Robin Boyd Award
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The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture is an Australia
n architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981.
The award is presented in memory of the Australian architect Robin Boyd
(1919 - 1971) and is awarded to houses that set new benchmarks in terms of meeting the client’s needs, responding to its site and providing shelter which is at the leading edge of house design. While the award recognises private residences, their outstanding design excellence has resulted in many of these homes being widely recognised as residential icons.
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n architectural prize presented by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981.
The award is presented in memory of the Australian architect Robin Boyd
Robin Boyd
Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd CBE was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator...
(1919 - 1971) and is awarded to houses that set new benchmarks in terms of meeting the client’s needs, responding to its site and providing shelter which is at the leading edge of house design. While the award recognises private residences, their outstanding design excellence has resulted in many of these homes being widely recognised as residential icons.
Winners
- 1981 Glenn MurcuttGlenn MurcuttGlenn Marcus Murcutt AO is a British-born Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009 AIA Gold Medal.-Biography:...
- Two Houses, Mount Irvine, New South WalesMount Irvine, New South WalesMount Irvine is a small village in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Blue Mountains.Situated at 850 metres above sea level and 85 km from Sydney 'as the crow flies' but more than 2 hours by car... - 1982 No Award
- 1983 McIntyre PartnershipPeter McIntyre (architect)Peter McIntyre is an Australian architect, educator and Practice Director of McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd. Peter McIntyre (born 24 August 1927) is an Australian architect, educator and Practice Director of McIntyre Partnership Pty Ltd. Peter McIntyre (born 24 August 1927) is an Australian...
- Seahouse, Mornington, VictoriaMornington, VictoriaMornington is a sea side town on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, located 57 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.... - 1984 Louise St John Kennedy - Residence Redevelopment, East Perth, Western AustraliaEast Perth, Western AustraliaEast Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located next to the Perth CBD.Primarily an industrial area in the early twentieth century, it was the location of the East Perth gas works, East Perth Power Station , the East Perth railway yard, and East Perth engine sheds.A considerable...
- 1985 Glenn Murcutt - House, South Coast, New South WalesSouth Coast, New South WalesThe South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is bordered to the west by the coastal escarpment of the Southern Tablelands, which is largely covered by a...
- 1986 Geoffrey Pie Architects/Planners - Pie Residence, Peregian Beach, QueenslandPeregian Beach, QueenslandPeregian Beach is a small seaside town on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, at the southernmost point of the Noosa region. "Peregian" is an Aboriginal word for emu. The population is about 2200 and is a popular surfing location...
- 1987 Ken WoolleyKen WoolleyKen F. Woolley AM, B.Arch LAIA, is an influential Australian architect. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he is best known for his contributions to project housing with Pettit and Sevitt, the Wilkinson Award winning Woolley House in Mosman, and his longstanding partnership with Sydney...
- Ancher Mortlock Woolley - Woolley House, Paddington, New South WalesPaddington, New South WalesPaddington is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Paddington is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and the Municipality of Woollahra... - 1988 Alexander TzannesAlexander TzannesAlexander Tzannes is an Australian architect. Tzannes has worked and studied in Australia and abroad in a career spanning more than 30 years...
- Henwood House, Paddington, New South Wales - 1989 Don WatsonDon WatsonDon Watson is an Australian author and public speaker.-Biography:Watson grew up on a farm in Gippsland, took his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and a Ph.D at Monash University and was for ten years an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his...
- The Campbell House, Graceville, QueenslandGraceville, QueenslandGraceville is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 8 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Graceville is bordered by the Brisbane River to the North-East and West, Oxley Creek to the East, Chelmer to the North and Sherwood to the South.... - 1990 Alex Popov ArchitectsAlex Popov (architect)Alexander Popov is an Australian architect working in the Late 20th Century Modern style.-Biography:Popov was born in Shanghai of Russian parents and moved to Sydney aged twelve. He was educated at Newington College and the University of Sydney before studying further in Denmark...
- Griffin House, Castlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag, New South WalesCastlecrag is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlecrag is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby.... - 1991 Joint Winners:
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- Gabriel Pool - Tent House, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
- Dale Jones-Evans - Gallery House, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
- 1992 Lindsay Clare ArchitectsKerry and Lindsay ClareKerry Clare , and Lindsay Clare are a wife and husband duo who together are accomplished Australian architects.Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare practiced in Queensland from 1979–1998 and New South Wales 1998–present...
- Clare House, Buderim, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... - 1993 Joint Winners:
- 1992 Lindsay Clare Architects
- Gordon & Valich - House, Palm Beach, New South WalesPalm Beach, New South WalesPalm Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at...
- Hamish Lyon and Astrid Jenkin with Charles Salter - Lyon/Jenkin House, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria- 1993 Joint Winners, Troppo ArchitectsTroppo ArchitectsTroppo Architects is an Australian architectural practice. Troppo Architects was founded in 1980 with the aim of promoting good tropical architecture in Australia's Top End...
- Larrakeyah Housing Precinct 2, Northern TerritoryNorthern TerritoryThe Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... - 1994 Bud Brannigan - Brannigan Residence, Queensland
- 1995 Joint Winners:
- 1993 Joint Winners, Troppo Architects
- Clare Design Pty LtdKerry and Lindsay ClareKerry Clare , and Lindsay Clare are a wife and husband duo who together are accomplished Australian architects.Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare practiced in Queensland from 1979–1998 and New South Wales 1998–present...
- Hammond Residence, Queensland - Craig A Rossetti Pty Ltd - 106-112 Cremorne Street, Richmond, VictoriaRichmond, VictoriaRichmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
- 1996 Joint Winners:
- Ken Latona - Additions to a front verandah
- John Mainwaring & Associates Pty LtdJohn MainwaringJohn Mainwaring was an English theologian and the first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel in any language. He was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and became rector of the parish of Church Stretton, Shropshire, and, later professor of Divinity at Cambridge...
- Chapman House, Queensland- 1997 Alexander Tzannes AssociatesAlexander TzannesAlexander Tzannes is an Australian architect. Tzannes has worked and studied in Australia and abroad in a career spanning more than 30 years...
- House, Northbridge, New South WalesNorthbridge, New South WalesNorthbridge is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Northbridge is located 7 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Willoughby.... - 1998 Durbach Block Architects - Droga Apartment, Surry Hills, New South WalesSurry Hills, New South WalesSurry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is located immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney...
- 1999 Joint Winners:
- 1997 Alexander Tzannes Associates
- Denton Corker MarshallDenton Corker MarshallDenton Corker Marshall is a major award-winning Australian architecture practice established in Melbourne in 1972. It was founded by architects John Denton, Bill Corker, and Barrie Marshall...
- Sheep Farm House - Graham Jahn - Grant House
- 2000 Denton Corker Marshall - Emery Residence, Cape SchanckCape Schanck, VictoriaCape Schanck is a locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula and separates the wild ocean waters of Bass Strait from the slightly calmer waters of Western Port....
, Victoria - 2001 Donovan Hill Architects -D House; Queensland
- 2002 Bligh Voller NieldBVN ArchitectureBVN Architecture, formerly Bligh Voller Nield, is an architecture firm based in Australia.Bligh Voller Nield was established during 1997 to 1999 with the merger of Bligh Voller Architects, Lawrence Nield and Partners Australia, Grose Bradley and Pels Innes Neilson and Kosloff...
& Troppo ArchitectsTroppo ArchitectsTroppo Architects is an Australian architectural practice. Troppo Architects was founded in 1980 with the aim of promoting good tropical architecture in Australia's Top End...
- Lavarack Barracks Redevelopment Stage 2, Queensland - 2003 Joint Winners:
- 2000 Denton Corker Marshall - Emery Residence, Cape Schanck
- Stutchbury + Pape - Bay House, Sydney, New South Wales
- Kerry Hill ArchitectsKerry HillKerry Hill is an architect who has specialised in hotel design in tropical Asia.He studied at Perth Technical College and the University of Western Australia graduating in 1968. He worked for Howlett & Bailey in Perth from 1969 to 1971...
- Ogilvie House, Sunshine Beach, QueenslandSunshine Beach, QueenslandSunshine Beach is a suburb in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin...
- 2004 Durbach Block Architects - House Spry, Point Piper, New South WalesPoint Piper, New South WalesPoint Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located six kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra....
- 2005 Stutchbury + Pape - Springwater, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
- 2006 Sean Godsell ArchitectsSean GodsellSean Godsell is an Australian architect and former professional footballer.Godsell was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of David Godsell, also an architect. In his early years he lived in Beaumaris and attended Kostka Hall a preparatory school to Xavier College where he completed his...
- St.Andrews Beach House, Victoria - 2007 Paul Morgan Architects - Cape Schanck House, Cape SchanckCape Schanck, VictoriaCape Schanck is a locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula and separates the wild ocean waters of Bass Strait from the slightly calmer waters of Western Port....
, Victoria - 2008 McBride Charles Ryan - Klein Bottle House, Victoria
- 2009 Chenchow Little Architects - Freshwater House, Harbord, NSW
- 2010 HBV Architects - House at Trial Bay, Tasmania
- 2004 Durbach Block Architects - House Spry, Point Piper, New South Wales
- Gabriel Pool - Tent House, Queensland