Council awards to recognise design excellence

West Tamar Council has recognised excellence in design and built form through its annual Design Awards at a ceremony held at the Windsor Community Precinct today.

Properties in Legana, Rosevears, Sidmouth, Rowella and Riverside caught the collective eyes of the Council’s judging panel across four categories:

• Best Single Dwelling
• Best Renovation/Extension
• Best Non-Residential Development
• Best Multiple Dwelling
  
  

West Tamar Mayor Christina Holmdahl said the awards, which began in 2016, aim to encourage good design in a positive way, outside the formal planning and building approval process.

“It is always a privilege to view so many amazing examples of exceptional design and attention to detail in our municipality, and their projects are a credit to the owners, designers and builders who think outside the box to create such architecturally appealing homes,” Mayor Holmdahl said.

"We have been formally recognising outstanding design in the West Tamar through the Design Awards since 2016 and continue to encourage design in a positive way outside of the formal planning and building approval process."

Planning officers, along with the elected members, poured over the Council's development and building applications over the past year to narrow the field down to just a select few in each category, from which the winners were ultimately chosen by a four-person panel comprising the Mayor, Councillor Richard Ireland, Team Leader Planning Tiffany Heys and Statutory Planner Dee Yuvanesan.

Mayor Holmdahl said the panel was looking for designs that have capacity to stimulate, engage and delight its occupants, visitors and passers-by, as well as considering the extent of innovation, invention and the originality of the designs, sustainability as well as degree of difficulty in terms of ambition and ideas.

Team Leader Planning Tiffany Heys said traditionally, projects that captured the attention of the panel were not necessarily those that cost the most, but those that show ambition and showcase careful design and construction that responded best to the landscape and were pleasing to the eye.

“The project should also be practical for its purpose and designed to consider the surroundings in terms of privacy, views, environment and established character,” she said.

WINNERS BY CATEGORY

1. DRAW - Single Best Dwelling: 13 Kardinya Close, Legana.
Owner: Jason and Wendy Sheriff. Designer: Gillian van der Schans. Builder: Adam Park from A & S Park Builder Pty Ltd.

1. DRAW - Single Best Dwelling: 2 McEwans Road, Rosevears
Owner: Tim Marshall and Nyssa Skillton. Designer: Phil Ackerly from Cumulus Studio. Interior Designer: Caitlyn from B+B Design Co. Builder: Matt Barwick from Barwick Developments.

2. Best Renovation/Extension: 163 Glendale Road, Sidmouth
Owner: Cassie Payne. Designer: Jo Woodbury from Woodbury and Co Building Design. Interior designer: Lydia Maskiell. Builder: Nicholas from Inhabit Construction.

3. Best Non-Residential Development: 114 Westwoods Road, Rowella
Owner: William and Jacqueline Adkins. Designer: Leigh Dell from Plans to Build and Phil Ludbey from Cataract Designs. Builder: Murray Griffiths from My Build Collective.

4. Best Multiple Dwelling: 7 Elben Court, Riverside
Owner: Andrew Hendry. Designer: David Gillies and Aaron Barnett from 6ty

All winners will receive a Tasmanian specialty timber peg hand-crafted by Brad Latham, which represents a survey peg which often marks the beginning of a build project.