The Port Arthur Prototype is a small pavilion containing guest accommodation, which was designed for the proposed Port Arthur Resort by Morris-Nunn and Associates, that was never built. This prototype was constructed to evaluate the design and ideas for the project, ensuring that it met the two main aims for the development; sustainability, and the telling of the Port Arthur convicts’ stories. With sustainability as a forefront of the design, the carefully designed skin of the prototype takes note from David Suzuki’s term ‘biomorphic’ architecture, where buildings respond to and replicate the processes occurring in nature. This prototype has enabled the effectiveness of the design to be tested in real world situations and environmental conditions. The design is also symbolic of the Port Arthur convict history, with the translucent white skinned ‘ghost’ building similar in size and form to the Georgian cottages that were once on site. In 2009, this project received Commendation for the Small Buildings Award in Tasmania.