A brand new school on the College of Oxford in the UK was probably the most extremely awarded undertaking within the Australian Institute of Architects Worldwide Chapter Structure Awards – a program that honours distinctive buildings designed by Australian architects however located abroad. Now in its seventeenth iteration, this 12 months’s awards have been offered on the Australia Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Reuben Faculty by FJC Studio claimed the best honour in its class, the Hugh O’Neil Award for Heritage. Oxford’s thirty ninth and first new school in almost 30 years, the undertaking concerned “a transformative refurbishment of Grade II listed buildings […] into modern areas for graduate examine, interdisciplinary collaboration, and group interplay,” the architect’s assertion notes.

“The design prioritises inclusivity and openness, balancing heritage preservation with fashionable wants,” the assertion provides. As well as, the undertaking launched into “one of many College of Oxford’s largest decarbonisation and decontamination initiatives,”which “concerned the removing of over 800 tonnes of asbestos and 4 pints of mercury.”

Three tasks received the only real award of their respective classes. An Award for Public Structure was bestowed upon Oman Throughout Ages Museum by Cox Structure, described by the architects as a “world cultural hallmark” consultant of “Oman’s previous, geographic range and future aspirations.” Within the Residential Structure – A number of Housing class, Wardle recieved an Award for Luxelakes Boracay in Chengdu, China – an eight-tower, “luxurious residential precinct that lightly blends nature and modern design.” Grha DSN, an Indonesian workplace headquarters with a curvilinear, energy-efficient type centred upon an open courtyard, designed by Denton Corker Marshall Jakarta, was given an Award for Business Structure.

Jury chair Wei Jien Ito mentioned, “We’ve got been inspired by this 12 months’s award entries with their varied challenges based mostly on distinctive cultural, geographical and environmental circumstances. The assorted methodologies utilized in lots of of those tasks have translated into distinctive structure that can also be inherently Australian of their integrity of fabric, type and element.”

The winners are: