STRAHAN VISITORS CENTRE
LocationStrahan, Tasmania
Completed 1997
Awards2023
Award for Enduring Architecture
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
2000
Australasian Lightweight Structures Design Award
1998
National Awards Finalist
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
Recycling Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
Colorbond Steel Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
1997
Australian Timber Design Award Finalist
1995
John Lee Archer Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
1993
Civic Design Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
Completed 1997
Awards2023
Award for Enduring Architecture
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
2000
Australasian Lightweight Structures Design Award
1998
National Awards Finalist
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
Recycling Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
Colorbond Steel Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
1997
Australian Timber Design Award Finalist
1995
John Lee Archer Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
1993
Civic Design Award
Australian Institute of Architects (TAS)
It has been termed 'an ark with a novel inside', the visitor centre is half rough hewn local timber half glass and steel, housing a rainforest in which sits one of the more bizarre and engaging exhibitions ever to be seen in Australia. Amidst straggling Huon pines and man ferns can be found a rock shelter replete with partly excavated kitchen sink, a suburban lounge-room full of 1970's artefacts and a flooded out timber and iron railway bridge.
The Centre's telling of stories of south west Tasmania has met with enthusiastic response from visitors and drawn praise from critics, local and international. 'It breaks every rule in interpretation' one expert has said. Indeed it does, and it works the better for it. It challenges and provokes, to make visitors rethink what they normally take for granted. It, too became the best public building constructed in this state in a triennium; especially significant considering its challenging nature.
The centre featured in the prestigious British journal, Architecture Review, in an edition devoted to new museums and interpretative centres around the world.
The Centre's telling of stories of south west Tasmania has met with enthusiastic response from visitors and drawn praise from critics, local and international. 'It breaks every rule in interpretation' one expert has said. Indeed it does, and it works the better for it. It challenges and provokes, to make visitors rethink what they normally take for granted. It, too became the best public building constructed in this state in a triennium; especially significant considering its challenging nature.
The centre featured in the prestigious British journal, Architecture Review, in an edition devoted to new museums and interpretative centres around the world.
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