NSW Institute of Architects Awards Win

We are thrilled to win the 2022 Small Project Award at the NSW Institute of Architects Awards. This was our first entry and first win. We are proud that it was for a project that represents our core practice philosophies - creating enjoyable and accessible public spaces and to do so in a sensitive and sustainable manner.

Immense thanks to our client Carriageworks (thank you Aarna and Glenn), to our amazing builder Tom McKim and his crew from Art Services NSW for their precise craftsmanship and to all the artists in the show for bringing the architecture to life. Importantly thank you to the jurors for recognising the big design ambitions of this small project.

Jury Citation:

‘As is the nature of temporary art exhibitions, the design team had very little time to conceptualise and execute this understated yet intriguing project. Composed of elements that were readily available, No Show is an excellent example of a zero-waste project, being completely demountable and reusable for future exhibitions. The self-finishing materials were selected to complement the industrial nature of Carriageworks, and to act as a counter to the conventional white box scenario that dominates exhibition design. The nature and scale of the artworks was not known, so a flexible but modular system was developed to allow for multiple possibilities. A series of “cruciform thresholds” were conceived to permit visitors to glimpse different sections of the exhibition simultaneously, while generating pivot points throughout the display. Though No Show has many functional merits, it is above all a considered and elegant piece of design, made possible by an obviously close collaboration between all involved.’