The Morley-Ellenbrook Line took home the National Award for Sustainability and the Sydney Metro City Stations took home The Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design.
The winners of the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 National Architecture Awards have been revealed at a ceremony held at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Forty-six distinguished projects have earned an award or commendation from a pool of 77 shortlisted entries.
The METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line Project, designed by Woods Bagot in collaboration with TRCB, TCL and UDLA has been awarded the National Award for Sustainability.
Woods Bagot Principal Kukame McPierzie says, “We are so proud of this transformational project and the positive impact that the architecture and design will have on the communities of Ellenbrook, Whiteman Park, Ballajura, Noranda and Morley. A huge congratulations to our whole team, including TRCB, TCL and UDLA, Laing O’Rourke and METRONET.”
“To win an award for sustainability at a national level is a testament to all the people who were committed to the project from the outset,” says McPierzie.
“From METRONET’s commitment to bring sustainability to the forefront for a public building and the quality and expertise of our client Laing O’Rourke, holistic sustainability drove this outcome, and we’re absolutely thrilled to be recognised for it.”
“Congratulations is also in order for our landscape architects, UDL + TRCB, who took home the National President’s Prize for Best Subconsultants.”
Earlier this year at the WA AIA Awards, The Ellenbrook Line was awarded the prestigious George Temple Poole Award, as well as the Public Architecture Award, the Wallace Greenham Award for Sustainable Architecture, and the Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture.
With a 120-year design life, the stations provide durable and resilient infrastructure that will support the communities in this region for generations. The urban design of the precincts, particularly Ballajura and Whiteman Park, support masterplans that will enable growth and ongoing densification within the northeast corridor of Perth.
Comprising 21 kilometres of new railway track and five new stations and precincts at Morley, Noranda, Ballajura, Whiteman Park and Ellenbrook in Perth’s north-east, the project was described by the jury as being “an exemplar of public transport and community facilities.”
“These sorts of projects are transformational and will serve the public for generations,” says McPierzie.
In another win for rail, the Sydney Metro City Stations received the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design. The 6 Sydney Metro stations were delivered by dozens of practices, with Woods Bagot leading the design for Central Station and Crows Nest Metro.
Woods Bagot Principal and Global Transport Lead John Prentice says, “We’re incredibly proud to be a part of a collective, city-shaping project that will have a positive impact on the way people travel through Sydney for generations to come – setting a global benchmark for the way other cities will travel and live in the future.”
“At Crows Nest and Central, we’ve designed stations with a sense of identity that responds to their immediate context, while creating a design that is accessible, functional and beautiful. Our responsibility is to preserve a legacy of a place and to elevate it people from all age and ability can access and enjoy, and these awards are testament to a job well done. Congratulations to everyone involved,” says Prentice.
Across the country, Woods Bagot’s projects were celebrated through the state-based awards: StandardX winning the Commercial category and BHP Perth and 25 Martin Place receiving commendations in the Interior Fitout and Commercial categories, respectively.
View the full list of winners here.
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