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State Theatre

Facade from Market Street
Location	47–51 Market Street, Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.8712°S 151.2074°E / -33.8712; 151.2074
Owner	Event Hospitality and Entertainment; Claude Neon Pty Ltd
Capacity	2034
Construction
Built	1926–1929
Architect	Henry Eli White, John Eberson

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State Theatre

Owner	Event Hospitality and Entertainment; Claude Neon Pty
Type	Cinema. concert and entertainment venue
Seating type	Raked with stalls, mezzanine and dress circle
Capacity	2,034

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PIE CHART AUSTRALIA

Awards by Australian state or territory, 1981—2022, by location of building (total 48 awards)

1. New South Wales (42%)
2. Victoria (27%)
3. Queensland (23%)
4. Tasmania (4%)
5. Western Australia (2%)
6. Northern Territory (2%)
7. South Australia (0%)
8. Australian Capital Territory (0%)

Average age of Awards in Australia by state

State	Average years since built to award
NSW	45.4
VIC	39.0
QLD	36.9
TAS	43.1
SA	37.3
WA	52.6
ACT	37.1
NT	43.0
AUS	41.6

Chris Johnson (Australian architect)

Chris Johnson AO
Born	Christopher Richard Johnson (1945-06-24) 24 June 1945 Chiddingstone, Kent, England
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation(s)	NSW Government Architect, Architect, Lobbyist
Years active	1974—2019
Spouse	Davina Jackson
Children	Abbie, Matilda
Parent(s)	Peter Johnson AC, Jane Meade–Waldo
Awards	Sulman Medal 1981
Practice	NSW Government Architect
Projects	Sydney Olympic Park
Design	Public high schools (1973—1984)

Christopher Richard Johnson AO, LFRAIA, (born 24 June 1945) is a Sydney based Australian architect and former New South Wales Government Architect from 1995—2005.

Early life

Chris Johnson was born 24 June 1945 in Chiddingstone, Kent, England near the end of World War II. His father Peter Johnson was a RAAF pilot who was shot down in France on 11 April 1944, less than three weeks after marrying his mother Jane Meade–Waldo. His father survived almost five months before returning to the United Kingdom on 4 September 1944.

After the war the family returned to Sydney, Australia in 1946, settling on the North Shore where Chris attended Artarmon Public School and later Shore School.

Early Architecture career

Sydney University, Architecture Faculty. Graduated 1968. Worked at McConnel Smith and Johnson 1969 then travelled to India in 1970. Drove overland from Bombay to London and worked at York Rosenberg and Mardell on large projects the after travel to Scandinavia, Russia, Italy and Africa joined Shankland Cox architects to work on housing projects and a nursery school at Letchworth.

Government Architects Office

In early 1974 Johnson returned to Sydney to work in the Schools Section of the NSW Government Architects Branch. Over the next decade he designed 21 school projects, mostly new schools, including Colo High School (RAIA Merit Award 1981) and Hampden Park Public School (RAIA Merit Award 1980, RAIA Sulman Medal 1981). (see Jennifer Taylor Australian Architecture since 1960, RAIA, 1990, p159-160)

He was President of RAIA NSW Chapter 1982–1984 and made a Life Fellow of the RAIA in 1985. Johnson continued working at the NSW Government Architects Branch and in 1995 he was made NSW Government Architect where he influenced the design of residential flats with NSW Premier Bob Carr. He also had a significant role in the redevelopment of Walsh Bay and the Sydney Olympic Park and developed an exhibition of futuristic homes.

NSW Government Architect

As NSW Government Architect he oversaw the design of 300 schools, 30 hospitals and 50 TAFE colleges and a number of these won accolades from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. (see article in AFR, 1 July 2005, Builder says, we can fix it, by Tina Perinotto) and (Architecture Bulletin, September/October 2005, p22/23, A decade as NSW Government Architect.

In 2005 Johnson retired as NSW Government Architect and became Executive Director of Urban Renewal in the NSW Government Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources. (see AFR article by Tina Perrinoto). In this role he developed policies for complying development including the NSW Housing Code and planning documents for six regional cities. He was also the Director of the 2008 Metropolis Congress held in Sydney October 2008 and was editor of five books on urban planning.

In 2009 he set up a private practice until 2011 when he became CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia where he represented the development industry through publications and events. After eight years in this role he left to be a part time consultant in 2019.

Academia

Chris Johnson has a Bachelor of Architecture, University of Sydney, 1967: Master of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, 1993; Master of Architecture in History and Theory, University of NSW, 1997; Master of Cultural Heritage, Deakin University, 2002. He has been a visiting professor at three Sydney Universities and was appointed a Resident Professor in 2023 at the Asian School of Architecture, Design and Innovation, Cochin, Kerala, India.

Recognition

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for 'services to to architecture in the field of urban design and the development of major public projects, to policy implementation and reform, and to professional organisations.' In 2023 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to urban design and architecture, to planning reform and compliance, and to the community."

Publications

• Johnson, Chris (1985). City in Conflict. Sydney: The Law Book Company. ISBN 0455205639.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger. ISBN 0868066850.
• Johnson & Jackson, Chris & Davina (2000). Australian Architecture Now. Sydney: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500283882.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Celebrating Sydney: 100 Legacies. Sydney: Pesaro Publishers. ISBN 0957756062.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Geometries of Power: Imperial Cities of Delhi. Sydney: University of Sydney Publishing. ISBN 1864874627.
• Johnson, Chris (2004). Homes dot Com: Architecture for all. Sydney: Government Architect Publications. ISBN 073474322X.
• Johnson, Chris (2004). Greening Cities: Landscaping the Urban Fabric. Sydney: Government Architect Publications.
• Johnson, Chris (2011). Indian Cities: Managing Urban Growth. Sydney: Metropolis Publications.
• Johnson, Chris (2021). Mid-Rise Urban Living. Sydney: Lund and Humphries.
• Johnson, Chris (2024). Old School: Education Buildings by Chris Johnson 1973–1984. Sydney: Vista Press.

William Wardell Award for Public Architecture

The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture is the highest honour awarded annually for public buildings by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA). It has been awarded 28 consecutive times from 1997 to 2024.

Background

Definition of the award

The award recognises 'completed works of architecture of the highest quality' in the public architecture category. Originally the award was offered for 'insitutional buildings' with winning and commended projects including a wider array of building types.

Projects in this awards category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature and generally fall within Building Code of Australia (BCA) Class 9, excluding projects within the definition of 'Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes'. Projects awarded Named Awards and Architecture Awards by state-based Chapters of the AIA will be considered for a National Award in the same year. Since 2015 education projects have been assessed in a separate award category for the Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture. In 1997 the previous insitutional awards were recategorised into separate and distinct public, educational and commerical categories.

Multiple winners

ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall) have won the award on five separate occasions; 1996, 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2016.

National awards for public architecture

Winners of this award are eligible for consideration in the annual national Australian Institute of Architects architecture awards for the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, usually announced in October or November.

William Wardell

The naming of the award recognises English born architect and civil engineer William Wardell (1823–1899). Wardell was appointed government architect in Victoria in 1858. He designed many important public and eccliastical buildings in Melbourne over a 20 year period. After being dismissed by the government Wardell moved to Sydney, extending his career as an influential and important public architect. He died in North Sydney in 1899.

Frederick Romberg Award

https://architectureau.com/articles/2024-Frederick-Romberg-Award-for-Residential-Architecture-Multiple-Housing/ https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/awards/ferrars-york-six-degrees-architects https://www.sixdegrees.com.au/projects/ferrars-york/

The Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing is an national award presented annually by the Australian Institute of Architects. It recognises outstanding achievements in multi-residential design with an emphasis on design, innovation, sustainability, and community impact. Winners have included private apartment buildings, townhouses, resorts, student and social housing. The award was first presented in 2007 reflecting a change in building typology focus in archtitecure, occuring as cities and towns became more dense and housing preferences evolved.

Background

Definition of the award

As per the Australian Institute of Architects Policy No.13 on awards, prizes and honours, Category 5: Residential Housing Multiple Housing Projects category submission must be residential in nature, and comprise of, or include two or more self-contained dwellings (whether or not the structure includes uses for other purposes). The Named Award is the Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing. Secondary awards and recognition are awarded with an Architecture Award: National Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing and commendations receive a National Commendation for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing.

Naming of the award

The award is named after Frederick Romberg, (Friedrich Sigismund Hermann Romberg), born 21 June 1913, in Qingdao and died 12 November 1992, Melbourne, Australia. Romberg was a Swiss trained architect who migrated to Australia in 1938, and is best known for his architectural partnership Grounds, Romberg and Boyd (1953—1962), and for some landmark Melbourne apartment buildings constructed in the 1940s.

Multiple housing awards before 2007

Prior to establishing the award in 2007, multiple housing projects were rarely awarded and often across a range of different categories including the Robin Boyd Award, Urban Design Award or occassionally as a special jury award.

The earliest state based award for multiple dwelling architecture was to Grounds, Romberg and Boyd for the Boyd House and Four Apartments (Roy Grounds House) which won an Victorian Architecture Medal in 1954.

Ancher Mortlock Murray Woolley for The Penthouses in 1964. Aurora Place by Renzo Piano Workshop won the 2004 NSW state-based Wilkinson Award and Horizon Apartments by Harry Seidler won the same award in 1999.

Walk-up apartments Raffen Moran Architects, 1992 Commendation Larrakeyah Medium Density Housing, Precinct 2 Troppo Architects, 1993 (shared Robin Boyd Award)

1993 Interior Architecture Award for Nation Apartment won by Nation Fender Architects and a commendation awarded for the Perraton Apartment, Sydney by Stephen Varady.

2000 Special Jury Award for Apartments at Newington (Precinct 3) by HPA Architects with Bruce Eeles and Associates, and Vote Associates

2002 Lavarack Barracks Redevelopment (Stage 2) Living-in-Accommodation by Bligh Voller Nield (Qld) & Troppo Architects (Qld) awarded Robin Boyd Award.

2005 Robin Boyd Award commendation, Canopy Apartments by Alex Popov Architects.

2004 Urban Design Commendation for Cove Apartments Harry Seidler & Associates 2005 Urban Design Award WBG Walsh Bay Redevelopment HPA, PTW, Tropman and Tropman, Bates Smart, Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners

State awards

All state divisions of the Australian Institute of Architects now award annual awards in the multiple housing category.

• New South Wales: Aaron Bolot Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• Queensland: Job & Froud Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• Victoria: Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing.
• Australian Capital Territory: Sydney Ancher Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• South Australia: Newell Platten Award for Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• Western Australia: Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• Tasmania: Ray Heffernan Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
• Northern Territory: Ken Frey Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing category.

These state-based awards usually serve as a pathway to the national Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing.

Naming of the award

The award is named after Frederick Romberg, (Friedrich Sigismund Hermann Romberg), born 21 June 1913, in Qingdao and died 12 November 1992, Melbourne, Australia. Romberg was a Swiss trained architect who migrated to Australia in 1938, and is best known for his architectural partnership Grounds, Romberg and Boyd (1953—1962), and for some landmark Melbourne apartment buildings constructed in the 1940s.

Recipients

Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture — Multiple Housing by year

Year	Architect	Project	Location	State	Type	Other AIA awards
2024	Six Degrees Architects	Ferrars and York	201—209 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne	Victoria	Inner City	Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2024
2023	Architecture Architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan	Nightingale Village	Duckett Street, Brunswick	Victoria	Inner City	Melbourne Prize, 2023 Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2023
2022	Studio Bright	Quay Quarter Lanes	6 Loftus Street, Circular Quay, Sydney	New South Wales	CBD	Walter Burley Griffin Award, 2022 Aaron Bolot Award for Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing (NSW), 2022 Urban Design Award (NSW), 2022 Lord Mayor's Prize (NSW), 2022
2021	Kennedy Nolan	The Lothian	Lothian & Arden Street, North Melbourne	Victoria	Inner City	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2021
2020	Hill Thalis	The Wedge Studio Apartments	12 Dudley Street, Marrickville	New South Wales	Inner City	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (NSW), 2020
2019	Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb	Mermaid Multihouse	Mermaid Beach	Queensland	Coastal	Architecture Award, New Housing (Queensland), 2019||
2018	Bates Smart	35 Spring Street	35 Spring Street, Melbourne	Victora	CBD	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2018
2017	Troppo	Tropology for DHA	Darwin	Northern Territory	Inner City	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (NT), 2017
2016	Spaceagency Architects	Knutsford / Stage 1	Fremantle	Western Australia	Inner City	Harold Krantz Award for Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing, 2016
2015	Jackson Clements Burrows Architects	Upper House	516 Swanston Street, Carlton	Victoria	Inner City	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (NT), 2018
2014	Breathe	The Commons	Florence Street, Brunswick	Victoria	Inner City	Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2014
2013	MGS Architects	McIntyre Drive Social Housing	McIntyre Drive, Altona	Victoria	Social	Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2013
2012	BVN	Monash University Student Housing	Clayton	Victoria	Student Housing	Best Overend Award for Residential Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2012
2011	Candelapas	Waterloo Street	Waterloo Street, Surry Hills	New South Wales	Inner City	Aaron Bolot Award for Residential Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (NSW), 2011
2010	Donovan Hill	Seaspray Resort and Spa	28 Cocoanut Point Drive, Zilzie	Queensland	Coastal	Job & Froud Award for Residential Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Queensland), 2010
2009	Wood Marsh Architecture in association with Sunland Design	Balencea Apartments	454 St Kilda Road, Melbourne	Victoria	Inner City	Architecture Award, Multiple Housing (Vic), 2009
2008	Stanisic Associates	EDO	88 Crown Street. Woolloomooloo, Sydney	New South Wales	Inner City	Aaron Bolot Award Award, Multiple Housing (NSW), 2008
2007	Donovan Hill	Cornwall Apartments	35 Terrace Street, Newmarket	Queensland	Inner City

NSW Architecture Medallion

The NSW Architecture Medallion is an award presented annually at the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects awards for a building project considered to be the most exemplary of the year, realising innovation and excellence in the built environment. It is not be confused with the NSW Architects Medallion awarded by the NSW Architecture Registration Board since 1924 to an outstanding recent Masters of Architecture graduate from a New South Wales university.

Background

The award was established in 2018, as part of a standardisation of state based Australian Institute of Architects awards. Prior to 2018 there was no award given for the overall most outstanding project for the year, with only named awards given for the best project in each category.

The NSW Architecture Medallion follows in the tradition of the Victorian Architecture Medal started in 1929, the Canberra Medallion started in 1956 and the Tracy Memorial Award started in 1976 in the Northern Territory. By 2021 all states now have a significant named award, medal or medallion that selects the most outstanding project from all categories and entries recieved in a particular year.

Recipients by year

NSW Architecture Medallion Awards since 2018

Year	Architect	Project	Location	Type	Other AIA awards
2018	Peter Stutchbury Architecture in association with Design 5, architects for City of Sydney	Joynton Avenue Creative Precinct	Joynton Avenue, Rosebery	Cultural	Greenway Award for Heritage, 2019 (NSW) Public Architecture Award, 2019 (NSW)
2019	Chrofi with McGregor Coxall	Maitland Riverlink	Maitland	Cultural	National Award for Public Architecture. 2019 Sulman Medal, 2019 (NSW) Blacket Prize, 2019 (NSW)
2020	Durbach Block Jaggers and John Wardle Architects	Phoenix Central Park	O'Connor Street, Chippendale	Cultural	Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture, 2020 Sir Arthur G. Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture, 2020 (NSW) John Verge Award for Interior Architecture, 2020 (NSW)
2021	Cox Architecture with Neeson Murcutt and Neille	Australian Museum Project Discover	College Street, Sydney	Cultural	National Award for Public Architecture, 2021 Greenway Award for Heritage, 2021 (NSW) John Verge Award for Interior Architecture, 2021 (NSW)
2022	Tonkin Zulaikha Greer	Walsh Bay Arts Precinct	Hickson Road, Walsh Bay	Cultural	Award for Public Architecture (NSW), 2022 Greenway Award for Heritage, 202 2(NSW)
2023	Ashton Raggatt McDougall	Sydney Opera House Renewal	Sydney	Cultural	John Verge Award for Interior Architecture (NSW) Greenway Award for Heritage, 2023 (NSW)
2024	Chrofi and Bangawarra with National Parks and Wildlife Service	Burragula Lookout (North Head Viewing Platforms)	North Head, Sydney	Cultural	Nicholas Murcutt Award for Small Project Architecture, 2024 Robert Woodward Award for Small Project Architecture (NSW), 2024

Victorian Regional Prize

• 2024 Powerhouse Place by Public Realm Lab
• 2023 Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre by Kosloff Architecture
• 2022 Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 by Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall
• 2021 Geelong College Junior School by John Wardle Architects
• 2020 Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Terroir
• 2019 Port of Sale by fjmt
• 2018 Koondrook Wharf by TERROIR
• 2017 Pomonal Community Hall by Workshop Architecture
• 2016 Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
• 2014 Bendigo Library Redevelopment by MGS Architects
• 2013 Marysville 16 Hour Police Station by Kerstin Thompson Architects
• 2012 New Hammond Fellowship Centre by Harmer Architecture
• 2011 The Heights Community Building by Adam Dettrick Architect
• 2011 Marysville Rebuilding Advisory Centre by bamford-dash architecture
• 2011 La Trobe University Shepparton by Gray Puksand
• 2010 South West Institute of TAFE – Stage 3 by Lyons
• 2009 Bendigo Bank Headquarters by BVN Architecture + Gray Puksand
• 2009 Hepburn Springs Bathhouse Redevelopment by Cox Architects & Planners
• 2008 Albury Library Museum by Ashton Raggatt McDougall
• 2008 Pioneer Museum Plaza, Jeparit by NMBW Architecture Studio + Urban Design, RMIT University
• 2007 Castlemaine Primary School by H20 Architects
• 2006 Huski by Elenberg Fraser Architects
• 2006 Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre by Peter Elliot Pty Ltd Architecture + Urban Design
• 2005 Ballarat Learning Exchange by Bligh Voller Nield
• 2005 Science Technology Innovations Centre, Bacchus Marsh by Lyons
• 2003 Latrobe University Library, Albury-Wodonga Campus by Woods Bagot
• 2002 Bendigo Art Gallery by Nation Fender Katsalidis https://architectureau.com/articles/awards-13/
• 2001 Hopetoun Mallee Bush Resort, Stage One, Community Hall by Brearley Urban Design & Architecture (https://architectureau.com/articles/awards-14/)

References

Category:Architecture awards Category:Architecture in Australia Category:Awards established in 2013