The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of Hobart Councillor Anna Reynolds, will officially open the 2024 Tasmanian Architecture Awards Hobart Exhibition on Thursday, June 13 at Brooke Street Pier, where all the projects entered in this year’s awards will be on show.
The exhibition displays the 35 projects entered in the 2024 awards program. The projects are entered across nine primary categories and constitute a total of 39 individual entries that showcase the range of diverse and exemplary new architecture produced across the state. Many of these projects are located within and around the south of the state.
These include clever and respectful alterations and additions to heritage homes, such as Patrick Street by Andrew Campbell and Georgina Russell, Korunnah by Spark Architecture and Finlay Street by Christopher Clinton Architect; thoughtful new homes, such as the We Ponder Home by align architecture + interiors with SAXON HALL architecture, Skellig House by Crump Architects, and Wattlebird House by Scott Flett Architecture Workshop; through to transformative social projects, such as the Peacock Centre by Xsquared Architects, the Youth 2 Independence (Y2!) Campbell Street project by LIMINAL Architecture, and New Bethlehem House by Tim Penny Architecture + Interiors Pty Ltd; and a large number of playful education projects, such the Cottage School by Taylor and Hinds Architects, the Hutchins School Pre-Kinder by ROSEVEAR STEPHENSON, and the Friends’ School Redevelopment Project by Bence Mulcahy with H2o Architects, and many more.
President of the Tasmanian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, Daniel Lane, says, ‘The Tasmanian Architecture Awards is the pinnacle event within the Tasmanian built environment calendar: they are a celebration of the buildings on our island, and the people who make them.’ He acknowledges that clients take a leap of faith in bringing a building to reality, ‘an extreme amount of trust and faith is afforded by our clients in any project, with the best outcomes often coming from a strong relationship between those involved. It is with them and their trust in us that these wonderful projects are made possible.’
2024 Tasmanian Architecture Award Jury Chair, Fred Ward, noted that the projects entered respond to the demand of Tasmania’s economic context and ‘do more with less’. ‘Our architects have been challenged and are pushing both themselves and their clients to achieve greater outcomes through simpler, more cost-effective, and less resource-intensive means,’ he said. ‘The requirement for an inventive approach, utilising refined design skills, has proven to be essential and demonstrates the value proposition of good design.’
The award recipients in each category – along with a number of other awards including the James Blackburn Triennial Prize, which considers residential buildings awarded over the three preceding years; the Award for Enduring Architecture, which considers buildings of merit that are over 25 years old; the SWT Blythe Student Prize, for projects completed by students from the University of Tasmania; the Tasmanian Emerging Architect Prize, which is awarded to an up-and-coming architect; the EmAGN Project Award, which recognises a project of merit, whereby members from the EmAGN demographic have made a substantial contribution to the project; the President’s Prize, which is presented to a person who has shown considerable commitment to the profession; and the Tasmanian Architecture Medal, which considers projects across all categories and is considered the best-of-the-best for the year – will be announced at an awards presentation evening on June 29, to be held in Hobart.
The exhibition will be on show at Brooke Street Pier until July 25. All Tasmanians are invited to take a look at the breadth of new architecture being produced in the state and vote for their favourite project in the People’s Choice either at the exhibition, or online at https://www.architecture.com.au/awards/2024-awards/2024-tasmanian-architecture-awards-gallery.
2024 Tasmanian Architecture Awards Exhibition Launch | Hobart
Thursday 13 June, 5.30 – 7 pm
Brooke Street Pier (boarding deck)
12 Franklin Wharf
Hobart
For more information contact:
Jennifer Nichols
Executive Director, Tasmanian Chapter
Australian Institute of Architects
+ 61 (3) 6214 1505 | M. +61 (0) 0409 216 526
jennifer.nichols@architecture.com.au
NOTES TO EDITOR:
All projects can be viewed at: https://www.architecture.com.au/awards/2024-awards/2024-tasmanian-architecture-awards-gallery
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Cover image: Wattlebird House | Scott Flett Architecture Workshop | Photographer: Adam Gibson
