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<\/p>\nA reimagined corner shop building and a robust new coastal home are among the 120 shortlisted projects across 13 categories in the Australian Institute of Architects 2026 New South Wales Architecture Awards.<\/p>\n
Thirty-four residences were shortlisted across the Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (New), Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (Alterations and Additions) and Interior Architecture categories. <\/p>\n
Of the shortlisted houses, Surrey 112 by Smart Design Studio, Swansea Heads House by Anthrosite, and The Corner Shop House by Downie North appeared most frequently, each featuring twice on the shortlist. <\/p>\n
For Surrey 112, Smart Design Studio transformed a long-neglected urban site in Darlinghurst into a four-bedroom home and studio, introducing light and a sculptural quality to the interiors. The project was shortlisted in both Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (Alterations and Additions) and Interior Architecture. <\/p>\n
Swansea Heads House, a new coastal home overlooking Crabbs Beach designed to withstand harsh coastal conditions through a robust form and sheltered courtyard, was shortlisted for Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (New) and Interior Architecture. <\/p>\n
Downie North\u2019s Corner Shop House, which involved the adaptive reuse of a late nineteenth-century corner shop in Sydney\u2019s Inner West into a light-filled three-bedroom home, featured on the Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (Alterations and Additions) and Interior Architecture shortlists.<\/p>\n
The houses shortlisted for the Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (New), Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (Alterations and Additions) and Interior Architecture categories include:<\/p>\n
Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (New)<\/p>\n
Coogee House III \u2013 Tribe Studio<\/p>\n
Cowrie Hole \u2013 Curious Practice<\/p>\n
EA House \u2013 Bokey Grant<\/p>\n
Enclave House \u2013 Bohane Campo<\/p>\n
Exeter House \u2013 Luke Moloney Architecture<\/p>\n
Garden Courtyard House \u2013 Grove Architects<\/p>\n
Gerroa House \u2013 Scale Architecture<\/p>\n
Gingkin \u2013 Incidental Architecture<\/p>\n
Holocene House \u2013 Cplusc Architects and Builders<\/p>\n
House of Shadows \u2013 Atelier Marks Gaal<\/p>\n
Norton Street \u2013 Plus Minus Design<\/p>\n
OK House \u2013 Stephen Collier Architect<\/p>\n
Queenscliff House \u2013 Chenchow Little<\/p>\n
Saddleback Mountain House \u2013 Casey Brown Architecture<\/p>\n
Sapling \u2013 Anderson Architecture<\/p>\n
Swansea Heads House \u2013 Anthrosite<\/p>\n
Swirling Waters \u2013 Peter Stutchbury Architecture<\/p>\n
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Residential Architecture \u2013 Houses (Alterations and Additions)<\/p>\n
Clay House \u2013 Muci<\/p>\n
Darlinghurst House \u2013 Anthony Gill Architects<\/p>\n
Denj Lane \u2013 Carter Williamson Architects<\/p>\n
Fort House \u2013 Curious Practice<\/p>\n
House Gretchen \u2013 Lintel Studio for Architecture<\/p>\n
House in Rosebery \u2013 Architect George<\/p>\n
Kyoto House \u2013 Breakspear Architects<\/p>\n
Lilyfield House \u2013 Tribe Studio<\/p>\n
Playhouse \u2013 Carter Williamson Architects<\/p>\n
Rainbow House \u2013 Virginia Kerridge Architect<\/p>\n
Rows End \u2013 Retallack Thompson<\/p>\n
Surrey 112 \u2013 Smart Design Studio<\/p>\n
The Corner Shop House \u2013 Downie North<\/p>\n
Tree House \u2013 ASA (Alexander Symes Architect)<\/p>\n
Wilsons Cottage \u2013 Casey Brown Architecture<\/p>\n
Zulaikha Laurence \u2018Tree Change House\u2019 \u2013 Studio ZAWA<\/p>\n
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Interior Architecture<\/p>\n
Brise Soleil \u2013 Carter Williamson Architects<\/p>\n
Surrey 112 \u2013 Smart Design Studio<\/p>\n
Swansea Heads House \u2013 Anthrosite<\/p>\n
The Corner Shop House \u2013 Downie North<\/p>\n
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