The 2019 houses awards have been announced, with the Daylesford Longhouse by Partners Hill coming out on top. The 110 metre long shed has been commended on all fronts, also being awarded winner of the New House over 200 metres squared category.
Elsewhere in the awards House In Darlinghurst by Tribe Studio clinched two categories: House Alteration and Addition under 200 metres squared and House in a Heritage Context.
The Jury commented, “The Daylesford Longhouse by Partners Hill is more than a remarkable home, it is also a hardworking farm building, a verdant greenhouse and a new business setup, all within the confines of a 110-metre-long shed. The opportunity to create a generous volume within a singular footprint is cleverly exploited and the timber and brick buildings within the shed form an internal terrain. The contrast between the scale and character of the industrial building and the craft and detail of the internal structures is unexpected yet delightful. The scale of the shed responds to the expansive landscape setting, but once you’re inside, it shifts to the human scale, making it a comfortable space in which to live and work.”
“This year’s winning projects are all very sensitive to site and context and they’re tactile,” said juror Lindy Atkin. “They are much more about place-making and space-making than they are about form-making, which is a really good thing. They are also respectful of what’s come before them, particularly in the alteration and addition and heritage categories.”
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