Bundanon Trust has announced six Australian architecture firms shortlisted for the Trust’s national competition to deliver a Masterplan to enliven the 1100-hectare property in regional New South Wales with a world-class creative learning centre, visitor hub, residential quarters and a gallery to house the $37.5 million Arthur Boyd art collection.

The competition is part of the Trust’s Masterplan for the heritage-listed site, developed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, that seeks to increase visitation by more than 100 percent and secure Bundanon as a leading cultural and tourist attraction in regional Australia.

The shortlisted architecture firms are: Virginia Kerridge Architect (NSW); Kerstin Thompson Architects (VIC); Room 11 (VIC/TAS); Peter Elliot Architecture + Urban Design (VIC); Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (VIC); and Chenchow Little Architects (VIC).