Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal Winner, Architectus, AIA Honour

Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2010

Architecture Prize – AIA Honour 2010 : Architectus

19 Mar 2010

Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal Winners 2010

Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal 2010 news

Architectus Directors Lindsay and Kerry Clare receive the Australian Institute of Architects 2010 Gold Medal.

The announcement was made on 18 March at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards held at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. The Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal is the highest honour the Institute can bestow.

Lindsay and Kerry Clare:

photo © 2009 The AIA

The award was created 50 years ago 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

The Gold Medal is held in high esteem both nationally and internationally with previous recipients including Robin Boyd, Jørn Utzon, Glenn Murcutt and Gregory Burgess.

They have received 29 state and national awards from the AIA for housing, public, educational, recycling, civic and commercial projects, mostly in Australia.

Lindsay and Kerry Clare have been Directors of Architectus for ten years.

Architectus : AIA Gold Medal Winner 2010

Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal Winners 2010 Background

Kerry and Lindsay Clare – working partners for 35 years – became the first husband-and-wife team to win the award.

University of New South Wales Student Housing by architectus:

In addition to major projects, such as Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art, they were also recognised for designing low-impact, sustainable homes decades before it became compulsory.The couple’s interest in sustainability dates back to their training with Gabriel Poole, who won the AIA Gold Medal in 1998. He taught them to always look for passive solutions to heat and ventilate buildings.

Barangaroo Waterfront, Sydney:

image courtesy Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority