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<\/p>\nEach of the three houses has a central garden open to the sky and is coloured light blue, bringing to mind Straddie\u2019s faded fibro beach shacks.<\/p>\n
The rear verandah has a double-height void looking out through trees towards the beach.<\/p>\n
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A prefabricated piece of the Blok Three Sisters house being transported to its Point Lookout location.Credit: Christopher Frederick Jones<\/p>\n
Houses Awards jury chair Alexa Kempton said the house was designed to optimise its living environment \u201cto the last millimetre\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of the winning practices looked beyond the scale of a single project to champion vital messages for sustainable and responsible residential design,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a need for urban infill projects that utilise the space in built-up areas better, because we have a housing crisis,\u201d Burnett said.<\/p>\n
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The project\u2019s clients praised the project\u2019s prefabrication in a Google review.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe modular approach meant the bill was faster, [it was] more efficient, and far less stressful. We didn\u2019t have to worry about so many weather delays and unpredictable costs,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels incredible to stay in. The finishes and detailing are exceptional far beyond what we\u2019d expected from a modular build. Every surface and junction feels considered and beautifully crafted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organised by Houses magazine, the Houses Awards recognise the best in Australian residential design.<\/p>\n
Blok Three Sisters was the year\u2019s only Queensland award-winner, with other winners being houses built in NSW and Victoria.<\/p>\n
The house has already won a Minister\u2019s Award for Urban Design, a Greater Brisbane Regional Architecture Award and an Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Award.<\/p>\n
Burnett said he was trying to replicate the feeling of being among the sand dunes while in a house.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s completely immersed in all the sounds and the breezes and the smells of the ocean. And that, for me, is one big measure of its success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each of the three houses has a central garden open to the sky and is coloured light blue,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-39228","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\/39228","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=39228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}