Health and Medical Research building receives state’s highest honour

South Australia’s highest architectural honour, the 2025 Architecture Medal, was awarded to Flinders University’s Health and Medical Research Building on Saturday night.  

Judges described the building as a “landmark fusion of cultural storytelling, environmental leadership and technical excellence”. On the same night it also received the:  

• Dr John Mayfield Award for Educational Architecture 

• Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture 

• Award for Sustainable Architecture 

Most importantly, the 24,000 square-metre facility continues to bring together market-leading research, education and clinical expertise under one roof, for maximum impact. 

It’s Architectus’ first ever state medal, and the latest recognition from both national and international awards programs, celebrating the complex technical resolution of a building that is already impacting the lives of the pioneering researchers helping solve our biggest health challenges. 

Congratulations to our project team, collaborators and client for this outstanding result.

Client: Flinder’s University

Construction: Hansen Yuncken

Photography: Shannon McGrath and Trevor Mein