The winners of this year’s City of Port Phillip Design and Development Awards, which honour the best architecture and urban design projects across much of Melbourne’s inner south, have been announced at St Kilda Town Hall, as part of Melbourne Design Week. They include the redeveloped St Kilda Pier, a 700-home apartment complex, Australia’s oldest kindergarten and the environmentally ambitious Port Phillip Eco Centre, among others.
City of Port Phillip Mayor Alex Makin said this year’s awards highlighted the extraordinary breadth and quality of projects shaping the municipality. “With a record 52 submissions, the jury was impressed by the diversity, creativity and calibre on display,” he said.
“This is the 18th time we’ve celebrated design excellence through these awards, and each winner and commendation reflects the care and imagination that make Port Phillip such a vibrant and distinctive place to live.”
Jury members included Linda Cheng (freelance journalist and editor) as chair, Kathryn Robson (director, Robson Rak Architects), Brendan Baxter (principal architect, City of Port Phillip), and City of Port Phillip councillors Serge Thomann and Heather Cunsolo.
The jury award winners are:
Excellence in urban design
Award
St Kilda Pier Redevelopment – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects and Site Office Landscape Architecture
Commendation
Moubray Street Community Park – City of Port Phillip with Pollen Studio
Excellence in cultural and community benefit
Award
St Kilda Pier Redevelopment – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects and Site Office Landscape Architecture
Port Phillip Eco Centre – Bourke and Bouteloup Architects
Commendation
St Kilda Balaclava Kindergarten – JFK Design
Excellence in heritage
Award
Terracotta House – Matyas Architects and Interiors
Commendation
BVIA on Bank – Agius and Scorpo Architects
Excellence in sustainability
Award
Port Phillip EcoCentre – Bourke and Bouteloup Architects
Commendation
Edwardian Retrofit – Alwyn Projects
The category award winners are:
Small scale
Award
St Kilda West fully wheelchair accessible apartment – DE Arch
Commendations
Diver sculpture – Aludean Sculpture
Endurance public artwork – Aludean Sculpture
Residential new build – one to two dwellings
Award
The Promenade – Seidler Group
Commendation
Materia home and office – Obsessive Architecture
Residential alteration or addition – one to two dwellings
Award
A Light Addition – Office Mi-Ji
Commendation
Harvest House – Breathe Architecture
Residential – three or more dwellings
Award
The Gladstone – Studio SC Architecture
Mixed-use
Award
The Archive – Hayball
Non-residential
Award
Clarendon Works – Six Degree Architects
Commendation
St Kilda and Balaclava Kindergarten – JFK Design