
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, Colorbond, Lysaght and Bondor Metecno