Australian projects recognised in international awards

Seven Australian projects and four student projects have been named winners in the 2024 Architecture Masterprize.

The awarded projects include a Brisbane school building, Sydney aged care facility and Melbourne residence. Tadao Ando's MPavilion 10 and Rob Mills' Hampden by RMA - also in Melbourne - have earnt the Best of Best title, which recognises the top five percent of projects in the awards.

The prize, formerly known as the American Architecture Prize, was started in 2015 by publishing and awards company Farmani Group. In 2024, it accepted entries from 43 countries in 47 categories spanning architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture.

In addition to their Hapden by RMA project, which was awarded in the Residential Architecture - Multi Unit category, Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors took home a second prize for their Hillside Residence in Prahran in the Residential Interior category.

Two Sydney projects were also awarded prizes. Kaunitz Yeung Architecture's Yutjuwala Djwarr - Nhulunbuy Flexible Aged Care Facility - a project which unites First Nations knowledge with contemporary technology - was recognised in the Health / Wellness category, and Archer Office's Allan Border Oval Pavilion - a clever combination of grandstand and club house - was recognised in the Recreational Architecture category.

An innovative and transformational educational facility, the Brisbane Grammar School STEAM Precinct by Wilson Architects was named a winner in the Educational Buildings category.

In landscape architecture, Decibel Architecture was awarded in the Installations and Structures category for their "floating" Waratah Studio in Melbourne's Chelsea Garden.

The awards' overall winners were Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Centre by Rockwell Group in the United States (Architectural Design of the Year), Nobu by Cuaik CDS in Mexico (Interior Design of the Year) and Qin Lake Park: From Culture to Nature by Grasp Earth Architecture and Landscape Design Co., Ltd in China (Landscape Architecture of the Year). The newly minted Social Impact Project of the Year Award was given to 54 Social Housing in Inca, Mallorca by Fortuny-Alventosa, Morell Arquitectes in Spain.

A jury of 58 designers, architects, curators and academics from around the world selected the winning projects.