Sir Roy Grounds Award for Enduring Architecture
{{Short description|Annual award for significant buildings in Australian Capital Territory}}
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| name = Sir Roy Grounds Award for Enduring Architecture
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| previous_date = Previous awards: 2024
| holder = Dirk Bolt
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| awarded_for = Significant ACT architecture more than 25 years old
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| presenter =Australian Institute of Architects (ACT Chapter)
| country = Australia
| firstawarded =1995
| former_name = 25 Year Award
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The Sir Roy Grounds Award for Enduring Architecture is an architecture prize presented annually by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) since 1995.{{Cite book |last=Pegrum |first=Roger |url=https://wp.architecture.com.au/news-media/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/12/2013-act-architecture-awards-publication.pdf |title=2013 ACT Architecture Awards, Centenary Year |publisher=Australian Institute of Architects, ACT Chapter |year=2013 |location=Canberra, ACT |pages=7 |language=English}} The award recognises significant, long lasting and innovative architecture with usually more than 25 years passed since the completion of construction.{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=2023 ACT Architecture Awards Winners |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/awards/2023-awards/2023-act-architecture-awards-winners |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Architecture.com.au}}
Background
When first established the award was known as the 25 Year Award. In 2007 the award name was changed to the '25 Year Award for Enduring Architecture (ACT Chapter)' and later becoming the 'ACT Award for Enduring Architecture' in 2011, in line with the national awards program and other chapter awards.{{Cite web |last=Goad |first=Philip |date=1 September 2011 |title=The 25 Year Award |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/the-25-year-award/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}} In 2018 the award became a named award after well known Melbourne based architect Roy Grounds (1905—1981), a Canberra Medallion winner{{Cite web |title=ACT Chapter Prizes |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/prizes/act |access-date=18 January 2024 |website=Australian Institute of Architects}} and a two time winner of the ACT Chapter 25 Year Award in 1998 and 2001.
The inaugural 25 Year Award was given in 1995 to the Dickson Library designed by Enrico Taglietti. This was the first instance of an award for enduring architecture to be presented in Australia by any chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. The inaugural National, New South Wales, Queensland and Victorian awards for enduring architecture were presented eight years later in 2003. The 25 Year Award followed in the tradition of the American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award first presented in 1969.
The average age of the 33 projects winning the award, after completion of construction, is 37.1 years (1995—2024).
National Award Winners
Recipients of this local award are eligible for consideration for the National Award for Enduring Architecture presented later in the same year, as part of the Australian National Architecture Awards.
Two winning projects located in the ACT have won the National Award for Enduring Architecture. In 2007 the High Court of Australia Building{{Cite web |date=1 November 2007 |title=25 Year Award for Enduring Architecture: The High Court of Australia |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/25-year-award-for-enduring-architecture-1/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}}{{Cite web |last=Goad |first=Philip |date=1 September 2011 |title=The 25 Year Award |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/the-25-year-award/ |access-date=11 November 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com}} by Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs won the local and national award 27 years after the building was completed in 1980. In 2013 the new Australian Parliament House by Mitchell Giurgola and Thorp also won both awards, 25 years after opening in 1988.{{Cite web |date=24 June 2013 |title=2013 ACT Architecture Awards |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/2013-act-architecture-awards/ |access-date=11 November 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com}}{{Cite web |date=7 November 2013 |title=2013 National Architecture Awards |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/2013-national-architecture-awards/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}}{{Cite web |date=7 November 2013 |title=2013 National Architecture Awards: Enduring Architecture |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/2013-national-architecture-awards-enduring-architecture/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=ArchitectureAU.com.au}}
Jury Citations
=2021 Award=
The Jury for the 2021 Sir Roy Grounds Award was Philip Leeson {{post-nominals|unlinked=FRAIA}} (Jury Chair) from Philip Leeson Architects, Ken Charlton {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} {{post-nominals|unlinked=LFRAIA}} an architectural historian and Rachel Jackson, principal at GML Heritage.
The 2021 jury citation described the winning Concrete bus shelters in Canberra as "... architectural integrity and enduring quality of the design is evident through its simplicity, functionality, and materiality. The form of the bus shelter is unique, yet it serves the utilitarian function well, and better still, the shelters were designed to be relocated when required."{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=2021 ACT Architecture Awards (Booklet) |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ACT_AA2021_Awards-Book.pdf |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Australian Institute of Architects}}
=2022 Award=
The Enduring Architecture Award Jury for 2022 was composed of jury chair Eric Martin (Eric Martin & Associates), Nicholas Goodwin (SQC Group) and Anna Leeson (GML Heritage).{{Cite web |date=June 2022 |title=ACT Awards Booklet 2022 |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ACT-Awards-Bk_2022_v5.pdf |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Architecture.com.au}} The award was given to Robin Boyd's 1956 Manning Clark House{{Cite web |title=Anna Lesson, Jury Member Enduring Architecture Award |url=https://www.gml.com.au/news/anna-lesson-jury-member-enduring-architecture-award/ |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=GML}} the same year as another Robin Boyd project was awarded the Jack Cheesman Award for Enduring Architecture for the Walkley House in North Adelaide, South Australia.{{Cite web |date=July 2022 |title=2022 SA Architecture Awards Booklet |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022-SA-Architecture-Awards-Booklet-1.pdf |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=Architecture.com.au}}
The 2022 jury citation described the Manning Clark House that it "...remains remarkably intact and embodies many design features which were innovative for its time, but are now accepted as sound design and sustainable features for modern houses".{{Cite web |title=Anna Leeson, Jury Member Enduring Architecture Award |url=https://www.gml.com.au/news/anna-lesson-jury-member-enduring-architecture-award/ |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=GML}}
=2023 Award=
The Jury for the 2023 Award consisted of Jury Chair Can Ercan {{post-nominals|unlinked=RAIA}} (Filardo Ercan Architects), Yuri Leong Maish {{post-nominals|unlinked=FRAIA}} (May + Russell Architects) and Murray Brown, ACT Chapter Heritage Committee Member.{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=ACT Architecture Awards 2023 Booklet |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ACT_Awards-Bk_2023_v5.pdf |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Architecture.com.au}}
The jury citation summary states that "The Chancery was opened by then Prime Minister Paul Keating in August 1995 and has since undergone various technological and servicing updates, all integrated seamlessly and considerate of the original design intent. It is a well-maintained building that enhances the integrity of Government House and the significant landscaped grounds on Lake Burley Griffin and is a worthy recipient of the 2023 Sir Roy Grounds Award for Enduring Architecture Award."{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=ACT Architecture Awards 2023 Booklet |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/wp-content/uploads/ACT_Awards-Bk_2023_v5.pdf |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Architecture.com.au}}
=2024 Award=
The awarded project was the suburban shopping centre located in the Canberra suburb of Torrens by architect Dirk Bolt and completed in 1968. The jury citation noted that the roof form is a strong gesture that has created 'a generous sheltered area that invites shoppers to stop and chat.'{{Cite web |date=23 June 2024 |title=2024 ACT Architecture Awards |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/2024-act-architecture-awards/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Architecture.com.au}} The jury for the 2024 ACT Awards was composed of John Guida, Craig Tan, Vassiliki Gracik, Sally Farrah and Jessica de Rome (Chair).{{Cite web |date=22 January 2024 |title=Meet the 2024 ACT Architecture Awards Jury |url=https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/news_media_articles/meet-the-2024-act-architecture-awards-jury |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=Architecture.com.au}}
Award recipients
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| Western side of Dickson Library May 2021.jpg
| 1995 Award, Dickson Library, opened 1969
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| 1999 Award, Edmund Barton Building, opened 1970
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| 2001 Award, Australian Academy of Science, opened 1959
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| File:RG Menzies Building ANU University Library.jpg
| 2006 Award, RG Menzies Building, University Library, opened 1963
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| 2007 Award, High Court of Australia Building, opened 1980
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| File:Interior of Belconnen Library July 2022.jpg
| 2010 Award, Belconnen Public Library, opened 1981
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| File:Parliament House at dusk, Canberra ACT.jpg
| 2013 Award, New Australian Parliament House, opened 1988
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| File:Apostolic Nuncio in Canberra.jpg
| 2014 Award, Apostolic Nunciature, built 1977
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| 2015 Award, Burgmann College, built 1971
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| 2018 Award, St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, built 1989
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| File:ACTION bus shelter.jpg
| 2021 Award, Canberra Concrete Bus Shelters, designed 1974
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| File:Manning Clark house, Forrest, Australian Capital Territory.JPG
| 2022 Award, Manning Clark House designed by Robin Boyd, built 1953
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| 2024 Award, Torrens Neighbourhood Centre designed by Dirk Bolt, built 1967
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