2002 AILA National Project Award

Bass Highway Westbury By-Pass, Tasmania

Barwick and Associates

Merit Award

Jury Comments

In an environment such as Tasmania, which is experienced primarily by road, the importance of roadside quality cannot be underestimated.

This project successfully demonstrated alternative approaches to the landscape of the Tasmanian road by eschewing overtly historicist approaches and asserting the value and place of natural heritage in the roadside experience.

A bold approach to roadside restoration that not only adapted and tested new techniques in the Tasmanian situation but was cost effective as well, challenging entrenched attitudes to what is achievable with the use of appropriate skills