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The premier award of Australian House of the Year goes to Merricks Farmhouse by with .jenkins.⁠
Congratulations!⁠
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Thank you to for its generous support of this award.⁠
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From the Jury:⁠
This courtyard house on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula harnesses the many opportunities of a large coastal site to support a restorative experience of place. Blessed with the luxury of space, the design’s adept handling of scale achieves a domestic ease that is hard to perfect on large sites. A decisive form and robust materiality are elevated by precise detailing and meticulous ex*****on, achieving a building that is at once an ambitious and accomplished architectural project, and a warm and welcoming home.⁠
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The jury was captivated by the consummate interlacing of house and landscape, which instils calm and equilibrium in the home. Living, sleeping and bathing spaces capture views of outdoor rooms and private courtyards, framed by the home’s elemental walls. Vistas of immediate and distant landscape enable individual introspection, as well as enriching connections with place and with others – qualities that we all seek out in a post-pandemic world.⁠
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A material palette of concrete, charred timber and oak joinery is both hardy and understated, elegant in its restraint. There is a comfort and a familiarity in this house; simplicity and solidity are its strengths. It is easy to imagine spending the day here, surveying the stillness of the courtyard from the sunken lounge or watching the summer evening sun descend over the bay from the covered terrace.⁠
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Composed with confidence and clarity, Merricks House is deservingly named 2023 Australian House of the Year.⁠
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Head to the link in bio to read more and to see the full list of winners.⁠
Keep an eye out for the awards issue of #153.⁠
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Merricks Farmhouse by with .jenkins⁠
Built on the land of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation⁠
Photography by .xyz⁠
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Too nice for the job site, thanks to for making sticking some logo patches on these sweet .au shirts.
Came out perfect. 🤙

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