Bendigo Bank Headquarters received two awards at the 2009 Australian Institute of Architects Awards Ceremony held in Melbourne last week - the 2009 RAIA National Award for Commercial Architecture and the 2009 RAIA Commendation for Sustainable Architecture.
Completed in 2008, Bendigo Bank Headquarters was designed by BVN in association with Gray Puksand.
Three BVN projects have been shortlisted for awards at the 2009 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Bendigo Bank Headquarters
Shortlised in the Commercial category
Challenger Workplace
Shortlisted in the Interiors and Fit-out category
Mending Wall, Mount Irvine, NSW
Grose Bradley and BVN Architecture
Shortlisted in the Housing category
The winners of the awards will be announced at the festival on 6 November 2009.
The recipients of the 2009 RAIA Queensland Chapter Awards were recently announced, with BVN receiving awards for five projects.
Amberley Stage 2 Redevelopment, 9th Force Support Battalion (9FSB)
2009 RAIA QLD Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
International Terminal Brisbane Expansion
2009 RAIA QLD Art and Architecture Prize
Inner Northern Busway
2009 RAIA QLD Urban Design
Searene
2009 RAIA QLD Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing Commendation
James Cook University - School of Creative Arts
2009 RAIA QLD Public Architecture Commendation
Jury comments about the International Terminal Brisbane Expansion said, “Exploring ideas of transience and movement, these perceptually engaging works offer surprising and delightful interruptions to the ubiquity of the airport experience for the traveller”.
On the James Cook University School of Creative Arts, they commented, “This is a well tuned creative arts building that offers inspiration and freedom of expression to its users”.
Bendigo Bank Headquarters received two awards at the Victorian RAIA Awards on Friday night - the Commercial Architecture Award and the Regional Prize.
Commencing in 2003, BVN lead the design on the project in association with local architects Gray Puksand. The building was completed in 2008. The project has made a significant contribution to the city of Bendigo both from an architectural and urban response as well as supporting business in the local community.
The jury's comments were, 'Designed by the architects as a low rise campus, both the building and fit-out skilfully articulate an open and egalitarian corporate culture, achieved through a combination of large floor plates, carefully sized atrium spaces, connecting stairs, abundant hang out spaces and a convincing range of outdoor terraces'. 'Bendigo Bank headquarters has a convincing coherency that escalates it beyond the standard into the realm of a civic citizen.'
It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of new Practice Directors and Associates at BVN.
Architecture is highly collaborative and as the portfolio of our projects broadens, the intelligence, sophistication and culture of our team constantly evolves.
The new Practice Directors are:
Rod Allan, Melbourne
Mark Greene, Sydney
Olivia Hyde, Sydney
Neil Logan, Sydney
Tracy Lord, Sydney
Ross Seymour, Sydney
The new Practice Directors, Modus are:
Dominik Holzer, Melbourne
Royce Lee, Sydney
James Peet, Brisbane
The new Associates are:
Namaste Burrell, Sydney
Geoff Cooke, Sydney
Angie Douglas, Brisbane
Namik Handzic, Sydney
Gero Heimann, Sydney
Congratulations to our new Practice Directors and Associates for 2009.
ITBX has received two regional commendations awards......for the RAIA Bris QLD Awards 2009, ART AND ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY and FDG STANLEY AWARD PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
The jury commented, "Exploring ideas of transience and movement, these perceptually engaging works offer surprising and delightful interruptions to the ubiquity of the airport experience for the traveler. They are inspired by a strong curatorial vision and supported by considered integration with the building".
PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
The jury commented, "An extension to an existing complex operational facility based on the successful airport masterplan. The project had to address multiple layers of challenging program requirements and commercial influences. The northern concourse extension in particular responds to the passengers journey and heightening experience of travel".
