The Lodge on the Lake Design Ideas Competition
08/02/2013.
Competition [Camberra] Australia.
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
The Lodge at Adelaide Avenue in Deakin is the official residence in Canberra of the Prime Minister of Australia. Its first occupants were Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce and his wife Ethel, who moved in on 4 May 1927, five days before the first sitting of the federal parliament at Canberra. It has been the Canberra home for sixteen of Australia’s twenty-seven Prime Ministers and their families. The building and grounds have cultural and heritage significance for their associations with these families and with many official dignitaries and visiting heads of government. A new and permanent Lodge on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin will extend this heritage for future generations of Australians and Canberrans.
As part of the celebrations for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013, the University of Canberra and the Gallery of Australian Design invite designers to participate in a Design Ideas Competition for a new official residence for the Prime Minister of Australia. To be located on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, this competition highlights the cultural value of the Prime Minister’s residence at Australia’s seat of government and hopes to build national significance. Submissions are due no later than May 4. Go to their online Registration Form here.
