Sir John Sulman Medal

Sir John Sulman Medal
Sir John Sulman Medal
Current: SANAA
	1959 Sulman Medal ; Australian Academy of Science
Awarded for	Public Architecture
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter)
First awarded	1932
Website	architecture.com.au

Last updated March 15, 2024

The Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture is an architectural award presented by the New South Wales chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects since 1932.^[1] The medal is sometimes referred to as the Sulman Award and now recognises excellence in public buildings in either New South Wales or in the Australian Capital Territory. Before the advent of the Wilkinson Award in 1961 it was on occasions presented to domestic projects.

The medal is presented in memory of the Australian architect Sir John Sulman (29 August 1849 – 18 August 1934).^[1] Sulman was born in Greenwich, England, and emigrated to Sydney in 1885. From 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Federal Capital Advisory Committee and influenced the development of Canberra.

History of the Award

Sulman was an enthusiastic about town planning, and it was intended that the Medal was for "a building of exceptional merit that contributed to the streetscape".^[2] This interest in the greater urban environment and the relationship of the building to the public domain parallels the earlier Royal Institute of British Architects Street Architecture Medal instigated in 1923, and the RVIA Street Architecture Medal in Melbourne that began in 1929, later to be known as the Victorian Architecture Medal .

In the 1950 Year Book of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, the Sir John Sulman Medal and Diploma was defined as being "awarded annually for a building of exceptional merit in one of the following classes: (1) Public and Monumental, (2) Educational and Ecclesiastical, (3) Commercial and Industrial, (4) Recreational, (5) Domestic and Residential. The building must have been erected in New South Wales within the previous five years and must be readily accessible and visible. The Jury comprises four Architects, one Painter, one Art Critic, and the Director of the National Art Gallery."^[3]

List of Sulman Medal Winners

Year	Architect	Project	Location	AIA Awards and notes
1932	Peddle Thorp & Walker	Science House	157–169 Gloucester Street and Essex Street, The Rocks	^[4]
1933	Budden & Mackey	Primary Producers' Bank	105 Pitt Street, Sydney	(demolished 1964)
1934	Professor Leslie Wilkinson	Wiston Gardens	4–6 Wiston Gardens, Double Bay	^[5]
1935	Fowell & McConnel	St. Anne's Shrine	60 Blair Street, Bondi	^[6]
1936	Budden & Mackey	Transport House also known as NSW Government Railways Offices	19 York Street, Sydney	^[7]^[8]
1937	J.D. Moore & V. L. Dowling	West Wing, Frensham School	Mittagong
1938	F.A. Scorer	City Incinerator	Newcastle	(demolished 1989)
1939	Eric W. Andrew	Surf Pavilion	South Steyne, Manly	(demolished 1980)^[9]
1940	G.H.B. McDonell	House	67 Elgin Street, Gordon
1941	Stephenson & Turner	King George V Memorial Hospital for Mothers and Babies	Missenden Road, Camperdown
1942	Professor Leslie Wilkinson	St. Michael's Church Complex Additions	Corner Gilliver Avenue & Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse
1943	Fowell, McConnel & Mansfield in association with Brian O'Rorke	Orient Line Building	2–6 Spring Street, Sydney	(altered)
1944	NO AWARD
1945	Sydney Ancher	House	3 Maytone Avenue, Killara
1946	Stephenson & Turner	Concord Repatriation General Hospital	Hospital Road, Concord
1947	Stafford, Moor & Farrington	Wormald Bros	208 Young Street, Waterloo	(demolished)
1948	A.H.A. Hanson	House	55 Illeroy Avenue, Killara
1949	NO AWARD
1950	Spencer, Spencer & Bloomfield	Top Dog Men's	Pittwater Road, Dee Why	(substantially altered)
1951	Harry Seidler	Rose Seidler House	71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga, historically referred as North Turramurra
1952	Peddle Thorp & Walker	Royal Swedish Legation	5 Turrana Street, Yarralumla, Canberra
1953	Professor Brian Lewis	University House	Australian National University, Canberra
1954	Stafford Moor & Farrington	Boots Pure Drug Company	376 Eastern Valley Way, Roseville	(demolished)
1955	Canberra Branch Commonwealth Department of Works (Architect Ian Slater)	Canberra Olympic Pool	36 Constitution Avenue, Canberra
1956	Baldwinson, Booth & Peters	Hotel Belmont	Belmont
1957	John Allen & Russell Jack	House	62 Boundary Road, Wahroonga
1958	Architect's Branch Sydney City Council	Florence Bartley Library	Fitzroy Gardens, Potts Point	(demolished 1995)
1959	Grounds, Romberg & Boyd	Australian Academy of Science (The Shine Dome)	15 Gordon Street, Acton, Canberra	Meritorious Architecture Award, ACT, 1959 Sir Roy Grounds Award for Enduring Architecture, 2001
1960	Ancher Mortlock Murray & Woolley	Badham House	89 Dolans Road South, Caringbah
1961	Bunning & Madden	Liner House	13–15 Bridge Street, Sydney	^[10]
1962	NSW Government Architect (Ted Farmer, Tom O’Mahony, Ken Woolley)	Fisher Library	University of Sydney
1963	Ian McKay & Philip Cox	St Andrews Presbyterian Agricultural College Boys Home^[11]	Leppington	(closed 1980s, demolished 2015)
1964	NSW Government Architect (Ted Farmer and Peter Hall)	Goldstein Hall^[12]	Fig Tree Lane, Kensington Campus, University of New South Wales
1964	Hely, Bell & Horne	75 St Johns Road & Glebe Point Road (now Anglicare St Johns Village)	75 St Johns Road, Glebe
1965	Ian McKay & Philip Cox	C.B. Alexander Presbyterian Agricultural College (Tocal College)	Tocal, Paterson	^[13]
1966	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Partners	Warringah Shire Library (now Dee Why Library)^[14]	725 Pittwater Road, Dee Why
1967	Harry Seidler & Associates	Australia Square	George Street, Sydney
1968	NO AWARD
1969	NSW Government Architect (Ted Farmer)	Marsden Retarded Children's Centre	Mons Road, Westmead, historically referred as Parramatta	(partially demolished)
1970	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Briggs in conjunction with NSW Government Architect (Ted Farmer)	Student Residence 'A'	Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst
1971	NO AWARD
1972
1973
1974
1975	NSW Government Architect (Charles Weatherburn)	Art Gallery of New South Wales additions	Art Gallery Road, Sydney	New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award, 2007
1976	NO AWARD
1977	NO AWARD
1978	NSW Government Architect (Ian Thomson)	Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education	Eaton Road, Lindfield	New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award, 2005
1979	NO AWARD
1981	NSW Government Architect (Ian Thomson & Chris Johnson)	Hampden Park Primary School	Hampden Road, Lakemba
1981	Harry Seidler & Associates	Glen Street Offices	2 Glen Street, Milsons Point
1982	NO AWARD
1983	Harry Seidler & Associates	MLC Centre	Martin Place, Sydney
1983	John Andrews	American Express Tower (King George Tower) (now 388 George)	388 George Street, Sydney
1984	NSW Government Architect (Ian Thomson)	Parklea Prison	Sunnyholt Road, Parklea
1985	NSW Government Architect (Ian Thomson) in association with Vivian Fraser	Wharf Theatre	Pier 4/5, Millers Point	National Award for Enduring Architecture, 2008 New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award, 2008
1985	Glenn Murcutt	Zachary's Restaurant^[15]	Mona Vale Road, Terrey Hills
1986	NSW Government Architect (Ian Thompson & Colin Still)	City Council Library & Regional Gallery	Orange
1987	Rice Daubney in association with Stephenson & Turner	Queen Victoria Building restoration	George Street, Sydney
1988	NSW Government Architect (Lionel Glendenning)	Powerhouse Museum	500 Harris Street, Ultimo
1989	NSW Government Architect (Lindsay Kelly)	Art Gallery of New South Wales extensions & alterations	Art Gallery Road, Sydney
1989	Cox Richardson Taylor Partners	Sydney Exhibition Centre	Darling Harbour, Sydney	(demolished 2014)
1990	Bligh Robinson Architects	Lake Crackenback Village	Alpine Way, Thredbo
1991	Harry Seidler & Associates	Grosvenor Place	225 George Street, Sydney
1992	Jørn Utzon	Sydney Opera House	Sydney	(Commemorative Award)
1993	NO AWARD
1994	Denton Corker Marshall	Governor Phillip Tower	1 Farrer Place, Sydney
1995	NO AWARD
1996	NO AWARD
1997	Grose Bradley Architects	Architecture Studios	University of Newcastle
1998	Hassell	Olympic Park Station	Sydney Olympic Park	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 1998 Access Citation Award, 1998 New South Wales Enduring Architecture Award, 2023
1999	Glenn Murcutt, Wendy Lewin, Reg Lark	Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre	170 Riversdale Road, Illaroo NSW	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 1999
2000	MGT Architects	The Scientia	University of New South Wales	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2000
2000	Bligh Voller Nield	Tennis Centre	Sydney Olympic Park
2001	Suters Architects with Stutchbury & Pape	Life Sciences Building	University of Newcastle
2002	Hassell in association with Peter Armstrong Architecture	National Institute of Dramatic Art	Anzac Parade, Kensington
2003	Bligh Voller Nield and Woods Bagot	University of Technology Sydney, City Campus, Building 10	Broadway, Sydney
2004	Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with Lend Lease Design	Aurora Place	88 Phillip Street, Sydney
2005	Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp	The Mint, Historic Houses Trust of NSW	Macquarie Street, Sydney
2006	Bligh Voller Nield	36/37 Squadron Headquarters, Royal Australian Air Force	RAAF Base Richmond
2007	NO AWARD
2008	Kennedy Associates	Bowden Centre, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan	Mount Annan
2009	Candalepas Associates	All Saints Grammar School	13–17 Cecilia Street, Belmore
2010	Hassell	Epping to Chatswood Rail Link, Intermediate Stations	Macquarie Park North Ryde	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2010
2011	Bligh Voller Nield	Brain and Mind Research Institute, Youth Mental Health Building	Camperdown
2012	BVN Architecture	Mabel Fidler Building, Ravenswood School for Girls	Gordon
2013	Collins and Turner Architects	Waterloo Youth, Family and Community Centre (now Weave Youth & Community Services)	1B Elizabeth Street, Waterloo	National Award for Public Architecture, 2013
2014	Neeson Murcutt Architects in association with City of Sydney	Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade	Prince Alfred Park, Surry Hills	Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design, 2014^[16] City of Sydney Lord Mayor’s Prize, 2014^[17] National Award for Public Architecture, 2014
2015	BVN	Westmead Millennium Institute	Westmead
2016	Neeson Murcutt Architects	Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club	Crescent Head
2017	Crone Architects	Orange Regional Museum^[18]^[19]	151 Byng Street, Orange	NSW Premier's Prize, 2017^[20]
2018	Candalepas Associates	Punchbowl Mosque ^[21]^[22]	25–27 Matthews Street, Punchbowl	National Award for Public Architecture, 2018^[23]
2019	CHROFI	Maitland Riverlink	Maitland	National Award for Public Architecture, 2019 NSW Architecture Medallion, 2019
2020	Johnson Pilton Walker with NSW Government Architect	Anzac Memorial Centenary Extension^[24]^[25]	Hyde Park, Sydney	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2020
2021	Hassell Studio	Sydney Theatre Company ^[26]	Pier 4/5, Walsh Bay located at 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point, Sydney
2022	Kerstin Thompson Architects	Bundanon Art Museum and Bridge^[27]^[28]	Bundanon, 533 Bundanon Road, Illaroo, NSW	Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2022 National Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2022 Architecture Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2022 (NSW)
2023	SANAA with Architectus (Executive Architects)	North Building (Sydney Modern), Art Gallery of New South Wales ^[29]	Art Gallery Road, Sydney	National Award for Public Architecture, 2023

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Sir John Sulman Medal

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History of the Award

List of Sulman Medal Winners

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Related Research Articles

References

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Sir John Sulman Medal
Current: SANAA
1959 Sulman Medal Australian Academy of Science
Awarded for	Public Architecture
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter)
First awarded	1932
Website	architecture.com.au