Former Australian Institute of Architects national president Graham Jahn and eminent architect Kerry Hill received Australia Day honours yesterday.
Graham Jahn (left) was recognised as a Member of the Order of Australia for service to architecture, particularly through the promotion of excellence in urban design and planning, to professional associations, and to local government and the arts.
Jahn was National President of the Institute between 2001 and 2003 following his presidency of the NSW Chapter from 1999 to 2001. Jahn is the Director of City Planning and Regulatory Services at the City of Sydney and was the founding editor of Monument magazine.
A recipient of the American Institute of Architects Presidential Medal, Jahn has also received numerous national and international awards throughout his career, including the Robin Boyd Award for best residential architecture in Australia in 1999.
Kerry Hill was appointed as Officer of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day Awards for distinguished service to architecture, particularly as an ambassador for Australian design in South East Asia, and as an educator and mentor.
Director of Kerry Hill Architects, Mr Hill has been an influential figure in Australian and South East
Asian architecture over the past three decades through his work in creating high quality hotel and resort work, award-winning houses, mixed-use developments and public projects.
Mr Hill has received many awards and accolades for his work. In 2006, he received the Institute’s most prestigious honour, the Gold Medal. More recently, at the Institute’s 2011 National Architecture Awards, Kerry Hill Architects received the Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture for the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia as well as the Award for International Architecture for Amankora in Bhutan.
