Special Report: 2005 Architects' Awards

Celebrating their 74th year in 2005, the WA Chapter Architecture Awards provide an annual showcase for the skills of Western Australian members of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA). See Special Reports for related articles.

Specialists in master planning and the design of institutional and commercial premises, Jurg Hunziker and Michael Spight from TAG architects took on a challenge of a different kind

Architects HASSELL have won the commercial building award for their involvement in the design and construction of a high technology pharmaceutical production plant for Chemeq Ltd in Rockingham.

The Margaret River Education Campus caters for regional educational needs and is a unique joint venture between the South West Regional College of TAFE, Curtin and Edith Cowan universities, and the Margaret River Senior High School.

Quay West Resort Bunker Bay is a five-star resort consisting of 150 luxury villas located adjacent to the sheltered Bunker Bay beach in the Margaret River region.

An innovative design for St Brigid at Mercy College Koondoola by Murray Slavin has won the top award for interior design at this year’s awards.

Donaldson and Warn Architects won a design competition to build a memorial to victims of the 2002 Bali bombing on a site chosen by the victims’ families.

Having worked on the Perth Town Hall refurbishment for nearly a decade, conservation award winner, Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland’s Bret White, is delighted that the recently completed four stages of refurbishment will allow the building to be better ut

The Fiona Hogg-designed Coco Eco house in Broome is located in a pristine natural habitat and is totally ecologically sustainable.

Awarded for its work in the multiple dwelling category, the ‘Fremantle Cold Storage Ltd’ site (now named Fletcher Mews) is a 101-apartment Homeswest housing precinct with a strong link to the history of the Fremantle site on which it stands.

This was the third project Hillam Architects has completed for the clients. The original traditional Subiaco Federation style house had fallen into disrepair and was well overdue for redevelopment.

Gary Baverstock from Ecotect-Architects, who has been designing and promoting ecologically sustainable design for more than 20 years, says it has taken consumers too long to realise the benefits of sustainable design.

Based in the Faculty of Architecture at UWA, Simon Anderson was asked to design a light, warm, open and low-maintenance house addition that made use of the whole site while preserving garden space for the children.