a dramatic, green proscenium in the heart of Cairns.” In 2017, at the AIA Queensland State Architecture Awards, the Munro Martin Parklands also won an award in the ‘Urban Design’ category. In 2021, at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards, the parklands won the category for ‘Excellence in Parks and Open Spaces.’ The Cairns Performing Arts Centre has also received numerous awards. Most notably, CA Architects and Cox Architecture were awarded the FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture and the Queensland Architecture Medallion, the AIA’s state architectural awards’ highest distinction, in 2021. AIA Jury Chair Eloise Atkinson applauded the building for its state-of-the-art technology and facilities, increased audience capacity, and compatibility with its tropical landscape: “CPAP is undeniably a building that responds to its site, its city, and its wet tropical environment, reflecting the colours, filtered light, lush vegetation, and lifestyle of the tropics,” Eloise remarked. “It is a complex building technically with extraordinary flexibility in terms of performance modes.” She also praised the building as “architecturally significant” and a “wonderful cultural asset” to the community. She described it as “a public building that enables more cultural experiences and is a catalyst for economic growth.” Carlo attributes their awardTHE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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