Pattern Book Design Competition winners

The NSW Housing Pattern Book Design Competition has selected 6 winning designs.

The jury chose 5 professional and one student winner across the 2 categories, terrace and mid-rise housing. The competition attracted 212 entries from Australia and around the world. A total of 21 entries were then shortlisted to move to the design phase of the competition.

What makes a winning design

The jury chose the winning designs based on key criteria. This included consideration of diverse household types and changing community needs. They are also sustainable and can be customised to suit people’s budget and lifestyle. The designs consider the needs of the future residents and their local communities.

The designs are affordable, accessible and adaptable. They can be used for a range of different sites across the suburbs and communities of NSW.

Sustainable

Designs that are efficient in terms of heating and cooling and use sustainable materials.

Functional

Designs that are customisable to what people want for their lifestyle, and adaptable to different sites.

Simple and affordable

Designs that can be built with the most affordable and appropriate materials, that make overall cost lower.

Diverse

Designs that respect local character while also providing more access to different housing types to more people.

Comfortable and healthy

Homes with good access to open space, natural light and ventilation.

Customised

Designs that can be built to standardised construction details, saving time and cost.

Terrace design winners

Artist's impression of a 2-story house or duplex on a large lot. The house is made from light brown brick and has a large timber balcony that juts out over the front garden. The property is surrounded by tall, native shrubbery. The property is in a suburban or rural setting.

1

Officer Woods Architects with Jennie Officer, University of Western Australia

Category: Professional

Artist's impression of a modern, 2-storey home with a corrugated iron roof. The house has large windows and doors, and a native garden.

2

Housing is a Verb

Category: Professional

Team: Other Architects, NMBW Architecture Studio, TARN, Winsor Kerr, Andy Fergus and Tony Isaacson

Artist's impression of double-story, brick townhouses. There are 4-5 houses in the picture, each share a wall. The houses face a pedestrian walkway and cycleway and have balcony gardens.

3

In Common Studio

Category: Student

Student team: Madeleine Gallagher, Poppy Brown, Kangyun Kim, Paris Perry, John Suh and Catherine Taylor

Mid-rise apartment winners

Artist's impression of an apartment block on a leafy, inner-city street. The block is 4-storeys high, and made from beige brick. Each apartment in the block has a sunny balcony and there are plants and people on the balconies.

4

Andrew Burges Architects

Category: Professional

Artist's impression of a 3-storey apartment building. The building is white with yellow and white striped awnings over covered balconies. There are 9 balconies facing the leafy street. People walk and ride bikes on the quite street below.

5

Neeson Murcutt Neille, Finding Infinity and Monash Urban Lab

Category: Professional

Artist's impression of a mid-rise building with 4 storeys. The building is mainly brick and has open balconies with vertical gardens either side.

6

Spacecraft Architects

Category: Professional

Choose your favourite design

Now we invite you to get involved. Take a closer look at the housing designs and select your favourite from each of the 2 categories: Terrace and Mid-rise. The most popular designs will be revealed early next year.

Choose your favourite

Next steps

The winners in the professional category will work with Government Architect NSW to refine their designs and ensure they meet the required standards to be included in the NSW Housing Pattern Book.

The winners in the professional category will get the chance to have their designs built on 5 NSW Government-owned sites from Homes NSW, Landcom and Sydney Olympic Park.