SA project named Australia’s most decorated at National Architecture Awards

Two of South Australia’s most innovative projects have been recognised at the National Architecture Awards – Australia’s highest honours for architecture – with one becoming the most decorated in the country. Yitpi Yartapuultiku (The Soul of Port Adelaide) – the indigenous cultural centre on the banks of the Port River – picked up three awards at the gala event last night, enviably flying the flag for South Australian architectural innovation. The project, which was a collaboration between Ashley Halliday Architects, the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Aboriginal Working Group and Wax Design, took home the coveted COLORBOND Award for Steel Architecture, the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture and the David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture. Yitpi Yartapuultiku. Picture: Peter Bennetts Yitpi Yartapuultiku. Picture: City of Port Adelaide Enfield/Ashley Halliday Architects/Wax Design/Yitpi Yartapuultiku Custodian Group. Yitpi Yartapuultiku: City of Port Adelaide Enfield with Ashley Halliday Architects, Wax Design and the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Custodian Group. In the judges’ praise for the project, it was described as standing as a “masterclass in conciliation and First Nations...