australian-architects.com

We are committed to design excellence with particular interest in creating intricate and finely detailed buildings that respond sustainably to their environment.

2007
Regent Design Competition
34 storey commercial tower in central Brisbane CBD

2006
Westfield Sydney City Design Competition, Sydney, Australia
Winner
Awarded the commission of a 30 storey tower development adjacent to Centrepoint Tower.

2005
Waitangi Precinct Design Competition, Wellington, New Zealand
Winner of dockside sites 2, 3 and 4. (Site 1 won by UN Studio.)

International Design Competition for CentreStage, a new $42 million state-of-the-art performing arts venue in Perth, Western Australia.
John Wardle Architects’ scheme was shortlisted to the final five.

2004
Queensland Brain Institute Building Complex, University of Queensland, Design Competition
Awarded the commission of a 13,500sqm laboratory and office building

Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School, Design Competition
Awarded the commission of a landmark multi-function library on a prominent site in Melbourne

2003
USYD Central, University of Sydney, International Design Competition
Awarded the commission of a $42million project consisting of a new 7500sqm student services building, a 4500sqm Sciences and Technologies Library and 1000sqm of retail space set around a 3500sqm public plaza.

2000
Hanover Welfare ideas competition
Winner of the inaugural Hanover Welfare ideas competition for the North bank of the Yarra River, Melbourne. Sponsored by the Victorian State Government, the City of Melbourne and The Age Newspaper.

2007
Best Commercial Interior
Interior Design Awards (South Australia) 2007
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

2006
Sir Osborn McCutcheon Commercial Architecture Award
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter
Urban Workshop

Marion Mahony Interior Architecture Award
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter
Urban Workshop

Urban Design Award
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter
Urban Workshop

Melbourne Prize
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter
Urban Workshop

Special Commendation
National Australia Bank Property Development Award
Urban Workshop

Corporate/Institutional Award
Idea Awards for (inside) Interior Review.
Urban Workshop

Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings
Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

Commendation - Interior
Design Institute of Australia (DIA).
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

Award of Merit - New Building
Royal Australian Institute of Architects SA Chapter.
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

Award of Merit - Interior Architecture
Royal Australian Institute of Architects SA Chapter
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

Commendation - Interior
Design Institute of Australia (DIA)
University of South Australia Kaurna Building

Commendation - New Building
Royal Australian Institute of Architects SA Chapter.
University of South Australia Dorrit Black Building

Residential Interior Award
Idea Awards for (inside) Interior Review.
Diamond Bay House

2005
Best Residential Building
Cityscape Architectural Review 2005 Awards in Dubai
Vineyard House

Best Residential Building
Architectural Excellence in the South East Awards 2005
Vineyard House

Best Building 2005
Timber Development Association Australian Timber Design Award for
Flinders House

2004
Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award: Residential category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Vineyard House

Residential Interior Award
Ida Interior Design Awards
City Hill House

2003
Residential Interior Award
Idea Awards for (inside) Interior Review
Flinders House

Best Residential Interior
Dulux Colour Awards
Surf Coast House

Vic & Tas State Commendation
Dulux Colour Awards
ISPT Corporate Interior

2002
Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings
Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards RMIT University Biosciences Building

Best new institutional building
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Architecture Awards
RMIT University Biosciences Building

2000
Interior Award
Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards
Kew Residence

Residential Alterations Award of Merit
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Kew Residence

Commendation for Public buildings
International Centre of Graphic Technology, RMIT University
Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards

Du Pont Antron Design Awards Public buildings category
International Centre of Graphic Technology, RMIT University

William Wardell Award: New institutional building category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
International Centre of Graphic Technology, RMIT University

Award of Merit: Multi-unit residential category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
The Open Door and Flagstaff Crisis Accommodation

1999
Commendation: Residential alterations
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
South Yarra Residence

Wools of New Zealand Interior Design Awards: Highly commended
South Yarra Residence

1997
Victorian Architecture Medal: Best building of all categories
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Balnarring Residence

Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award: Residential category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Balnarring Residence

Sir Osborne McCutcheon Award: Commercial category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Offices 25 William Street, Richmond

Interior Award Commendation
Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Awards
Offices 25 William Street, Richmond

Award of Merit: Institutional category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
CSIRO Division of Wool Technology

1996
Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award: Residential category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Kitamura House, Kew

1995
Commendation: Multi-unit residential category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
Smorgon Crisis Accommodation Project, Sunshine

1994
Award of Merit: Institutional category
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Awards
CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, Aspendale

2007
The Hawke Building
University of South Australia City West Campus, Adelaide

Dock 5 Residential Tower
A high-rise apartment building on Melbourne's former docklands

Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School
A landmark multi-function library on a prominent site in Melbourne

2006
The Urban Workshop
30 storey commercial office building, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Diamond Bay House
A beach-side house and studio for two artists

2005
QV1 Residential Tower
44 storey apartment building in the heart of Melbourne

University of South Australia City West Campus Stage 2
Four new buildings in a city campus, Adelaide

Yarra Bend House
A house for a family on a steeply sloping site near the Yarra River, Melbourne

2004
Vineyard Residence
A house on a working vineyard in regional Victoria

2003
City Hill House
A house for a family with city views

Surf Coast House
A beach-house in coastal Victoria

2002
Flinders House
A beach-house in regional Victoria

RMIT University Biosciences Laboratory Building
10,000sqm of laboratories and teaching spaces

2000
Romsey Residence
A family house in country Victoria

Pumping Station Museum
An interpretive sewage pumping station museum, part of Museum Victoria’s Scienceworks complex

International Centre of Graphic Technology, RMIT University
Academic and technical facilities for the Faculty of Art, Design and Communication

Kew Residence
Single family home, inner Melbourne

Portsea Residence
Beach-house

2007
Dock 5
Shelley Penn, ' Harbour Master', Monument, Issue 80, Melbourne, 2007

Anglesea Residence
‘Surfcoast House', Architecture and Design Australia, Daab GmbH, 2007

Urban Workshop
‘The Urban Workshop, 50 Lonsdale Street', Architecture and Design Australia, Daab GmbH, 2007

2006
Diamond Bay House
Residential Winner Idea Mag 06 Awards, (inside) Mag, Issue 44, 2006

Diamond Bay House
Francesca Black (ed.), ‘Bold Lines' Urbis Issue 33, 2006

Diamond Bay House
Fleur Watson 'Residential Speigel', Monument, Melbourne, 2006

City Hill Residence
Simone Schleifer (ed.), ‘Residence in Melbourne', Small City Houses, Taschen GmbH, 2006

Vineyard Residence
Haig Beck & Jackie Cooper, ‘Vineyard Residence Victoria, Australia, John Wardle', UME 20, Haig Beck & Jackie Cooper, Queensland,

City Hill Residence
Helen Redmond, ‘Rapture', Vogue Living, FPC Magazines, NSW, March/April 2006

University of South Australia
Scott Drake & Gini Lee, Review, ‘Creative Classes', Architecture Australia, Vol 95 No 1, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, January/February 2006.

2006
Vineyard Residence
Haig Beck & Jackie Cooper, ‘Vineyard Residence Victoria, Australia, John Wardle’, UME 20, Haig Beck & Jackie Cooper, Queensland, 2006.
City Hill Residence
Helen Redmond, ‘Rapture’, Vogue Living, FPC Magazines, NSW, March/April 2006
University of South Australia
Scott Drake & Gini Lee, Review, ‘Creative Classes’, Architecture Australia, Vol 95 No 1, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, January/February 2006.

2005
University of South Australia
Joe Rollo, Editior, ‘UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide’, C+A Magazine, Issue 01, Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia, Melbourne, November 2005.

RMIT University Biosciences Building, Bundoora Campus, Victoria
Hardo Braun & Dieter Gromling, ‘Research and Technology Buyildings - A Design Manual, 2005 Birkhauser - Publishers for Architecture, Berlin.

Flinders House
Susan Owens, ‘Beach Houses’, The Australian Financial Review, Fairfax, Melbourne, Dec 29-3 Jan 2005.

City Hill House
David Meagher, ‘Space Exploration’, The Australian Financial Review, Magazine 10th Anniversary Edition, John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd, Sydney, May 2005.

Kew Residence
Janne Ryan, ‘Inside Architects Homes’, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd, Sydney, 22-25 April 2005.

Vineyard Residence
‘Wein-Heim’(Wine-Home), AIT Achitektur Innenarchitektur Technischer Ausbau (Architecture, Interior Architecture, Technical Development), Vol 3, Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch GmbH (publisher), Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, March 2005.

QV Residential Tower
‘Queen Victoria Residential Development’, Monument, Vol 65, Monument Publishing Pty Ltd, Sydney, February/March 2005.

Various Projects
Leon van Schaik, 2005, ‘Mastering Architecture - Becoming a Creative Innovator in Practice’, Wiley –Academy a division of John Whiley & Sons Australia Ltd, Great Britain.
David Meagher, 2005, ‘Space Exploration’, The Weekend Australian Financial Review Magazine, 10th Anniversary Edition, John Fairfax Holdings Ltd, Melbourne, May 2005.
10x10_2, 100 Architects 10 Critics, Phaidon Press Ltd, New York, 2005.
Vanessa Carnevale, 2005, ‘Melbourne Masters Architecture’, Architectural Review Australia, No 091, Niche Publishing, Melbourne, 2005.

2004
RMIT University Biosciences Building, Bundoora Campus, Victoria
Joe Rollo, ‘Concrete Poetry, Concrete Architecteure in Australia’, Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia, Melbourne, 2004.

Vineyard Residence
Helen Kaiser, ‘Di-Vineintervention’, NZ Home & Entertaining, ACP Media, Auckland, Oct/Nov 2004.
Philip Goad, ‘Grafts and Crafts’, Architecture Australia, Vol 93 No 4, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, July/August 2004.
Megan Backhouse, ‘On the grapevine’, The Age - Domain, Fairfax, Melbourne, 23 June 2004.
RAIA Jury Report, Architect Victoria – RAIA Victorian Architect Awards 2004, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Melbourne, June 2004.

Kew Residence
Sophie Hexter, ‘Inside Out’, NZ Home & Entertaining, ACP Media, Auckland, June/July 2004.

City Hill House
Alejandro Bahamon, ‘Houses’, Loft Publications, Barcelona, 2004.
IDAA Awards 2004,’City Hill Residence’, Artichoke, No 07/Vol 02, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2004.

Balnarring Residence
Lachlan Colquhoun, ‘Seaside homes to be seen in’, The Financial Times (New York), Weekend- House and Home, May 22/May 23 2004.
‘Stepped Bungalow’, Interior Digest, No 2 (46), Salon Press, Moscow, Russia, 2004.

University of Sydney Central
‘Building for the Future: The University of Sydney’, Architectural Review Australia, Volume 086, No. 4, Niche Media Pty Ltd, 2004.
Radar Headlines, Architecture Australia, Volume 93, No. 1, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, January/February 2004.

North Court, The University of Melbourne
Alejandro Bahamon, The Magic of Tents, Transforming Space, Loft Publications, Barcelona, 2004.

Various Projects
Megan Backhouse, ‘Cover Story - Lab of the gods’, The Age - Domain, Fairfax, Melbourne, 23 June 2004.
Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 2004.
‘Next - John Wardle Architects’, Pol Oxygen, Issue 6, POL Publications, Redfern, 2003-2004.

Westfield Sydney City Redevelopment
A 30 storey tower development adjacent to Centrepoint Tower

Union at Milton, Tower comprising of 30 storeys of residential and hotel and 10 storeys of offices, TOD (transit-oriented development) over a railway station, Brisbane

Dock 5 Residential Tower
A high-rise apartment building on Melbourne’s former docklands

Queensland Brain Institute Building Complex, University of Queensland
A 13,500sqm laboratory and office building

Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School
A landmark multi-function library on a prominent site in Melbourne

USYD Central, University of Sydney
A $42million project consisting of a new 7500sqm student services building, a 4500sqm Sciences and Technologies Library and 1000sqm of retail space set around a 3500sqm public plaza

Exercise Science and Sport Precinct and Learning Commons, Victoria University

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Research Facility, Clayton

Individual houses in Victoria and across Australia