The Sir John Sulman Medal is an
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prize presented by the
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since 1932.
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/ref> The medal is sometimes referred to as the Sulman Award and now recognises excellence in public and commercial buildings in either New South Wales or in the Australian Capital Territory
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. Before the advent of the Wilkinson Award
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it was on occasions presented to domestic projects.
The medal is presented in memory of the Australian architect Sir John Sulman (29 August 1849 – 18 August 1934).Greenwich
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, and emigrated to Sydney in 1885. From 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Federal Capital Advisory Committee and influenced the development of Canberra.
Winners
See also
*Architecture of Australia
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*Buildings and structures awarded the Sir John Sulman Medal
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* Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal
References
Further reading
* {{Dictionary of Australian Biography, First=John, Last=Sulman, shortlink=0-dict-biogSt-Sy.html#sulman1
* Metcalf, Andrew (1977). ''Architecture in Transition: The Sulman Award 1932-1997''. Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of NSW.
Architecture awards
1932 establishments in Australia
Awards established in 1932
Australian awards