Three Australian project have been recognized the 2023 Dezeen Awards. The popular design blog announced 39 project winners from a pool of 4,800 entries across 94 countries.
Seven architecture projects and six interior projects from Australia were shortlisted in the awards.
Nightingale Village, by Hayball and Breathe and Architecture Architecture and Austin Maynard Architects and Clare Cousins Architects and Kennedy Nolan, was named Housing Project of the Year as well as Sustainable Building of the Year.
“This project exemplifies a new approach to housing, with a focus on society, community and wellbeing,” said the judges of the Housing Project category. “With an emphasis on cooperative design to address the challenges of housing in our cities, the project presents different typologies for different types of people and families living together. The collaboration of the six architects on the project has added richness to the variety of materials and spaces, which are both generous and humane.”
Nightingale Leftfield by Kennedy Nolan.
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Tom Ross
Judges of the Sustainable Building category added, “Nightingale Village provides a replicable, market-viable model for how new housing can benefit both people and planet. It offers affordable homes in the face of a housing crisis while reducing inhabitant’s reliance on fossil fuels, cutting out all need for natural gas and even attaining special permission to provide only 20 parking spaces for more than 200 homes – a radical decision in its suburban Australian context.”
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Modern Gallery Shop by Akin Atelier.
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Rory Gardiner
In the Interiors categories, Sydney Modern Gallery Shop by Akin Atelier received Retail Interior (Small) of the Year. “It is such a challenge to design a space which can stand on its own and break away from the larger space in which it lives. Akin Atelier took cues from materials such as sandstone, a natural material which maintains enclosure and natural light, and stainless steel, informed by the building’s structure,” the judges said.
“The earthy hues give a sense of warmth and luxury. The curved bookshelf is a simple and delicate response to what could have been a cold space.”
Bundanon Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects was also highly commended for Cultural Project of the Year.
See all the winners of the 2023 Dezeen Awards.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
