What if you could buy architect-designed drawings for a new home for $1 \u2013 and have certainty your council would approve it within 10 to 20 days?<\/p>\n
The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, released the state\u2019s housing pattern book on Wednesday<\/a>, which contains eight blueprints for architect-designed townhouses, terraces and manor houses, chosen from internationally renowned firms including Sam Crawford Architects<\/a>, Carter Williamson Architects<\/a>, Saha <\/a>and Anthony Gill Architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n The designs, which will be available for $1 for the first six months and then for $1,000, can be adjusted to fit a family\u2019s needs and are designed with sustainability, ease of construction and cost-effectiveness in mind. By comparison, getting custom architectural plans can cost upwards of $20,000.<\/p>\n The plans are intended to boost the state\u2019s sluggish housing construction rates and help alleviate cost-of-living pressures.<\/p>\n The book comes after a 2024 competition that sought designs for denser types of development, such as terrace houses and duplexes.<\/p>\n Under the Minns government\u2019s changes to zoning laws, these denser developments can now be built in areas within 800 metres from transport and shopping hubs without complicated approval processes.<\/p>\n A design by Sam Crawford Architects, inspired by the Paddington terrace. Illustration: Sam Crawford ArchitectsThe interior of the design by Sam Crawford Architects. Illustration: Sam Crawford Architects<\/p>\n The Guardian understands the designs will be eligible to be submitted in an application for a complying development certificate (CDC), which means for the most part they are approved within 10 to 20 days by councils, with much less paperwork and less consultation with neighbours.<\/p>\n However, the details of the fast-track process are still being worked out with local councils.<\/p>\n \u201cFor too long, too many people in NSW have been locked out of the housing market by rising cost and a system that made it too hard to build. We\u2019re changing that,\u201d Minns said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis pattern book is about giving people more choice, faster approvals, and affordable, high-quality homes \u2013 whether you\u2019re a young person trying to get in, a family needing more space, or a downsizer looking to stay close to the community you know.\u201d<\/p>\n Carter Williamson Architects\u2019 design that was chosen for the pattern book. Illustration: Carter Williamson Architects<\/p>\n Paul Scully, the minister for planning and public spaces, said: \u201cMuch of Sydney was built on pattern books. They look great, they\u2019re simple and cost-effective.\u201d<\/p>\n Sam Crawford, director of Sam Crawford Architects<\/a>, said the pattern book had the potential to \u201cdemocratise good design\u201d.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to Breaking News Australia<\/p>\n Get the most important news as it breaks<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n \u201cOur inspiration was the Paddington terrace \u2013 taking the great things about it and adapting it to the needs of the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n His firm\u2019s design features flow between spaces, wider hallways for accessibility and a garage at the back. The garage is able to be adapted to a studio or a ground-level bedroom, depending on the owner\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n Anthony Gill Architects\u2019 design. Illustration: Anthony Gill Architects<\/p>\n Harry Catterns, a partner at Saha, said his firm produced a design for a town house, with the idea of creating a mini-house that could be built in fours on a block.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like a town-home or mews,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery house has a front door and its own yard, which would be attractive for a young family. It\u2019s designed to be repeated and modular, so it will suit prefab building as well as simple traditional building.\u201d<\/p>\n Crawford said he expected that using the pattern book designs would be cheaper to construct compared with bespoke architect-designed builds but probably not cheaper than a project home.<\/p>\n One government official put the savings in building costs at between 5% and 17%.<\/p>\n The designs are expected to be used predominantly in infill development in developed suburbs, but could also be rolled out in greenfield areas.<\/p>\n The designs will also come with a landscape guide which offer advice on appropriate native plans and designs depending on the latitude of the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What if you could buy architect-designed drawings for a new home for $1 \u2013 and have certainty your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}