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State Theatre

Facade from Market Street
Location	47–51 Market Street, Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.8712°S 151.2074°E / -33.8712; 151.2074
Owner	Event Hospitality and Entertainment; Claude Neon Pty Ltd
Capacity	2034
Construction
Built	1926–1929
Architect	Henry Eli White, John Eberson

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State Theatre

Owner	Event Hospitality and Entertainment; Claude Neon Pty
Type	Cinema. concert and entertainment venue
Seating type	Raked with stalls, mezzanine and dress circle
Capacity	2,034

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PIE CHART AUSTRALIA

Awards by Australian state or territory, 1981—2022, by location of building (total 48 awards)

  New South Wales (42%)

  Victoria (27%)

  Queensland (23%)

  Tasmania (4%)

  Western Australia (2%)

  Northern Territory (2%)

  South Australia (0%)

  Australian Capital Territory (0%)

Average age of Awards in Australia by state

State	Average years since built to award
NSW	45.4
VIC	39.0
QLD	36.9
TAS	41.5
SA	37.3
WA	52.6
ACT	37.1
NT	43.0
AUS	41.6

Chris Johnson (Australian architect)

Chris Johnson AO
Born	Christopher Richard Johnson (1945-06-24) 24 June 1945 Chiddingstone, Kent, England
Citizenship	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney
Occupation(s)	NSW Government Architect, Architect, Lobbyist
Years active	1974—2019
Spouse	Davina Jackson
Children	Abbie, Matilda
Parent(s)	Peter Johnson AC, Jane Meade–Waldo
Awards	Sulman Medal 1981
Practice	NSW Government Architect
Projects	Sydney Olympic Park
Design	Public high schools (1973—1984)

Christopher Richard Johnson AO, LFRAIA, (born 24 June 1945) is a Sydney based Australian architect and former New South Wales Government Architect from 1995—2005.

Early life

Chris Johnson was born 24 June 1945 in Chiddingstone, Kent, England near the end of World War II. His father Peter Johnson was a RAAF pilot who was shot down in France on 11 April 1944, less than three weeks after marrying his mother Jane Meade–Waldo. His father survived almost five months before returning to the United Kingdom on 4 September 1944.

After the war the family returned to Sydney, Australia in 1946, settling on the North Shore where Chris attended Artarmon Public School and later Shore School.

Early Architecture career

Sydney University, Architecture Faculty. Graduated 1968. Worked at McConnel Smith and Johnson 1969 then travelled to India in 1970. Drove overland from Bombay to London and worked at York Rosenberg and Mardell on large projects the after travel to Scandinavia, Russia, Italy and Africa joined Shankland Cox architects to work on housing projects and a nursery school at Letchworth.

Government Architects Office

In early 1974 Johnson returned to Sydney to work in the Schools Section of the NSW Government Architects Branch. Over the next decade he designed 21 school projects, mostly new schools, including Colo High School (RAIA Merit Award 1981) and Hampden Park Public School (RAIA Merit Award 1980, RAIA Sulman Medal 1981). (see Jennifer Taylor Australian Architecture since 1960, RAIA, 1990, p159-160)

He was President of RAIA NSW Chapter 1982–1984 and made a Life Fellow of the RAIA in 1985. Johnson continued working at the NSW Government Architects Branch and in 1995 he was made NSW Government Architect where he influenced the design of residential flats with NSW Premier Bob Carr. He also had a significant role in the redevelopment of Walsh Bay and the Sydney Olympic Park and developed an exhibition of futuristic homes.

NSW Government Architect

As NSW Government Architect he oversaw the design of 300 schools, 30 hospitals and 50 TAFE colleges and a number of these won accolades from the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. (see article in AFR, 1 July 2005, Builder says, we can fix it, by Tina Perinotto) and (Architecture Bulletin, September/October 2005, p22/23, A decade as NSW Government Architect.

In 2005 Johnson retired as NSW Government Architect and became Executive Director of Urban Renewal in the NSW Government Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources. (see AFR article by Tina Perrinoto). In this role he developed policies for complying development including the NSW Housing Code and planning documents for six regional cities. He was also the Director of the 2008 Metropolis Congress held in Sydney October 2008 and was editor of five books on urban planning.

In 2009 he set up a private practice until 2011 when he became CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia where he represented the development industry through publications and events. After eight years in this role he left to be a part time consultant in 2019.

Academia

Chris Johnson has a Bachelor of Architecture, University of Sydney, 1967: Master of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, 1993; Master of Architecture in History and Theory, University of NSW, 1997; Master of Cultural Heritage, Deakin University, 2002. He has been a visiting professor at three Sydney Universities and was appointed a Resident Professor in 2023 at the Asian School of Architecture, Design and Innovation, Cochin, Kerala, India.

Recognition

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for 'services to to architecture in the field of urban design and the development of major public projects, to policy implementation and reform, and to professional organisations.' In 2023 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to urban design and architecture, to planning reform and compliance, and to the community."

Publications

• Johnson, Chris (1985). City in Conflict. Sydney: The Law Book Company. ISBN 0455205639.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Shaping Sydney: Public Architecture and Civic Decorum. Sydney: Hale and Iremonger. ISBN 0868066850.
• Johnson & Jackson, Chris & Davina (2000). Australian Architecture Now. Sydney: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500283882.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Celebrating Sydney: 100 Legacies. Sydney: Pesaro Publishers. ISBN 0957756062.
• Johnson, Chris (2000). Geometries of Power: Imperial Cities of Delhi. Sydney: University of Sydney Publishing. ISBN 1864874627.
• Johnson, Chris (2004). Homes dot Com: Architecture for all. Sydney: Government Architect Publications. ISBN 073474322X.
• Johnson, Chris (2004). Greening Cities: Landscaping the Urban Fabric. Sydney: Government Architect Publications.
• Johnson, Chris (2011). Indian Cities: Managing Urban Growth. Sydney: Metropolis Publications.
• Johnson, Chris (2021). Mid-Rise Urban Living. Sydney: Lund and Humphries.
• Johnson, Chris (2024). Old School: Education Buildings by Chris Johnson 1973–1984. Sydney: Vista Press.

William Wardell Award for Public Architecture

The William Wardell Award for Public Architecture is the highest honour awarded annually for public buildings by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA). It has been awarded 28 consecutive times from 1997 to 2024.

Background

Definition of the award

The award recognises 'completed works of architecture of the highest quality' in the public architecture category. Originally the award was offered for 'insitutional buildings' with winning and commended projects including a wider array of building types.

Projects in this awards category must be predominantly of a public or institutional nature and generally fall within Building Code of Australia (BCA) Class 9, excluding projects within the definition of 'Educational Architecture or any BCA Class 9b building used primarily for educational purposes'. Projects awarded Named Awards and Architecture Awards by state-based Chapters of the AIA will be considered for a National Award in the same year. Since 2015 education projects have been assessed in a separate award category for the Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture. In 1997 the previous insitutional awards were recategorised into separate and distinct public, educational and commerical categories.

Multiple winners

ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall) have won the award on five separate occasions; 1996, 2004, 2009, 2015 and 2016.

National awards for public architecture

Winners of this award are eligible for consideration in the annual national Australian Institute of Architects architecture awards for the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, usually announced in October or November.

William Wardell

The naming of the award recognises English born architect and civil engineer William Wardell (1823–1899). Wardell was appointed government architect in Victoria in 1858. He designed many important public and eccliastical buildings in Melbourne over a 20 year period. After being dismissed by the government Wardell moved to Sydney, extending his career as an influential and important public architect. He died in North Sydney in 1899.

Named award winners

William Wardell Prize for Public Architecture by year

Year	Winner	Project	Location	Other AIA awards
2024	Jackson Clements Burrows Architects	Berninneit Cultural and Community Centre	91—97 Thompson Avenue, Cowes
2023	Wardle	Bendigo Law Courts	188 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo	National Commendation for Public Architecture, 2023 Commendation for Sustainable Architecture, 2023
2022	Brearley Architects and Urbanists with Grant Amon Architects	Victorian Pride Centre	79—81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda	National Award for Public Architecture, 2022
2021	Lyons	Springvale Community Hub	5 Hillcrest Grove, Springvale	Urban Design Award, 2021
2020	Terroir	Penguin Parade Visitor Centre	1019 Ventnor Road, Summerlands	Victoria Regional Prize, 2020
2019	Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design	Parliament of Victoria Members' Annexe	Spring Street, East Melbourne	National Award for Public Architecture 2019 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2019 Melbourne Prize, 2019 Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, 2019 Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2019
2017	Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc & McBride Charles Ryan	Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)	305 Grattan Street, Melbourne	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2017
2016	ARM Architecture	Geelong Library and Heritage Centre	51 Little Malop Street, Geelong	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2016 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2016 Marion Mahony Award for Interior Architecture, 2016 Regional Prize, 2016
2015	ARM Architecture	Shrine of Remembrance, Galleries of Remembrance	Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2015 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2015 Melbourne Prize, 2015 John George Knight Award (Heritage Architecture), 2015 Urban Design Architecture Award, 2015
2014	McBride Charles Ryan	Dallas Brooks Community Primary School	26—36 King Street, Dallas	National Award for Public Architecture, 2014 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2014 Melbourne Prize, 2014
2013	Sean Godsell Architects in association with Peddle Thorp Architects	RMIT University Design Hub (Building 100)	150 Victoria Street, Carlton	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2013 Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, 2013
2012	Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart	Royal Children's Hospital	50 Flemington Road, Parkville	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2012 Melbourne Prize, 2012
2011	Cox Architecture	AAMI Park	Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2011 Melbourne Prize, 2011 Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, 2011
2010	Woods Bagot and NH Architecture	Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre	1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2010 Melbourne Prize, 2010 Steel Architecture Award, 2010 Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2010
2009	ARM Architecture	Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project, (Southbank Theatre)	31 Sturt Street, Southbank	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2009 Marion Mahony Award for Interior Architecture, 2009 Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, 2009
2008	John Wardle Architecture	Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership, Melbourne Grammar School	47 Domain Road, Melbourne	National Award for Public Architecture, 2008 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2008 Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture, 2008
2007	Grimshaw Jackson Joint Venture	Southern Cross Station	Spencer Street, Melbourne	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2007 Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (National Award), 2007
2006	Minifie Nixon with Rush\Wright	Australian Wildlife Health Centre	Healesville Sanctuary
2005	McBride Charles Ryan Architecture and Interior Design	Templestowe Park Primary School Multipurpose Hall	399 Church Road, Templestowe	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2006
2004	ARM Architecture	Shrine of Remembrance Visitor Centre and Garden Courtyard	Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2004 Melbourne Prize, 2004 John George Knight Award (Heritage Architecture), 2004 Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design (National), 2004
2003	Sean Godsell	Woodleigh School Science Building	485 Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South	National Commendation for Public Architecture, 2003
2002	Lyons	Victoria University Online Training Centre, St Albans Campus	University Boulevard, St Albans	Victorian Architecture Medal, 2002
2001	Denton Corker Marshall	Melbourne Museum	11 Nicholson Street, Carlton Gardens, Carlton	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2001 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2001
2000	John Wardle Architects and Demaine Partnership in association	RMIT Printing Facility, Brunswick Campus (later known as the International Centre of Graphic Technology, closed c.2014)	25 Dawson Street, Brunswick	National Commendation for Public Architecture, 2000
1999	Nation Fender Katsalidis Architects	Ian Potter Museum of Art	Swanston Street, Melbourne	Commendation for Public Architecture (National), 1999 Melbourne Prize, 1999
1998	Wood Marsh with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff	RMIT Building 220 (later known as Leo Foster Building, since 2014)	Clements Drive, RMIT Campus, Bundoora	National Commendation for Public Architecture, 1998
1997	Peter Elliott with Morton Dunn	Ballarat Town Hall refurbishment	225 Sturt Street, Ballarat
1996	ARM Architecture	Storey Hall (RMIT Building 16)	336 Swanston Street, Melbourne	Victorian Architecture Medal, 1996 Marion Mahony Award for Interior Architecture Interior Award (National)

Building 220, RMIT campus at Bundoora by Wood Marsh with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff.

Ballarat Town Hall refurbishment by Peter Elliott with Morton Dunn

Victorian Regional Prize

• 2024 Powerhouse Place by Public Realm Lab
• 2023 Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre by Kosloff Architecture
• 2022 Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 by Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall
• 2021 Geelong College Junior School by John Wardle Architects
• 2020 Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Terroir
• 2019 Port of Sale by fjmt
• 2018 Koondrook Wharf by TERROIR
• 2017 Pomonal Community Hall by Workshop Architecture
• 2016 Geelong Library & Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture
• 2014 Bendigo Library Redevelopment by MGS Architects
• 2013 Marysville 16 Hour Police Station by Kerstin Thompson Architects
• 2012 New Hammond Fellowship Centre by Harmer Architecture
• 2011 The Heights Community Building by Adam Dettrick Architect
• 2011 Marysville Rebuilding Advisory Centre by bamford-dash architecture
• 2011 La Trobe University Shepparton by Gray Puksand
• 2010 South West Institute of TAFE – Stage 3 by Lyons
• 2009 Bendigo Bank Headquarters by BVN Architecture + Gray Puksand
• 2009 Hepburn Springs Bathhouse Redevelopment by Cox Architects & Planners
• 2008 Albury Library Museum by Ashton Raggatt McDougall
• 2008 Pioneer Museum Plaza, Jeparit by NMBW Architecture Studio + Urban Design, RMIT University
• 2007 Castlemaine Primary School by H20 Architects
• 2006 Huski by Elenberg Fraser Architects
• 2006 Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre by Peter Elliot Pty Ltd Architecture + Urban Design
• 2005 Ballarat Learning Exchange by Bligh Voller Nield
• 2005 Science Technology Innovations Centre, Bacchus Marsh by Lyons
• 2003 Latrobe University Library, Albury-Wodonga Campus by Woods Bagot
• 2002 Bendigo Art Gallery by Nation Fender Katsalidis https://architectureau.com/articles/awards-13/
• 2001 Hopetoun Mallee Bush Resort, Stage One, Community Hall by Brearley Urban Design & Architecture (https://architectureau.com/articles/awards-14/)

References

Category:Architecture awards Category:Architecture in Australia Category:Awards established in 2013