Victorian Architecture Awards

Mansard House | Studio Bright | Photographer: Rory Gardiner

Stretching back to 1929, the Victorian Architecture Awards serve to recognise best practice in the field and inspire others to continue striving to positively shape communities through architecture. The Victorian Architecture Awards form part of the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards program which enables public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our members, and provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture across Australia and internationally.

Each year, our Victorian Awards run from November to Awards Night in June. You can find key dates, information about serving as a juror as well as state-specific prizes below.

Powerhouse Place | Public Realm Lab | Photographer: Tom Ross

2025 VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards Jury. We are currently seeking candidates for both voting juror and non-voting graduate juror positions. Application forms are available below. We eagerly anticipate your submission. For any inquiries regarding the application process, please reach out to Natasha Ugrinic at

natasha.ugrinic@architecture.com.au 

JURY APPLICATIONS

Graduate Jury Program info 

2025 Voting Juror Application

2025 Graduate Juror Application

APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE 11 OCTOBER 2024

 

2025 Victorian Architecture Awards Jury Application

Registered Institute members interested in serving as jurors in the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards are invited to complete this form.
    For further information, please contact the Awards Coordinator (vic@architecture.com.au).
    Jury applications close Friday, October 11, 2024.
    Eligibility
    Jurors must be Level 1 Members of the Institute (registered architects).
    Members cannot sit on a jury for more than three consecutive years.
    Please note that jurors must be available for the following:
  • February 20, 2025 – Jury Briefing.
  • March 22, 2025 – Presentation to Juries (Spillover on March 24 if needed) (TBC)
  • May 9 - May 12, 2025 – Site Visits
  • Site visits may be scheduled at any point during this period. Regional sites may require visits outside of these dates.
  • June 16, 2025 – Sponsor/ Jury Drinks (TBC)
  • June 27, 2025 – Victorian Architecture Awards Dinner
Venice Biennale Availability Check(Required)
I understand that there will be a cohort attending the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale during the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards Site Visit Program. I have no intention of attending the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale during the site visit period of May 9-12, 2025.

Personal Details

If your practice based in Regional Victoria add '(Regional)'.
If you do not wish to be associated with a social media account - leave space blank here.
In alignment with the Institute’s Gender Equity Policy (2019), principle 11, we are seeking to achieve a split of 40% women, 40% men and 20% any gender allocation to our juries. With this in mind, could you please provide us your gender? This question is optional.

Jury Preference, Experience & Scheduling

Jury Category Preferences - Please select one or more categories(Required)
Is your practice entering a project in the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards? If yes, please select which categories.(Required)
Are you planning to personally present in any category at the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards: Presentation to Juries day? If so, please disclose your intended category/categories at this time. Please be aware that any subsequent changes to your disclosure may impact your eligibility to serve as a juror(Required)
Have you previously been a juror for the Victorian Architecture Awards?(Required)
Do you have Jury Chair Experience?(Required)
If yes, please specify when and which categories.
If you have not previously sat on a jury for the Victorian Architecture Awards, please include a brief summary of your areas of experience and expertise.
Site Visit Scheduling Conflict(Required)
The Victorian Architecture Awards Site Visit Program presents significant scheduling challenges. In 2025, the institute plans to consolidate all site visits into a single 3-day period. This complexity is further increased by the need to accommodate jurors who are also entrants. If you may hold both roles, please be aware that fulfilling both your juror site visit schedule and competing as an entrant may be restricted. The institute seeks to understand your position:
Chair of Jury Invitation(Required)
Would you like to be considered for the expert role of Chair of Juries? Note: to be considered you must have prior experience as a Jury Chair. If you have answered yes, detail experience below.
Detail your relevant experience
Do you have a valid Victorian Working With Children Accreditation?(Required)

Conflict of Interest

A juror must not have a Conflict of Interest in a 2025 Awards entry that will affect their consideration or assessment of or voting on an entry. Invariably some entrants may be a friend or colleague of a juror, in which case the potential conflict arising from any such relationship is a matter for the integrity and ethical responsibility of the juror concerned. Answers below will not make you ineligible but you may be asked to provide further information. If selected as a juror, the process below will need to be repeated when you become aware of your Field of Entries.
Conflict of Interest(Required)
A juror must not have any conflicts of interest that could affect their evaluation or voting on entries for the 2025 Awards. Are you willing to engage in the 2025 Awards juror processes with a flexible mindset, understanding that you must promptly review all submissions, disclose any actual or perceived conflicts of interest, and that new information may necessitate adjustments to or termination of your role?
Are you currently aware of any of the following personal interests in projects that will be entering the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards within your selected Jury Category Preferences?(Required)

Team Work

Co-operative Mindset(Required)
I as a potential juror acknowledge that for many and varied reasons, I may be asked to be flexible, and consider a jury role change during my tenure.

Confirmation

Juror Locality(Required)
I confirm that I am based in Victoria. Should my location be outside Victoria, I will assume full responsibility for any travel expenses incurred while traveling to Victoria to fulfill my duties as a juror. Please note that this statement does not pertain to expenses incurred within Melbourne during formal juror activities, including site visits.

2025 Victorian Architecture Awards Graduate Jury Application

The Jury Graduate Program is an initiative of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The purpose of this program is to offer Architectural Graduates who are current Institute members the opportunity to sit alongside Awards juries at select awards program events. The program allows participants to experience the process of the Institute's Awards program and to be mentored by the experienced architects selected to be jury members for 2025. It is important to note that Graduate Jurors will be sitting on juries in a non-voting capacity.
    Jury applications close Friday, October 11, 2024.
    Eligibility:
  • You must be a member of the Institute
  • You must currently be an Architectural Graduate
  • You must have graduated in the last 5 years (between 2020-2024)
  • Those who have previously been a Graduate Juror are not eligible to apply
    Please note that jurors must be available for the following:
  • February 20, 2025 – Jury Briefing.
  • March 22, 2025 – Presentation to Juries (Spillover on March 24 if needed) (TBC)
  • Friday May 9 - Monday 12 May, 2025 – Site Visits
  • Site visits may be scheduled at any point during this period. Regional sites may require visits outside of these dates.
  • June 16, 2025 – Sponsor/ Jury Drinks (TBC)
  • June 27, 2025 – Victorian Architecture Awards Dinner
Our Graduate Jury Program provides a wonderful opportunity for members who have graduated in the last five years to sit alongside our Awards juries throughout the program in a non-voting capacity. For further information, please contact the Awards Coordinator (vic@architecture.com.au).
Venice Biennale Availability Check(Required)
I understand that there will be a cohort attending the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale during the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards Site Visit Program. I have no intention of attending the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale during the site visit period of May 9-12, 2025.

Personal Details

If your practice based in Regional Victoria add '(Regional)'.
In alignment with the Institute’s Gender Equity Policy (2019), principle 11, we are seeking to achieve a split of 40% women, 40% men and 20% any gender allocation to our juries. With this in mind, could you please provide us your gender? This question is optional.

Jury Preference, Experience & Schedule

Jury Category Preferences(Required)
Please select one or more categories.
Is your practice entering a project in the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards?(Required)
If yes, please select which categories
Are you planning to personally present in any category at the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards: Presentation to Juries day? If so, please disclose your intended category/categories at this time. Please be aware that any subsequent changes to your disclosure may impact your eligibility to serve as a juror(Required)
If yes, please select which categories
Site Visit Scheduling Conflict(Required)
The Victorian Architecture Awards Site Visit Program presents significant scheduling challenges. In 2025, the institute plans to consolidate all site visits into a single 3-day period. This complexity is further increased by the need to accommodate jurors who are also entrants. If you may hold both roles, please be aware that fulfilling both your juror site visit schedule and competing as an entrant may be restricted. The institute seeks to understand your position:
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Do you have a valid Victorian Working With Children Accreditation?(Required)
If you do not want to be associated with a social media account - leave space blank here.

Conflict of Interest

A juror must not have a Conflict of Interest in a 2025 Awards entry that will affect their consideration or assessment of or voting on an entry. Invariably some entrants may be a friend or colleague of a juror, in which case the potential conflict arising from any such relationship is a matter for the integrity and ethical responsibility of the juror concerned. Answers below may not necessarily make you ineligible, but you may be asked to provide further information. If selected as a juror, the process below will need to be repeated when you become aware of your Field of Entries.
Are you currently aware of any of the following personal interests in projects that will be entering the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards within your selected Jury Category Preferences?(Required)
Team Work Question(Required)
I as a potential juror acknowledge that for many and varied reasons, I may be asked to change juries during my tenure, and to the best of my ability I will endeavor to cooperate.
Juror Locality(Required)
I confirm that I am based in Victoria. Should my location be outside Victoria, I will assume full responsibility for any travel expenses incurred while traveling to Victoria to fulfill my duties as a juror. Please note that this statement does not pertain to expenses incurred within Melbourne during formal juror activities, including site visits.
Conflict of Interest(Required)
A juror must not have any conflicts of interest that could affect their evaluation or voting on entries for the 2025 Awards. Are you willing to engage in the 2025 Awards juror processes with a flexible mindset, understanding that you must promptly review all submissions, disclose any actual or perceived conflicts of interest, and that new information may necessitate adjustments to or termination of your role?

CONTACTS

For questions related to the Victorian Architecture Awards, please email natasha.ugrinic@architecture.com.au 

For questions related to the National Architecture Awards, please email awards@architecture.com.au

VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS PARTNERS

State awards

DIMITY REED MELBOURNE PRIZE

The Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to the city of Melbourne. All projects located within the Urban Growth Boundary are eligible for consideration. The winner is drawn from direct-entry categories in the Victorian Architecture Awards.

2024  Koorie Heritage Trust Stage 2 by Lyons with Greenaway Architects and Architecture Associates
2023  Nightingale Village by Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan
2022  Queen & Collins by KTA + BVN
2021  Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design by Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University
2020  State Library Victoria Redevelopment by Architectus + Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
2019  Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
2018  Nightingale 1 by Breathe Architecture
2018  New Academic Street, RMIT University by Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects
2017  Tanderrum Bridge by John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration
2017  2016 NGV ARCHITECTURE COMMISSION: Haven’t you always wanted…? by M@ STUDIO Architects
2016  Saltwater Community Centre by Croxon Ramsay Architects
2014  Dallas Brooks Community Primary School by McBride Charles Ryan
2013  Revitalising Central Dandenong, Lonsdale St Redevelopment  by BKK/TCL Partnership
2012  The Royal Childrens Hospital by Billard Leece Partnership & Bates Smart
2011  AAMI Park by Cox Architecture
2010  The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by Woods Bagot & NH Architecture – Joint Venture Architects
2009  Canada Hotel Redevelopment by Hayball
2008  The Vaults by Six Degrees
2007  Sandridge Bridge Precinct Redevelopment by City of Melbourne in association with Nadim Karam and Marcus O’Reilly
2006  Melbourne Central by Ashton Raggatt McDougall
2006  The Urban Workshop by John Wardle Architects, Hassell & NH Architecture in joint venture
2005  QV2 by NH Architecture
2003  Federation Square by LAB Architecture Studio in association with Bates Smart

REGIONAL PRIZE

The Regional Prize recognises projects that have made a significant contribution to regional Victoria. All projects located outside the Urban Growth Boundary are eligible for consideration. The winner is drawn from direct-entry categories in the Victorian Architecture Awards.

2024  Powerhouse Place by Public Realm Lab
2023  Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre by Kosloff Architecture
2022  Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 by Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall
2021  Geelong College Junior School by John Wardle Architects
2020  Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by TERROIR
2019  Port of Sale by fjmt
2018  Koondrook Wharf by TERROIR
2017  Pomonal Community Hall by Workshop Architecture
2016  Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
2014  Bendigo Library Redevelopment by MGS Architects
2013  Marysville 16 Hour Police Station  by Kerstin Thompson Architects
2012  New Hammond Fellowship Centre by Harmer Architecture
2011  The Heights Community Building by Adam Dettrick Architect
2011  Marysville Rebuilding Advisory Centre by bamford-dash architecture
2011  La Trobe University Shepparton by Gray Puksand
2010  South West Institute of TAFE – Stage 3 by Lyons
2009  Bendigo Bank Headquarters by BVN Architecture + Gray Puksand
2009  Hepburn Springs Bathhouse Redevelopment by Cox Architects & Planners
2008  Albury Library Museum by Ashton Raggatt McDougall
2008  Pioneer Museum Plaza, Jeparit by NMBW Architecture Studio + Urban Design, RMIT University
2007  Castlemaine Primary School by H20 Architects
2006  Huski by Elenberg Fraser Architects
2006  Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre by Peter Elliot Pty Ltd Architecture + Urban Design
2005  Ballarat Learning Exchange by Bligh Voller Nield 
2005  Science Technology Innovations Centre, Bacchus Marsh  by Lyons
2003  Latrobe University Library, Albury-Wodonga Campus by Woods Bagot

MAGGIE EDMOND ENDURING ARCHITECTURE AWARD

Open to buildings in Victoria of at least 25 years of age, the Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award recognises achievement for the design of buildings of outstanding merit, which remain important as high-quality works of architecture when considered in a contemporary context.

Nominations are welcome from Institute members, non-members and non-architects.

2024  Knox Schlapp Public Housing by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design, and Lindsay Holland
2023  Brambuk Living Cultural Centre by Gregory Burgess
2022  Crigan House by Allan Powell
2021  Olympic Swimming Pool by Kevin Borland, John and Phyllis Murphy and Peter McIntyre, with engineer Bill Irwin
2020  MCG Great Southern Stand by Daryl Jackson
2019  Melbourne Terrace Apartments by Katsalidis Architects Pty Ltd
2018  Yarra Footbridge at Southbank by Cocks Carmichael Whitford
2017  University South Lawn Underground Car Park (1972) by Loder and Bayley in association with Harris, Lange and Partners
2016  Heide II (1963) by McGlashan and Everist
2015  Domain Park Apartments by Grounds, Romberg & Boyd (Partner in Charge Robin Boyd)
2014  McIntyre House 1955 by Peter McIntyre
2013  former ICI House 1958 by Bates Smart & McCutcheon
2012  NGV 1959-68, St Kilda Road by Roy Grounds
2011  One Collins Street 1983-84 by Robert Peck & Denton Corker Marshall
2010  Infil Housing Program 1982-85 by Ministry of Housing -Gregory Burgess
2009  Sidney Myer Music Bowl 1956-1959; 1999-2001 by Yuncken Freeman Bros, Griffiths & Simpson; Greg Burgess
2008  Murray Valley Private Hospital 1976-77 (fmr Clyde Cameron College) by Kevin Borland, Architect’s Group
2007  Fmr Plumbers and Gasfitters Union Building 1970 by Graeme Gunn
2006  Robin Boyd House II 1957 by Grounds, Romberg & Boyd
2005  Former BHP House 1972 by Yuncken Freeman Architects
2004  Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne 1971 by Yuncken Freeman Architects
2003 (inaugural)  Chapel of St Joseph 1978 by Edmond & Corrigan

BATES SMART AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIA

The Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media returns as Australia’s most prestigious media award for journalists, editors, producers and event organisers working in the field of architecture and design. In 2025, the Award will continue to encourage and recognise media discussion of architecture.

VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE MEDAL

The Victorian Architecture Medial is the highest honour awarded by the Victorian Chapter each year.

The Medal derives from the original ‘Street Architecture Medal’ introduced by The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (RVIA) in 1926 as an award for the design of a building of exceptional merit. Buildings were judged on their urban propriety and architectural etiquette; the building had to front a street, road, square or court to which public had access. It was expected to have a civic character, offering its architectural qualities to the greater public realm of the city.

The Medal is awarded from the Named Award winners from all national direct-entry categories and Sustainable Architecture and COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture, as well as the winners of the Melbourne Prize and Regional Prize. The winner of the Victorian Architecture Medal is therefore judged to be the most outstanding project of the entire field of entries, a building of exceptional merit.

2024  Powerhouse Place by Public Realm Lab
2023  University of Melbourne Student Precinct by Lyons with Koning Eizenberg Architecture, NMBW Architecture Studio, Greenaway Architects, Architects EAT, Aspect Studios and Glas Urban
2022  Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 by Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall
2021  Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design by Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University
2020  Broadmeadows Town Hall by Kerstin Thompson Architects
2019  Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe by Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
2018  New Academic Street, RMIT University by Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects
2017  Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre by sthDI+MCR (Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc & McBride Charles Ryan)
2016  Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
2015  Shrine of Remembrance – Galleries of Remembrance by ARM Architecture
2014  Dallas Brooks Community Primary School by McBride Charles Ryan
2013  RMIT Design Hub by Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects
2012  The Royal Children’s Hospital by Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart
2011  AAMI Park by Cox Architecture
2010  Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by Woods Bagot and NH Architedture
2009  Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project by ARM
2008  Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership by John Wardle Architects
2007  Southern Cross Station by Grimshaw Jackson JV
2006  Yve Apartments by Wood Marsh Architecture
2005  Templestowe Park Primary School Multi-purpose Hall by McBride Charles Ryan Architecture + Interior Design
2004  Shrine of Remembrance undercroft development by Ashton Raggatt McDougall Pty Ltd
2003  Federation Square by LAB Architecture Studio in association with Bates Smart Melbourne
2002  Victoria University Online Training Centre – St Albans Campus by Lyons
2001  Melbourne Museum by Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd
2000  Holyoake Cottage, Eaglemont by FIELD Consultants
1999  Ian Potter Museum of Art by Nation Fender Katsalidis Architects
1998  Eastern Freeway Extension Sound Barriers by Wood Marsh Pty Ltd Architecture/Pels Innes Neilson Kosloff
1997  Isaacson Davis Residence by John Wardle Pty Ltd
1996  Storey Hall by Ashton Raggatt McDougall Pty Ltd
1995  RMIT Building 8 by Edmond & Corrigan Pty Ltd in association with Demaine Partnership Pty Ltd
1994  Tyne Street Multiple Housing by Williams & Boag
1993  Chapel of The Holy Trinity, Trinity Grammar by Crone Ross Pty Ltd
1992  MCG Southern Stand Redevelopment by Tompkins Shaw and Evans/Daryl Jackson Pty Ltd
1991  Carlton Baths & Community Centre by Peter Elliott Pty Ltd
1990  Brunswick Community Health Centre by Ashton Raggatt McDougall Pty Ltd
1989  Dandenong College of TAFE – Stage III by Edmond & Corrigan, and Ministry for Housing & Construction
1988  Deutscher Fine Art Gallery & Residence by Katsalidis & Partners P/L
1987  Catholic Church, Horsham by Gregory Burgess Pty Ltd
No Victorian Architecture Medals given between the years 1964 – 1986
1963  Grimwade House by McGlashan and Everist
No Awards given during the years 1955 – 1962
1954  House and Five Apartments by Ground, Romberg and Boyd
1942  Western Branch of the National Bank of Australasia Limited by Meldrum and Noad
No Awards given during the war years between 1942 – 1953
1941  King George V Jubilee Maternal and Infant Welfare Pathological Building, Women’s Hospital by Stephenson and Turner
1940  Sanitarium Health Food Company Building by Edward F. Billson
1939  Heidelberg Town Hall and Municipal Offices by Peck and Kempter and A.C. Leith and Associates
1938  Second Church of Christian Science by Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
1937  Royal Australian College of Surgeons Building by Leighton Irwin and Roy K. Stevenson
1936  Bank of New South Wales by Godfrey and Spowers  (design architects – Norman H Seabrook and WR Godfrey)
1935  Shell Corner by A. & K. Henderson and Partners
1934  Buckley and Nunn Building by Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
1933  Port Authority Building by Sidney Smith, Ogg and Serpell
1932  A.M.P. Building by Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
1931  Lyric House by A. & K. Henderson
1930  Emily MacPherson College of Domestic Economy by E. Evan Smith – Chief Architect; designed and constructed by the Public Works Dept of Victoria
1929  Francis House by W.A.B. Blackett and W.B. Forster

Victorian Awards Archive

University of Melbourne Student Precinct | Lyons with Koning Eizenberg Architecture, NMBW Architecture Studio, Greenaway Architects, Architects EAT, Aspect Studios and Glas Urban | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
University of Melbourne Student Precinct | Lyons with Koning Eizenberg Architecture, NMBW Architecture Studio, Greenaway Architects, Architects EAT, Aspect Studios and Glas Urban | Photographer: Peter Bennetts
Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 | Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall | Photographer: Shannon McGrath
Monash Woodside Building for Technology and Design | Grimshaw in collaboration with Monash University | Photographer: Rory Gardiner
Broadmeadows Town Hall | Kerstin Thompson Architects | Photographer: John Gollings
Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe | Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design | Photographer: John Gollings
New Academic Street, RMIT University | Lyons with NMBW Architecture Studio, Harrison and White, MvS Architects and Maddison Architects | Photographer: Peter Bennett
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre | sthDI+MCR (Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan) | Photographer: Peter Bennetts

2017 VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre | ARM Architecture | Photographer: John Gollings

2016 VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

Shrine of Remembrance - Galleries of Remembrance | ARM Architecture | Photographer: John Gollings

2015 VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

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