A refurbished timber employee’s cottage, designed to accommodate a household of 4 and a piece studio, has been honoured because the Australian Home of the Yr on the 2024 Homes Awards.
Purple Hill Home by Zuzana and Nicholas, which can be a winner within the Home Alteration and Addition underneath 200 m2, is praised by the jury for resisting “the temptation to increase and enlarge, as a substitute containing all that’s wanted for a household of 4 within the footprint of the prevailing employee’s cottage.”
“Assured but understated and exquisitely resolved, Purple Hill Home and Studio is an distinctive instance of the efficiency of doing much less. It’s deservingly named the 2024 Australian Home of the Yr,” the jury quotation reads.
Successful the New Home over 200 Sq. Metres class was Shed Home by Breakspear Architects, which additionally combines the purchasers’ dwelling and workspace. Elsewhere within the awards, Courtyard Home by Clare Cousins Architects has taken out the New Home underneath 200 Sq. Metres award.
The total listing of winners are as follows:
Australian Home of the Yr
Purple Hill Home and Studio – Zuzana and Nicholas
New Home over 200 m2
Shed Home – Breakspear Architects
New Home underneath 200 m2
Courtyard Home – Clare Cousins Architects
Home Alteration and Addition over 200 m2
Arcadia – Plus Minus Design
Blue Mountains Home – Anthony Gill Architects
Home Alteration and Addition underneath 200 m2
Purple Hill Home and Studio – Zuzana and Nicholas
Condominium or Unit
57 Martin Avenue – Neometro
Backyard or Panorama
Redfern Home – Anthony Gill Architects with Sacha Coles
Home in a Heritage Context
Courtyard Home – Clare Cousins Architects
Tomich Home – Mark Jeavons Architect with Ohlo Studio
Sustainability
Carrickalinga Shed – Architects Ink
Rising Structure Follow
Architect George
SSdH
Commendations
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Homes Awards is organised by Structure Media and supported by Cult, Artedomus, Blum, Brickworks, James Hardie, Roca, Sussex, the Heritage Council of Victoria, Fulgor Milano, and Latitude.