GAD - Gallery of Australian Design | exhibitions. 15 Aug 2013 - 16 Nov 2013 As part of the celebrations for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013, the University of Canberra and the Gallery of Australian Design invited designers to participate in a Design Ideas Competition. The brief called for a new official residence for the Prime Minister of Australia at Attunga Point on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. The competition was a resounding success with 242 entries from across Australia and abroad. Design solutions were sought that would spark the national imagination and stimulate debate throughout Australia Entrants were required to re-interpret the role of the official residence in the 21st Century in addressing the qualities of the site together with the ceremonial, and private functions of an Australian Prime Minister’s residence. The announcement of the winners on 23 May 2013 was made on the anniversary of the 1912 announcement of Walter Burley Griffin as the winner of the competition to design Canberra.
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