Sir John Sulman Medal Explained

Medal designer: George Rayner Hoff (1894-1937), sculptor and teacher. Famed for his sculptures in Sydney's Anzac Memorial.

Sir John Sulman Medal should not be confused with Sir John Sulman Prize.

Sir John Sulman Medal
Current Awards:Grimshaw Architects
Awarded For:Public Architecture
Presenter:Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter)
Country:Australia
Year2:2024

The Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture is an architectural award presented by the New South Wales chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects since 1932.[1] The medal is sometimes referred to as the Sulman Award and now recognises excellence in public buildings in either New South Wales or in the Australian Capital Territory. Before the advent of the Wilkinson Award in 1961, it was on occasion presented to residential housing projects.

The medal is presented in memory of the Australian architect Sir John Sulman (29 August 1849 – 18 August 1934).[1] Sulman was born in Greenwich, England, and emigrated to Sydney in 1885. From 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Federal Capital Advisory Committee and influenced the development of Canberra.

History of the Award

Sulman was an enthusiastic about town planning, and it was intended that the Medal was for "a building of exceptional merit that contributed to the streetscape".[2] This interest in the greater urban environment and the relationship of the building to the public domain parallels the earlier Royal Institute of British Architects Street Architecture Medal instigated in 1923, and the RVIA Street Architecture Medal in Melbourne that began in 1929, later to be known as the Victorian Architecture Medal.

In the 1950 Year Book of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, the Sir John Sulman Medal and Diploma was defined as being "awarded annually for a building of exceptional merit in one of the following classes: (1) Public and Monumental, (2) Educational and Ecclesiastical, (3) Commercial and Industrial, (4) Recreational, (5) Domestic and Residential. The building must have been erected in New South Wales within the previous five years and must be readily accessible and visible. The Jury comprises four Architects, one Painter, one Art Critic, and the Director of the National Art Gallery."[3]

List of Sulman Medal Winners

Year Architect Project Image Location Other awards and notes
1932 157–169 Gloucester Street and Essex Street, [4]
1933 Budden & Mackey Primary Producers' Bank
1934 [5]
1935 Fowell & McConnel 60 Blair Street, [6]
1936 Budden & Mackey Transport House
also known as NSW Government Railways Offices
[7] [8]
1937 J.D. Moore & V. L. Dowling
1938 F.A. Scorer City Incinerator
1939 Eric W. Andrew Surf Pavilion South Steyne, [9]
1940 G.H.B. McDonell House 67 Elgin Street,
1941 King George V Memorial Hospital for Mothers and BabiesMissenden Road,
1942 St. Michael's Church Complex Additions Corner Gilliver Avenue & Vaucluse Road,
1943 Orient Line Building 2–6 Spring Street, Sydney
1944 NO AWARD
1945 Sydney Ancher House
1946 Hospital Road,
1947 Stafford, Moor & Farrington 208 Young Street,
1948 A.H.A. Hanson House
1949 NO AWARD
1950 Spencer, Spencer & Bloomfield Top Dog Men's
1951
1952
1953
1954 Stafford Moor & Farrington Boots Pure Drug Company 376 Eastern Valley Way,
1955 Canberra Branch Commonwealth Department of Works (Architect Ian Slater) Canberra Olympic Pool
1956 Baldwinson, Booth & Peters Hotel Belmont
1957 John Allen & Russell Jack House
1958 Florence Bartley Library
1959 Australian Academy of Science
(The Shine Dome)
1960 Badham House
1961 Bunning & Madden [10]
1962 NSW Government Architect
(Ted Farmer, Tom O’Mahony, Ken Woolley)
1963 St Andrews Presbyterian Agricultural College Boys Home[11]
1964 NSW Government Architect
(Ted Farmer and Peter Hall)
Goldstein Hall[12]
Hely, Bell & Horne 75 St Johns Road & Glebe Point Road (now Anglicare St Johns Village) 75 St Johns Road,
1965 , [13]
1966 Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Partners Warringah Shire Library
(now Dee Why Library)[14]
1967
1968 NO AWARD
1969 NSW Government Architect
(Ted Farmer)
Marsden Retarded Children's Centre
1970 Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Briggs in conjunction with NSW Government Architect
(Ted Farmer)
Student Residence 'A' Mitchell College of Advanced Education,
1971 NO AWARD
1972
1973
1974
1975 NSW Government Architect
(Charles Weatherburn)
Art Gallery of New South Wales additions Art Gallery Road, Sydney
1976 NO AWARD
1977
1978 NSW Government Architect
(Ian Thomson)
Eaton Road,
1979 NO AWARD
1981 NSW Government Architect
(Ian Thomson & Chris Johnson)
Hampden Park Primary School Hampden Road,
Glen Street Offices
1982 NO AWARD
1983 Martin Place, Sydney
American Express Tower
(King George Tower) (now 388 George)
1984 NSW Government Architect
(Ian Thomson)
1985 NSW Government Architect
(Ian Thomson) in association with Vivian Fraser
Zachary's Restaurant[15]
1986 NSW Government Architect
(Ian Thompson & Colin Still)
City Council Library & Regional Gallery
1987 Queen Victoria Building restoration
1988 NSW Government Architect (Lionel Glendenning)500 Harris Street,
1989 NSW Government Architect (Lindsay Kelly) Art Gallery of New South Wales extensions & alterations Art Gallery Road, Sydney
Cox Richardson Taylor Partners Sydney Exhibition Centre Darling Harbour, Sydney
1990 Bligh Robinson Architects Lake Crackenback Village
1991 Harry Seidler & Associates
1992 Sydney
1993 NO AWARD
1994 1 Farrer Place, Sydney
1995 NO AWARD
1996
1997 Grose Bradley Architects Architecture Studios
1998
1999 Glenn Murcutt, Wendy Lewin, Reg Lark 170 Riversdale Road, Illaroo NSW
2000 MGT Architects The Scientia
Tennis Centre Sydney Olympic Park
2001 Life Sciences Building
2002 Hassell in association with Peter Armstrong Architecture Anzac Parade,
2003 University of Technology Sydney, City Campus, Building 10 , Sydney
2004 88 Phillip Street, Sydney
2005
2006
2007 NO AWARD
2008 Kennedy Associates
2009 All Saints Grammar School 13–17 Cecilia Street,
2010 Epping to Chatswood Rail Link, Intermediate Stations
2011 Brain and Mind Research Institute, Youth Mental Health Building 94 Mallett Street,
2012
2013 Collins and Turner Architects Waterloo Youth, Family and Community Centre (now Weave Youth & Community Services) 1B Elizabeth Street,
2014 Neeson Murcutt Architects
in association with City of Sydney
Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade
2015
2016 Neeson Murcutt Architects Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club
2017 Crone Architects Orange Regional Museum[18] [19] 151 Byng Street,
  • NSW Premier's Prize, 2017[20]
2018 Punchbowl Mosque[21] [22] 25–27 Matthews Street,
2019 CHROFI Maitland Riverlink
2020 Johnson Pilton Walker with NSW Government ArchitectAnzac Memorial Centenary Extension[24] [25]
2021 Hassell Studio Sydney Theatre Company[26] Pier 4/5, Walsh Bay located at 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point, Sydney
2022 Kerstin Thompson ArchitectsBundanon Art Museum and Bridge[27] [28] Bundanon, 533 Bundanon Road, Illaroo, NSW
2023 SANAA
with Architectus (Executive Architects)
North Building (Sydney Modern), Art Gallery of New South Wales[29] Art Gallery Road, Sydney
2024 Grimshaw and Andrew Burges Architects with McGregor CoxallParramatta Aquatic Centre[30]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/default-source/nsw-notable-buildings/80th-anniversary-of-the-sulman-medal.pdf?sfvrsn=0 80th anniversary of the Sulman Medal
  2. Web site: NSW Awards History . 7 August 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
  3. Book: Year book of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. . RAIA . 1950 . Australia . 1098 . en.
  4. 01578. H03/00266. 14 October 2018.
  5. 00209. S90/05979 & HC 32321. 1 June 2018.
  6. 01706. H97/01007. 2 June 2018.
  7. 01271. S91/02291/11. 13 October 2018.
  8. 20 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Manly Life Saving Pavilion, Manly Sydney Australia. International working party for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement. 14 September 2012.
  10. 00589. S90/03326 & HC 33163. 13 October 2018.
  11. Web site: 2 December 2021 . St Andrews Presbyterian Agricultural College Boys Home: Award-winning architecture now lost . 1 August 2023 . Camden History Notes.
  12. Web site: Goldstein College . 5 September 2023 . DOCOMOMO Australia.
  13. News: Bleby, Michael . Architect Philip Cox delivers upfront on architecture's deficiencies . . Australia . 20 August 2016 . 20 August 2016.
  14. Web site: 1966 . Warringah Shire Library, Dee Why, photograph . 7 September 2023 . Northern Beaches Recollect.
  15. Web site: OBJECT: The Royal Australian Institute of Architects' Sir John Sulman Medal awarded to Glenn Murcutt . 5 September 2023 . Powerhouse Collection.
  16. Web site: 27 June 2014 . 2014 NSW Architecture Awards . 31 January 2014 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  17. Web site: 27 June 2014 . 2014 NSW Architecture Awards . 31 January 2014 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  18. Web site: 1 July 2017 . 2017 NSW Architecture Awards . 31 January 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  19. Web site: Orange Regional Museum . 31 January 2024 . Crone Architects.
  20. Web site: 1 July 2017 . 2017 NSW Architecture Awards . 31 January 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  21. Web site: 6 July 2018 . 2018 NSW Architecture Awards . 31 January 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  22. Web site: Raggatt . Mark . 24 July 2019 . A 'modern architectural masterpiece': Punchbowl Mosque . 31 January 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  23. Web site: 1 November 2018 . Winners revealed: 2018 National Architecture Awards . 31 January 2024 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  24. Web site: ANZAC Memorial Centenary Extension, NSW Architecture Awards 2020 Showcase . 14 November 2023 . Architecture.coma.au. 11 September 2020 .
  25. Web site: 5 November 2020 . 2020 National Architecture Awards: The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture . 14 November 2023 . ArchitectureAU.com.
  26. Web site: 2021 . 2021 NSW Architecture Awards winners . 1 August 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
  27. Web site: 2022 . 2022 NSW Architecture Awards winners . 1 August 2023 . Architecture.com.au.
  28. Web site: 5 July 2023 . Bundanon is awarded its second Sulman medal for public architecture . 11 September 2023 . Bundanon.
  29. Web site: 2023 National Architecture Awards Program—Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Modern Building, Lead Consultant SANAA; Executive Architect: Architectus . 1 August 2023 . Archtiecture.com.au.
  30. Web site: 28 June 2024 . 2024 NSW Architecture Awards . 29 June 2024 . Architecture AU.