Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award
Annual architecture award for significant buildings in Victoria, Australia
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The Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award is an architecture prize presented annually at the Victorian Architecture Awards by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) since 2003. The award recognises long lasting, significant and enduring architecture with usually 25 years passed since the completion of construction.
| Maggie Edmond Enduring Architecture Award | |
|---|---|
 Fairfield Amphitheatre, built 1985 | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding architecture over time (25 years or more) in Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Institute of Architects (Victoria Chapter) |
| First award | 2003 |
| Currently held by | Maggie Edmond for Fairfield Amphitheatre, 2026 |
Background
The award was established in Victoria in 2003 and initially called the 25 Year Award. In 2007 the award name was changed to the '25 Year Award for Enduring Architecture' later becoming the 'Victorian Award for Enduring Architecture'. In 2023 the award became a named award, recognising Melbourne based architect Maggie Edmond, recipient of the first 25 Year Award in 2003, for the Chapel of St Joseph in Mont Albert North designed by her firm Edmond & Corrigan and built in 1978.[1][2]
The award recognises achievement for the design of buildings of outstanding merit, which remain important as high quality works of architecture when considered in the contemporary context. Nominations for the award can be made by AIA members, non–members and non–architects, but adequate material and information supporting the nomination must be provided for consideration of the jury.
Recipients of the state-based award are eligible for consideration for the National Award for Enduring Architecture presented later in the same year, as part of the Australian National Architecture Awards.
The average age of the 24 projects that have won the award is 40.6 years (2003–2026).
Recipients of the award
| Year | Architect | Project | Location | Year built | Years since* | Other AIA Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Maggie Edmond for Edmond and Corrigan | Fairfiled Amphitheatre[3][4] | Fairfield Park, Fairfield[5] | 1985 | 41 years | |
| 2025 | Frederick Romberg | Stanhill Apartments[6][7][8] | 34 Queens Road, Melbourne | 1950 | 75 years | |
| 2024 | Peter Elliott Architecture and Urban Design | Knox Schlapp Public Housing[9][10][11] | 45 Graham Street, Port Melbourne | 1985 | 38 years |
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| 2023 | Gregory Burgess | Brambuk: Living Cultural Centre[12][13][14][15] | 277 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, Grampians National Park | 1990 | 33 years |
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| 2022 | Allan Powell | Crigan House[16][17][18][19] | 21 Victoria Street, St Kilda | 1989 | 33 years | |
| 2021 | Kevin Borland, John and Phyllis Murphy and Peter McIntyre (with engineer Bill Irwin) | Swimming and Diving Stadium[20] | Olympic Boulevard and Batman Avenue, Olympic Park | 1956 | 63 years |
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| 2020 | Daryl Jackson in association with Tompkins Shaw and Evan | Great Southern Stand[22] | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1992 | 28 years |
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| 2019 | Nonda Katsalidis | Melbourne Terrace Apartments[23] | Franklin and Queen Street, Melbourne | 1994 | 25 years |
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| 2018 | Cocks Carmichael Whitford | Yarra Footbridge, Southbank (Evan Walker Bridge)[24] | Yarra River | 1990 | 28 years | |
| 2017 | Loader and Bayley in association with Harris, Lange and Partners | South Lawn car park[25] | 152–292 Grattan Street, University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, Melbourne | 1972 | 45 years | |
| 2016 | McGlashan Everist | Reed House (Heide II)[26] | Heide Museum of Modern Art, 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen | 1968 | 48 years |
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| 2015 | Grounds, Romberg & Boyd (partner in charge Robin Boyd) | Domain Park Apartments[27] | 193 Domain Road, South Yarra | 1962 | 53 years | |
| 2014 | Peter McIntyre | McIntyre River House[28][29] | 2 Hodgson Street, Kew | 1954 | 60 years |
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| 2013 | Bates Smart & McCutcheon | ICI House (now Orica House) | 1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne | 1958 | 55 years | |
| 2012 | Roy Grounds | National Gallery of Victoria[30][31] | 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne | 1967 | 45 years |
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| 2011 | Robert Peck, YFHK & Denton Corker Marshall | One Collins Street[32] | 1 Collins Street, Melbourne | 1985 | 26 years |
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| 2010 | Gregory Burgess, Cocks Carmichael, Peter Crone, Norman Day, Edmond and Corrigan, Peter Elliott, Gunn Williams Fender, MMH Partnership with Leo De Jong (MOH), Richard Marendaz (MOH), Robert Pierce (MOH), Geoff Sargeant (MOH)[33] | Infill Housing Program by Ministry of Housing (1982—1985) | Kay Street, Carlton and Fitzroy North, Melbourne | 1983 | 27 years |
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| 2009 | Yuncken Freeman Brothers, Griffiths & Simpson (1956—1959); Gregory Burgess (1999—2001) | Sidney Myer Music Bowl[34][35] | Kings Domain, Melbourne | 1959 | 50 years | |
| 2008 | Kevin Borland, Architect's Group | Clyde Cameron College (now Murray Valley Private Hospital)[36] | Nordsvan Drive, Wodonga | 1978 | 32 years | |
| 2007 | Graeme Gunn | Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union Building[37] | 52 Victoria Street, Carlton | 1970 | 37 years |
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| 2006 | Grounds, Romberg & Boyd | Robin Boyd House II (Walsh Street House)[38] | 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra | 1958 | 48 years | |
| 2005 | Yuncken Freeman | BHP House | 140 William Street, Melbourne | 1972 | 32 years |
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| 2004 | Yuncken Freeman (Roy Simpson architect) | Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne (Cardinal Knox Centre) | Albert Street, East Melbourne | 1971 | 34 years | |
| 2003 | Edmond & Corrigan | Chapel of St Joseph[40] (now Strabane Chapel Hall) | 27–29 Strabane Avenue, Mont Albert North | 1978 | 25 years |
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* Number of years from completion until award.
Gallery of award recipients
2026 award, Fairfield Amphitheatre, built 1985
2025 award, Stanhill Apartments, built 1950
2021 award, Swimming and Diving Stadium, built 1956
2020 award, Great Southern Stand, MCG, built 1992
2018 award, Evan Walker Bridge, Yarra River, built 1990
2017 award, South Lawn Car Park, University of Melbourne, built 1972
2016 award, Heide II, built 1968
2015 award, Domain Park Flats, built 1962
2013 award, ICI House, built 1958
2012 award, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), built 1967
2009 award (National and Victorian), Sidney Myer Music Bowl, built 1959
2007 award, Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union Building, built 1970
2006 award, Walsh Street House, built 1967
2005 award, BHP House, built 1967
2004 award, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne (Cardinal Knox Centre), built 1971
2003 award, Chapel of St Joseph, built 1978
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