2026 Tasmanian Architecture Awards | ArchitectureAu

Thirty-one initiatives have gained awards on the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 Tasmanian Structure Awards.

Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania acquired the celebrated Tasmanian Structure Medal for each the Ablutions at Wybalenna and the Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna. The 2 initiatives at Wybalenna, the place Aboriginal Tasmanians have been forcibly interned throughout colonisation, have been recommended for his or her cautious engagement with the location’s traumatic historical past.

“Collectively, these interventions enact a quiet manifesto of structure’s profound responsibility and promise. To provide the previous presence. To make the longer term tangible. To attach each other. To bear that means and to heal trauma. They create a brand new basis for this sacred place,” commented the jury in its quotation.

The Ablutions venture additionally gained the Peter Willmott Award for Small Venture Structure and the Colorbond Award for Metal Structure, whereas the Homestead Renewal was recognised with the Roy Sharrington Smith Award for Heritage Structure.

Jury chair Martin Stephenson stated notable throughout lots of the recognised initiatives was the “respect for current buildings and a cautious and restrained strategy to conservation and integration of the brand new.”

“Whether or not or not it’s a major civic constructing extension or a reinterpretation of the common-or-garden Tasmanian shack, a transparent theme of respect for bodily and social historical past prevails on this 12 months’s entries and highlights what excellent structure can obtain,” stated Stephenson.

Terroir’s Albert Corridor Renewal acquired the Alan C. Walker Award for Public Structure, with the jury describing the venture as “an exemplary work of precision and civic generosity” that “transforms a long-unresolved edge right into a richly atmospheric public realm.”

Becoming a member of Stephenson on the jury was Kate Symons of Studio Ilk Structure and Interiors, Maddie Sewell of As much as One thing, Felix Blackman of BE-Architects, and Dr Julian Worrall of College of Tasmania – Structure and Design Faculty.

The winners are:

Tasmanian Structure Medal

The Ablutions at Wybalenna and The Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna – Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

Public Structure

Alan C. Walker Award

Albert Corridor Renewal – Terroir

Instructional Structure

Sydney Blythe Award

The Forest – Woods Bagot

Award

Bowen Highway Major Faculty – Mana Architects

Commendations

Cambridge Major Faculty – Bence Mulcahy

Legana Major Faculty – Cumulus Studio

Residential Structure – Homes (New)

Esmond Dorney Award

Sandford – 1 Plus 2 Structure

Award

Spring Seaside Home – Scale Structure

Commendations

Flowerpot – Tanner

Isabel and Elsie – Christopher Clinton Architect with Core Collective Architects

Residential Structure – Homes (Alterations and Additions)

Award

Balfour Terrace – Cumulus Studio

Commendations

Boa Vista – Licht Structure

Mount Stuart Greeny Flat – Bence Mulcahy

Mid Century River House – Maguire and Devine Architects

Residential Structure – A number of Housing

Award

Queens Stroll Housing – Cumulus Studio

Business Structure

Colin Philp Award

Black Swan – Preston Lane

Enduring Structure

Dorney Home at Fort Nelson – Esmond Dorney

Heritage Structure

Roy Sharrington Smith Award

The Homestead Renewal at Wybalenna – Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

Small Venture Structure

Peter Willmott Award

The Ablutions at Wybalenna – Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

Sustainable Structure

Barry McNeill Award

The Forest – Woods Bagot

Award

Isabel and Elsie – Christopher Clinton Architect with Core Collective Architects

Commendations

Mid Century River House – Maguire and Devine Architects

Cambridge Major Faculty – Bence Mulcahy

Spring Seaside Home – Scale Structure

Colorbond Award for Metal Structure

The Ablutions at Wybalenna – Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania

EmAGN Venture Award

Albert Corridor Renewal – Terroir

Henry Hunter Triennial Prize

Inveresk Library, College of Tasmania – Wardle

President’s Prize

Professor Rufus Black, Vice-Chancellor and President of the College of Tasmania

Rising Architect Prize

Man Edwards, BE-Architects

SWT Blythe Pupil Prize

Jack Rose – The Archive