HOTY 2020 | Habitus Living

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HOTY 2020

Compound House

This may look like a radical house, but it is actually just about connection with family and with the natural world.

CH House

We all know about free plan, but what about free section? This house over five levels (plus a roof terrace) plays with differing ceiling heights, split levels, three voids and a spread of functional spaces to create the sense of a continuous vertical space in what is a very narrow building. The house was built […]

CLT House

Appearing as a new dwelling, the CLT house by FMD Architects includes the reworking of a 1970s brown brick dwelling, driven by the use of cross-laminated timber and the rural typology.

Sky House

Combining two adjacent houses in inner-suburban Sydney came with constraints, but also opportunities to re-think the terrace house.

18 Screens House

Responding to its context, this house is both elegant and simple in the way it provides refuge from the outside world.

Corymbia Beach House

Corymbia House by Paul Butterworth Architect provides its residents with a low-maintenance holiday house for now, and an idyllic retirement setting for the future.

J&J Residence, Hogg&Lamb

On a large site edging toward a Eucalypt reserve, J&J Residence strives to sit respectfully on the land and take as little as possible from finite resources.

The Twins House

Smart planning and lots of character make this tiny twin house a solution to extended families living on a small plot.

House At Otago Bay

A humble design by Topology Studio is sensitive to the needs of its occupants without distracting from the beauty of the site on which it sits.

#3

Set on a leafy suburban site in Auckland, architect Paul Clarke’s own house combines practical family living with playful architectural invention.

Wall House II

Designing a new house for one’s parents is a rite-of-passage for many young architects, although few draw on such a rich sense of history as this project in North Adelaide.

Bowden House

On a spectacular New Zealand east coast site, a holiday retreat by Belinda George embodies childhood memories while looking ahead to a sustainable future.




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