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NSW’s top projects of 2011 were awarded by the Australian Institute of Architects.  The NSW Architecture Awards were held earlier this year in Sydney and the UNSW Built Environment community was well represented:

• Esteemed UNSW Built Environment Professor and alumnus Glenn Murcutt received the Enduring Architecture Award for projects of 25 years or more for his design of the iconic Magney House at Bingie Bingie on the NSW south coast.
• NSW Government Architect, BE Visiting Professor and BE Alumnus Peter Mould was awarded the 2011 President's Prize, with NSW President Matthew Pullinger saying, "This prize is foremost about celebrating a highly committed and talented advocate, but it is also an unconditional endorsement of the position of the NSW Government Architect at a moment when fearless design advice to government is so important.”
• UNSW BE graduate Matt Chan (BArch 1996) from Scale Architecture was awarded the Emerging Architect Prize. Matt has been creating and working in a variety of facets within the industry developing thinking through teaching, research, discourse and speculative work, as well as collaborative practice.
• This year’s top honour, the Sulman Award, was presented to Bligh Voller Nield (BVN) Architecture for their innovative design of the ‘Brain and Mind Research Institute (BRMI) – Youth Mental Health Building’. BVN received an additional triumph when they were awarded the John Verger Award in Interior Architecture for the ‘BVN Sydney Studio’. Visiting UNSW Professor James Grose was a project principal in both of these winning projects.
• Alumni Tony Chenchow and Stephanie Little were honoured with the Single Housing – Alterations and Addition award for their Skylight House project. 
• An Architecture Award in Commercial Architecture for the ‘ERA’ project was awarded to Stanisic Associates Architects, led by current UNSW studio master Frank Stanisic.

Dean of UNSW Built Environment, Professor Alec Tzannes, said “the awards night produced a fantastic result for the Faculty and the University, with recognition going to UNSW Built Environment professors, lecturers and alumni. These successes help to reinforce this Faculty’s position as a highly successful and innovative educational facility which continues to produce individuals who are highly sought after within our industry.”

Professor Tzannes is also Director of Tzannes Associates.  His firm received an Architecture Award in Public Architecture for the ‘Hillingdon Ascham School’ in addition to three Commendations in Residential Housing, Residential Multiple Housing and Commercial Architecture.

We would like to congratulate all winners at the July 2011 NSW Architecture Awards.

Click here to view a full list of this year's winners.

Image: Chenchow Little, Skylight House
Image credit: Katherine Lu