We were proud to take home multiple honours at the 2025 Australian Institute of Architects National Awards Program, spanning state and regional recognition across three projects:

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery
– Award for Commercial Architecture (QLD State Awards)
– The Gabriel Poole Award for Building of the Year (Sunshine Coast Region)
– Commendation for Sustainable Architecture (QLD State Awards)
– EmAGN Project Award (QLD State Awards)
Architects in association: Knight Wilson Architects (now Knight Office and Dan Wilson), Place Design Group

Sun Stadium
– Hayes & Scott Award for Small Project Architecture
– The Art & Architecture Prize
Architects in association: Sibling Architecture

Tweed Heads Warehouse Fitout
– Commendation for Small Project Architecture
Architect in association: Dan Wilson Architect

Big thanks to our collaborators, clients, and community — these awards are a reflection of the trust, creativity, and purpose behind each project.

CITATIONS

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery

Award for Commercial Architecture
"This project is a respectful and playful act of retaining the local gathering point in a small, characterful town. It has resulted in a successful commercial endeavour that positively activates the main street. The project’s architectural language echoes the original values of its client and its humble origins in a small, corrugated iron structure in Broome, Western Australia, while responding to its new place of business and vision of growth across Australia. This venue has exceeded expectations and become a social hub, filled with vitality, for the wider community."
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects

Commendation for Sustainable Architecture
"Matso’s Brewery on the Sunshine Coast exemplifies a forward-thinking approach to sustainable architecture, seamlessly blending ecological responsibility with the rich craft of brewing. Designed to harmonise with its challenging site, the project integrates passive design strategies, local materials, and energy-efficient systems to minimise its environmental footprint while enhancing operational efficiency. The brewery leverages natural ventilation, solar energy, and water conservation techniques to create a low-impact yet high-performing facility. The design prioritises adaptive reuse to create a space that supports both production and community engagement. This commendation recognises Matso’s Brewery as a model for environmentally conscious industrial design and stands as a testament to the role architecture can play in shaping a more responsible and resilient future."
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects

EmAGN Project Award
"Matso's Brewing is a unique regional project that serves as a model for sustainable architecture throughout Australia. The architects' forensic approach in evaluating and documenting the existing fabric has allowed for careful consideration of recycling, reuse and repair of degraded and redundant materials. This is most innovative in the upcycling of existing furniture and framing to create bespoke pieces, made in-house by Five Mile Radius. The project demonstrates that this approach can be undertaken while meeting budgetary constraints and satisfying the demands of hospitality design. The collaboration between Five Mile Radius and Knight Wilson Architects (now Knight Office and Dan Wilson) shows how emerging architects can combine resources and skills to deliver commercial projects at a scale often out of reach. This project is a compelling model for how the values of emerging practices can be platformed in meaningful, real-world work."
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects

Sun Stadium

Hayes & Scott Award for Small Project Architecture
"A humble testament to the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, Sun Stadium offers a poetic pause within a busy university campus. Embedded in the landscape, it creates a quiet moment for connection with one’s surroundings and with Country. Its innovative use of recycled materials reflects both craftsmanship and a thoughtful approach to sustainability. Through the combined expertise of its design and construction teams, the project dissolves traditional boundaries between architecture and art."
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects

The Art & Architecture Prize
*"Sun Stadium is a compelling collaboration between poetry, architecture, contemporary art, and choreography. Conceived by artist and choreographer Amrita Hepi in collaboration with poet Jazz Money, artist Christopher Bassi, and architects Five Mile Radius and Sibling Architecture, the work transforms a campus entry point into a place for reflection, participation, and presence.

Constructed as an analemmatic sundial from recycled materials, the work invites visitors to cast their own shadow to mark solar time and trace poetry embedded in its surface. It offers a deeply poetic encounter grounded in Country and place.

The design exemplifies sustainability through material choices and demonstrates sensitive landscape integration. At once a landmark and gathering space, Sun Stadium extends a generous, inclusive invitation to slow down, connect, and participate in the choreography of time, poetry, architecture, and place."*
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects

Tweed Heads Warehouse Fitout

Commendation for Small Project Architecture
*"This smart, low-budget warehouse fit-out shows how much can be achieved with creativity and a strong sustainability ethos. By working closely with carpenters and reusing as many components as possible, the team minimised waste and created a space that feels both efficient and full of character.

Materials were sourced with care — not just to save money but to support the project’s sustainability goals. Every element was chosen with disassembly and reuse in mind. It’s a compact space, but one filled with big ideas about how to build better with less."*
— Awards Jury Citation, Australian Institute of Architects