‘This years’ entries proved that sustainability and aesthetics have finally become part of one complete package – one that the built industry is now able to offer to the wider public,’ announced Branko Miletic, Editor of Infolink Magazine and Architecture & Design, which organise the Sustainable Building Awards. ‘Therefore, both for the industry and our awards, a new benchmark has been set – one that I hope will see sustainability become the integral component of each and every built environment across this nation from now on.’
EME Design received two awards with their project Passive Butterfly, taking out the Best of the Best category and Single Dwelling Alteration or Addition. The jury commended the home for proving that ‘centuries-old heritage structures can become environmentally-conscious dwellings with the adaptive re-use of sustainable design thinking’.
Another twice-recognised firm was Defence Housing Australia, the recipient of the Green Building of the Year and Multiple Dwelling for The Prince’s Terrace Adelaide. This development was recognised for its ‘commitment to health and wellbeing exceeding Green Star Criteria for VOC emissions, along with upcycling 100 percent of brick materials from other demolition projects’.
2018 also saw the addition of the new category Emerging Architect of the Year, which was awarded to Jean Graham of Winter Architecture, for an ‘inspired use of online collaboration between remotely located staff’. Jurors Tim Horton, Registrar of NSW Board of Architects; Suzanne Toumbourou, Executive Director of Sustainable Built Environment Council; Robin Mellon, Supply Chain Sustainability School; and Dick Clarke, Director of Envirotecture highlighted Jean’s democratic approach and work in broadening the possibilities of architecture to clients with disadvantaged access in remote locations.
The Full Winners List
Best of the Best
Passive Butterfly by EME Design
Emerging Architect of the Year
Jean Graham, Winter Architecture
Green Building of the Year
The Prince’s Terrace Adelaide by Defence Housing Australia
Smart Building
8 Chifley Square by Lippman Partnership/Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners
Single Dwelling
Drumkerin by Mahalath Halperin Architects
Achievement of Merit
Humberto Urriola, Founder of Atlantis Corporation
Single Dwelling, Addition/Alteration
Passive Butterfly by EME Design
Public & Urban Design
krakanilumi by Taylor and Hinds Architects
Multiple Dwelling
The Prince’s Terrace Adelaide by Defence Housing Australia
Landscape/Biophilia
Phoenix Rooftop by Bent Architecture
Interior Architecture
The Burcham by Stable Innovations
Innovation/Application
e-Board by Winya Indigenous Furniture
Healthcare
Wallen Veterinary Hospital by Crosshatch
Education & Research
Macquarie University Incubator by Architectus
Commercial
One Malop Street by Aurecon
