(18 Mar 2021) The winners of the Australian Library Design Awards were announced at today’s Changing Spaces Library Design Conference 2021.
Janine Schmidt, judging panel chair said, ‘‘The award submissions showed an impressive array of innovative, creative and forward-thinking designs of new and refurbished libraries. Each of the winning, and commended, libraries represents some of the best architectural design in Australia. Each library prioritised user needs established through consultation, and created spaces which are inspiring, beautiful, fit for purpose and loved by their communities.”
The winners and commended entries are:
School Libraries
- Winner: Ormiston College Centre for Learning & Innovation, QLD
- Highly Commended: Monmia Primary School Library, VIC
Special Libraries
- Highly Commended: Jerzy Toeplitz Library (Australian Film, Television and Radio School), NSW
Academic Libraries
- Winner: UTS Library, NSW
- Highly Commended: QUT Peter Coaldrake Education Precinct, QLD
- Highly Commended: St Benedict’s Library, University of Notre Dame Australia, NSW
Public Libraries
- Winner: Marrickville Library and Pavilion, NSW
- Highly Commended: Green Square Library, NSW
- Highly Commended: Karalee Library Pod, QLD
- Highly Commended: Ruth Faulkner Library, WA
- Commended: Payinthi – Prospect Public Library, SA
- Commended: Salisbury Community Hub Library, SA
- Commended: Wentworth Point Community Centre and Library, NSW
National Exemplar Award
- Winner: State Library Victoria, VIC
Members’ Choice Award
- Winner: Marrickville Library and Pavilion, NSW
The Australian Library Design Awards 2021 were sponsored by Architecture AU, Raeco, and the State Library of Queensland. ALIA will be running the awards again in 2022-2023.
Here’s the original press release.
