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.
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]
| Year | Architect | Project | Image | Location | Other awards and notes | |
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| 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 Babies | Missenden 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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, |
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| 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 |
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| 2015 | ||||||
| 2016 | Neeson Murcutt Architects | Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club | ||||
| 2017 | Crone Architects | Orange Regional Museum[18] [19] | 151 Byng Street, |
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| 2018 | Punchbowl Mosque[21] [22] | 25–27 Matthews Street, | ||||
| 2019 | CHROFI | Maitland Riverlink |
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| 2020 | Johnson Pilton Walker with NSW Government Architect | Anzac 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 Architects | Bundanon Art Museum and Bridge[27] [28] | Bundanon, 533 Bundanon Road, Illaroo, NSW |
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| 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 Coxall | Parramatta Aquatic Centre[30] |