The Australian Institute of Architects 2019 SA Awards presentation evening was held last Saturday: we were very pleased that our partnership of Swanbury Penglase and BVN received three accolades for the UniSA Cancer Research Institute: Awards for Sustainable Architecture and Interior Architecture and to cap it off at the very end of the night, the Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture.

Special thanks to UniSA Senior Project Manager Christina Coleiro who worked tirelessly with us over the last five years to support exemplary outcomes and to help deliver a project that we are all enormously proud of.

Thanks again to the talented, hard-working and committed team members that make up our Swanbury Penglase + BVN partnership, the broader consultant team, and Managing Contractor Hansen Yuncken: the development is evidence of a truly collaborative and “best for project” approach.

To quote the Awards jury:

“This is a sophisticated response to a deceptively complex, fluid brief demanding program requirements and a difficult site. The architects have answered the demanding brief requirements by ingeniously designing three vertically integrated zones that facilitate cross-disciplinary interaction and realise the University of South Australia’s vision for a building that would boost the links between research, teaching, industry and practice… Overall the building is an exemplar of collaboration which has cleverly woven structural solutions, ESD principles and fine detailing; using softwood, hardwood and brass to provide outcomes that Vice Chancellor David Lloyd proudly observed: “When you give your best minds the best facilities you can expect they will deliver the best research outcomes.” 

The Cancer Research Institute will now be included in all three awards categories for the National Architecture Awards program later in 2019.