Throughout this yr’s Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 Western Australian Structure Awards, the jury pointed to acts of restore, civic generosity and a doing extra with much less strategy as defining themes.
Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins acquired the celebrated George Temple Poole Award for ECU Metropolis, an bold relocation of Edith Cowan College’s Faculty of Enterprise and Legislation and Cybersecurity, Arts and Humanities colleges, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the West Australian Display Academy into the Perth CBD. The mission concerned making a vertical campus with robust visible and bodily hyperlinks to the general public realm.
The jury applauded the mission for resolving advanced programmatic, spatial and technical necessities by skilful planning and sectional technique, leading to an “excellent work of structure.”
Jury chair Peter Hobbs mentioned acts of restore emerged as a recurring theme amongst winners.
“Deserted or underused websites are revitalised into vibrant social hubs for the area people, largely inside the current heritage cloth. Equally, business tasks had a robust sense of civic generosity by city revitalisation; civic insertions that welcome the area people with devoted public entry,” he mentioned.
Hobbs added {that a} theme of doing extra with much less was additionally noticed, with architects responding to post-COVID value will increase and present value of dwelling pressures, managing to stretch budgets and wring each cent of worth out of every design resolution.”
The complete checklist of successful and counseled tasks are as follows:
George Temple Poole Award
ECU Metropolis – Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins
Public Structure
Commendations
Particular Wants Dental Clinic – SPH Structure and Interiors
St John WA Coolamon Centre – Plus Studio
Academic Structure
The Hillson Beasley Award
ECU Metropolis – Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins
Awards
Duncraig Senior Excessive Faculty Rebuild – With Structure Studio
Manjali Studio Faculty – Lyons
College of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle Campus Library and Scholar Hub – Hames Sharley
Commendation
Angli Faculties Home – Hassell
Residential Structure – Homes (New)
The Marshall Clifton Award
Eric Road – Officer Woods Architects
Awards
Cottesloe Home – Vokes and Peters with Sam Carter
Eton – Vittino Ashe Architects
Lathlain Home – Silva and Mustard
Commendation
Wildwood Barn – Naked Architects
Residential Structure – Homes (Alterations and Additions)
The Peter Overman Award
Mount Lawley Addition – Ross McAndrew Architect
Award
Clifton Home – Matthew Crawford Architects
Commendation
Oakover – Amass Architects
Residential Structure – A number of Housing
Awards
Eric Road – Officer Woods Architects
White Road – Hartree and Associates Architects
Commendations
Frequent Floor East Perth – Gresley Abas
Elysian Subiaco – MJA studio
Industrial Structure
The Ross Chisholm and Gil Nicol Award
Marri Pavilions – Rezen Studio
Award
Enex 100 Redevelopment – Woods Bagot
9 The Esplanade – REX and Hassell
Commendations
Baillie Hill – Benson Bailey Studio
One Midland Sq. – Hassell
Heritage
Margaret Pitt Morison Award
Prendiville Group HQ – Spaceagency Architects
Award
Baillie Hill – Benson Bailey Studio
Inside Structure
The Julius Elischer Award
ECU Metropolis – Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins
Award
College of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle Campus Library and Scholar Hub – Hames Sharley
Commendation
Baillie Hill – Benson Bailey Studio
City Design
The John Septimus Roe Award
ECU Metropolis – Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins
Award
Baillie Hill – Benson Bailey Studio
Small Mission Structure
The Iwan Iwanoff Award
St Thomas Extra Columbarium – Simon Pendal Architect
Awards
South Seashore Public Services – Bernard Seeber Architects
Stillwater Home – Rezen Studio
Commendations
Gibbon Crossing and Parkland Coronary heart, Perth Zoo – Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects with Hassell
Home for All – Officer Woods Architects
Lake Joondalup Hen Viewing Construction and Footpath – Yellagonga Regional Park – Sphere Architects
Sustainable Structure
The Wallace Greenham Award
Hinderwell Home – MDC Architects
Award
Eric Road – Officer Woods Architects
Commendation
Eton – Vittino Ashe Architects
Enduring Structure
The Richard Roach Jewell Award
UWA Conservatorium of Music – Forbes and Fitzhardinge, with accomplice in cost Anthony Model
Colorbond Award for Metal Structure
Marri Pavilions – Rezen Studio
Commendation
Gibbon Crossing and Parkland Coronary heart, Perth Zoo – Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects with Hassell
Folks’s Alternative Award
Lathlain Home – Silva and Mustard
The Brian Kidd Enabling Structure Prize
South Seashore Public Services – Bernard Seeber Architects
Commendation
Particular Wants Dental Clinic – SPH Structure and Interiors
Mondoluce Award for Lighting
Magic Carpet Home – Home Hartree and Associates Architects
Lighting Award
Garde Lodge – Matthew Crawford Architects and Meyer Shircore Architects and Foolscap Studio
Commendation
Eton – Vittino Ashe Architects
