The Robin Dods Award for Residential Structure – Homes (New) went to Bligh Graham Architects’ Reside Work Share Home. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
An experimental house taking over each WFH strain and the power housing scarcity has emerged as Qld’s home of the yr, profitable two prime structure awards.
The Reside Work Share Home dominated the residential class on the 2022 Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland Structure Awards on Friday evening.
Designed by Bligh Graham Architects, the home gained each the coveted Robin Dods Award for brand new homes in addition to the Harry Marks Award for sustainable structure.
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Reside Work Share Home’s WFH area is versatile. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
The house has clusters of courtyards. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
The jury quotation stated Bligh Graham Architects mixture of a house, workplace and self-contained flat was a take a look at case for versatile, adaptable multi-generational dwelling and dealing on a suburban block.
“The dwelling gives options to points surrounding housing affordability, distant working, and the necessity to home a rising inhabitants via the rigorous testing and execution of choices for occupation,” the judges’ assertion stated.
Judges stated the design expanded housing alternative for owners. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
The design was like a “village inside a village” in line with its architects, with a piece for distant work, a second-floor for bedrooms in the principle home, a second residence to hire or share, a cluster of “micro courtyards”, “curtained” boundary partitions, in addition to edible and greenery gardens threaded all through the block.
“The jury applauds the ambition of the Reside Work Share Home in testing new housing choices that meet modern neighborhood, city and environmental challenges,” the judges’ assertion stated.
Open and adaptable design. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
The design supported “delicate densification of the suburbs and expands housing alternative”, they stated of the house which is situated in Higher Brisbane’s Samford Valley.
The judges stated the Reside Work Share Home’s “intention of creating a sustainable and sustaining place has generated areas which are comfy, lovely and a pleasure to be in”.
“The constructing is commendable as a mannequin of how folks can reside utilizing each alternative of an “unusual” suburban block.”
“It helps push the understanding of sustainability past the biophysical in contemplating a wider social/financial context.”
The profitable house is situated in Samford Valley. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones
The highest gong of the evening – the Queensland Medallion – was gained by the brand new 11-storey house of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering on the College of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.- the Andrew N. Liveris Constructing by Lyons and m3architecture. The constructing additionally gained the Jennifer Taylor Award for Instructional Structure, the Karl Langer Award for City Design and an Inside Structure State Award.
An outside museum in Muttaburra showcasing the historical past of the Muttaburrasaurus, probably the most full fossilised dinosaur skeleton present in Australia, was additionally a winner in judges’ eyes. The Muttaburrasaurus Interpretation Centre by Brian Hooper Architect gained the FDG Stanley Award for Public Structure.
Different award-winning initiatives included the restoration of St Joseph’s Nudgee Faculty Treacy Precinct by m3architecture (The Don Roderick Award for Heritage Structure) and the renovation of Inexperienced Home by Steendijk (The Elina Mottram Award for Residential structure – Homes (Alterations and Additions).
Greater than 70 initiatives have been recognised throughout 11 classes on the awards ceremony in Brisbane together with residential, business, sustainable structure and concrete design.
