Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2015 first prize winner John Wardle’s design ‘Perspectives on a Flat Surface’ on the loom at the ATW, woven by Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce, Jennifer Sharpe and Cheryl Thornton. Photograph: Jeremy Weihrauch.
TDPA History
Since 2015 the prize has received over 500 tapestry design entries and has fostered exciting new creative dialogues between architects and tapestry weavers. The initiative of architect and former ATW Board Chair, Peter Williams AM, the prize celebrates the rich historical connection between architectural space and tapestry design.
Previous hypothetical design sites include Phoenix Central Park (2021) – winner Ground Under Repair, Pharos Wing, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart (MONA) (2018) – winner Pop Architecture + Hotham Street Ladies, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2016) – winner Justin Hill, Australian Pavilion in the Giardini, Venice (2015) – joint winner John Wardle Architects (2015) + Kristin Green Architects + Michelle Hamer.
Two TDPA winners have been woven by the Australian Tapestry Workshop: 22 Temenggong Road, Twilight designed by Justin Hill, woven in 2018 and Perspectives on a Flat Surface designed by John Wardle Architects, commissioned by Judith Neilson AM, woven 2016. NGV Collection.