We are delighted to announce that Wesley Place has won the John George Knight Award for Heritage in this year’s Victorian Architecture Awards — one of six awards given to Lovell Chen-associated projects in Friday’s online ceremony.

Congratulations to the project, development and client teams for …

Wesley Place
Lovell Chen with COX Architecture, developed by Charter Hall
John George Knight Award for Heritage, plus a Commercial Architecture Award commendation (COX Architecture)

Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street (Equity Chambers)
Lovell Chen with Bates Smart
Heritage — Creative Adaptation Award

Queen & Collins
KTA with BVN, with conservation architecture and heritage services by Lovell Chen
Commercial Architecture, Urban Design and Interior Architecture awards

[ Wesley Place, photo : Trevor Mein | Equity Chambers, photo : Sean Fennessy ]

Wesley Place combines the restoration of a group of significant heritage buildings (including Wesley Uniting Church, 1858, designed by Joseph Reed), landscaped public open space (designed by Oculus), interpretation elements and a brand new commercial building by COX. The heritage buildings form the oldest intact church complex in Victoria.

The Hilton scheme was designed Bates Smart, with heritage services and conservation works by Lovell Chen. The project is built around Equity Chambers (1931, designed by Oakley & Parkes) — constructed as offices on the site of Victoria’s first synagogue. The conserved facade and first 30m of the building are now integrated into the hotel.

The Queen & Collins project is a redevelopment of the group of buildings known as the Gothic Bank complex (former ANZ Bank) in Melbourne’s Bourke Street. We provided heritage and conservation services.

Victorian Architecture Awards 2022
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The Victorian Architecture Awards are part of the National Architecture Awards programme of the AIA.