An academic facility for major college college students in Rockhampton has acquired the highest prize on the Australian Institute of Structure 2025 Central Queensland Regional Structure Awards, counseled by the jury for its “delicate and considerate response to the environmental, social, and financial situations of its rural Queensland setting.”
Kingsley School – Major Stage 01 by Design and Structure was awarded the esteemed J. W. Wilson Award for Constructing of the 12 months. The challenge delivers beneficiant and versatile indoor studying areas that stretch into the outside, providing various studying environments. The jury famous that the brand new facility, which is bordered by busy roads, aptly responds to web site challenges – equivalent to flooding and noise – via elevated and acoustically delicate structure.
“Kingsley School exemplifies how considerate design can transcend constraints to create a long-lasting, community-oriented studying atmosphere,” stated the jury.
The challenge additionally acquired a commendation within the Instructional Structure class.
Wintergarden in Bundaberg Central was awarded the Central Queensland Regional Undertaking of the 12 months Award. Designed by native architect Tomas O’Malley, the challenge reimagines a beloved 1929 theatre as a multipurpose group hub, retaining unique ornamental parts and repurposing current areas into assembly rooms and a small meeting corridor for area people teams.
The jury counseled the challenge for its versatile and practical design. “Wintergarden is a complicated strategy to the restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings inside regional city centres in Queensland,” they commented.
Wintergarden moreover earned a commendation within the Public Structure class.
The winners are:
J.W. Wilson Award for Constructing of the 12 months
Kingsley School – Major Stage 01 – Design and Structure
Regional Undertaking of the 12 months
Wintergarden – Tomas O’Malley Architect
Home of the 12 months
Merinda Sound Seashore – Maytree Studios
Folks’s Selection Award
Kingsley School – Major Stage 01 – Design and Structure
Instructional Structure
Commendation
Kingsley School – Major Stage 01 – Design and Structure
Public Structure
Commendation
Wintergarden – Tomas O’Malley Architect
Industrial Structure
Commendation
Keppel Bay Crusing Membership – Arkhefield
Residential Structure – Homes (New)
Commendation
Merinda Sound Seashore – Maytree Studios
