Queensland’s Best Architecture Revealed at Architecture Awards

2025 Queensland Architecture Medallion | Kangaroo Point Bridge | Architecture and Design: Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling Concept and Reference Design: Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture | Photography: Christopher Frederick Jones

Kangaroo Point Bridge has swept the stage at the recently announced Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Awards, taking home three accolades.
The project was awarded Queensland’s highest architectural honour, the 2025 Queensland Architecture Medallion. It was also the recipient of the Karl Langer Award for Urban Design and an award for Sustainable Architecture.

Blight Rayner Architecture, in collaboration with Dissing + Weitling Concept, were responsible for the architecture and design of the project. Brisbane City Council, with Arup and COX Architecture, completed the project’s reference design.

Spanning 460 metres across the Brisbane River, the bridge links Kangaroo Point to the Brisbane CBD. It provides dedicated pedestrian and cycle paths that promote active transport and reduce reliance on vehicles.

The integration of riverside dining venues, including a restaurant, bar, and café, creates a vibrant social destination for tourists and locals alike.

The jury praised Kangaroo Point Bridge for showing how investment in key public infrastructure can enhance mobility and livability in our rapidly growing cities.

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery has won a Commercial Architecture Award, the EmAGN Project Award and a commendation for Sustainable Architecture.

Designed by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects, the project transformed the heritage-listed Joe’s Waterhole in Eumundi into a brewery, restaurant and beer garden.

The jury praised the project as a “respectful execution of a substantial renovation to a heritage building on the high street of a small character town”.

The project creates “a space that now attracts an all-ages clientele, resulting in a deservedly popular destination”.

The St Marcellin Centre has won this year’s Queensland People’s Choice Prize and an award for Educational Architecture.

Designed by Phorm architecture + design, the jury hailed the project at Marist College Primary School in the Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove as “a benchmark for high standards of contemporary architecture”.

The jury said the St Marcellin Centre acts as “a physical and visual bridge between the main school and the sports precinct”.

The Caboolture Hospital Clinical Services Building has been awarded the FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture. The project also received this year’s Social Impact Prize and a commendation for Interior Architecture.

Designed by Jacobs, the clinical services building is the centrepiece of the new Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment.

The project brings landscape character into the heart of the design, resulting in an “integration of community, culture and clinical health services,” said the jury.

The James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place has won the Jennifer Taylor Award for Educational Architecture, the GHM Addison Award for Interior Architecture and the Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture.

Designed by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects, judges hailed the building in Douglas as a benchmark project for future education design in the tropical regions.

The jury noted that the multi-story educational facility’s design was “driven by a response to site and climate” resulting in “spectacular spaces”.

The Cathedral School Sports Precinct in Mundingburra, Townsville, was awarded the 2025 Regional Project of the Year Prize and received an Award for Educational Architecture.

Designed by local architect Stephen de Jersey Architect, judges commended the Sports Precinct as an “unabashedly monumental structure for the school campus”.
The judges also described the precinct as an exemplary “climatically responsive gathering space”.

The sporting complex consists of eight multi-purpose hardcourts. Two of these are covered by a roof structure that remains completely open on the northern and southern sides, allowing for natural airflow and ventilation.

Queensland’s best architecturally designed homes were also unveiled at the awards.
Mapleton House, designed by Atelier Chen Hung received the Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture in the Houses (NEW) category.

Designed by John Elway, Niwa House earned the Elina Mottram Award for Residential Architecture in the Houses (Alterations and Additions) category.

Four Dwellings on 800m2, designed by Clare Design, won the Jobs & Froud Award for Residential Architecture in the Multiple Housing category.

Dr Kali Marnarne, Associate Director at Urbis, was awarded the 2025 Queensland Emerging Architect Prize. The jury recognised Kali for her research and community involvement, which is marked by generosity, selflessness, and advocacy for underrepresented community members. Her academic and industry contributions have helped educate and inspire the next generation of architects.

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WINNING PROJECTS:

2025 Queensland Architecture Medallion

Kangaroo Point Bridge – Architecture and Design: Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling. Concept and Reference Design: Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture.

2025 Enduring Architecture Award (Qld)

Bethany Home for the Aged by Goodsir Baker Wild

2025 FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture

Caboolture Hospital Clinical Services Building by Jacobs

2025 Jennifer Taylor Award for Educational Architecture

James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects

2025 Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture

Piccadilly, 340 Queen Street by Blight Rayner Architecture

2025 Don Roderick Award for Heritage

Mulgrave Gallery by TPG Architects

2025 GHM Addison Award for Interior Architecture

James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects

2025 Karl Langer Award for Urban Design

Kangaroo Point Bridge – Architecture and Design: Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling. Concept and Reference Design: Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture.

2025 Hayes & Scott Award for Small Project Architecture

Sun Stadium by Amrita Hepi with Jazz Money, Dialogue Office, Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture

2025 Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture

James Cook University Engineering & Innovation Place by KIRK with i4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects

2025 Queensland’s People’s Choice Prize

St Marcellin Centre by Phorm Architecture + Design

2025 Regional Project Prize (Qld)

Cathedral School Sports Precinct by Stephen de Jersey Architect

2025 Social Impact Prize (Qld)

Caboolture Hospital Clinical Services Building by Jacobs

2025 Art & Architecture Prize (Qld)

Sun Stadium by Amrita Hepi with Jazz Money, Dialogue Office, Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture

2025 Emerging Architect Prize (Qld)

Dr Kali Marnane, Urbis

2025 EmAGN Project Award (Qld)

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects

2025 Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Mapleton House by Atelier Chen Hung

2025 Elina Mottram Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

Niwa House by John Ellway

2025 Jobs & Froud Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Four Dwellings on 800m2 by Clare Design

 

Awarded Projects

Awards for Public Architecture

National Rugby Training Centre by Blight Rayner Architecture

Awards for Educational Architecture

Cathedral School Sports Precinct by Stephen de Jersey Architect

St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School Sports Performance Centre by Blight Rayner Architects

St Marcellin Centre by Phorm Architecture + Design

Awards for Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Cooroy House by Henry Bennett and Dan Wilson

Floating Gable House by Phorm Architecture + Design

Gold Creek by Steendijk | Glenn Murcutt in collaboration

Awards for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

Sydney House by Cavill Architects

Awards for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Blok Three Sisters by Blok Modular in collaboration with Vokes & Peters

Somerset Indooroopilly Retirement Community by COX Architecture

Awards for Commercial Architecture

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects

Awards for Heritage

Sydney House by Cavill Architects

Awards for Interior Architecture

National Rugby Training Centre by Blight Rayner Architecture

Awards for Urban Design

Mary’s Place, Dalby by Blight Rayner Architecture with Wild Studio

Awards for Small Project Architecture

Garage and Studios by Russell Hall Architects

Awards for Sustainable Architecture

Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Training Facility and Advanced Manufacturing Skills Lab by Peddle Thorp

Kangaroo Point Bridge – Architecture and Design: Blight Rayner Architecture with Dissing + Weitling. Concept and Reference Design: Brisbane City Council with Arup and COX Architecture.

Colorbond@ Awards for Steel Architecture

St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School Sports Performance Centre by Blight Rayner Architects

 

Commended Projects

Commendations for Public Architecture

Brisbane International Cycle Park, Murarrie Recreation Reserve by COX Architecture and City Projects Office

UQ Soundshell by Kirk

Commendations for Educational Architecture

Helensvale State School – A place of wonder by Resonance design + architecture

Kingsley College – Primary Stage 01 by Design and Architecture

Commendations for Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Kanooka House by Dan Wilson & Knight Office

Merinda Sound Beach House by Maytree Studio

Moffat Morphing House by Arcke

Commendations for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)

Fingal House by Justin Humphrey Architects

Binnum Homestead by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Quadrant House by Kieron Gait Architects

Commendations for Commercial Architecture

Milford Planning by Counterpoint Architecture with George Milford

Rail Trail Refuge by REFRESH* Studio for Architecture

The Fortitude Music Hall by Arkhefield

Commendations for Heritage

Knells by Marc&Co

Mary and Edward by O’Neill Architecture

Commendations for Interior Architecture

Blight Rayner Architecture Studio by Blight Rayner Architecture

Commendations for Urban Design

Design Guide for Sunshine Coast Apartments and Townhouses by Sunshine Coast Council

The Bokarina Collective by Hollindale Mainwaring Architecture

Commendations for Small Project Architecture

Barrambin Shelters and Amenities by Vokes and Peters

Tweed Heads Warehouse Fitout by Dan Wilson & Five Mile Radius

Commendations for Sustainable Architecture

Lyrebird by Sparks Architects

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery by Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects

Cairns Neighbourhood Centre by JMc Architects

Commendations for Social Impact (Qld)

Baxter Street Community Pantry by Deicke Richards

Thank you to the Queensland Architecture Awards sponsors Office of Queensland Government Architect, Kennedy’s Timbers, Dulux, Allegion, Alspec, ColorbondLysaght and Bondor Metecno

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