2025 Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist

The extensive and impressive shortlist has been announced for this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards, with the Awards Night Dinner set to take place on Friday 27th June.

Melbourne Place, Kennedy Nolan, photography by Derek Swalwell

Educational Architecture
South Oakleigh College | Architecture architecture
Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence | Architectus
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture
Pascoe Vale Primary School | Kosloff Architecture
St Kilda Primary School | Law Architects
Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio | Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker
Belerren Sports and Wellbeing Centre, The Geelong College | Wardle
Auburn High School Senior Centre | WOWOWA Architecture

Domain, Flack Studio, photography by Anson Smart.

Heritage Architecture
Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat, Redevelopment Stage 3 | Conservation Studio
Scotch College Errington Retreat | COX Architecture
Parliament House Stone Restoration Works | FPPV Architecture
Gunn Ridge House | Kennedy Nolan
Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve | Lovell Chen
Central Goldfields Art Gallery Nervegna | Reed Architecture
Terrace House | Rob Kennon Architects

Public Architecture
Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool | CO.OP Studio
Eagle Point Foreshore Hub | Common ADR
Glen Huntly Station | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates
Deer Park Station | Denton Corker Marshall
Dendy Beach Pavilion and Brighton Life Saving Club | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Truganina Community Centre | Jasmax (Canvas Projects)
Eva and Marc Besen Centre | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre | Lyons
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital | Lyons
St Mary’s Coptic Church Studio | Bright

*Otway Beach House, KTA, photography by Sharyn Cairns*.

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Grey House | Adam Kane Architects
Stumpy Gully House | Adam Markowitz Design with Stavrias Architecture
Warrandyte House | Figureground Architecture
Otway Beach House | Kerstin Thompson Architects
House on a Hill | Leeton Pointon Architects and Allison Pye Interiors
House on the Bay | Lovell Burton Architecture
Shady Creek Farm House | MRTN Architects
she sells sea shells | multiplicity
Fishharven | Neil Architecture
Dusty Miller House | Not All Architecture
Terrace House | Rob Kennon Architects
Howqua River Lodge | Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
Hedge and Arbour House | Studio Bright

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Nightingale Preston | Breathe Architecture
Como Terraces | Carr
Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project | Clare Cousins Architects
The Paddock | CROSBY architects
131 Smith Street | Freadman White
Assemble 15 Thompson Street, Kensington | Hayball
Bangs Street Prahran | Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Housing Choices Preston | Six Degrees Architects
Brighton Social Housing | SJB
Newburgh Light House | Splinter Society Architecture
82 Westgarth Walter | Walter
The Victoria Street Collective | Zen Architects

Brighton Social Housing, SJB, *Photography* by *Aaron Puls.*

Small Project Architecture
Wangun Amphitheatre | Equity Office
Fourth Green Bridge | Inarc Architects
Grace Darling Hotel Parklet | Kerry Kounnapis Architecture Practice
Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade | NMBW Architecture Studio with ASPECT Studios

Urban Design
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture
Glen Huntly Station | COX Architecture with Rush Wright Associates
Marvel Stadium Upgrades | Grimshaw with Smartform & Greenaway Architects
Dendy Beach Pavilion and Brighton Life Saving Club | Jackson Clements Burrows

Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture
Casuarina Pavilion | Greenaway Architects (GA)
A Light Addition | Office MI—JI
Fitzroy North House | Pop Architecture

Melbourne Prize
Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence | Architectus
Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project | Clare Cousins Architects
120 Collins Street Revitalisation | Hassell
Truganina Community Centre | Jasmax (Canvas Projects)
Melbourne Place | Kennedy Nolan
Pascoe Vale Primary School | Kosloff Architecture
Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture

Regional Prize
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence | ARM Architecture
Eagle Point Foreshore Hub Common | ADR
The Paddock | CROSBY architects
Wangun Amphitheatre | Equity Office
Eva and Marc Besen Centre | Kerstin Thompson Architects
Central Goldfields Art Gallery | Nervegna Reed Architecture
Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade | NMBW Architecture Studio with ASPECT Studios
GMHBA Stadium Stage 5 Redevelopment (Joel Selwood Stand) | Populous
The Apple House | Sally Draper Architects
Belerren Sports and Wellbeing Centre, The Geelong College | Wardle

Sustainable Architecture
Carnegie Memorial Swimming Pool | CO.OP Studio
The Paddock | CROSBY architects
Danthonia Passive House | Etha Architecture
Woodleigh Regenerative Futures Studio | Mcildowie Partners with Joost Bakker
Northern Memorial Park Depot | Searle x Waldron Architecture
Larnangurrak (Our Place) – Dja Dja Wurrung Corporate and Community Centre | Y2 Architecture

*Mess Hall, ArchitectureArchitecture, photography by Tom Ross*.

House in Anglesea, MGAO, *photography by* *Jack Lovel*.

Hedge and Arbour House, Studio Bright, *photography by* *Rory Gardiner*.

A Light Addition, Office MIJI, *photography by* *Ben Hosking*.

Terrace House, RKA, *photography by* *Derek Swalwell*.

Oval House, Topology Studio, *photography by* *Timothy Kaye*.

Fitzroy North House, Pop Architecture, *photography by* *Willem-Dirk du Toit*.

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The 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist is here!