A college constructing hailed as a benchmark venture for schooling design within the tropics has taken out the highest prize on the North Queensland Australian Institute of Regional Architects Awards.
The James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place, designed by Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects, was awarded the Walter and Oliver Tunbridge Award for Constructing of the 12 months. The jury famous that the ability’s design was “pushed by a response to website and local weather,” leading to “spectacular areas.”
The venture additionally obtained commendations within the Inside Structure and Academic Structure classes, and was shortlisted for 3 classes: Sustainable Structure, the EmAGN Mission Award and the Artwork and Architect Award.
Taking out the prize for North Queensland Regional Mission of the 12 months, the Cathedral Faculty Sports activities Precinct in Mundingburra, Townsville, designed by Stephen de Jersey Architect, was lauded by the jury as an “unabashedly monumental construction for the college campus.” The judges additionally described the precinct as an exemplary “climatically responsive gathering area,” additionally awarding it with a commendation for Academic Structure.
The 2025 North Queensland Folks’s Selection Award was awarded to Charters Towers Miners’ Memorial Stroll. Designed by I 4 structure, the Memorial Stroll honours those that misplaced their lives to accidents on the Charters Towers Goldfields.
Within the Public Structure class, the Denise Glasgow Performing Arts Centre at Pimlico State Excessive Faculty obtained a commendation. Designed by Peddle Thorp (design architect) with Db architects (documentation architect), judges applauded the venture’s contribution to the “faculty grasp plan and the performing arts neighborhood.”
All awarded and recommended tasks from the area are shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Structure Awards, set to be introduced in June 2025.
The winners are:
Walter and Oliver Tunbridge Award for Constructing of the 12 months
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
Regional Mission of the 12 months
Cathedral Faculty Sports activities Precinct – Stephen de Jersey Architect
Folks’s Selection Award
Charters Towers Miners’ Memorial Stroll – I 4 Structure
Public Structure
Commendations
Charters Towers Miners’ Memorial Stroll – I 4 Structure
Denise Glasgow Performing Arts Centre – Peddle Thorp (design architect) with Db architects (documentation architect)
Academic Structure
Commendations
Cathedral Faculty Sports activities Precinct – Stephen de Jersey Architect
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
Industrial Structure
Commendation
Milford Planning – Counterpoint Structure with George Milford
Inside Structure
Commendation
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
Sustainable Structure
Shortlisted
Hydrogen and Renewable Vitality Coaching Facility and Superior Manufacturing Expertise Lab – Peddle Thorp
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
EmAGN Mission Award
Shortlisted
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
Artwork and Structure Award
Shortlisted
James Prepare dinner College Engineering and Innovation Place – Kirk with I 4 Structure and Charles Wright Architects
