The Daramalan Performing Arts Center combines tradition and innovation. Photo: Thurston Empon.
Stewart Architecture awarded the main prize at the ACT Architecture Awards 2025 with its design for the Daramalan Performing Arts Center.
The Canberra company won the Canberra Medaillon and the Enrico Taglietti Award for educational architecture and an award for interior design.
“This living, student -oriented institution is a bold new chapter for Daramalan College,” said the jury.
“The Daramalan Performing Arts Center interprets the school's red brick heir with a playful, contemporary turn.
“Stewart Architecture combines tradition and innovation and wraps a dynamic black box theater in animated masonry that indicates creativity inside.
“An internal street celebrates a feeling of arrival and joint experience. Planned to support all facets of performance education, the compact design offers the functions back and forth.”
Hannah Walsh collected the emerging and graduate Network Project Award for their role in supporting junior members of the team to carry out the project.
Another multiple winner was the BVN architecture, which won the Romaldo Giurgola Award for Public Architecture, the Derek Wrigley Award for Sustainable Architecture, the Pamille Berg Prize for Art in Architecture and an expansion of the interior design for the expansion of the Canberra Hospital.
It was also the winner of the opened national architectural stories that recognizes works that include topics such as community, cooperation, sustainability, culture and storytelling.
“The work of BVN showed a tangible, as a reaction to national stories within a complex and layered building type.” The jury said.
“This BVN project serves as a catalyst for the persecution of an integrated state -centered stories in architecture in the law.
“The welcome hall, the gallery and hospital corridors with a framed view of significant elements in the surrounding landscape promote the idea of a meeting point and a place of the paths.
“The project sets a new benchmark by embedding community, culture and care in a sustainable architectural framework.”
Expansion of the Canberra Hospital. Photo: Tom Roe.
Ockerhaus. Photo: Anne Stroud.
Australian war monument. Photo: Thurston Empon.
Denman view. Photo: Boardman board.
Csiro. Photo: Peter Bennetts.
Scotts crossing. Photo: Shaw Photography.
Industry terraces. Photo: Boardman board.
Mark Brook, director of mymymy architecture, received the Emerging Architect Prize 2025 for its outstanding design, his leadership and his advocacy and developed a award -winning work that is defined by material wealth, cooperation and craft.
Mymyy Architecture also received awards for interior design, residential architecture – houses (new), an award for sustainable architecture and the renowned Colorbond Award for steel architecture for ocher House.
Nineteen projects were awarded in categories from residential buildings to important public work. Schools, interiors and even modest public institutions were recognized for outstanding architectural skills.
Students and professional practitioners were also honored for their individual contribution to the architecture sector in the law.
Shannon Battisson, chairman of the ACT Awards jury, said that the award winners showed a focus on projects that influenced the communities positively, improved the quality of life and dealt with urgent social issues such as accessibility, justice and inclusiveness.
“The winning projects, be it amenities in a public park or in a generation in a public infrastructure, show all the immense skills that are present in the architectural profession in our region,” she said.
“Good architecture can influence social experiences, promote human connection and increase the communities in a sensible and permanent way.
“In 2025 it was fantastic to observe a deep consideration of sustainability and social connection in the candidates – a profound commitment to improve social results through design.”
The jury: Shannon Battisson Lfraia – Director, The Mill (Chairman); Nicholas Eccles Associate Raia – Associate, Open Principle Architects; Belinda Goh Fraia – Senior Director of NSW, architects populated; Sean Hogan – main architect, typology architecture; and Mika Utzon Popov artist.
The full list of winners:
Canberra medallion
- Daramalan Performing Arts Center, Stewart Architecture
Sir Roy Grounds Award for permanent architecture
- 60 Red Hill Drive, Miles Jakl and Enrico Taglietti and Acme.
Commercial architecture
- The national collection building for Csiro, Hassell, the John Andrews Award for commercial architecture.
- The Civic Pub (level 02), Pelle Architects, Award.
- 23 National Circuit, Stewart Architecture, Award.
- Capital Food Markets, Stewart Architecture, Award.
Educational architecture
- Daramalan Performing Arts Center, Stewart Architecture, Enrico Taglietti Award for Educational Architecture
- Canberra Grammar School Primary School Building, Djas Architecture Pty Ltd, Broucht.
heritage
- Australian was Memorial New Entry and Parade Ground, Studio.sc, JS Murdoch Award for Heritage
Interior design
- Australian was Memorial New Entry and Parade Ground, Studio.sc, W. Hayward Morris Award for interior design.
- The national collection building for Csiro, Hassell, Price
- Daramalan Performing Arts Center, Stewart Architecture, Award.
- Lumiere, mymyy architecture, Award.
- Minima, Cox Architecture, Award.
- Expansion of the Canberra Hospital, BVN, award
Public architecture
- Expansion of the Canberra Hospital, BVN, Romaldo Giurgola Award for public architecture.
- Australian was Memorial New Entry and Parade Ground, Studio.sc, Award.
Living architecture – houses (changes and additions)
- Barton kitchen garden room, Josh Mulford Architects, Gene Willsford Award for residential architecture – houses (changes and additions).
- Hotham, Austin Maynard Architects, Award.
Housing architecture – multiple lessons
- Industry terraces, Judd.studio, price.
- Haig Park Stadthäuser, DNA architects, award.
Living architecture – houses (new)
- Ocker House, MyMymy Architecture, Award.
- Calvert, Design Foundry, Lobung.
Small project architecture
- Denman Village Park, Carter Williamson Architects, Cynthia Beheny Award for small project architecture.
sustainability
- Expansion of the Canberra Hospital, BVN, Derek Wrigley Award for sustainable architecture.
- Ocker House, MyMymy Architecture, Lobung.
Urban design
- Scotts Crossing, Buchan and Mather Architecture, Award.
Colorbond® Award for steel architecture
- Ocker House, MyMymy Architecture, Colorbond® Award for steel architecture.
Center centered
- Expansion of the Canberra Hospital, BVN, state -oriented architectural stories.
Art in architecture
- Expansion of the Canberra Hospital, BVN, Pamilille Berg Award for Art in Architecture.
Light in architecture
- Australian was Memorial New Entry and Parade Ground, Studio.sc, Robert Foster Award for Light in Architecture.
Social impact price
- Denman Village Park, Carter Williamson Architects, Social Impact Prize.
Emagn project
- Committed aspiring and graduated network architects, Daramalan Performing Arts Center, Stewart Architecture, Emagn Project Award.
John Redmond Prize
- High GPA – 3 -year basic program, William Leeson, University of Canberra.
Architecture Graduate Prize
- The highest GPA -2 -year -old Masters program, Jonathan Le Chung, University of Canberra, Architecture -Graduate Prize.
Student medal
Highest GPA – 5 years, Erin Rogers, University of Canberra, Act Chapter Student Medaillion.
Clem Cummings Medal
- Professor Gevvork Hartoonian and Professor Stephen Frith (in Memoriam).
Emerging architectural award
- Mark Brook, MyMymy Architecture.
Professional Practitioner Award
Medal of the President