Architectural Design Competition Photos Online

A full gallery of the Exhibition of Architectural Designs for the proposed $26M Centre for Dialogue is available in the Media section of the website.

Enter the Media section to see the Alicia Bayl's winning design as well as the excellent drawings and models from the other designers.

An Exhibition of Architectural Designs for the proposed $30M Centre for Dialogue was launched on 5 December by Federal Minister for Territories, Jim Lloyd and ACT Chief Minister, Jon Stanhope. Although 15 designs with drawings and models representing a wide range of ideas were selected for exhibition there could only be one winner, a magnificent design and model by Alicia Bayl for the prize announced by Margaret Reid, Past President of the Senate and provided by the National Capital Authority and Project Coordinator Peter Hancock.

The University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning adopted the Centre for Dialogue for its 2005 final year students design project following on from the previous year's propject on the National Portrait Gallery.

Over 75 students from University of Sydney visited Canberra to study the architectural goals and functions of the Centre and site, and its environs to develop building and landscaping designs evocative of constructive dialogue and a monument building in keeping with the Parliamentary Triangle and the modern development of the Burley Griffin Plan.

The launch attracted media attention in the Canberra Times on 5 December with a feature article and a news item 6 December and the ABC and WIN Television News on 5 December, explaining how the Centre with its special purpose and in-the-round design, superb facilities and the convening power of the Australian National University would bring to Canberra a wide range of important meetings where constructive dialogue was sought.

At the launch, the Federal Minister announced that a contribution to the capital cost was under consideration by the Federal Government. The ACT Chief Minister announced that the ACT Government would join in financing the capital cost providing there was a substantial contribution by the Federal Government.