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2020 Buildings & Places

2020 has thrown a little spanner in the works in terms of how we usually “open” buildings and places for in person tours. This year, we are thrilled to offer you a selected list of buildings to visit virtually, right here on our website. You may even wish to put together your own itinerary to visit or drive past these places at your own convenience and “view from the outside”.
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School | Pat Twohill Designs with Twohill & James | Photographer: CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK JONES
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Creative Armchair Tours

A student movie-crew, including Benjamin Corrie, Keelan Barry, Glen Adams, Mia Koinuma, Sienna Panovsky, Joe van Vugt, and independent videographer Sahel Dupre-Virtamo, took up the challenge and produced the following videos.
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS

Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

Film Produced ByGRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS

KDV Golf and Tennis Academy

Film Produced ByGRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS

Pink Hotel Coolangatta

Film Produced ByGRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS

Smith Collective

Film Produced ByGRIFFITH UNIVERSITY FILM SCHOOL STUDENTS
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SAHEL DUPRE-VIRTAMO

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre

Film Produced BySAHEL DUPRE-VIRTAMO
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SAHEL DUPRE-VIRTAMO

Aitkenhead building at Somerset College

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2020 Gold Coast and Northern Rivers AIA Regional Awards and Commended Buildings

The awards program offers an opportunity for public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our Queensland architects. The program also provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture within Queensland, across Australia and internationally.

The Australian Institute of Architects Awards Program enables public and peer recognition of the innovative work of our members, and provides the Institute with a valuable mechanism to promote architects and architecture across Australia and internationally.
The National Architecture Awards is an integrated, hierarchical program resulting in annual awards at National, Chapter (State and Territory) and, in QLD, Regional levels. To enter the National Architecture Awards, Institute members submit projects at the relevant chapter or regional level depending on the project’s location.

Awards in each category are based on a three-tier system, in decreasing order of merit. Only State or Territory Named and Architecture Awards progress to be considered for a National Award.

Congratulations to the following Gold Coast Northern Rivers Buildings that have been awarded by the Institute of Architects at regional level.

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St Joseph’s College, Coomera

ArchitectMacksey Rush Architects
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Casuarina House

ArchitectVokes and Peters
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4349 Urban Design Envi Micro Urban Village Degenhartshedd Tom Anthony Image 01 (1)03

ENVI Micro Urban Village

ArchitectdegenhartSHEDD architecture + urban design
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The Island

ArchitectWallace Brice Architecture
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4242 Urban Hota Green Bridge Arm Archipelago Rapax 01 (1)06

HOTA Green Bridge

ArchitectARM + Archipelago
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4303 Resmulti Serene Living S2 Shanethompsonarchitects Christopherfrederickjones 00 (1)07

Serene Living Stage 2

ArchitectShane Thompson Architects
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4047 Resnew Mermaid Beach House Be Architecture Andy Macpherson 01 (1)08

Mermaid Beach Residence

ArchitectB.E Architecture
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4280 Resnew Hastings Base Architecture Cam Murchison 00 (1)09

Hastings

ArchitectBase Architecture
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Diesel’s House

ArchitectRob Norman Symbiosphere
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As we finalise our exclusive list of buildings, places and interesting tours for 2021, we will reveal all you can see and do along with the untold stories of the making of our city.

Acknowledgement of Country

Gold Coast Open House proudly acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our events are held, the Kombumerri and Yugambeh Language Group families of the Gold Coast. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters, wildlife and extended communities throughout South East Queensland.

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