Cairns Convention Centre

Cairns, Queensland

Council’s new Cairns Performing Arts Centre replaced a 1970’s 600-person Civic Theatre. Constraints of the old theatre meant that Cairns was being by-passed by many larger scale performances. The new centre contains two theatres with 950 and 450 seating capacity. To complement this Council decided to incorporate an outdoor performance space into the park across the road for an audience capacity of to 2,000 to 3,500. This $90 million urban renewal and infrastructure created what Council has branded the Cairns Performing Arts Precinct – a cultural gateway to the city’s Central Business District.

AWARDS – Cairns Performing Arts Precinct:
2020 Queensland Dept. of Energy & Public Works, Minister’s Award for Urban Design.

AWARDS – Cairns Performing Arts Centre:
2021 The Australia Institute of Architects (AIA) Queensland Architecture Medallion
2021 The Australia Institute of Architects (AIA) Queensland FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture
2021 The Australia Institute of Architects (AIA) FNQ Regional Awards, Eddie Oribin Building of the Year