) This series of buildings create a welcoming and clearly defined precinct for the Middle School. The structural detailing and formal articulation are refined and subtle and gently reveal how the building works. The jury was particularly taken by the ease with which the architects have fully imbedded, simple but highly efficient environmental design principals into this project. Sun control methods range from experimental to more conventional screening devices, and are exactly calibrated to respond to the change of seasons, and natural cross-ventilation and ceiling fans are utilised to create comfortable classrooms where air-conditioning is simply not necessary. The robust breezy well ventilated toilet blocks are particularly well detailed and Expressive details for the visible capture of roof-water are celebrated, and raise awareness of the provision of substantial underground storage tanks. Additional large and visible tanks adjacent to the gardens they irrigate, reinforce the strategy. The Peter Krebs Centre is based on careful thought, executed with a deft touch, and achieves a light, airy and well-used learning environment. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 4 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation QUT Kelvin Grove Urban Village PDT Donovan Hill Architects in Association Design architects: Brian Donovan, Timothy Hill. Project team: Michael Moore, Paul Jones, Michael Markham, Fedor Medek, Ian Downing, Laurence Taylor, Carmen Drohan, Colin Millwood. Construction: Baulderstone Hornibrook (Builder), Bovis Lend Lease (Project Manager) A significant piece in the Kelvin Grove Urban Village development, this building establishes its corner and responds to the steep street edge by providing glimpses into the building and access through external deep shaded spaces at the entry. From the entry, one steps into a well lit vertical atrium over four levels that is the 14

15 functional, social, environmental and symbolic hub of the building. The view up into this toplit space is of rising monochrome orthogonal planes of solid balustrade panels activated by a continuous and irregularly animated stair ribbon. From the research floors however, views down into the square reveals active open and coloured and work zones and casually placed tea-spaces. Enclosed spaces are in the external corners of the plan creating an open cruciform of workspaces around the void, rendering the organisational plan transparent. The space is at once intelligible and enlivened with the views to the outside in both directions. Most research at IHBI is conducted through computer based searches, models and analyses, and the supporting physical laboratory spaces are treated as an adjunct zone behind a separating fire wall. The highly serviced wet laboratory spaces, are not fetishised as high-tech architecture, but are treated here in a much more low-key manner. Flexible servicing is reticulated under loose lab benches from external risers in the zone between the outer line of enclosure and the extensive sunscreening needed to protect this western facade.other facades are a mixture of protected glazing and compositions of a number of economical metal sheet profiles to provide a lively presence in the street. The project is an important functional and formal contribution to the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 5 State Library of Queensland South Brisbane Donovan Hill Peddle Thorp Design architects: Timothy Hill, Brian Donovan, Damian Eckersley. Project Team; George Taran, Ron van Sluys, Ines Hallmond, Graham Mudge, Graham Hobbs, Rosario Distaso, David Evans, Mark Damant, Seth Remaut, Tania McLachlan, Phil Hindmarsh, Kevin O Brien, Michael Hogg, Lisa Matray, Yee Chong, Louise Hamilton, Paul Jones, Michael Moore, Chris Hing Fay, Ceirwen Burton, Ben Killeen, Eden Norris, Stephanie Donigi, Michael Rasi, Gary Cannon. Construction: Project Services, Qld Dept of Public Works (Project Manager), Bovis Lend Lease (Construction Manager) In this project, the built architecture achieves a dramatic result in reorganising, re-presenting and re-engaging a major cultural institution with its users, the public of Queensland. By stripping the original Robin Gibson building to a series of clean, open and transparent horizontal trays, the architects have visually strengthened the fundamental formal logic of that construction, and made it accessible to a new generation of users. The diverse range of ways in which people use information is recognised and celebrated, with a rich diversity of settings for individual and group access to oral, printed, archived and electronic information. The popularity of the building was obvious from day one and every day we can observe users increasingly familiar and comfortable with the users. As a flowing sequence of spaces the building is unique and impossible to simply pigeonhole, and absolutely beautiful spaces include the Poinciana deck, the sublime red room, the publicly engaged auditorium, and the mirror ceilinged, teacup-bejewelled, marble-floored raised public gathering space of celebration. Perhaps the most remarkable space is the one that is so subtle that it is almost subliminal, the open public circulation route to GoMa that passes through the building, that envelopes and exposes passers-by to the internal workings of the library, orients them to entry river and city, and subconsciously enveigles them to step inside to join their fellow citizens in engagement with the culture of accumulated and expanding knowledge. Cultural institutions can too easily become institutional. By building in hundreds of settings for both planned and spontaneous personal activity this building can never be other than a force for culture. REGIONAL COMMENDATION 6 Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology UQ St Lucia Daryl Jackson Architects Pty Ltd / S2F Architecture Joint Venture Project director: David Trott. Design architects: Daryl Jackson, Mark Craig & Gary Carter. Project architect: Peter Hastings. Documentation: Leighton Thomas, Graham Stanley, Graham Lowe, Hendrik Ebber Builder: Abi Group Constructions. David Vincenzino: construction manager; Peter Clarke: project manager. Colin Mc Veigh: services manager. The challenge of accommodating a large floor area on a difficult site, whilst maintaining important pedestrian access, connections to the university and tree corridors has been met with innovation and delight. The planning of the internal spaces has challenged the traditional internal and isolated layouts and changed the way scientists work. Integration, exchange of ideas, cooperative team-work is made possible through innovative planning. Access to daylight and views throughout the building, despite its size, is a notable achievement. In built flexibility with services will ensure this building is cost effective over its life. The governmental and institutional commitment to leading edge research in these exciting and rapidly developing 15