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Established in 1929, the Victorian Architecture Awards recognise innovation, best practice in the field and those who strive to positively shape communities through architecture.<\/p>\n
Work concluded on the $150 million final stage of the art centre’s revitalisation in August last year, adding the Story House, a 550-seat multifunctional theatre, and the Open House, a warehouse-style performance space, along with a caf\u00e9 and array of support spaces to the precinct.<\/p>\n
Elements drawn from Geelong’s history, the traditions of circus and theatre and First Nations culture and connection to Country are referenced in the centre’s design and inside, ARM Architects collaborated closely with First Nations artists to evoke different Wadawurrung creation narratives across each of the building’s four levels.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The interior architecture category’s jury celebrated the arts centre’s “playful” interior design which shreds pretention with “its street transparency, tight bombastic thresholds and a literal sense of entering behind the curtain”.<\/p>\n “Colour saturated, highly technical, state-of-the-art multifunctional theatre spaces underscore attention to function and detail which feel effortless and joyful,” the jury said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, it was the centre’s “empathetic and human-focused architecture filled with collaborative voices” that caught the attention of the public architecture category’s jury.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/06\/02_8932_GeelongArtsC_89546.jpg\")
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