The 'Raw Australian Shed' by Kennedy Associates Architects — Sydney, Australia

The 'Raw Australian Shed' by Kennedy Associates Architects has been shortlisted in the 2014 World Architecture Festival Awards for the AGL Lakeside Pavilion at the Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Drawing together two highly symbolic concepts: the semi permanent theatrical marquee and the more permanent vernacular shed, it’s a generous building that inspires and lifts you. Built almost entirely out of steel for maximum effect and to keep to a modest budget – it’s a building where nothing is hidden, nothing is covered, nothing is painted.