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The public and professional value of awards

A chance to pause, reflect, advance • We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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Year in review: 2020 headlines from ArchitectureAU.com

Leverage: An introduction • Emma Williamson, Kieran Wong, Maryam Gusheh and Justine Clark launch a series of discussions on the idea of “leverage.” Originally planned as face-to-face interviews, these important conversations will now appear over the next few issues of Architecture Australia as a way of maintaining connections and seeking out untapped opportunities for the profession.

Leverage: Better services through design • Mass Design Group operates globally, working with local partners to design projects that are optimized for their sites and that create social value for the long term. Kieran Wong speaks with founding principal and chief design officer Alan Ricks, who is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Indigenizing practice: To award, or not to award? • In the first of a series of discussions on Indigenizing architectural practice in Australia, Sarah Lynn Rees speaks to practitioners about the place and process of Indigenous awards. The intent of this series is to raise awareness and integrate Indigenous material, conversations and perspectives into the content and themes explored in Architecture Australia.

National Architecture Awards • The inability to undertake physical site visits this year delivered some unexpected outcomes for the jury, including a move to engage with clients and end users as well as the architects. Creative adaptation of existing buildings and places, projects that recalibrate typologies, a deep commitment to social and environmental sustainability, and a strong desire to collaborate came through as distinct themes. Congratulations to this year’s diverse winners.

Jury Chair overview

Anzac Memorial Centenary Extension by Johnson Pilton Walker with the Government Architect NSW

Marrickville Library by BVN

Parks Victoria Albert Park Office and Depot by Harrison and White with Archier

State Library Victoria Redevelopment by Architectus and Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Ian Potter Southbank Centre, University of Melbourne by John Wardle Architects

Curtin University Midland Campus by Lyons with Silver Thomas Hanley

MLC School Senior Centre by BVN

Carlton Learning Precinct COLA by Law Architects

Phoenix Central Park by Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects

Grant Pirrie House by Virginia Kerridge Architect

Napier Street for Milieu by Freadman White

Phoenix Central Park by Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects

Three Capes Track Lodges by Andrew Burns Architecture

Daramu House by Tzannes

9 Cremorne St by Fieldwork

Basin Beach House by Peter Stutchbury Architecture

East Street by Kerstin Thompson Architects

Glebe House by Chenchow Little

Breezeway House by David Boyle Architect

Redwood by Chenchow Little

Outside [the] Box by Troppo Architects

RaeRae House...