The announcement of the annual Houses Awards is a celebration of Australia’s remarkable residential architecture and design. The shortlisted, commended and winning homes in this year’s awards demonstrate experimentation and ingenuity in design, and yet each one also remains responsive and sympathetic to the everyday patterns of domestic life.
On the cover of this issue is the Australian House of the Year, Three House by John Ellway. This resourceful home in Brisbane consists of three living pavilions that can be adapted in future into three compact residences. The house is informal but also elegant, rambling but also contained; an understated and inventive suburban house.
Congratulations to all of the architecture and design practices recognized in this year’s awards program, and thank you to our generous Houses Awards supporters: Cult, Artedomus, the Australian Institute of Horticulture, Blum, Bosch, Brickworks, the Heritage Council of Victoria, Sussex, Taubmans and Latitude.
Alexa Kempton, editor
