Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing Award
The Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Award recognises outstanding achievements in the design of multi-residential developments across Queensland. Presented by the Australian Institute of Architects, this award highlights innovative projects that respond to the increasing need for diverse and sustainable housing solutions while fostering community living.
Projects in this category must be residential in nature and comprise of or include two or more self-contained dwellings (whether or not the building includes uses for other purposes).
Award Winners Throughout the Years
2024
The Job & Froud Award for Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing
Rivière | Bates Smart
Jury citation
Rivière is an outstanding addition to high-density apartment living in Kangaroo Point. Clever features, such as true cross-ventilated circulatory spaces in the apartments, are rare at this scale of development in Queensland.
The scale and generosity of the ground plane and communal entry spaces immediately speak to its ambition for quality. Coupled with an attention to detail and robust low-maintenance materials throughout, the design’s simple, repeating forms and elegantly restrained expression suggest a real sense of enduring permanence.
Award for Residential Architecture- Multiple Housing
MAri-Mari-Ba Affordable Housing | Deicke Richards
Jury citation
Mari-Mari-Ba is a thoughtfully conceived affordable housing project that provides support for vulnerable First Nations women and children seeking emergency refuge and accommodation.
The facility is designed to support cultural preferences and offer safety in a transitional residential setting, surrounded by bushland. Opportunities are provided for social connection, with play, seating, and BBQ areas spread throughout the landscape. A solid, previously abandoned masonry structure has been adaptively reused to become an intriguing and delightful outdoor room with a central hearth and floating brick chimney.
Mari-Mari-Ba sets a precedent for supported emergency accommodation, demonstrating that facilities of this kind can deliver quality, economic design, and meaningful, empathetic outcomes for people in need.
Commendation for Residential Architecture - Multiple Housing
MUNDINGBURRA HOUSING | COUNTERPOINT ARCHITECTURE
Jury citation
The Mundingburra Housing Complex has achieved a remarkable feat by reshaping perceptions of social housing—an accomplishment that is rarely attained.
With meticulous planning and thoughtful design, the complex is seamlessly integrated into the fabric of the surrounding community, earning its warm welcome, while the delightful street-facing façade instills pride in residents who now call it home.
These modest units are poised to foster healthy living environments and set a positive example for all future social housing endeavours.
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