The Australian Institute of Architects has revealed the shortlist for the 2024 Victorian Architecture Awards.
This year, Victoria received the largest number of entries of all states and territories with 228 submissions across 15 categories.
“This year’s Victorian shortlist — the largest in the country — showcases the extraordinary breadth and quality of work our members are doing to improve the built environment for communities across our state,” said Victorian chapter president David Wagner and 2024 chair of juries. “Following a highly successful presentation day, our juries are excited to visit shortlisted projects to experience the innovation and design excellence of our profession in person.”
Winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Friday 7 June at the Astor Theatre.
Public Architecture
The Boronggook Drysdale Library by Antarctica Architects and Architecture Associates
Image: Peter Bennetts
Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach Stations – Cox Architecture with Rush Wright Associates
Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) – ARM Architecture
Koorie Heritage Trust Stage 2 – Lyons with Greenaway Architects and Architecture Associates
Munro Development and narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services – Six Degrees Architects
Preston Level Crossing Removal Project – Wood Marsh Architecture
Raptor Rehabilitation Centre, Healesville Sanctuary – Harrison and White
The Boronggook Drysdale Library – Antarctica Architects and Architecture Associates
The Round – BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects
Victorian Heart Hospital – Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) and Wardle
Wirrng Wirrng – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Burnt Earth Beach House by Wardle
Image: Trevor Mein
Adelaide Street House – Robert Simeoni Architects
Burnt Earth Beach House – Wardle
Courtyard House – Clare Cousins Architects
Dennis House – Olaver Architecture
Ha Ha Haus – Figr Architecture Studio
Naples Street House – Edition Office
Northcote House – LLDS
Peninsula House – Wood Marsh Architecture
Six Ways House – Kennedy Nolan
South Yarra House – Pandolfini Architects
St Kilda Residence – Addarc
Sweetwater House – Christopher Botterill and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
The Boulevard – Archier
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Mygunyah By The Circus by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design
Image: Derek Swalwell
Ararat House – SJB
Bob’s Bungalow – Blair Smith Architecture
Brunswick Galley House – Topology Studio
Connected House – Architects EAT
Ember – MRTN Architects
Garden House – Zen Architects
Hawthorn I – Agius Scorpo Architects
Mansard House – Studio Bright
Mygunyah By The Circus – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design
Northcote House – MA and Co
Quarry House – Winwood Mckenzie
Riverbend Repair – Vaughan Howard Architects
Smith House – Fowler and Ward
Stewart – SSDH
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
The Nursery on Brunswick by Clare Cousins Architects
Image: Tom Ross
17 Spring St – Bates Smart
Aboriginal Housing Victoria – Breathe
Ferrars and York – Six Degrees Architects
Inkerman and Nelson – MA and Co
Markham Avenue – Architectus
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School Boarding House – McIldowie Partners
Tarakan Street Social and Affordable Housing – NH Architecture, Bird de la Coeur Architects and Openwork with Tract
The Nursery on Brunswick – Clare Cousins Architects
Wilam Ngarrang Retrofit – Kennedy Nolan with Finding Infinity
Educational Architecure
Clifton Hill Primary School by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Image: Peter Clarke
Clifton Hill Primary School – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Dandenong High School Design and Technology Hub – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Mount Alexander College (MAC) – Kosloff Architecture
North Melbourne Primary School (Molesworth Street Campus) – ARM Architecture
RMIT Multifaith & Wellbeing Centre – Idle Architecture Studio
Saint Teresa of Kolkata – Lyons
Xavier College Kostka Building – MGS Architects
St Patrick’s College Performing Arts Centre – Wardle
Preston South Primary School – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Wangaratta District Specialist School – Sibling Architecture
Commercial Architecture
Sanders Place by NMBW, Openwork and Finding Infinity
Image: Peter Bennetts
54 Wellington – Wardle
Catching the Sun – Kennon
Four Pillars Gin Distillery 2.0 – Breathe
Galkangu – Lyons
Murran - First Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub – Dawn Architecture
Sanders Place – NMBW, Openwork and Finding Infinity
T3 Collingwood – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Interior Architecture
Fairlie Apartment by Kennedy Nolan
Image: Derek Swalwell
Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Hub – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Burnt Earth Beach House – Wardle
Fairlie Apartment – Kennedy Nolan
Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) – ARM Architecture
Koorie Heritage Trust Stage 2 – Lyons with Greenaway Architects and Architecture Associates
Melrose Avenue – B.E. Architecture
Northcote House – LLDS
Up There – Kennedy Nolan
Wilam Ngarrang Retrofit – Kennedy Nolan with Finding Infinity
Heritage Architecture
Memorial Hall - Christ Church Grammar School by McIldowie Partners
Image: Eve Wilson
All Saints Estate – Technē Architecture and Interior Design
Cobden Terrace – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design
Mar Thoma Church – RBA Architects and Conservation Consultants
Memorial Hall - Christ Church Grammar School – McIldowie Partners
Mygunyah By The Circus – Matt Gibson Architecture and Design
Princess Theatre Auditorium Conservation Works – Conservation Studio Australia
Riverbend Repair – Vaughan Howard Architects
St George’s Performing Arts Centre – Kneeler Design Architects
Small Project Architecture
Macarthur Street Amenities Pavilion by Searle x Waldron Architecture
Image: Emma Cross
(This is) Air – Nic Brunsdon
Aireys Inlet Primary School Art and Music Hub – Sibling Architecture
James Makin Gallery – Tristan Wong Architecture and Design
Macarthur Street Amenities Pavilion – Searle x Waldron Architecture
Melbourne Now: Community Hall – Board Grove Architects
The Roundtable – Common and Enlocus
Thornbury Canopy – Gab Olah
Urban Design
NELP Bulleen Park and Ride by Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design with GHD and CPB
Image: Dianna Snape
Altona Pier – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects and Site Office and AW Maritime
Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach Stations – Cox Architecture
Fleming Park – FJC Studio
Munro Site - Queen Victoria Market Precinct – Bates Smart and Six Degrees
NELP Bulleen Park and Ride – Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design with GHD and CPB
Powerhouse Place – Public Realm Lab
Preston Level Crossing Removal Project – Wood Marsh Architecture and Tract
Tarakan Street Social and Affordable Housing – NH Architecture, Bird de la Coeur Architects and Openwork with Tract
Sustainable Architecture
Life Cycle by Steffen Welsch Architects
Image: Tatjana Plitt
Aboriginal Housing Victoria – Breathe
Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Catching the Sun – Kennon
Clifton Hill Primary School – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Cloud Street – Steffen Welsch Architects
Dennis House – Olaver Architecture
Ferrars and York – Six Degrees Architects
Life Cycle – Steffen Welsch Architects
Northcote Aquatic and Recreation Centre – Warren and Mahoney
Northcote House – LLDS
Powerhouse Place – Public Realm Lab
Preston South Primary School – Kerstin Thompson Architects
Sanders Place – NMBW, Openwork and Finding Infinity
Sweetwater House – Christopher Botterill and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Wilam Ngarrang Retrofit – Kennedy Nolan with Finding Infinity
Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
The Round by BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects
Image: Derek Swalwell
Djerring Flemington Hub – Croxon Ramsay
The Round – BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects
Shoreham House – Noxon Architecture
Sweetwater House – Christopher Botterill and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
EmAGN Project Award
Bob’s Bungalow by Blair Smith Architecture
Image: Tom Ross
Bob’s Bungalow – Blair Smith Architecture
Catching the Sum – Kennon
Dennis House – Olaver Architecture
Murran - First Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub – Dawn Architecture
Stewart – SSDH
Wangaratta District Specialist School – Sibling Architecture
Melbourne Prize
Munro Development and narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services by Six Degrees Architects
Image: Courtesy City of Melbourne
Aboriginal Housing Victoria – Breathe
Koorie Heritage Trust Stage 2 – Lyons with Greenaway Architects and Architecture Associates
Mount Alexander College (MAC) – Kosloff Architecture
Munro Development and narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services – Six Degrees Architects
The Round – BKK Architects and Kerstin Thompson Architects
Victorian Heart Hospital – Conrad Gargett (now merged with Architectus) and Wardle
Regional Prize
Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) by ARM Architecture
Image: Peter Foster
Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Galkangu – Lyons
Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) – ARM Architecture
Macarthur Street Amenities Pavilion – Searle x Waldron Architecture
Murran - First Nations Business, Retail and Arts Hub – Dawn Architecture
Powerhouse Place – Public Realm Lab
The Boronggook Drysdale Library – Antarctica Architects and Architecture Associates
Wangaratta District Specialist School – Sibling Architecture
Wirrng Wirrng – Kerstin Thompson Architects
