Kerry and Lindsay Clare facts for kids

Kerry Clare and Lindsay Clare are a husband and wife team from Australia. They are famous architects who started their own company, Clare Design. They both won a very important award called the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2010. This award is like a lifetime achievement award for architects in Australia.

Designing Amazing Buildings

Kerry and Lindsay Clare have been designing buildings for a long time. They worked in Queensland from 1979 to 1998, and then in New South Wales from 1998 until now. They have won over 40 awards for their different projects. These awards were for homes, public buildings, and even projects that reused old buildings.

Some of their biggest awards include:

• The National Robin Boyd Award in 1992 and 1995.
• The National RAIA Commercial Award in 1995.
• The National Belle/BHP Steel Futures Award in 1993.
• The National RAIA Environment Citation in 1996.

They also won the RAIA Robin Dods Award six times. This award is for the best house design of the year.

Gold Medal for Great Design

In 2010, Kerry and Lindsay Clare received the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal. This is the highest honor an architect can get in Australia. The people who gave them the award said that the Clares have helped architecture a lot. They especially praised their work in sustainable architecture. This means they design buildings that are good for the environment. They believe that good design and eco-friendly design go hand-in-hand.

Sharing Their Knowledge

The Clares have traveled all over the world to share their ideas. They have given talks in many countries, including the USA, Canada, Mexico, China, and New Zealand. They have also been judges for architectural competitions.

One of their projects, the McWilliam residence, was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1991. This is a very famous art and architecture exhibition. Later, their Cotton Tree social housing project was chosen for an exhibition in New York. This exhibition, called 'Ten Shades of Green', showed buildings that were both beautiful and good for the environment.

From 1998 to 2000, the Clares were Design Directors for the New South Wales Government Architect. This meant they helped guide the design of government buildings. They also taught at the University of Sydney for several years. They helped start Architectus Sydney, a big architecture firm, and worked there until 2010.

Today, Kerry and Lindsay Clare are professors at the University of Newcastle and Bond University. They continue to design amazing buildings.

Cool Projects They've Worked On

As part of Architectus, they worked on some very important buildings:

• The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane (2007). This building won a national award.
• The University of the Sunshine Coast Chancellery (2008). This building won awards for public architecture and environmental design.
• Student housing at the University of New South Wales (2009).
• The Wesley House Commercial Building in Brisbane (2009).

More recently, Clare Design, working with another firm called Hayball, finished the Library at The Dock in Melbourne. This library is special because it's the first public building in Australia to get a "six-star Green Star" rating. This means it's super eco-friendly!

Notable Projects

Here are some of the important buildings Kerry and Lindsay Clare have designed:

• White Residence, Fig Tree Pocket (QLD)
• Goetz House, Buderim (QLD)
• Kirami, Buderim (QLD)
• Thrupp + Summers, Nambour (QLD)
• McWilliam Residence, Mooloolaba (QLD)
• Rainbow Shores housing, Rainbow Shores (QLD)
• Clare Residence, Buderim (QLD)
• Hammond House, Cooran (QLD)
• Cotton Tree Pilot Housing Project, Cotton Tree (QLD)
• University of Sunshine Coast Recreation Club, Sippy Downs (QLD)
• Refurbishment of Circular Quay wharves (NSW)
• No. 1 Fire Station, Sydney (NSW)
• Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (Architectus), Brisbane (QLD)
• University of Sunshine Coast Chancellery (Architectus), Sippy Downs (QLD)
• University of NSW Student Housing (Architectus), Kensington (NSW)
• Wesley House (Architectus + Fulton Trotter Architects), Brisbane (QLD)
• Library at The Dock, Melbourne (Clare Design with Hayball), Melbourne (VIC)