Architecture Architecture has won the 2017 Architeam Awards’ highest honour, the ArchiTeam Medal, for Dark Horse – a small, unashamedly contemporary house placed within a row of workers’ cottages in Brunswick East.
Dark Horse was also named joint winner of the new residential category, with Tess and JJ’s House by Po-Co Architecture sharing the honours.
Architecture Architecture was also awarded a Small Project Medal commendation for its project Together Apart, an innovative intervention in a bedroom for twin girls.
Fellow Melbourne-based practice Figr took home two awards, winning in the Residential Alterations and Additions category for Light Corridor House, and gaining a commendation for Datum House in the Residential New category. The annual ArchiTeam Awards “celebrate the contribution of small, medium and emerging practices to the Australian architectural landscape.”
The 2017 judges were Albert Mo (awards chair, Architects EAT), Karen Alcock (MA Architects), Grant Amon (Grant Amon Architects) Grace Mortlock (Other Architects), Aaron Peters (Vokes and Peters), Emma Telfer (Open House Melbourne) and Fiona Winzar (Fred Architecture).
The awards were announced in Melbourne on 15 November. The People’s Choice Award is still up for grabs, with votes being accepted until Saturday 25 November.
The winners are:
Architeam medal
Winner
Dark Horse – Architecture Architecture
Residential – new
Winners
Dark Horse – Architecture Architecture
Tess + JJ’s House – Po-Co Architecture
Commendations
Datum House – Figr
Aquas Perma Solar Firma – C Plus C Architectural Workshop
Finalists
Two Halves House – Moloney Architects
South Melbourne Beach House – Topology Studio
Residential – alterations
Winner
Light Corridor House – Figr
Commendations
PerfPad – Northbourne Architecture and Design
Elgin Street Residence – Sonelo Design Studio
Ballantyne – Foomann Architects
Finalists
Valiant House – A for Architecture
Cairo Studio – Nicholas Agius Architects
Joyful House – Mihaly Slocombe
Fifty Fifty – Architecture Architecture
Commercial
Winner
Workshop Bros Glen Waverley – Studio Esteta
Commendations
Cubby office –Krisna Cheung
Primo – Olaver Architecture
Finalists
Norton Legal – Dreamer
Barre Body – Mihaly Slocombe
Unbuilt
Commendation
30 km Master Plan for Dazhou – Nervegna Reed Architecture
Finalists
Broken Hill Solar Farm Viewing Platform – OSK Architects
Urban Renaissance - Atherton Gardens Re - Commission – Elvin Tan
Contribution
Winner
Panfilo –Warwick Mihaly
Small project medal
Winner
Cairo Studio – Nicholas Agius Architecture
Commendations
Together Apart – Architecture Architecture
Barre Body – Mihaly Slocombe
Sustainability medal
Winner
Richmond Hill – Melbourne Design Studios
Commendations
Ballantyne – Fooman Architects
Ramp House – Irons McDuff Architecture
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