The lord mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, and the City of Sydney council received five awards for three projects it commissioned – Pirrama Park at Pyrmont, Paddington Reservoir Gardens and Surry Hills Library and Community Centre – an unprecedented number for one client in the Australian Institute of Architects National Awards’ 30-year history.

01. The Epping to Chatswood rail link intermediate stations won the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture.