The diversity of Australian architecture was celebrated on Thursday 7 November at the Sydney Opera House, which in October marked forty years as a cultural icon. Around 500 architects and their clients gathered in the Concert Hall and North Foyer for the 2013 National Architecture Awards dinner and presentation, hosted by the Australian Institute of Architects.
Thirty-eight projects were awarded a total of fifty-five awards and commendations across the twelve categories. Pojects were selected by the 2013 national jury from the 166 eligible award winners progressing from the Insitiute’s state and territory awards series earlier in the year. On this year’s jury were Shelley Penn (chair), Richard Hassell, Ben Hewett, Justine Clark and Hannah Tribe.