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RAIA NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
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Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings, Access Citation
Olympic Park Railway Station, Sydney

Robin Boyd Award for Housing
Droga Residence, Sydney

Lachlan Macquarie Award for Conservation
State Government Offices, Melbourne

Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design
Eastern Freeway Sound Barriers, Melbourne

Commercial Award, Environment Citation
Pee Wees at the Point, Darwin

Interior Award
Georges, Melbourne

International Award
Menara UMNO, Malaysia

President's Award for Recycling
Central Land Council Office, Tennant Creek

Commendation, Public Buildings
RMIT Building 220, Bundoora

Commendation, Housing
Ooi House, Margaret River

Commendation Housing
Eagle/Gascoigne Residence, Canberra

Commendation, Urban Design
CBD laneways, Melbourne

Commendation, Commercial
Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne

Commendation, Interior
Centennial Hotel, Sydney

Commendation, International
ASTRAC Gare de Montreux, Switzerland

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Foreword
Tomorrow's Dynamic House
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RAIA NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

RAIA National Architecture Awards 1998. At the top of Australia’s last 20th century construction boom, these Awards reflect a scene of optimism and prosperity. Prizes go to rail stations (2), road improvements (2), shops and restaurants (4), university complexes (2), offices for an Aboriginal company (1), refurbishments of old monuments (3), and houses (3). Only one skyscraper—in Malaysia—is honoured (no luck for architects of many city apartment towers). Also no joy for Queensland ‘high commendation’ winners accidentally barred from national judging. The jury— Ric Butt, Maggie Edmond, John Ballinger and William Fraser— have mainly preferred expressive works using industrial palettes. Their choices suggest that even after 23 years of obituaries, the spirit of modernism isn’t dying. It’s learning how to dance to new cosmologies and technologies.

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