Melbourne Project Takes Top Prize in 2007 Public Domain Awards

Melbourne Project Takes Top Prize in 2007 Public Domain Awards


A Melbourne mausoleum has been named Australia’s best urban landscape project for 2007.The Luciano Rossetti Mausoleum, at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery, south-east of Melbourne by Harmer Architecture, was last night announced as the overall winner of the 2007 CCAA Public Domain Awards. The 2007 Awards Jury described the project as “a truly exciting example of the use of standard precast concrete panels to maximum dramatic effect - defining spaces, projecting shadows and inviting reflection while, simultaneously, suggesting vitality.”