2017 Houses Awards: Australian House of the Year

Australian House of the Year Auchenflower House by Vokes and Peters 2017 Houses Awards

Jury comment

This project is distinguished by its deceptive simplicity. It is the result of the architecture practice’s sustained investigations into the Queensland vernacular, and the straightforward application and sensory qualities of utilitarian materials.

By identifying “the private house as a critical piece of city-making,” the architects confer on this project a commonly missed role. In detail, the interpretation of the brief and site aligns with Fernando Távora’s idea that “each case is a case.”

The architects’ siting strategy explores the potential of quiet suburban spaces and associations, apparent and real boundaries and notions of private and communal space.

The building forms, scale, plans, details, composition and sections acknowledge the suburban street-corner relationship, making beautiful connections with the carefully observed conditions of the site.

Auchenflower House offers an inventive model for working with traditional housing on suburban blocks and provides an intelligent and poetic paradigm for current practice.

See full image galleries of all the winning and shortlisted projects here.

Australian House of the Year is supported by Cult.

Credits

Project
Auchenflower House
Architect
Vokes and Peters
Project Team
Stuart Vokes, Kirsty Hetherington, Marty Said
Consultants
Builder Bauen Constructions
Engineer Westera Partners
Site Details
Site type Suburban
Project Details
Status Built
Type New houses

Source

Award

Published online: 4 Aug 2017
Images: Christopher Frederick Jones

Issue

Houses, August 2017

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