Sir John Sulman Medal

The Sir John Sulman Medal is an architectural prize 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 and commercial buildings in either New South Wales or in the Australian Capital Territory. Before the advent of the Wilkinson Award it was on occasions presented to domestic projects.

Sir John Sulman Medal
Awarded for	Architectural merit
Country	Australia
Presented by	Royal Australian Institute of Architects (NSW)
First awarded	1932
Website	architecture.com.au

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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Project name	Image	Location	Notes
1932	Peddle Thorp & Walker	Science House		157–169 Gloucester Street and Essex Street, The Rocks	[2]
1933	Budden & Mackey	Primary Producers' Bank		105 Pitt Street, Sydney	(demolished 1964)
1934	Professor Leslie Wilkinson	House, 6 Wiston Gardens		Double Bay	[3]
1935	Fowell & McConnel	St. Anne's Shrine		60 Blair Street, Bondi	[4]
1936	Budden & Mackey	Transport House, Sydney also known as NSW Government Railways Offices		19 York Street, Sydney	[5][6]
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)[7]
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		Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse
1943	Fowell, McConnel & Mansfield	Orient Line Building		2–6 Spring Street, Sydney
1944	No award made
1945	Sydney Ancher	House, 3 Maytone Avenue		Killara
1946	Stephenson & Turner	Concord Repatriation General Hospital		Hospital Road, Concord
1947	Stafford, Moor & Farrington	Wormald Bros. Pty Ltd		208 Young Street, Waterloo	(demolished)
1948	A. H. A. Hanson	House, 55 Illeroy Avenue		Killara
1949	No award made
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		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 Dept of Works	Canberra Olympic Pool		Central Park, 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		Canberra
1960	Ancher Mortlock Murray & Woolley	Badham House		89 Dolan's Road South, Caringbah
1961	Bunning & Madden	Liner House		13–15 Bridge Street, Sydney	[8]
1962	Ted Farmer & Tom O’Mahony, NSW Government Architect	Fisher Library		University of Sydney
1963	Ian McKay & Philip Cox	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church		Leppington
1964	Ted Farmer, NSW Government Architect	Goldstein Hall		University of New South Wales
	Hely, Bell & Horne	75 St John's Road & Glebe Point Road		Glebe
1965	Ian McKay & Philip Cox	C. B. Alexander Presbyterian Agricultural College		Tocal, Paterson	[9]
1966	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Partners	Warringah Shire Library		Pittwater Road, Dee Why
1967	Harry Seidler & Associates	Australia Square		George Street, Sydney
1968	No award made
1969	Ted Farmer, NSW Government Architect	Marsden Retarded Children's Centre Mons Road		Parramatta
1970	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo & Briggs in conjunction with Ted Farmer, NSW Government Architect	Student Residence 'A'		Mitchell College of Advanced Education Bathurst
1971	No award made
1972
1973
1974
1975	Charles Weatherburn, NSW Government Architect	Art Gallery of New South Wales additions		Art Gallery Road, Sydney
1976	No award made
1977
1978	Ian Thomson, NSW Government Architect	Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education		Eaton Road, Lindfield
1979	No award made
1981	Ian Thomson & Chris Johnson, NSW Government Architect	Hampden Park Primary School		Hampden Road, Lakemba
	Harry Seidler & Associates	Office Building, 2 Glen Street		Milsons Point
1982	No award made
1983	Harry Seidler & Associates	MLC Centre		Martin Place, Sydney
	John Andrews International Pty Ltd	American Express Tower		King Street, Sydney
1984	Ian Thomson, NSW Government Architect	Parklea Prison		Sunnyholt Road, Parklea
1985	Ian Thomson, NSW Government Architect in association with Vivian Fraser	Wharf Theatre		Pier 4, Millers Point
	Glenn Murcutt	Zachary's Restaurant		Mona Vale Road, Terrey Hills
1986	Ian Thompson & Colin Still, NSW Government Architect	City Council Library & Regional Gallery		Orange
1987	Rice Daubney in association with Stephenson & Turner	Queen Victoria Building restoration		George Street, Sydney
1988	Lionel Glendenning, NSW Government Architect	Powerhouse Museum		500 Harris Street, Ultimo
1989	Lindsay Kelly, NSW Government Architect	Art Gallery of New South Wales extensions & alterations		Art Gallery Road, Sydney
	Philip 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 made
1994	Denton Corker Marshall	Governor Phillip Tower		1 Farrer Place, Sydney
1995	No award made
1996	No award made
1997	Grose Bradley Architects	Architecture Studios		University of Newcastle
1998	Hassell	Olympic Park railway station		Homebush, Sydney
1999	Glenn Murcutt, Wendy Lewin, Reg Lark	Arthur and Yvonne Boyd Education Centre		Illaroo
2000	MGT Architects	The Scientia		University of New South Wales
	Bligh Voller Nield	Tennis Centre
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, New South Wales
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, RAAF
2007	No award
2008	Kennedy Associates	Bowden Centre, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan		Mount Annan
2009	Candalepas Associates	All Saints Primary School
2010	Hassell	Epping to Chatswood Rail Link, Intermediate Stations
2011	Bligh Voller Nield	Brain and Mind Research Institute, Youth Mental Health Building		Camperdown, Sydney
2012	BVN Architecture	Mabel Fidler Building at Ravenswood School for Girls		Gordon, Sydney
2013	Collins and Turner Architects	Waterloo Youth, Family and Community Centre		Waterloo, Sydney
2014	Neeson Murcutt Architects in association with City of Sydney	Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade		Surry Hills, Sydney
2015	BVN	Westmead Millennium Institute		Westmead, Sydney
2016	Neeson Murcutt Architects	Kempsey Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club		Crescent Head
2017	Crone Architects	Orange Regional Museum		Orange
2018	Candalepas Associates	Punchbowl Mosque		Punchbowl, Sydney
2019	CHROFI	Maitland Riverlink		Maitland
2020	Johnson Pilton Walker with Government Architect NSW	Anzac Memorial Centenary Extension		Hyde Park, Sydney

See also

• Architecture of Australia
• Buildings and structures awarded the Sir John Sulman Medal
• Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal

References

1. 80th anniversary of the Sulman Medal
2. "Science House (including original interiors)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01578. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
3. "Houses". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00209. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
4. "St. Anne's Church". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01706. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
5. "Transport House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01271. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
6. "Former Railway House (Part of Transport House) Including Interiors". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
7. "Manly Life Saving Pavilion, Manly Sydney Australia" (PDF). International working party for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
8. "Liner House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00589. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
9. Bleby, Michael (20 August 2016). "Architect Philip Cox delivers upfront on architecture's deficiencies". Financial Review. Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

Further reading

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Sulman, John". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
• Metcalf, Andrew (1977). Architecture in Transition: The Sulman Award 1932-1997. Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of NSW.