Winners revealed: 2025 National Architecture Awards

The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 National Architecture Awards have been revealed at a ceremony held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Forty-six distinguished projects have earned an award or commendation from a pool of 77 shortlisted entries.

Jury chair and immediate past national president of the Institute Jane Cassidy commented that the celebrated projects demonstrate a transition "to sustainable low-operational and embodied carbon; to passive-first, all-electric principles; to local and ethical sourcing; to caring for Country; to regenerative practice and embedded biodiversity, social inclusion and connectedness; to waste minimisation and adaptive reuse and recycling; and away from the excesses of the past."

"The projects we encountered this year are more than structures: they are systems of care, of connection, of transformation," she said. "This year we have seen a body of work that is unafraid to ask difficult questions - about equity, climate and care."

"In an era defined by climate urgency, digital disruption and social fragmentation, the national awards provide more than recognition - they offer a compass. They help us navigate toward a built environment that is generous, grounded and just. They remind us that architecture is not just about what we build, but how we build, and for whom," Cassidy added.

Alongside Cassidy, the 2025 jury comprised Ninotschka Titchkosky FRAIA, architectural innovator; Yang Yang Lee RAIA, architect at Lee Yang Yang Architect; Martyn Hook RAIA, professor at RMIT University and founding director at Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects; and Kavita Gonsalves, associate principal and sustainability design lead Asia-Pacific at Populous. You can read the jury chair's overview here.

The winners are:

Yarrila Place - BVN

Eva and Marc Besen Centre - Kerstin Thompson Architects

Truganina Community Centre - Jasmax (Canvas Projects)

Allan Border Oval Pavilion - Archer Office

Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre - Lyons

James Cook University Engineering and Innovation Place - Kirk with I4 Architecture and Charles Wright Architects

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Rosebery - Neeson Murcutt Neille

The Shed, University of Tasmania - Wardle

Pascoe Vale Primary School - Kosloff Architecture

Northern Memorial Park Depot - Searle x Waldron Architecture

Everlane Cremorne - Fieldwork

39 Martin Place - Tzannes (lead architect) and Lendlease Integrated Solutions (executive architect)

Melbourne Place - Kennedy Nolan

The St Lukes Building - Terroir

Babylon House - Casey Brown Architecture

Melbourne Place - Kennedy Nolan

New Castle - Anthony St John Parsons

Boot Factory and Mill Hill Centre Precinct - Archer Office

Hedge and Arbour House - Studio Bright

Lagoon House - Peter Stutchbury Architecture

Mapleton House - Atelier Chen Hung

New Castle - Anthony St John Parsons

Henville Street House - Philip Stejskal Architecture

Niwa House - John Ellway

Gunn Ridge House - Kennedy Nolan

The Stopover - Taylor Buchtmann Architecture

Carlton Cottage - Lovell Burton Architecture

Cloaked House - Trias

Shadow House - Grotto Studio

Blok Three Sisters - Blok Modular in collaboration with Vokes and Peters

Indi Sydney - Bates Smart

Shiel Street North Melbourne, Community Housing Project - Clare Cousins Architects

Sirius Redevelopment - BVN

First Building - Bradfield City Centre - Hassell

Metronet Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project - Woods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLA

Canberra Hospital Expansion - BVN

Flinders Chase Visitors Centre - Troppo Architects

Parliament of NSW Restoration - Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Purcell Architecture

The Australian War Memorial New Entrance and Parade Ground - Studio SC

Sydney Metro City Stations - Sydney Metro

Reuben College - FJC Studio

Denman Village Park Amenities - Carter Williamson Architects

Geelong Laneways: Malop Arcade - NMBW Architecture Studio with Aspect Studios

Sofia Bistro - Sans-Arc Studio

Flinders Chase Visitors Centre - Troppo Architects

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa Cultural Centre - Gregory Burgess

Kali Marnane