The new Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) has been declared the big winner at the 2012 Victorian Architecture Awards, taking out three of the top awards.
The hospital was awarded the Victorian Architecture Medal, the Melbourne Prize and the William Wardell Award for Public Architecture.
Since opening in late 2011, the new RCH has won multiple awards for design and architecture on the local and world stage, including:
Australian Interior Design Awards 2012
- Premier Award for Interior Design Excellence & Innovation
- Award for Public Design
- Best of State Commercial Design
- Award for Colour in Commercial Design
AIA Victorian Architecture Awards 2012
- Victorian Architecture Medal
- Melbourne Prize
- William Wardell Award for Public Architecture – New
- Interior Architecture Commendation
Design & Health International Academy Awards 2012
- International Health Project (over 40,000 sqm) – Winner
- Interior Design – Winner
- Sustainable Design – Winner
- Use of Art in the Patient Environment – Highly Commended
National Infrastructure Awards 2012
- Project of the Year
Dulux Colour Awards 2012
- Grand Prix Winner
- Commercial Interior Winner
LEAF International Interior Design Award (announced in London)
- Interior Design
The new hospital campus brings together six levels of clinical, research and education facilities over 200,000 square metres within the 4.1 hectare site. Inspired by the quality of light, the textures and forms of its parkland setting, the new RCH delivers a patient and family focused healing environment based on the latest evidence and research-based design principles.