Grampians Peaks project leads honors’ list at 2022 Victorian Architecture Awards

The iconic Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 by Noxon Giffen Architects with McGregor Coxall led the honors’ list at the 2022 Victorian Architecture Awards announced Friday last, taking home the award for the most outstanding project across all categories.

Sixty-six projects drawn from a pool of 125 shortlisted projects were granted named awards, architecture awards and commendations across 14 categories at this year’s awards. The 2022 shortlist was one of the largest ever selected for the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects’ awards program, with the winners highlighting the integral role architects play in empowering communities and driving the evolution of the built environment.
Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 won the Victorian Architecture Medal, the highest honor awarded each year to the most outstanding project across all categories. The Grampians Peaks Trail covers spectacular peaks, stunning scenery and rich cultural heritage to provide one of Victoria’s most breath-taking walking experiences. Stage 2 of the project offers a series of diverse hiker shelters lining 160km of track situated in the pristine Gariwerd wilderness of the Grampians National Park.

Also the winner of the Regional Prize, the project was commended for its 18-year process of consultation and site selection by an empowered Traditional Owners group.

Commenting on the Grampians Peaks Trail Stage 2 project, Victorian Chapter president Bill Krotiris FRAIA said: “Demonstrating an extraordinary level of sensitivity, commitment and collaboration, the project serves as a catalyst for the sensitive exploration of the Gariwerd region and reflects the rich possibilities of architecture in the ongoing development of our collective understanding of Country.”
The Enduring Architecture Award was awarded to St Kilda’s distinctive and recently refurbished Crigan House, announced at the ceremony by Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp. Designed in the late 1980s by reputed architect Allan Powell (1945-2022), the Jury praised the project as an exemplar for Victorian residential design – a model of how to build cleverly within a relatively dense urban context, without compromising views, sunlight, air and landscape.
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