McBride Charles Ryan

McBride Charles Ryan is an award winning practice whose studio-based approach to their projects defies specialisation.

Formed in 1988, MCR's projects are generously expressive in both form (sculptural character and geometry) and palette (colours and materials).

2009 Outstanding Residentail Dwelling
Architectural and Design Excellence in the South East Awards
Klein Bottle House, Mornington Peninsula

2008 Robin Boyd Award - Residential Architecture
A.I.A. National Awards
Klein Bottle House, Mornington Peninsula

2008 National Award - Commercial Architecture
A.I.A. National Awards
Monaco House, Melbourne

2008 Premier's Design Award - Commercial Architecture
State of Design Awards
Monaco House, Melbourne

2008 Sir Osborn McCutcheon Award - Commercial
A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Monaco House, Melbourne

2008 Harold-Desbrowe Annear Award - Residential
A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Klein Bottle House, Mornington Peninsula

2008 Dulux Colour Awards
- Residential Exterior
Klein Bottle House, Mornington Peninsula

2006 Residential Architecture Award
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Cave House (Kent Court), Toorak

2005 Victorian Architecture Medal
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Templestowe Park Primary School, Templestowe

2005 William Wardell Award
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Templestowe Park Primary School, Templestowe

2005 Residential Architecture Award
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
QVII Apartments, Melbourne

2005 Residential Architecture Award
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Dome House (Narveno Court), Hawthorn

2005 Dulux Colour Awards
Grand Prix
Templestowe Park Primary School

2001 Residential Architecture Award
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
10 Houses Wynnstay Rd, Prahran

1998 Harold-Desbrowe Annear Award
Extension and Refurbishment
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual
Ivanhoe Residence, The Boulevard, Ivanhoe

1998 Award of Merit New Residential
R.A.I.A. Victorian Chapter Annual Awards
Ryan House, Bradford Road, Mt Martha

Out of the Square: Beach Architecture on the
Morning Peninsula
Mornington, Austrlia, 2009

Abundant - Venice Biennale
Venice, Italy 2008

Living the Modern_Australian Architecture
Berlin, Germany, 2007

Micro Macro City: Australian Pavilion
10th International Architecture Exhibition
Venice Biennale, 2006

About Face
DesignBuild Expo 2006

RAIA Awards Exhibiton
Span Gallery, 2006

RAIA Awards Exhibition
Span Gallery, 2005

Melbourne Masters Architecture
Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Nov 2004-Feb 2005

RAIA Awards Exhibition

40 Under 40
Sydney, 1999

RAIA Awards Exhibition
Span Gallery, 1998

RANT Exhibition
RMIT Department of Architecture, Melbourne, 1991

Companion City
Transition Design Competition, ACCA Melbourne,
1991

The Australian Chair
R.A.I.A.Tusculum Gallery, Potts Point, Sydney,
1989

The Halftime Club
Victorian College of Arts, Melbourne, 1989

30 Under 30
Steelcase Design Centre, New York, 1989

Works By Melbourne Architects
RMIT Department of Architecture Gallery,
Melbourne, 1988

2009
Top 100 - the(futurists)
theage(melbourne)magazine, Issue 51, Jan 09, p67

2008
Teresa Murphy
Art in architecture
Mornington Peninsula Leader, Dec 9, 2008 p44

Lindy Percival
“My Space – Debbie Ryan”
The Age, A2, Nov 15 2008, p 11

Simon Plant
"Wow! Peninsula still looks funky"
The Herald Sun, Real Estate, Nov 8 2008, pp 1,4-5.

Jason Dowling
“Private school buildings win ‘public’ design
awards”
The Age, News, Oct 31 2008, p10

Robert Bevan
'Misguided missions send mixed messages'
Australian Financial Review, Apr 24-27 2008, p 21- 24

Norman Day
Monaco’s new consulate a chip off the old rock
The Age, April 19 2008

2005
Sue Williams
‘High Density Developers Catch Planners Flat
Footed’ Australian Financial Review, Aug 26-28 2005, p 11.

Building into a Class Act
The Age, Education, July 25 2005, p 4.

Jenny Brown
The Wisdom of Robert McBride
The Age, Creative + Media, July 25 2005, p 2.

Mathew Dunckley,
School Wins with Exercise in Good Taste
The Weekend Australian Financial Review, July 23- 24, 2005, p 15.

Royce Miller
Potent School Hall Takes Out Top Award
The Age, July 23 2005, p 9.

Dome Home
The Age, Domain + Investor, July 17 2005, p1,4.

Norman Day
Of Borrowing and Burrowing
The Age, Arts Metro, June 22 2005, p 7.

Design Special Voted the Best
The Herald Sun, Real Estate, March 19 2005, p 1,7.

Jacinta Le Plastrier Aboukhater
‘Dome Beautiful’
Domain Home, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8
September 2005

2004
The Age, Domain, March 3, 2004

2000
The Age, Domain, Oct 25, 2000
The Age, Domain, July 26, 2000
The Age, Domain, May 31, 2000
The Age, Domain, May 24, 2000, p 5

1999
‘Inside the Monster’
The Herald Sun, New Home, July 17-23 1999, p 20.

James Mulholland
‘Living with History’
Herald Sun, New Home, April 10-16, 1999, p 14.

The Age, Domain, March 31, 1999, p 8.
The Age, Domain, Feb 24, 1999
The Age, Domain, Jan 13, 1999

1998
The Age, Domain, Dec 16, 1998
The Age, Domain, Nov 11, 1998

James Howard
‘Winning Design’,
The Herald Sun, New Home, June 20-26 1998, p 24.