The Urban Developer
AdvertiseEventsWebinars
Urbanity
Awards
Sign In
Membership
Latest
Menu
Location
Sector
Category
Content
Type
Newsletters
Untitled design (8)
FULL PROGRAM RELEASED FOR URBANITY-25 CONNECTING PROPERTY LEADERS ACROSS THE ASIA PACIFIC
FULL PROGRAM RELEASED FOR URBANITY-25 WHERE THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY CONNECTS
VIEW FULL AGENDADETAILS
TheUrbanDeveloper
Follow
About
About Us
Membership
Awards
Events
Webinars
Listings
Resources
Terms & Conditions
Commenting Policy
Privacy Policy
Republishing Guidelines
Editorial Charter
Complaints Handling Policy
Contact
General Enquiries
Advertise
Contribution Enquiry
Project Submission
Membership Enquiry
Newsletter
Stay up to date and with the latest news, projects, deals and features.
Subscribe
ADVERTISEMENT
SHARE
6
print
Print
ResidentialTed TabetThu 05 May 22

Sean Godsell Named Winner of 2022 AIA Gold Medal

Australian Institute of Architects announces 2022 Gold Medallist

Internationally recognised architect Sean Godsell has been named the 2022 recipient of Australia’s highest architecture honour, the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal.

Awarded annually by the AIA, the Gold Medal celebrates those who have shaped the “advancement of architecture”.

Godsell, 62, was selected in recognition of his 40-year career and his influence on the direction of architecture in Australia.

Among his most important projects are Carter Tucker House, Peninsula House, St Andrews Beach House and House in the Hills. 

His RMIT Design Hub, in association with Peddle Thorp, also received the 2013 Victorian Medal.

The jury’s unanimous decision recognised Godsell’s lifetime’s work demonstrating “an extraordinary commitment to excellence in design, detail and resolution”.

“For a small practice that has completed a relatively small number of dedicated projects, his level of international recognition is unparalleled,” the jury said. 

“Godsell’s work has contributed significantly by expressing, on a global stage, an architectural response to Australia’s unique landscape.

“His work is at once personal, rigorous and relevant, and each project is envisioned from its specific context.”

Godsell was born in 1960 and graduated from the University of Melbourne with first-class honours. 

After travelling to Japan and Europe, he took up a role in London working for English architect Denys Lasdun from 1986 to 1988.

He obtained a Masters of Architecture degree from RMIT University in 1999.

His body of work, publications, exhibitions, and speaking and teaching engagements have been recognised in Australia and internationally.

His work has been published in the world's leading Architectural journals including Architectural Review, Architectural Record, Domus, A+U, Casabella, Le Moniteur and Architect.

▲ House in the Hills (2015-2018). Glenburn House (2007), Tanderra House (2005-2012)
▲ House in the Hills (2015-2018). Glenburn House (2007), Tanderra House (2005-2012).

In 2002, English design magazine Wallpaper listed him as one of 10 people destined to “change the way we live”—the only Australian on the list.

Time Magazine named him in the “Who's Who—The New Contemporaries” section of their 2005 Style and Design supplement—again the only Australian and architect named of seven n. 

He has lectured in the US, UK, China, Japan, India, France, Italy and New Zealand as well as across Australia.

In 2003, he received a citation from the President of the American Institute of Architects for his work for the homeless. 

In 2004, his Future Shack prototype was exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York. 

Last year the Gold Medal was awarded to architect Don Watson, celebrating a career spanning more than 50 years.

Previous recipients of the award, which was established in 1960, include John Wardle, Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg, Alexander Tzannes, and Peter Elliott.

Godsell has previously been awarded the Victorian Premier's Design Award and the RAIA Robin Boyd Award in 2016 as well as the Cappochin residential architecture award in Italy and a Chicago Athenaeum award in the US the following year—all for St Andrew’s Beach House.

In 2008, he was the recipient of his second AIA Record Houses Award for Excellence in the US for Glenburn House.

The same year, architectural historian Kenneth Frampton nominated him for the inaugural BSI Swiss Architecture Award for architects under the age of 50 and his work was exhibited as part of the Milan Triennale and Venice Biennale.

In 2013, Godsell received the RAIA Victorian Medal and William Wardell Awards for the RMIT Design Hub and the Harold Desbrowe Annear award for the Edward St House.

In 2015 he was shortlisted for the $450-million Sydney Modern project at the Art Gallery of NSW and in 2016 was shortlisted for the National Conservatory at the National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.

In 2018, he received a Papal Silver Medal for his Vatican Chapel on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice for the 2018 Architectural Biennale.

ResidentialAustraliaArchitectureProject
AUTHOR
Ted Tabet
The Urban Developer - Journalist
More articles by this author
website iconlinkedin icon
ADVERTISEMENT
TOP STORIES
Exclusive

Billbergia’s John Kinsella: Whiskey, Fun and a Fear of Heights

Vanessa Croll
8 Min
Exclusive

Paperwork to Plate: The Rise of Brisbane’s Midtown

Taryn Paris
6 Min
Wel Co's Thornhill Park, 40km west of the Melbourne CBD.
Exclusive

Waiting for Victoria: Why Wel.Co says State Planning isn’t Working

Marisa Wikramanayake
6 Min
Woods Bagot Principal Alex Hall and Penny Place Adelaide
Exclusive

Amplified Affordability: Woods Bagot Cracks Housing Cost Code

Leon Della Bosca
8 Min
Goodman Brisbane Industrial EDM
Exclusive

Olympics a ‘Springboard’ for Brisbane’s Industrial Age

Clare Burnett
6 Min
View All >
Westmead EDM
Residential

Two-Tower Scheme Ends Parramatta Planning Odyssey

Clare Burnett
Mt Coot-tha EDM
Infrastructure

Vision Unveiled for Brisbane’s Mount Coot-tha Precinct

Clare Burnett
High-density residential construction in Melbourne
Finance

‘More Private Credit than Cranes’ But That’s About to Change for Melbourne

Taryn Paris
Melbourne is shucking off the doldrums as higher borrowing capacity, a lower cost of construction, and increased builder…
LATEST
Westmead EDM
Residential

Two-Tower Scheme Ends Parramatta Planning Odyssey

Clare Burnett
3 Min
Mt Coot-tha EDM
Infrastructure

Vision Unveiled for Brisbane’s Mount Coot-tha Precinct

Clare Burnett
3 Min
High-density residential construction in Melbourne
Finance

‘More Private Credit than Cranes’ But That’s About to Change for Melbourne

Taryn Paris
7 Min
Ocean reef marina in perths northern beaches will include a new marina, business area, dining and homes
Development

Perth’s Ocean Reef Marina Development Site Sale Looms

Renee McKeown
2 Min
View All >
ADVERTISEMENT
Article originally posted at: https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sean-godsell-named-winner-of-2022-aia-gold-medal