Tasmanian architecture takes pride of place in awards exhibition

This year’s Tasmanian Architecture Awards project entries will be on show in both Launceston and Hobart in June.

Doors are currently open to the 2024 Tasmanian Architecture Awards Launceston Exhibition at Brickworks Design until this Friday 7 June, before the exhibition relocates to Hobart on Thursday 13 June.

The exhibition displays the 35 projects entered into the 2024 awards program, capturing a breadth of new architecture being produced in the state.

*James Street by Taylor and Hinds Architects*. Photo: Adam Gibson

2024 Tasmanian Architecture Awards

This year’s projects have been entered across nine primary categories and constitute a total of 39 individual entries, many of which are located within and around the North and North-West of the state.

These include University of Tasmania projects: The Workshop and Levee Studios by Xsquared Architects with BVN, and River’s Edge Building by Wardle.

Residential projects include James Street by Taylor and Hinds Architects, Lanoma Street by Licht Architecture, and Suite Shed by alsoCAN.

Further afield in the North-West is the Freer Farm Agricultural Centre of Excellence by Philp Lighton Architects, and the Larapi Child and Family Learning Centre by JAWS Architects.

*Lanoma Street by Licht Architecture*. Photo: Anjie Blair

Entrants ‘do more with less’

The 2024 Tasmanian Architecture Award jury chair, 1+2 Architecture director Fred Ward said the projects responded to the demand of Tasmania’s economic context and did “more with less”.

“Our architects have been challenged and are pushing both themselves and their clients to achieve greater outcomes through simpler, more cost-effective and less resource-intensive means,” Ward said.

“The requirement for an inventive approach, utilising refined design skills, has proven to be essential and demonstrates the value proposition of good design.”