Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
The Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal is the highest individual award of the Australian Institute of Architects, awarded annually since 1960. The award was created to recognise distinguished service by Australian architects who have: • designed or executed buildings of high merit; • produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture; or • endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner.
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The Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal is the highest individual award of the Australian Institute of Architects, awarded annually since 1960. The award was created to recognise distinguished service by Australian architects who have: • designed or executed buildings of high merit; • produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture; or • endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner.
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• 1960 Leslie Wilkinson (1882—1973), New South Wales • 1961 Louis Laybourne Smith (1880—1965), South Australia • 1962 Joseph Fowell (1891—1970), New South Wales • 1963 Sir Arthur George Stephenson (1890—1967), Victoria • 1964 Cobden Parkes, New South Wales • 1965 Sir Osborn McCutcheon, Victoria • 1966 William (Bill) Rae Laurie (1904—1970), New South Wales • 1967 William Purves Race Godfrey, Victoria • 1968 Sir Roy Grounds (1905—1981), Victoria • 1969 Robin Boyd (1919—1971), Victoria • 1970 Jack Hobbs McConnell (1913—2005), South Australia • 1971 Frederick Bruce Lucas (1898—1873), Queensland • 1972 Edward (Ted) Harbert Farmer (1909—2001), New South Wales • 1973 Jørn Utzon (1918—2008), Denmark • 1974 Raymond Berg (1913—1989), Victoria • 1975 Sydney Ancher (1904—1979), New South Wales • 1976 Harry Seidler (1923—2006), New South Wales • 1977 Ronald Andrew Gilling (1917—2005), New South Wales • 1978 Mervyn Henry Parry (1913—2006), Western Australia • 1979 Bryce Mortlock (1921—2004), New South Wales • 1980 John Andrews (1933—2022), New South Wales • 1981 Colin Madigan (1921—2011), New South Wales • 1982 Sir John Overall (1913—2001), Victoria • 1983 Gilbert Nicol (1925—2010) & Ross Chisholm (1931—1998), Western Australia • 1984 Philip Cox (1939–), New South Wales • 1985 Peter Johnson (1923—2003), New South Wales • 1986 Richard Butterworth (1924–2000), Victoria • 1987 Daryl Jackson (1937—2026), Victoria • 1988 Romaldo Giurgola (1920—2016), ACT • 1989 Robin Gibson (1930—2014), Queensland • 1990 Peter McIntyre (1928—), Victoria • 1991 Donald Bailey (1927—2025), Western Australia • 1992 Glenn Murcutt (1936—), New South Wales • 1993 Ken Woolley (1933—2015), New South Wales • 1994 Neville Quarry (1933–2004), New South Wales • 1995 No Award • 1996 John Denton, William Corker & Barry Marshall, Victoria • 1997 Roy McCowan Simpson, Victoria • 1998 Gabriel Poole (1934—2020), Queensland • 1999 Richard Leplastrier (1939—), New South Wales • 2000 John Morphett (1932—2016), South Australia • 2001 Keith Cottier (1938—), New South Wales • 2002 Brit Andresen (1945—), Queensland • 2003 Peter Corrigan & Maggie Edmond (added in 2023), Victoria • 2004 Gregory Burgess, Victoria • 2005 James Birrell (1928—2019), Queensland • 2006 Kerry Hill (1943—2018), Western Australia • 2007 Enrico Taglietti (1926—2019), ACT • 2008 Richard Johnson (1946—), New South Wales • 2009 Ken Maher, New South Wales • 2010 Kerry Clare & Lindsay Clare, Queensland • 2011 Graeme Gunn (1933—2024), Victoria • 2012 Lawrence Nield, New South Wales • 2013 Peter Wilson, Victoria/Germany • 2014 Phil Harris & Adrian Welke, Northern Territory • 2015 Peter Stutchbury (1954—), New South Wales • 2016 ARM Architecture, Victoria • 2017 Peter Elliott, Victoria • 2018 Alexander Tzannes, New South Wales • 2019 Hank Koning & Julie Eizenberg, USA • 2020 John Wardle, Victoria • 2021 Donald Robert (Don) Watson, Victoria • 2022 Sean Godsell, Victoria • 2023 Kerstin Thompson, Victoria • 2023 Maggie Edmond (see 2003), Victoria • 2024 Philip Thalis, New South Wales • 2025 Timothy Hill, Queensland • 2026 Neil Durbach, Camilla Block & David Jaggers, New South Wales
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