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Peter Stutchbury

Peter Stutchbury, Australia
Peter Stutchbury is emerging as one of the leaders of a new generation of Australian architects. He is recognised for his innovative approach to sustainability and design. As principal of the firm Peter Stutchbury Architecture he has practiced independently since 1981 producing a wide variety of award winning projects that have been exhibited, published and acclaimed all over the world.
Peter has taught both nationally and internationally most recently as visiting professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. He is currently a Conjoint Professor at The University of Newcastle, Australia and one of the distinguished ‘masters’ with the Architecture Foundation Australia.

Since 1995 his firm has won 39 Australian Institute of Architects Awards. In 2003 Peter became the first Architect to win both National Architecture Awards for Residential and Public Buildings, repeating this in 2005. In 1999 he won the overall National Metal Industries award of Excellence and in 2000 and 2008 The Australian Timber Award. In 2006 Peter was runner-up in the “Innovative Architectures – Design and Sustainability” award in Italy and in 2008 the firm won the International ‘Living Steel’ Competition for extreme climate housing in Russia. Peter Stutchbury Architecture has exhibited work across Australia, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Namibia, USA and Slovenia and at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy in both 2006 and 2008.
In 2001, Peter Stutchbury’s work was the major contributor to the University of Newcastle winning the Australian Prime Minister’s National Environmental Banksia Award for Sustainable Development. Among other assignments, Stutchbury, is one of the tutors of the annual Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Master Class in Australia.