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Houses 2025 Australian House of the Year: Blok Three Sisters by Blok Modular X Vokes Peters. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones<\/p>\n
In a plot twist no one saw coming, a crumbling childhood holiday shack has been named the 2025 Australian House of the Year after a stunning transformation.<\/p>\n
Blok Three Sisters by Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters has taken out the top prize in the 2025 Houses Awards for its innovative approach to a unique problem \u2013 creating three jawdropping homes for a trio of sisters where they spent their childhood summers.<\/p>\n
MORE: Shock as Aus big bank increases interest rates<\/a><\/p>\n Kochie\u2019s blunt warning: RBA must slash rates harder<\/a><\/p>\n The property was designed so three sisters could still holiday in their childhood summer escape. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.<\/p>\n Prefabricated segments being transported to site. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.<\/p>\n Simple features with indoor-outdoor flow. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.<\/p>\n The vision behind the design and its implementation saw it heralded as the future of Australian housing \u2013 representing the type of \u201cstealth density\u201d required in a time of housing shortage, turning one crumbling house into multiple designer homes.<\/p>\n At first glance it does still look like one house, but it is three full homes side-by-side on North Stradbroke \u2013 each with their own courtyards, breezeways and laid-back vibe <\/p>\n The homes weren\u2019t even built on-site, having been prefabricated in Brisbane and shipped to the fragile island environment to save time, money and environmental impact.<\/p>\n MORE: Aus landlord\u2019s epic council battle ends in demolition<\/a><\/p>\n Explosive reform of negative gearing, capital gains perks<\/a><\/p>\n A muted colour scheme throughout. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.<\/p>\n Each home still has privacy and yet they are all together as a family. Picture: Christopher Frederick Jones.<\/p>\n The Houses Awards jury was blown away, with their citation positively gushing over the property.<\/p>\n \u201cA single beach house in a state of disrepair has been replaced with three new residences, permitting the next generations of the same family to make their own memories here,\u201d the citation said.<\/p>\n \u201cBlok Three Sisters is an inventive design that finds a compelling balance between pragmatism and ambition.<\/p>\n \u201cThe design looks to the past to recall what makes a great holiday house, while broadening the possibilities of prefabrication as an alternative construction method that is better equipped for our future.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE: 7 banks slash rates as RBA showdown looms large<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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