The Australian Institute of Architects recognise the best buildings completed in the preceding year in their annual awards program. The Robin Boyd Foundation, in co-operation with the awarded and commended architectural and design practices and owners of these special residences, are pleased to host these self-guided tours of outstanding awarded and shortlisted projects in Victoria.
The RBF-AIA Awards Open Days also complement the Foundation’s mission to further the legacy of Robin Boyd by offering a platform to critically explore and enhance the power of architecture and design to reflect and shape Australian identity.
RBF-AIA Awards Open Day
Sunday 25 August 2019
10am – 4pm
Design Insights
Wednesday 21 August 2019
6pm for 6.30pm start
290 Walsh Street, South Yarra
Six projects will open for immersive, self-guided tours and are the commended or award winners in the AIA’s major residential categories: alterations and additions, creative adaptation, multiple housing, and interior architecture.
See list of participating residences below.
A Design Insights evening will be held at Robin Boyd’s iconic Walsh Street modernist residence on Wednesday 21 August (6 for 6.30pm start). The Foundation will be hosting some of the architects and designers who will present and discuss their projects prior to 2019 RBF-AIA Awards Open Day.
Photo : Derek Swalwell
Oak House | Kennedy Nolan
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
Commendation
Fitzroy North
Photo : Emma Cross
Classical Gas – Original Stereo Version | Multiplicity with Mel Ogden Landscapes
Heritage Architecture
Architecture Award
North Melbourne
Photo : Tom Ross
Whitlam Place | Freadman White in collaboration with Anon Studio
Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Architecture Award
Interior Architecture
Commendation
Fitzroy
Photo : Peter Clarke
Fitzroy Terrace | Taylor Knights
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Architecture Award
Fitzroy
Photo : Derek Swalwell
York St Residence | Jackson Clements Burrows Architecture
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Shortlist
St Kilda West
Photo : Derek Swalwell
Caroline House | Kennedy Nolan
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations & Additions)
Architecture Award
Clifton Hill
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