AWARDS

A courtyard house set on a large coastal site on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula has been named Australian House of the Year in the 2023 Houses Awards.

Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins.

Shiplap House by Chenchow Little.

Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins.

Blok Stafford Heights by Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters.

Spring Street by March Studio.

Armadale House by Neeson Murcutt Neille.

Sunday by Architecture Architecture.

Coogee Courtyard by Saha.

Millers Point Townhouse by Design 5 Architects.

Monty Sibbel by Nuud Studio.

Saha.

Twenty-seven projects and two practices have received commendations in the 2023 Houses Awards.

Small-footprint, multigenerational and environmentally conscious living are just some of characteristics integral to the homes shortlisted in the 2023 Houses Awards.

In the New House over 200m2 category, 37 projects have been shortlisted.

In the New House under 200m2 category, 15 projects have been shortlisted.

In the Alteration and Addition over 200m2 category, 29 projects have been shortlisted.

In the Alteration and Addition under 200m2 category, 30 projects have been shortlisted.

In the Garden or Landscape category, nine projects have been shortlisted.

In the House in a Heritage Context category, 16 projects have been shortlisted.

In the Apartment or Unit category, 15 projects have been shortlisted.

In the Sustainability category, 18 projects have been shortlisted.

Seven firms have been shortlisted in the Emerging Architecture Practice category.

For the first time in Houses Awards history, one house has taken home an unprecedented three categories as well as the the award’s top honour, the Australian House of the Year.

Robust and refined, elegant and effortless, this house is a study in how we can live with spirited connectedness.

This exceptional house elevates the homeowners’ experience of an already spectacular site, crafting spaces of surprise, warmth, drama and delight.

An imaginative reworking of the humble terraced house with richness in every room and generosity to the public realm.

A visually recessive addition is cleverly grafted onto a characterful Queensland cottage.

Carefully crafted and finely detailed, this home provides for adaptable modes of living that meets all modern demands.

This radical reworking of a 1960s apartment allows for new engagement with the city, and dynamic social interaction.