{"id":941075,"date":"2026-10-26T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941075\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T02:54:09","slug":"durbach-block-jaggers-gold-medal-tour-wraps-up-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/941075\/","title":{"rendered":"Durbach Block Jaggers\u2019 Gold Medal Tour wraps up in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Institute of Architects\u2019 2026 national Gold Medal tour has concluded with <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/2026-national-prizes-gold-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this year\u2019s recipients<\/a> \u2013 Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers of Durbach Block Jaggers Architects \u2013 delivering the tour\u2019s final presentation, the A.S. Hook Address, in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The speech included individual reflections from the three recipients, touching on their personal journeys and inspirations in architecture, and their perspectives on the profession\u2019s evolving challenges and opportunities more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Each recipient also offered insights into significant projects from their practice\u2019s extensive body of work, including <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/axial-occupation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commonwealth Place<\/a> (2002, with Sue Barnsley Design), the Olympic Amenities Buildings (1999, with Nick Murcutt), the <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/national-jury-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brickpit Ring<\/a> (2005, with Sue Barnsley Design), <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/uts-science-and-health-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UTS Thomas Street Building<\/a> (2014, in association with BVN; now the UTS Vicki Sara Building), the <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/durbach-block-jaggers-hourglass-shaped-omnia-tower-completed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Omnia building<\/a> (2018, with SJB), Newcastle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/newcastle_east_end_stage_one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fabric House<\/a> (2017), the <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/perfect-skin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roslyn Street office<\/a> (2009), and <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/2017-national-architecture-awards-robin-boyd-award-for-residential-architecture-houses-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tamarama House<\/a> (2015), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Durbach, Block and Jaggers\u2019 complete A.S. Hook Address below: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Durbach, Block and Jaggers\u2019 Gold Medal win, colleagues and peers shared insight into the recipients\u2019 practice and work for Architecture Australia\u2018s May 2026 issue. Read Kate Goodwin\u2019s essay <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/beyond-the-unexpected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> and Nick Bryant\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/the-foxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>, and Glenn Murcutt\u2019s testimonial <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/painting-the-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>, Sue Barnsley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/tangled-up-in-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>, Andrew Mackenzie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/joie-de-vivre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>, Marcus Zusak\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/their-arena-is-unafraid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>, Elizabeth Farrelly\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/the-future-can-be-surprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> and John Wardle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/architectureau.com\/articles\/a-room-full-of-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Institute of Architects\u2019 2026 national Gold Medal tour has concluded with this year\u2019s recipients \u2013 Neil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-941075","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\/941075","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=941075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}