{"id":673260,"date":"2026-05-15T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673260\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:05:11","slug":"2026-north-queensland-regional-architecture-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673260\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">A beach house with a brutalist character has taken out the top prize at the 2026 North Queensland Australian Institute of Regional Architects Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Airlie Beach House 1 by Glyde Bautovich Architecture and Urban Design was named the recipient of the esteemed Walter and Oliver Turnbridge Award for Building of the Year. Built from concrete and blockwork to withstand cyclones, the project incorporates lush landscaping and a triangular mangrove-inspired motif. The house also earned a commendation for Residential Architecture &#8211; Houses (New). <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Conceived as both a learning environment and a social anchor that prioritises shared spaces, natural light and ventilation, Calvary Prep by Counterpoint Architecture won the Regional Project of the Year. The project additionally received a commendation for Educational Architecture. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">All awarded and commended projects from the region are shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Architecture Awards, set to be announced in June 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The winners are:<\/p>\n<p>Walter and Oliver Turnbridge Award for Building of the Year <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Airlie Beach House 1 \u2013 Glyde Bautovich Architecture and Urban Design <\/p>\n<p>Regional Project of the Year<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Calvary Prep \u2013 Counterpoint Architecture <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Calvary Prep \u2013 Counterpoint Architecture.\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2070afdeab4d45afb0a365cc9c78baad.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"728\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p>Educational Architecture<br \/>\nCommendation <\/p>\n<p>Calvary Prep \u2013 Counterpoint Architecture <\/p>\n<p>Residential Architecture &#8211; Houses (New)<br \/>\nCommendations<\/p>\n<p>Airlie Beach House 1 \u2013 Glyde Bautovich Architecture and Urban Design <\/p>\n<p>Markina \u2013 Counterpoint Architecture <\/p>\n<p>People\u2019s Choice Award <\/p>\n<p>Calvary Prep \u2013 Counterpoint Architecture <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beach house with a brutalist character has taken out the top prize at the 2026 North Queensland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-673260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}