Shortlist: 2017 Australian Houses Awards

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House Au Yeung by Tribe Studio Architects. Image: Katherine Lu

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Dark Horse by Architecture Architecture. Image: Peter Bennetts

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Byron Bay House and Studio by Vokes and Peters. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones

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Gibbon Street by Cavill Architects. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones

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5S apartment by Nicholas Gurney. Image: Katherine Lu

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Fitzroy North House by MMAD Architecture. Image: Jack Lovel

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Suburban Aqueduct by PARC Office. Image: Dianna Snape

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Tent House by Sparks Architects. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones

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Fish Creek House by Edition Office. Image: Benjamin Hosking

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The 2017 Houses Awards jury, L–R: Ian Moore, Wendy Lewin, Richard Kirk, Katelin Butler, Juliet Moore and Peter Williams. Image: Kit Haselden

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The Houses Awards celebrates Australia’s best residential projects in nine categories. Now in its seventh year, the program has become one of the country’s most sought-after accolades, with 448 entries submitted in 2017 – five per cent more than the previous year.

This year, a total of 169 projects and seven emerging architecture practices were shortlisted.

“The shortlisted projects reflect the ways Australian architects have responded to the diverse contexts and constraints from tight urban sites to apartment fitouts and stand-alone pavilions in the landscape,” said Katelin Butler, editor of Houses Australia magazine and Houses Awards jury chair.

The awards will be presented in Melbourne at the NGV International on Friday 4 August, following the 2017 Housing Futures symposium. Each category attracts a cash prize of AU$1,000. The awards will culminate in the announcement of Australian House of the Year, the winner of which will receive AU$5,000.

2016 Houses Awards shortlist

New House Under 200 m²
New House Over 200 m²
House Alteration and Addition Under 200 m²
House Alteration and Addition Over 200 m²
Apartment or Unit
House in a Heritage Context
Outdoor
Sustainability
Emerging Architecture Practice

On the jury are: Richard Kirk (Kirk), Wendy Lewin (Wendy Lewin Architect), Ian Moore (Ian Moore Architects), Juliet Moore (Edwards Moore) and Katelin Butler (Houses magazine). Advice for the House in a Heritage Context category was provided by Peter Williams (Williams Boag Architects) on behalf of the Heritage Councils of Victoria and New South Wales.

See the full image galleries for shortlisted projects here.

The Houses Awards is presented by Architecture Media and supported by Cult, Artedomus, Think Brick, Asko, Haymes Paint, Maximum, Artemide, Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia, the Heritage Councils of Victoria and New South Wales and Blum. Special thanks to jury host SC Land.