A one-room extension to a 1930s cottage in Launceston has been awarded the highest honour at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2023 Tasmanian Architecture Awards.
The jury lauded Harriet’s House by SO Architecture for its ingenuity and “spatial marvel, impeccably woven with Launceston’s Georgian heritage and engaging in an insightful dialogue with the architectural legacy of Sir John Soane.”
The project received the Tasmanian Architecture Medal as well as the Edith Emery Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions).
Elsewhere in the awards, Parliament Square Hobart by FJC Studio also took home a swag of accolades, including the Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture, the Roy Sharrington Smith Award for Heritage Architecture (with Design 5 - Architects, JPDC and Years Months Days) and an Award for Urban Design.
“Tasmania offers fertile ground for architecture practice,” said Tasmanian chapter president Megan Baynes. “Architecture in Tasmania seems to be becoming about how the old and the new meet. We are, it seems, fine joiners in matters of cultural production.”
Winners of awards and named awards will progress to the National Architecture Awards, to be announced on 31 October.
The winners are:
Tasmanian Architecture Medal
Harriet’s House – SO Architecture
Public Architecture
Award
Dove Lake Viewing Shelter – Cumulus Studio
Award for Public Architecture: Dove Lake Viewing Shelter by Cumulus Studio.
Image: Anjie Blair
Commendations
MyState Bank Arena – Philp Lighton Architects
Southern Remand Centre – Xsquared Architects with Guymer Bailey Architects
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Awards
Triptych – Room 11
Wild House – Room 11
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
The Edith Emery Award
Harriet’s House – SO Architecture
The Edith Emery Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions): Harriet’s House by SO Architecture.
Image: Sean Fennessy
Award
Pop Top – Licht Architecture
Educational Architecture
The Sydney Blythe Award
Holy Rosary Catholic School – Bence Mulcahy
Awards
Inveresk Library, University of Tasmania – Wardle
St Cuthbert’s Early Years Centre – Morrison and Breytenbach Architects
Commercial Architecture
The Colin Philp Award
Parliament Square Hobart – FJC Studio (formerly FJMT Studio)
The Colin Philp Award for Commercial Architecture: Parliament Square Hobart by FJC Studio (formerly FJMT Studio).
Image: Adam Gibson
Award
Callington Mill Distillery – Cumulus Studio
Commendation
Shipwrights Arms – Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects
Interior Architecture
The Alexander North Award
Inveresk Library, University of Tasmania – Wardle
The Alexander North Award for Interior Architecture: Inveresk Library, University of Tasmania by Wardle.
Image: Anjie Blair
Heritage Architecture
The Roy Sharrington Smith Award
Parliament Square – Design 5 - Architects, FJC Studio (formerly FJMT Studio), JPDC and Years Months Days
Award for Urban Design: Parliament Square Hobart by FJC Studio (formerly FJMT Studio).
Image: Adam Gibson
Commendation
Tate Extension – Preston Lane
Urban Design
Award
Parliament Square Hobart – FJC Studio (formerly FJMT Studio)
Commendation
Devonport Living City Stage 2: Hotel and Waterfront Park – Lyons
Enduring Architecture Award
Strahan Visitor Centre – Morris-Nunn Associates and Forward Viney Woollan
Award for Enduring Architecture: Strahan Visitor Centre by Morris-Nunn Associates and Forward Viney Woollan.
Image: Morris-Nunn Associates and Forward Viney Woollan
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
MyState Bank Arena – Philp Lighton Architects
Emerging Architect Prize
Scott Flett, Scott Flett Architecture Workshop
Chapter Prizes
EmAGN Project Award
Dove Lake Viewing Shelter – Cumulus Studio
The James Blackburn Triennial Prize
Ryde Street House – Bence Mulcahy
The Henry Hunter Triennial Prize
Bozen’s Cottage – Taylor and Hinds Architects
The John Lee Archer Triennial Prize
Dual award winners
Moss 25 – Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects
Spring Bay Mill Event Spaces – Gilby and Brewin Architecture
SWT Blythe Student Prize
Winner
Eroding occupation, landscape as protagonist, Sarah Island – Sam Hodgens
Commendations
Albert on Park Social Housing – Chin Ren
Stone, Steel and Pitch – Hamish Saul
