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President’s Award
Ironbark Apartments by
City West Housing
City West Housing’s commitment to high-quality affordable housing is demonstrated by the development and operations model of Ironbark Apartments as a diverse, sustainable community where residents are proud to call their home. Completed in June 2020, Ironbark provides 75 affordable rental apartments in perpetuity. Income-based rents ensure that residents are not in housing stress and that local communities include a diverse range of backgrounds, professions, and wealth. Ironbark provides a high-quality architectural design fit-for-purpose for affordable housing that complements Harold Park and the broader neighbourhood, ensuring that the building is indistinguishable from market housing.
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Masterplanned Communities
Gledswood Hills by
Sekisui House Australia
Gledswood Hills developed by Sekisui House Australia is a masterplanned community located in Sydney’s South West. A 2.5-kilometre purpose-built green corridor traverses the development from the north to south. There are over 40 hectares of landscaped parklands and reserves, 10 neighbourhood parks and playgrounds, over 50 kilometres of cycle and walk paths and Gledswood Hills Primary School. A nine-hole Greg Norman designed golf course also features in the project. Designed in collaboration with Turner Architects, The Yards precinct will establish an open urban village environment. Over 1,550 contemporary dwellings and 375 apartments will be built when completed in 2026.
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High-Density Development
Waterfall by Crown Group, designed by SJB
Waterfall by Crown Group was completed in November 2019 comprising 331 luxury apartments. Sitting at the end of a new linear public park, the ambition for Waterfall was to contribute to the village – a series of buildings that fold energy inwards for the enjoyment of residents and outwards for the benefit of the community. Designed by SJB architects, the building’s structural concept was heavily inspired by nature. Design features include a tranquil internal lagoon and bamboo walk, a lush rooftop escape with a private outdoor cinema, Australia’s tallest man-made waterfall and more than 5000 plants on vertical green walls.
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Medium Density Development
Clarion by Milligan Group and MNi Group in collaboration with SJB
Located on the corner of Ralph Street and Shirley Street in the inner-city suburb of Alexandria, Clarion is a bespoke 6-storey mixed-use boutique development with 18 apartments and ground floor retail that responds to the light industrial character of the area while providing a strong and dynamic architectural design that holds the corner site. Clarion’s aim is to set a new benchmark of understated luxury and bespoke design in the area.
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Residential Subdivision
Putney Hill by
Frasers Property Australia
Inspired by living close to the city but with the peace and tranquility of a real community, Frasers Property’s range of contemporary, apartments, terraces and freestanding homes within the leafy neighbourhood of Putney Hill, offer a level of sophistication not seen before in the area of Ryde/Putney. Putney Hill highlights best practice building design founded on principles to deliver ‘the missing middle’ and achieve a better balance between density and amenity. Over 50 percent of the site is dedicated to green space including playgrounds, walkways, fitness stations, tennis and basketball courts and a central lake within the 2.4HA Lardelli Park.
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Small-Scale Infill Development
The Abbey by
Traders In Purple & AJH+
“The Abbey”, developed and delivered by Traders In Purple, and designed by AJH+, comprises of seven beautifully appointed luxury residences – three of which are built within the former heritage listed 1920s South Cronulla Uniting Church and Sunday School hall. Sitting adjacent, four contemporary residences celebrate the site’s special link to its past and coastal position. Traders In Purple’s vision was to pay legacy to the rich history of this property while creating high-end sophisticated residences that are like private sanctums.
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Commercial Development
The Foundry, South Eveleigh by Mirvac
The Foundry is a stunning example of a workplace of the future, bringing together leading technology and design to create a flexible and sustainable campus-style working environment. The Foundry was completed in May 2020 and spans 55,000sqm, over six storeys with expansive floorplates nearing 9,000sqm and one of Australia’s first ‘groundscrapers’. The building is home to around 6,000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia employees including the organisation’s venture-building entity, X15 Ventures. It is the second largest commercial building in Australia and the largest steel building Mirvac has developed to date.
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Industrial Development
Jaycar at Eastern Creek Business Park by Frasers Property Industrial
Frasers Property Industrial successfully completed its first high bay facility at Eastern Creek Business Park in west Sydney’s Eastern Creek Industrial Precinct in March 2020. The facility features 21,688sqm of floorspace that soars up to 25.5m in the dedicated high bay section that is capable of a 20,0000 pallet capacity. The innovative design is double the height of standard Australian warehouses. A highly engineered slab was designed by Frasers Property Industrial to withstand 29 tonnes from the automated pallet storage and retrieval system. Proven high bay success is tipped to spark a building trend in the industrial development industry.
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Mixed-Use Development
Esplanade Norwest by Aoyuan International
Esplanade Norwest is a visionary residential, commercial and retail ‘vertical village’ leading Norwest’s next evolution as a truly integrated business and lifestyle centre. Its ‘resort-style’ concept capitalises on the unique waterfront location, delivering an exciting dining and retail precinct, inspiring places to work, and luxurious homes high above. Esplanade boasts generous landscaping, abundant residents-only facilities and personal touches like concierge services for both residential and commercial occupants. The project has enriched its surrounding neighbourhood and become a sought-after place to live, work and play.
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Retirement Living
The Rose by Moran by Antoniades Architects
The Royce is a unique collaboration between Tulich and Panthers Penrith Your World of Entertainment, providing Western Sydney with a premium retirement and aged care community. Providing 130 Independent Living Units, 128 bed Residential Aged Care Facility, with a plethora of facilities positioned around beautifully landscaped terraces and courtyard gardens. Calderflower were engaged by Tulich to redesign an existing design that was unable to progress through the DA process. Calderflower completely re-worked the planning and the overall proposal to improve articulation of the building form and mass to provide breaks in the building height and creating roof terraces and gardens.
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Aged-Care
Harbison Dementia Cottages by Calderflower and Harbison
Two connected fifteen-bed dementia specific care-households have been created in the Southern Highlands with a scale and character that embodies typical domestic life and daily routines through sympathetic siting with a recognisable building form (pitched roof, deep eaves and perimeter verandah) and considered landscaping. These households allow for the highly personalised care of 30 dementia residents, in an environment that is as close to a familiar domestic setting as possible. Completed in July 2019, this is a benchmark project for Harbison and is expected to be followed closely more broadly for ‘best practice’ dementia care in Australia and abroad.
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NSW Regional Development
Foreshore Lake Macquarie by Stevens Group
Foreshore Lake Macquarie is a mixed-use development, located lakeside at Toronto. There are 37 units, comprising of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. Additionally, there are 3 commercial spaces, totalling 424m2. The development completion date is April 2021. The use of curves throughout the development adds a level of sophistication to the design that assists in reinforcing the nautical design theme. Curved glass, curved concrete and curved blockwork soften the design and assist in blending the building into the landscape.
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Affordable Housing
Ironbark Apartments by
City West Housing
City West Housing’s commitment to high-quality affordable housing is demonstrated by the development and operations model of Ironbark Apartments as a diverse, sustainable community where residents are proud to call their home. Completed in June 2020, Ironbark provides 75 affordable rental apartments in perpetuity. Income-based rents ensure that residents are not in housing stress and that local communities include a diverse range of backgrounds, professions, and wealth. Ironbark provides a high-quality architectural design fit-for-purpose for affordable housing that complements Harold Park and the broader neighbourhood, ensuring that the building is indistinguishable from market housing.
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Urban Renewal/ Adaptive Reuse
Smart Design Studio by Smart Design Property
Stokes 14 comprises the adaptive reuse of a Post-War industrial warehouse, into commercial and residential uses. The key innovation was to transform an existing warehouse into a carbon neutral building, targeting a six star NABERS energy rating. The building retains over 80 percent of the existing footprint, and employs a number of sustainable initiatives, including photovoltaic solar panels with battery storage, natural heating and cooling systems, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. The completed project has been a successful business development tool in attracting new clients, and interest in the design has led to media coverage and shortlisting in industry awards.
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Sustainability & Environmental Technology
Smart Design Studio by Smart Design Property
Stokes 14 comprises the adaptive reuse of a Post-War industrial warehouse, into commercial and residential uses. The key innovation was to transform an existing warehouse into a carbon neutral building, targeting a six star NABERS energy rating. The building retains over 80 percent of the existing footprint, and employs a number of sustainable initiatives, including photovoltaic solar panels with battery storage, natural heating and cooling systems, rainwater harvesting, and waste reduction. The completed project has been a successful business development tool in attracting new clients, and interest in the design has led to media coverage and shortlisting in industry awards.
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Social & Community Infrastructure
Gosford Leagues Club Park by HCCDC, Turf and
ADW Johnson
Gosford Leagues Club Park is a key open space area within the Civic area of Gosford which pays homage to the local indigenous Darkinjung people as well as the rich boat building history of Brisbane Water. The concept behind the development came about from reviewing an old survey plan which showed the original Brisbane Water mean high water level been within the site. Gosford Leagues Club Field seamlessly integrates itself into the renewed public domain for the region and provides a contemporary space for visitors and locals alike to appreciate the richness in character and culture that the region holds.
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Marketing
Portman on the Park by Mirvac and Landcom
Portman on the Park launched into a global pandemic, with international borders closed and Australia’s economic recovery uncertain. Add to that, a summer of bushfires, and the decision to pursue WELLv2 Certification was not so much bold as obvious. As the first residential building in Australia to seek WELLv2 Certification, a measure of the impact of the built environment on human health and happiness, Portman on the Park includes features that deliver clean air, water and natural light. Adopting wellness as the architectural design language, Mirvac made wellbeing the focus of its marketing, with the promise of Pure Luxury living.
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Design
Nautilus at The Waterfront, Shell Cove by Shellharbour City Council and Frasers Property Australia
Elegant and classical with contemporary detailing and materials, Nautilus is the premium residential development within the beachside community of The Waterfront, Shell Cove. Fronting the harbour, the building is shaped to curve around the promontory of the marina, with residents offered sweeping views of the world-class marina and Pacific Ocean, and across the Illawarra escarpment. A sense of grandeur characterises the building. It has a civic presence where a regular structural rhythm create an ordered façade. Arranged in a curving crescent overlooking a central garden, the building presents as a monumental whole of which each residence forms a distinguished part.
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