The project,a revitalisation of the area between Loftus and Young Streets,was a partnership between a range of firms,including SJB,Silvester Fuller,Studio Bright,Carter Williamson,Lippman Partnership and ASPECT Studios.
The jury of top architects said it hoped the new quarter would become a benchmark for other city projects.
A new art bridge at Bundanon,the property given to the nation by the late landscape artist Arthur Boyd,by Kerstin Thompson Architect captured the spirit of Australian architecture,the jury said.
It hit the “holy grail” of achievement to win the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture and a National Award for Sustainable Architecture.
“In what is becoming a reference for the holy grail of Australian architecture,Bundanon adds to the next chapter of the Arthur and Yvonne Boyd estate,” said the jury. “Bundanon is a layered work that has been sensitively handled and respects the original vision for the estate.”