Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award Explained

The Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award is an architecture prize presented annually since 2003 at the Victorian Architecture Awards by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA). The award is presented to recognise long lasting, authentic and enduring architecture with usually more than 25 years since the completion of construction.

Background

The Enduring Architecture Award recognises achievement for the design of buildings of outstanding merit, which remain important as high quality works of architecture when considered in the contemporary context. Nominations for the award can be made by AIA members, non–members and non–architects, but must provide adequate material and information supporting the nomination for consideration of the jury.

Recipients of the state-based award are then eligible for consideration for the National Award for Enduring Architecture presented later in the same year, as part of the Australian National Architecture Awards.

In 2023 the award became a named award, recognising Melbourne based architect Maggie Edmond, recipient of the first Victorian Enduring Architecture Award in 2003 for the Chapel of St Joseph in Mont Albert North designed by her firm Edmond & Corrigan and built in 1978.^{[1] [2]}

The average age of buildings that have won the Award is 39 years (2003–2024).

Recipients of the Award

Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award (since 2003)

Year	Architect	Project	Location	Year built	Years since*	Other AIA Awards
2024	Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design	Knox Schlapp Public Housing[3] [4] [5]	45 Graham Street, Port Melbourne	1985	38 years
2023		Brambuk: Living Cultural Centre[6] [7] [8] [9]	277 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, Grampians National Park	1990	33 years	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2023 Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture (National), 1990
2022	Allan Powell	Crigan House[10] [11] [12] [13]		1989	33 years
2021	Kevin Borland, John and Phyllis Murphy and Peter McIntyre (with engineer Bill Irwin)	Swimming and Diving Stadium[14]	Olympic Boulevard and Batman Avenue, Olympic Park	1956	63 years	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2021[15] Building of the Year, 1956
2020	Daryl Jackson in association with Tompkins Shaw and Evan	Great Southern Stand[16]		1992	28 years	Victorian Architecture Medal, 1992 Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture (National), 1992
2019	Nonda Katsalidis	Melbourne Terrace Apartments[17]	Franklin and Queen Street, Melbourne	1994	25 years	Architecture Award, 1994 City of Melbourne Building and Planning Award, 1995
2018	Cocks Carmichael Whitford	Yarra Footbridge, Southbank (Evan Walker Bridge)[18]	Yarra River	1990	28 years	Walter Burley Griffin Award, 1990
2017	Loader and Bayley in association with Harris, Lange and Partners	South Lawn car park[19]	152–292 Grattan Street, University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, Melbourne	1972	45 years
2016	McGlashan Everist	Heide II	Heide Museum of Modern Art, 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen	1968	48 years	Bronze Medal, 1968
2015		Domain Park Apartments	93 Domain Road, South Yarra	1962	53 years
2014		McIntyre River House[20] [21]	2 Hodgson Street, Kew	1954	60 years	RAIA Architecture & Arts Award, 1954–1955
2013	Bates Smart & McCutcheon	ICI House (now Orica House)		1958	55 years
2012		National Gallery of Victoria[22] [23]	180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne	1967	45 years
2011		One Collins Street[24]		1985	26 years
2010	Gregory Burgess	Infill Housing Program by Ministry of Housing (1982—1985)	Carlton and Fitzroy North, Melbourne	1983	27 years	RAIA (Victoria Chapter) Award for Outstanding Architecture, New Housing category: for Kay Street, Carlton, 1984
2009	Yuncken Freeman Brothers, Griffiths & Simpson (1956—1959); Gregory Burgess (1999—2001)	Sidney Myer Music Bowl[25] [26]	Kings Domain, Melbourne	1959	50 years	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2009 Melbourne Prize, 2002
2008	Kevin Borland, Architect's Group	Clyde Cameron College (now Murray Valley Private Hospital)[27]	Nordsvan Drive, Wodonga	1978	32 years
2007	Graeme Gunn	Plumbers and Gasfitters Union Building[28]	52 Victoria Street, Carlton	1970	37 years
2006	Grounds, Romberg & Boyd	Robin Boyd House II (Walsh Street House)[29]	290 Walsh Street, South Yarra	1958	48 years	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2006[30]
2005	Yuncken Freeman	BHP House	140 William Street, Melbourne	1972	32 years	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2005 Award of Merit, 1973 Bronze Medal, 1975
2004	Yuncken Freeman	Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne (Cardinal Knox Centre)	Albert Street, East Melbourne	1971	34 years
2003	Edmond & Corrigan	Chapel of St Joseph[31] (now Strabane Chapel Hall)	27–29 Strabane Avenue, Mont Albert North	1978	25 years	Merit Award for Outstanding Architecture, New Buildings Category, 1983 (Victorian Chapter)

* Number of years from completion until award.

See also

• Australian Institute of Architects Awards and Prizes
• Maggie Edmond
• Australian Institute of Architects
• National Award for Enduring Architecture
• New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award
• Victorian Architecture Medal
• Melbourne Prize

Notes and References

1. Web site: 16 June 2023 . 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners . 17 December 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.
2. Web site: 16 June 2023 . Naming Honour: The Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award 2023 Victorian Architecture Awards Night . 17 December 2023 . YouTube.
3. Web site: 7 June 2024 . Winners announced: 2024 Victorian Architecture Awards . 9 June 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
4. Web site: 8 June 2024 . Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award Knox Schlapp Public Housing . 9 June 2024 . YouTube.
5. Web site: Knox Schlapp Ministry of Housing . 9 June 2024 . Peter Elliott Architects.
6. Web site: 16 June 2023 . Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award Citation Brambuk: The National Park and Cultural Centre . 20 August 2023 . YouTube.
7. Web site: Brambuk Living Cultural Centre . 20 August 2023 . Gregory Burgess Architects.
8. Web site: 2023 . Brambuk: The National Park and Cultural Centre, Gregory Burgess Architects . 20 August 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
9. Web site: Mountain Peaks: Brambuk, The National Park and Cultural Centre . 20 August 2023 . Parks Victoria.
10. Web site: June 2022 . 2022 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners . 17 December 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
11. Web site: van Schaik . Leon . 21 October 2015 . Painterly vision: Crigan House (Houses Magazine, August 2015) . 20 August 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.au.
12. Web site: Step Inside St Kilda's Famous Crigan House With Tim Ross . 21 August 2023 . The Design Files.
13. Web site: October 2022 . National Shortlist: Enduring Architecture Award, Crigan House . 8 October 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
14. Web site: 2021 Victorian Architecture Awards Winners . 17 December 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
15. Web site: 2021 National Enduring Architecture Award . . 4 November 2021 . ArchitectureAU . Architecture Media Pty Ltd . 27 November 2021.
16. Web site: Great Southern Stand . 20 August 2023 . Jackson Architecture.
17. Web site: 28 June 2019 . 2019 Victorian Architecture Awards . 4 March 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
18. Web site: 6 July 2018 . States best architecture honoured at Victorian Architecture Awards (2018) . 20 August 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
19. Web site: 30 June 2017 . 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards . 4 March 2017 . ArchitectureAU.com.
20. Web site: A Most Beautiful Piece of Land – Peter McIntyre's River House Block . 20 August 2023 . McIntyre Partnership.
21. Web site: 2006 . McIntyre House . 20 August 2023 . DOCOMOMO Australia.
22. Web site: 30 June 2012 . 2012 Victorian Architecture Awards . 17 December 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.
23. Web site: Judging Architecture – what are the most important criteria now and then? . 17 December 2023 . John Desmond.
24. Web site: 1 Collins Street . 20 August 2023 . Denton Corker Marshall.
25. Web site: 11 July 2009 . All the awards, Victorian Architecture Awards, 2009 . 22 January 2024 . Sydney Morning Herald.
26. Web site: Cheng . Linda . 13 Feb 2019 . 'A national story of creative technical achievement': Sidney Myer Music Bowl celebrates 60th anniversary . 20 August 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.au.
27. Web site: 1 July 2008 . Australian Institute of Architects — State Awards . 17 December 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.
28. Web site: Plumbers and Gasfitters Union Building . 20 August 2023 . DOCOMOMO Australia.
29. Web site: Boyd House II . 21 August 2023 . DOCOMOMO Australia.
30. Web site: Award: RAIA 25 year award . 15 January 2024 . Victorian Collections.
31. Web site: 29 July 2016 . Former Chapel of St Joseph 27–29 Strabane Avenue, Mont Albert North . 20 August 2023 . City of Whitehorse.