Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

,. f The Darwin News 10 November 1982 Qld art ,gal ery wins architects ·annual award SIDNEY. - The spaekJua Queenaland Art~ry,bulltonthe ballla of the Brisbane Rim, . has won th1s ~•• national In, atitute of Archltecta Award for a new bull•. The gallery, designed by,..Qaeenalander Robin •O'lllaon, wu opened In June th1a year u part of tbe capital'• cultural ·centre. The award for beat rutoraUon project In the country went to the_ 18th Century Landa Office In the northern NSW town oflloree. . Government archlte~t ltr David Wllllon recon– stfucted the building after lt IIUtfered severe damage ln a tire In 1980. . The Governor General, Sir Nlnlan Stephen, announced the annual awards ol the ·Royal Australian In• .Utute of Architects at a luncheon at Sydney · ·urilvenlty yesterday. Sponsors The awards sponsors, ~uatrallaf,Oonaolldated lnduatriea, th1a year gave , ·special award to tbe ·controversial 'M:elboume architectural · team of Peter Corrigan 'and Maggie Edmond. No houalng award wu given thla year u the jury, whoN memben are drawn fl'om wlnnen of St.ate awarda, could not reach agreement. The QuNnaland Art Gallery, wtnnerottbeSlr Zelman Oowen Award for a non-realdent1&1 building, WU choNn by tbe jury forlta clever UN of apace and water to off• Nt the' art lt houlell. "'lbe deldgn IUC• ceufully reaolvu the confllct lnbea:ent ln ~ gallery and muaeum cleslgn - the battle bet– ween tbe art of tbe ar– chitecture and tbe art o exhlblta," the jury aald. "The mtefflll: apacea are open, llght and relax• ed, lnvltlng contemplation. "Organlaed around a water mall, two rows of galleries ,of varying height and al&e provide appropriate apacea for art works of dltterent kinda and • lies." ' The jury awarded a commendaUon In thla section to the American Expreu Tower, comer of Klng and George Streetl, Sydney, de1lgn• ed by John Andrew • . -, · The Lachlan KaC, quarle .:Award for· a re11toratlon ·• project, given for ·the flrat tlme· thla year, went . to . Ute Moree Lands Office. Newcastle Morning Herald 10 November 1982 " .THE Rp~cious Qu,..•ns lund Art Gull..r.v, on the hllllks of the Bnab1111_e H11...r, h1L~ won this year's Hoyn.J AuBtruliun lnstitut of Arcltitr.ct~· uwurd for n. new building. The gullery, designed by Robin Gibson , wa~ opent.>d in June. The uward for beRt restora~on_ proj ect in the country went to the I9th century Lunds Office in Monoe. Government archi– tect David Wilson recons tructed the building after it suffered St'l'l're dum11ge in a fire in 1980, The Governor-Genernl, Sir Niniun Stephen, 1111nounced the awards ut II lunchcon 111 Sydney l nil'crsit_v yeRterdu_v. _, . \ ,