Power station-turned-event space lights up Australian architecture awards

Mildura’s Powerhouse Place won for sustainable architecture and urban design, while Sydney renovation for Atlassian offices wins top award

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With its whirring engines and towering smoke stacks, Mildura’s power station was rarely out of the news as a technological marvel of the early 20th century.

When a new engine was installed to help light up the regional Victorian city in June 1925, the local newspaper proclaimed there would finally be enough “juice” for everyone.