As part of the association's 90th year celebrations, CCAA announced Australia's 10 Most Outstanding Concrete Public Architectural Works at a media event, on Monday 26 August 2019 at the Sydney Opera House. "To mark our 90th year, we embarked on a quest to find Australia's most important and distinctive concrete public architectural landmarks, highlighting the central role that concrete has played in Australia's urban landscape throughout the past nine decade." CEO, Ken Slattery. The list highlights the aesthetic, environmental and social contributions concrete has made, and continues to make, to Australia's urban landscapes since the organisation began. Some of the structures in the list, sit in harmony with the landscape, while others are proudly uncompromising; some have Brutalist, geometric composition while others have continuous free-flowing forms, but collectively, this list captures the limitless potential of concrete. CCAA is proud to share the ten most outstanding concrete public architectural works, as selected by a leading panel of expert judges. The 10 Most Outstanding Concrete Public Architectural Works are: Australian Academy of Sciences | Australia Square | Gladesville Bridge | High Court of Australia | James Cook University Library | Melbourne University Carpark | Punchbowl Mosque | Queensland Art Gallery | Sydney Opera House and Victorian State Offices. A full list of judges is available here. A full list of citations for the ten works is available here. Please view the Gallery below.
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | Gordon Street, Canberra | Architect: Roy Grounds (Grounds, Romberg & Boyd Architects)
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | Gordon Street, Canberra | Architect: Roy Grounds (Grounds, Romberg & Boyd Architects) Photographer: Max Dupain Source: Concrete Poetry
AUSTRALIA SQUARE TOWER | George, Bond & Pitt Streets, Sydney | Architect: Harry Seidler & Associates
AUSTRALIA SQUARE TOWER | George, Bond & Pitt Streets, Sydney | Architect: Harry Seidler & Associates Photographer: Max Dupain Source: Concrete Poetry
GLADESVILLE BRIDGE | Parramatta River, Gladesville (Sydney) | Architect: NSW Department of Main Roads
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA | Parkes Place, Canberra | Architect: Edwards Madigan Torzillo & Briggs
JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY | Townsville, Queensland | Architect: James Birrell Source: With thanks to James Cook University Library
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY CARPARK | Grattan Street, Carlton (Melbourne) | Architect: Loder & Bayley (J L Van Der Molen, Design Engineer) Source: Image Joe Vittorio with thanks to the University of Melbourne
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY CARPARK | Grattan Street, Carlton (Melbourne) | Architect: Loder & Bayley (J L Van Der Molen, Design Engineer) Photographer: John Gollings | Source: Concrete Poetry
PUNCHBOWL MOSQUE | Arthur Street, Punchbowl (Sydney) | Architect: Candalepas Associates Photographer: Brett Boardman Source: C+A Magazine Issue 29
QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY | Southbank, Brisbane | Architect: Robin Gibson
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE | Bennelong Point, Sydney | Architect: JØrn Utzon; Hall, Todd, Littlemore
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE | Bennelong Point, Sydney | Architect: JØrn Utzon; Hall, Todd, Littlemore Photographer: Max Dupain Source: Concrete Poetry
VICTORIAN STATE OFFICES | Macarthur Street, East Melbourne | Architect: Yuncken Freeman Architects Source: Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria. Construction of the State Government Offices, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne. Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers
VICTORIAN STATE OFFICES | Macarthur Street, East Melbourne | Architect: Yuncken Freeman Architects Photographer: John Gollings
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