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A commendation was awarded to
the Gold Coast Building Height
Study – An Approach to City
Image together with the Gold
Coast Urban Ground Project,by
the City of Gold Coast with Urbis
and the City of Gold Coast with
Archipelago. Image: Archipelago
with City of Gold Coast.03working with the existing built fabric of
the town to create a successful tourist
destination that reflects Barcaldine’s rich
social, built and cultural history.
“Anchored by the Tree of Knowledge
Memorial at one end and The Globe Hotel
at the other, the utilization of these
cultural and tourism attractions when
combined with a narrowing and slowing of
the highway successfully has created a
high-quality experience for both locals
and tourists.
“The relocation of car parking away from
the Tree of Knowledge Memorial is a key
strategic move that prioritizes pedestrians
who can now engage more closely with the
memorial and the town’s broader heritage
setting. The success of the Main Street
Barcaldine demonstrates the ability for
urban design to underpin broader
economic activity. Both the Tree of
Knowledge Memorial and The Globe Hotel
represent exceptional built form outcomes
that are inspiring and visionary.“Main Street Barcaldine is an excellent
exemplar for regional towns across
Queensland, looking to re-imagine their
main streets through adaptive re-use of
their historic buildings and high-quality
urban design outcomes to create unique
and enduring legacies for their
communities and visitors.”A team comprising Lat27 and Oxley Creek
Transformation in association with
DesignFlow, Hydrobiology, Jacobs and
Deloitte won a commendation for the Oxley
Creek Transformation Master Plan. The
masterplan for the redevelopment of Oxley
Creek would see the fifteen-kilometre
waterway between Brisbane River and
Larapinta reimagined as both a sanctuary
for wildlife and an “urban playground.”02
Oxley Creek Transformation
Master Plan by Lat27 and
Oxley Creek Transformation in
association with DesignFlow,
Hydrobiology, Jacobs
and Deloitte received a
commendation. Image: Lat27.
02The jury praised the plan for laying out
an “innovative governance model that is
likely to set a new benchmark in the
revitalization, management and
maintenance of urban waterways.”The other commendation was awarded to
the Gold Coast Building Height Study – An
Approach to City Image and the Gold Coast
Urban Ground Project, which together offer
a set of documents to guide the future built
form of the Gold Coast. The documents, by
City of Gold Cost with Urbis, and City of
Gold Coast with Archipelago, were cited by
the jury as setting “a benchmark for other
councils across Queensland experiencing
rapid growth and urbanization.”