• Article by Elisa Scarton

From multi-storey ultra modern homes to remote desert clinics, the impressive shortlist for this year’s ArchiTeam Awards has been released!

The ArchiTeam Awards are an opportunity for some of the country’s smaller practices to showcase their designs to the industry and the curious general public, with many of the projects coming from practices that are often overlooked by the larger award juries.

Of the 140 entries, 24 projects were selected as finalists for 6 categories, including the newly added Emerging Architect award, which will go to an up-and-comer who is excelling in architecture, recognising excellence in their overall body of work with no restriction of scale, program, budget or location.

Established architects will also be recognised in the Contribution Award, which looks beyond the design and production of buildings to blogs, publications, organised tours or broadcasts that contribute to the industry discourse. This year’s finalists are Architecture and Alterity by Anthony Clarke and the EBD Journal by EBD Architects.

The shortlisted names will be celebrated in spectacular fashion with each entry’s floorplan projected at 1:1 scale on the floor as their project images are beamed around the ArchiTeam’s warehouse space in North Melbourne before the winners are announced on 13 November.

Here are some of the stand-out new homes, commercial and community projects and residential alterations and additions that made the shortlist.

2018 ArchiTeam Awards finalists

Residential New Award –  Finalists

Blade House, Takt Studio

Bundeena Beach House, Grove Architects 

Clifton Hill Terraces, Field Office Architecture 

CLT, EM Architects

Elemental House, Ben Callery Architects

House at Otago Bay, Topology

Leongatha Shed, Wolveridge Architects

Springhill House, Lovell Burton

Commercial Award – Finalists

Carman’s HQ, Ewert Leaf

Future Future, Olaver Architecture

The Drawing Room, Takt Studio

Community Award – Finalists

Kalora Park Sports Club, WOWOWA Architecture

Smith’s Beach Surf Life Saving Tower, MRTN Architects

Western Desert Clinics, Kaunitz Yeung Architecture

Residential Alterations and Additions Award – Finalists

Attic House, Madeleine Blanchfield Architects

Brunswick House, Winwood mckenzie Architecture

Cable House, Tom Robertson Architects

Charles Street, Lande Architects Pty Ltd

Clad Pad, Mihaly Slocombe Architects

Cloud Cottage, Takt Studio

East Malvern House Reduction, Rosstang Architects

Existenzminimum, WHD+A

Fitzroy Terrace House, Taylor Knights

House 1602, Olaver Architecture

House in the Woods, Warc Studio

House in Yarraville, Circle Studio Architects

House N, Joyce Architects

Interact, Warc Studio

Lilyfield House, studio203

Limerick House, Solomon Troup

Mason House, Bryant Alsop Architects

New Modern, Bower Architecture and Interiors

Residence AD&H, Open Studio Pty Ltd

Torquay Compartment Apartment, Winter Architecture

Wedged, Alison Dodds Architect

Unbuilt Award – Finalists

drop leaf table, tsai Design

Förföra, Tessellate a+d

Nightingale WOW, WOWOWA Architecture

Contribution Award – Finalists

Architecture and Alterity, Anthony Clarke

EBD Journal by EBD Architects

Featured photo: Bundeena Beach House, Grove Architects | Photographer: Michael Nicholson