When the inaugural Houses Awards were presented at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne in July 2011, twenty-one projects received high commendations over seven categories – New House under 200m²; New House over 200m²; House Alteration and Additions under 200m²; House Alteration and Additions over 200m²; Apartment, Unit or Townhouse; and Outdoor and Sustainability. The projects were judged by a well-respected jury made up of Camilla Block of Durbach Block Jaggers; Paul Owen of Owen & Vokes; Kerry Phelan of Kerry Phelan Design Office; Brian Zulaikha, the national president of the Australian Institute of Architects and director of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer; Cameron Bruhn of Architecture Media; and Scott Drake of the University of Melbourne.
You can see all the high commendations in the image gallery above.
You can see the finalists in the New House under 200m² and New House over 200m² categories in 2011 Houses Awards finalists gallery 1. The finalists from the House Alteration and Addition under 200m²; House Alteration and Addition over 200m²; Apartment, Unit or Townhouse; Outdoor and Sustainability categories are featured in 2011 Houses Awards finalists gallery 2.
The award-winning projects are featured separately in the Awards section.
Source
Award
Published online: 20 Sep 2011
Images:
Ben Glezer,
Bo Wong,
Brett Boardman,
Christopher Frederick Jones,
Derek Swalwell,
Grant Hancock,
Iain MacKenzie,
Justin Alexander,
Kevin Hui,
Michael Nicholson,
Nic Bailey,
Peter Bennetts,
Rick Eckersley,
Shania Shegedyn,
Trevor Mein
Issue
Houses, August 2011
