NSW Country Division Architecture Awards
NSW Country Division Architecture Awards
Celebrating design excellence
and its contribution to communities Across regional nsw
Since its inception in 1960, the NSW Country Division has provided continuous representation and service to regional architects of the Australian Institute of Architects outside the metropolitan areas of Sydney and Newcastle.
The NSW Country Division Architecture Awards celebrate the work of architects working in regional NSW.
NSW Country Division Architecture Awards program
The Awards Program enables public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our members.
Participating in the awards can be an important step in strengthening your membership in the architectural community, and a celebrated career milestone.
Key info and judging dates relating to the 2021 NSW Country Divisions Architecture Awards will be listed here.
If you are planning to submit an entry into the 2021 NSW Country Division Architecture Awards, we recommend that prior to commencing your entry, you become familiar with the Awards, Prizes and Honours Policy.
The 2020 award winners have been announced!
For further details, contact us below.
About the NSW Country Division Architecture Program
Recognising excellence in regional nsw
The NSW Country Division Architecture Awards celebrate the work of architects
working in regional NSW.
Since its inception in 1960, the NSW Country Division has provided continuous representation and service to regional architects of the Australian Institute of Architects outside the metropolitan areas of Sydney and Newcastle.
The annual Awards program has grown in prestige over many years, recognised as a forum to showcase regional architecture at its best.
The program not only celebrates the high level of design excellence in country NSW, but also celebrates the achievements of our members practicing architecture, often in remote regional locations.
The Jury will pay special attention to the regional context and constraints of the entries.
2022 NSW Country Division Architecture Awards Jury
2022 Jury
Join our Jury to celebrate the 2022 NSW Country Division Architecture Awards.
The Institute’s Architecture Awards recognise excellence and innovation in design and are conferred via a rigorous system of peer review.
The Jury may consist of:
- Members of the NSW Chapter Country Division Committee.
- NSW Chapter Members selected by the Country Division Committee via an open call for expressions of interest.
- One member of a media organisation related to the design and construction industry.
Entry requirements
core criteria
Judging will be based on the following core criteria. These are addressed within the project description text provided as part of your entry:
- Conceptual framework: Underlying principles: Values; Core ideas; Philosophy.
- Public and Cultural Benefits: The amenity and concepts contributing to the public domain.
- Relationship of Built Form to Context: Concepts engaged with new and pre-existing conditions.
- Program Resolution: Functional performance assessed against the brief.
- Integration of Allied Disciplines: Contribution of others, including engineers, landscape architects, artists and other specialists to the outcome.
- Cost/Value Outcome: The effectiveness of decisions related to financial issues.
- Sustainability: The benefit to the environment through design.
- Response to Client and User Needs: Additional benefits interpreted from the brief, serving the client or users and the community.
Awards and categories
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Projects in this category must be residential, generally falling within BCA Class 1a and must be new builds. Projects with up to two self-contained dwellings may be entered in this category.
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Projects must be residential, generally falling within BCA Class 1a, and must include renovations or alterations or additions to an existing building, whether or not the building was residential in nature in the first instance. Projects with up to two self-contained dwellings may be entered in this category.
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 are recognised that have been constrained by space or cost restrictions, but have achieved a level of invention, creativity and craftsmanship beyond these constraints. This category can accommodate projects which may be over-looked against larger scale projects in other categories or may be transient or experimental in nature, such as exhibition design, set design or installations. Projects of all functional types may be considered.
Residential Architecture – Houses (affordable housing under $400,000.00)
To be a residential dwelling/s, detached or attached (not apartments) with an individual dwelling cost not exceeding a contract price of $400,000.00 excluding non-essential landscaping, pools and consultant fees.
Residential Architecture – (Multiple Housing)
Projects in this category must be residential and comprise of, or include, two or more self-contained dwellings (whether or not the building includes uses for other purposes).
Urban Design
Projects in this category may be single buildings, groups of buildings or non-building projects, studies or masterplans, which are of public, civic or urban design in nature. Awarded projects must have enhanced the quality of the built environment or public domain or contribute to the wellbeing of the broader community.
Commercial Architecture
Projects in this category must be built primarily for commercial purposes, generally falling within BCA Classes 3b, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Interior Architecture
Projects in this category must be interior spaces and environments within a new building or the refurbishment of an existing building.
Public Architecture
Projects in this category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature generally falling within BCA Class 9. It does not include projects falling within the definition of Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes.
Educational Architecture
Projects in this category may be any preschool, primary, secondary or tertiary educational facility and/or joint research facilities in which an educational institution is a significant partner. Education projects may not be entered in the Public Architecture category.
Sustainable Architecture
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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.
Timber Award
This award is given in recognition of outstanding architectural work by a NSW Country Division Architect. The use of timber must be integral to the success of the project, with a significant and/or ingenious use of timber being displayed in the design. All entries can be considered for this Award, no additional entry fee is required.
Vision Award
Projects can be built or unbuilt in NSW, interstate and overseas, not type specific, could be conceptual, could be consultancy/advice lead, could be community art-based, could involve `change leadership’, could be a masterplan, could be a building overseas.
The purpose of this award is to showcase the skills and capacity of NSW Country Division Architects, ideally in community focussed endeavours but also to recognise projects that may not easily fit the main awards whilst still providing credibility to what we do as a broader organisation.
James Barnet Award
Highest Honour of the NSW Country Division Architecture Awards, all submissions to the NSW Country Division Awards will be considered for the James Barnet Award. This award will be made, where appropriate, for outstanding work by a NSW Country Division member of the Institute, in any category.
Entry fees
| Chapter | Standard Entry Fee (ex GST) |
|---|---|
| Country Division | $176 |
*Winners of Country Division Awards will be required to pay an additional State entry fee to be considered for the 2023 NSW State Awards. There is no additional charge for progression to the National Architecture Awards. Entry fees are exclusive of GST.
Key dates
| Chapter | Entries open | Presentation to Juries | Awards Presentations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Division | 30 May - 5 August 2022 11:59PM | 22 - 26 August 2022 | Friday 14 October 2022 |
2021 Winners
NSW Architecture Medallion
Image: The NSW Architecture Medallion | Phoenix Central Park | Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Martin Mischkulnig
Image: Sulman Medal for Public Architecture | Anzac Memorial Centenary
Extension | Johnson Pilton Walker with
the Government Architect NSW | Photographer: Matteo Salval
Sulman Medal for Public Architecture
Image: National Enduring Architecture Award | Palm Garden House | Richard Leplastrier | NSW | Photographer: Peter Salhani
Enduring Architecture
Heritage Architecture
Image: The Lachlan MacQuarie Award for Heritage – Joint Winner | Bozen’s Cottage | Taylor & Hinds Architects | TAS | Photographer: Adam Gibson
Image: The Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture | Phoenix Central Park | Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects | Photographer: Tom Ferguson
Interior Architecture
Image: The Arroyo Affordable Housing | Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc | Photographer: Eric Staudenmaier
International Architecture
Public Architecture
Image: The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture – Joint Winner | Anzac Memorial Centenary Extension | Johnson Pilton Walker with the Government Architect NSW | NSW | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Image: The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award for Residential Architecture – Hours (Alts + Adds) | Redwood | Chenchow Little | NSW | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Residential Architecture - Houses (Alts + Adds)
Image: The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New) – Joint Winner | Basin Beach House | Peter Stutchbury Architecture | Photographer: Michael Nicholson
Residential Architecture - Houses (New)
Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing
Image: The Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing | Studio Apartments | Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects | Photographer: The Guthrie Project
Image: The Nicholas Murcutt Award for Small Project Architecture | For Our Country | Edition Office and Daniel Boyd | ACT | Photographer: Ben Hosking
Small Project Architecture
Image: The David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture | Marrickville Library | BVN | NSW | Photographer: Tom Roe
Sustainable ARchitecture
Urban Design
Image: The Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design | Metro North West | Hassell, in collaboration with Turpin Crawford Studio and McGregor Westlake Architecture | NSW | Photographer: Brett Boardman
Image: COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture | Carlton Learning Precinct COLA | Law Architects | VIC | Photographer: Dianna Snape
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
![Outside [the] box | Troppo Architects | SA | Traditional Land Owners: Kaurna people | Photographer: Mitchell Lowe](https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/4754-resaltsadds_Outsidethebox_TroppoArchitects_MitchellLowe_00-2-phk152v52a1git1tp6wz4sfd9tv0glw9jt5f1um5qg.jpg "4754-resaltsadds_Outsidethebox_TroppoArchitects_MitchellLowe_00")
Image: People’s Choice Award | Outside [the] box | Troppo Architects | SA | Photographer: Mitchell Lowe
People's Choice Award
Contact us
Australian Institute of Architects
P: +61 (2) 9246 4055
E: peter.fry@architecture.com.au (Peter Fry, Awards and Prizes Manager)