HASSELL Chairman, Ken Maher, has had his remarkable career in architecture and design recognised at the highest level. Ken was awarded the Australian Institute of Architects 2009 Gold Medal at a ceremony in Sydney on Thursday 19 March. In receiving this award, Ken follows in the footsteps of John Morphett, former HASSELL Chairman and Managing Director, and Jack McConnell, a founding partner of HASSELL.
"The Gold Medal is the Australian Institute of Architects' highest accolade. It recognises distinguished service by Australian architects who have designed or executed buildings of high merit, produced work of great distinction resulting in the advancement of architecture, or endowed the profession of architecture in a distinguished manner."
Ken's work in architecture and landscape architecture has been recognised on many occasions for excellence in design, including NSW's top award for public architecture, the Australian Institute of Architects Sir John Sulman Award for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (2002) and the Olympic Park Rail Station (1998) in Sydney. The Olympic Park Rail Station was also awarded the nation's top architecture prize for public buildings, the Sir Zelman Cowen Award, and the Luna Park restoration (1995) won the nation's top award for architectural conservation, the Lachlan Macquarie Award.
Ken has a strong interest in multi-disciplinary thinking in the design of our cities, in the creation of sustainable enduring architecture, in the future of our cities and densification of our urban spaces, and in ensuring architecture and architects be more engaged in the design of the built environment. His most recent major projects include:
Tianjin International Exhibition Conference
and Exhibition Centre, PR China
Exchange, 2 Fitzwilliam Street, Parramatta, NSW
ANZ, 833 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC
Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
University of Western Sydney, Building EA,
Parramatta Campus, NSW
Epping Chatswood Rail Link, Sydney, NSW
Click on this link to view details on the Australian Institute of Architects website
