The Australian Institute of Architects Tasmanian Chapter is delighted to unveil the jury for the 2026 Tasmanian Architecture Awards. The awards offer an unrivalled opportunity to showcase the extraordinary depth and breadth of Tasmania’s architectural talent.
Architects will present their projects to the jury on Saturday 21 February and members and the public are invited to watch these presentations. An informal BBQ lunch will be hosted by Immediate Past-President, Shamus Mulcahy, along with David Button, with both meat and vegetarian options provided.
MARTIN STEPHENSON RAIA - Jury Chair | Rosevear Stephenson
Martin is a founding Director of Rosevear Stephenson with 28 years of experience in the residential, heritage, public and industrial fields. With over twenty state and four national Australian Institute of Architects awards, his long standing collaboration with Craig Rosevear has produced one of Tasmania’s most awarded architectural practices with an enduring reputation for quality and timelessness.
Since forming Rosevear Stephenson in 2004, Martin has demonstrated a commitment to private housing and heritage adaptive reuse projects whilst also venturing into selected public and civic projects such as The Ether Building at Mona and the Port Arthur Historic Site Visitor Centre Redevelopment.
Whilst adept at all aspects of architectural practice, Martin’s particular interest lies in
satisfying client needs with concise conceptual ideas, considered detailed design and
precise construction resolution.
Kate Symons RAIA | Studio Ilk Architecture & Interiors
Kate Symons is the founding Director of Studio Ilk Architecture & Interiors (est. 2020), a Hobart-based practice delivering a broad range of residential, commercial, heritage, and landscape-driven projects. Her practice is committed to thoughtful, enduring, and place-responsive design, with a detail-led focus on highly resolved documentation.
Strong relationships with clients, consultants, and communities underpin her approach, which she sees as the foundation of successful projects. Kate actively contributes to the profession through the Australian Institute of Architects, including as a current Tasmanian Practice Committee member, and passionately supports mentorship, equity, inclusion, and the UTAS Work Integrated Learning program.
Maddie Sewell RAIA | Up to Something
Maddie Sewall is an architect and artist living and making in Melbourne/Naarm and Hobart/Nipaluna. After eleven years at Breathe Architecture as the Director of Houses, Maddie is now Director and Founder of her own architecture practice with a focus on residential and small commercial work.
Passionate, friendly, and a go-to for sustainable housing, Maddie enjoys contributing to the industry, regularly participating on panels, committees and mentoring programs. She is currently working on new houses and renovations in both states, and with her partner, runs Cloudstone AiR, an emerging artist residency program in Tasmania.
Felix Blackman RAIA | BE-Architects
Felix Blackman is a Tasmanian architect and director of BE-Architects, an emerging practice working across architecture, interiors, wayfinding, and environmental design. His work is grounded in connection to place, with a particular focus on sustainability, material performance, and the careful negotiation of heritage and contemporary conditions.
Felix has experience across residential, commercial, heritage, and adaptive reuse projects in urban, rural, regional, and coastal contexts throughout Tasmania. Alongside practice, he collaborates in design studios at the University of Tasmania and remains actively involved in professional and disciplinary conversations through the Australian Institute of Architects.
Dr Julian Worrall RAIA | University of Tasmania - Architecture & Design School
Dr Julian Worrall is an architect, scholar, curator and critic, and the Professor and Head of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Tasmania. Educated in architecture at the University of Adelaide, the University of California Berkeley, and with a PhD in architectural and urban history from the University of Tokyo, his practice career has included stints with Klein Dytham Architects (Tokyo) and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (Rotterdam).
A noted authority on Japanese architecture and urbanism, his books include 21st Century Tokyo (2010) and Japan Works (2021), and his architectural criticism has been published globally, including in Domus, 2G, Arch+, Architecture Australia and The Japan Times. He has contributed to exhibitions at major institutions internationally, including co-directing the Australian representation “Unsettling Queenstown” at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. He lives in Launceston with his wife Miwa, son Leo, and a black cat named Max.