Robin Boyd Award

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Robin Boyd Award for New Residential Architecture
Current: SJB Architects
Robin Boyd Medal
Awarded forHighest Residential Architecture Award in Australia
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Institute of Architects
First awarded1981
Websitewww.architecture.com.au/awards

The Robin Boyd Award for New Residential Architecture is an Australian national architecture prize presented annually by the Australian Institute of Architects since 1981.

The award is the highest in the residential architecture category. Alongside the named award, secondary awards are given including a 'National Award' and 'National Commendation' to highly regarded entries.

2016 Robin Boyd Award, 'Indigo Slam' by Smart Design Studio

The award is presented in memory of the Australian architect Robin Boyd CBE (1919—1971), and is awarded to residential architecture that sets benchmarks for meeting client's needs, responding to the site and providing shelter that is at the leading edge of house design.

Multiple Winners[edit]

Sydney based architect Peter Stutchbury has been awarded the Robin Boyd Award on four occasions; 2003, 2005, 2020 and 2021.

The office of Durbach Block Jaggers based in Kings Cross, Sydney has won the award three times; in 1998 and 2004 (as Durbach Block) and 2017.

Two time winners include Glenn Murcutt, Lindsay Clare, John Wardle, Timothy Hill, Sean Godsell, Alexander Tzannes, Kerstin Thompson, Troppo Architects and Denton Corker Marshall.


List of recipients[edit]

Robin Boyd Awards by year
Year Winner Project Location Other RAIA/AIA Awards
1981 Glenn Murcutt Two Houses (Nicholas and Carruthers Houses)[1] Mount Irvine, New South Wales
1982 NO AWARD
1983 McIntyre Partnership Sea House Caraar Creek Lane, Beleura Hill, Mornington, Victoria
1984 Louise St John Kennedy Downes–Stoney Residence East Perth, Western Australia
1985 Glenn Murcutt Magney House[2][3] Bingie Bingie Point, New South Wales
1986 Geoffrey Pie Architects/Planners Pie Residence[4] Peregian Beach, Queensland
1987 Ken Woolley, Ancher Mortlock Woolley Palm Beach House Palm Beach, New South Wales
1988 Alexander Tzannes Henwood House[5] Paddington, New South Wales
1989 Don Watson Campbell House/Graceville House[6] 35 Molonga Terrace Graceville, Queensland
1990 Alex Popov Architects Griffin House 8a Rockley Street, Castlecrag, New South Wales
1991 Gabriel Poole
(Joint Winner)
Tent House Eumundi, Queensland
Dale Jones–Evans
(Joint Winner)
Gallery House 23 Morang Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
1992 Lindsay Clare Architects Clare House Buderim, Queensland
1993 Gordon & Valich
(Joint Winner)
Palm Beach House 7 Northview Road, Palm Beach, New South Wales
Hamish Lyon and Astrid Jenkin with Charles Salter
(Joint Winner)
Lyon/Jenkin House[7] Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Troppo Architects
(Joint Winner)
Larrakeyah Housing Precinct 2[8] Northern Territory
1994 Bud Brannigan Brannigan Residence[9] St Lucia, Queensland
1995 Clare Design Pty Ltd
(Joint Winner)
Hammond Residence[10] Cooran, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Craig A Rossetti
(Joint Winner)
106–112 Cremorne Street (Six Terraces) Richmond, Victoria
1996 Ken Latona
(Joint Winner)
Additions to a front verandah[11] Woollahra, New South Wales
John Mainwaring & Associates Pty Ltd
(Joint Winner)
Chapman House[12] Noosa, Queensland
1997 Alexander Tzannes Associates House Northbridge, New South Wales
1998 Durbach Block Architects Droga Apartment Foster Street,Surry Hills, New South Wales
1999 Denton Corker Marshall
(Joint Winner)
Sheep Farm House[13] Kyneton, Victoria
Graham Jahn Associates
(Joint Winner)
Grant House 1 Esther Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
2000 Denton Corker Marshall Emery Residence[14] Cape Schanck, Victoria
2001 Donovan Hill D House[15] Harcourt Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
  • House of the Year Award, 2001[16]
2002 Bligh Voller Nield & Troppo Architects Lavarack Barracks Redevelopment Stage 2[17] Townsville, Queensland
2003 Stutchbury + Pape
(Joint Winner)
Bay House[18] Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter Award for Architecture — Single Housing, 2003[19]
Kerry Hill Architects
(Joint Winner)
Ogilvie House[20] Sunshine Beach, Queensland
2004 Durbach Block Architects House Spry[21] Point Piper, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter Award for Architecture — Single Housing, 2004
2005 Stutchbury and Pape Springwater[22] Seaforth, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter Award for Architecture — Single Housing, 2005
2006 Sean Godsell Architects St Andrews Beach House[23] St Andrews Beach, Victoria(Mornington Peninsula)
  • Victoria Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2006
2007 Paul Morgan Architects Cape Schanck House[24] Bass Vista Boulevard, Cape Schanck, Victoria (Mornington Peninsula)
  • Victoria Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2007
2008 McBride Charles Ryan Klein Bottle House[25][26] Rye, Victoria (Mornington Peninsula)
  • Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award for Residential Architecture, 2008
2009 Chenchow Little Architects Freshwater House[27][28] Harbord, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2009
2010 HBV Architects (James Jones) House at Trial Bay[29][30] 3101 Channel Highway, Kettering, Tasmania
  • Tasmania Chapter, Esmond Dorney Award (Residential Architecture), 2010
2011 Neeson Murcutt Architects Castlecrag House[31][32] Castlecrag, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2011
2012 John Wardle Architects Shearer's Quarters[33] North Bruny Island, Tasmania
  • Tasmania Chapter, Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture, 2012
  • Tasmania Chapter, Esmond Dorney Award (Residential Architecture), 2012
2013 John Wardle Architects Fairhaven Beach House[34][35] Fairhaven Beach, Fairhaven, Victoria
  • Victoria Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2013 (1 of 3 awarded)[36]
2014 Kerstin Thompson Architects House at Hanging Rock[37] Hanging Rock, Victoria
  • Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award for Residential Architecture, 2014[38]
2015 Jesse Bennett Architect Planchonella House[39] Cairns, Queensland
  • Queensland Chapter, Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture, 2015[40]
  • 2015 Houses Awards: Australian House of the Year[41]
2016 Smart Design Studio Indigo Slam[42] 63 O'Connor Street, Chippendale, New South Wales
  • Wilkinson Award, 2016
  • Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture (National), 2017
  • NSW Architecture Award for Interior Architecture, 2017
  • World Architecture Festival (INSIDE) Awards, Residential (International), 2016
2017 Durbach Block Jaggers Tamarama House[43] 23 Kenneth Street, Tamarama, New South Wales
2018 Sean Godsell Architects House on the Coast[44] Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
  • Victoria Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2018 (1 of 3 awarded)[45]
2019 Partners Hill (Timothy Hill) Daylesford Longhouse[46] Daylesford, Victoria
  • Victoria Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2019 (1 of 5 awarded)[47]
2020 Peter Stutchbury Architecture
(Joint Winner)
Basin Beach House[48][49] Basin Beach, Mona Vale, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2020 (1 of 5 awarded)[50]
Kerstin Thompson Architects
(Joint Winner)
East Street[51][52] 350 East Street, East Albury, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2021 (1 of 5 awarded)[53]
2021 Peter Stutchbury Architecture Night Sky[54][55] Blackheath, New South Wales
  • NSW Chapter, Residential Architecture Award – New Houses, 2021 (1 of 5 awarded)
2022 NO AWARD
2023 SJB (Adam Haddow) 19 Waterloo Street[56] 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales
  • Wilkinson Award, 2023
  • Commendation, New House (under 200m2), Houses Awards[57]
  • Commendation, Residential Design, AIDA[58]

2022 Award[edit]

In 2022 the following projects were shortlisted for the award:[59]

  • Mays Point House, Mays Point, Tasmania[60] — Tanner Architects
  • LiveWorkShare House, Samford Village, Queensland[61] — Bligh Graham Architects
  • Curl Curl House, Curl Curl, New South Wales[62] — TRIAS (2022 National Award)
  • Stable House, Forest Lodge, New South Wales[63] — Sibling Architecture
  • Corner House, Flinders, Victoria[64] — Archier (2022 National Commendation)
  • Jimmy’s House, Goonderup, North Perth, Western Australia[65] — MJA Studio with Studio Roam and IOTA (2022 National Award)

For only the second time, and the first time in forty years, no named award was given by the jury; Tony Giannone (Chair), Caroline Pidcock, Adrian Iredale, Poppy Taylor and Tim Ross.

2023 Award[edit]

The following projects were shortlisted for the 2023 Robin Boyd Award by the AIA:[66]

  • 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales[67] – SJB (2023 Robin Boyd Award)
  • Blok Stafford Heights, Stafford Heights, Brisbane, Queensland[68] – Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters
  • Celilo Springs, Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia[69] – Western Architecture Studio
  • Merricks Farmhouse, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria[70] – Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins (2023 National Award)
  • Mossy Point House, South Coast, New South Wales[71] – Edition Office (2023 National Commendation)
  • Spring Creek Road Farm House, Bannockburn, Victoria[72][73] – Architect Brew Koch (2023 National Award)
  • Triptych, Rural Tasmania[74] – Room 11 Architects

The 2023 jury members were Shannon Battisson (Chair), Shaneen Fantin, William Smart, Stephanie Kitingan and Scott Burchell.[75]

The Robin Boyd Award was presented to Adam Haddow and Stewart Cowan from SJB for 19 Waterloo Street, at the National Awards[76] held in Canberra on 31 October 2023. National Awards were also presented to Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins and Spring Creek Road Farm House by Architect Brew Koch. Mossy Point House by Edition office was presented a National Commendation.

"19 Waterloo Street is a spectacular example of a new approach to urban infill. Constructed on the 30 square metres left between a new mixed-use building (a studio apartment and commercial tenancy) and an existing factory, the home shows how hard architecture can work, even on a small footprint. From the moment it comes into view, the home announces itself as something different. Full of colour, the facade disguises the program within, allowing an element of privacy balanced by a sense of generosity to the public street. All the required elements of home are present, with each opening off the central stair. Entry, workspace, kitchen, living and bedroom all have their own character and charm. Each is also light and radiates an overwhelming impression of space and connection to greenery that is not easily achieved within such a hard, industrial fabric. The culmination of the upwards journey is a rooftop garden that provides that final, much-loved element of the Australian home. No function was jettisoned in the small footprint, and the space is successful as a home for two, or as a space to welcome gatherings."

— 2023 National Awards Jury Citation extract[77]

Distribution and location of Awards[edit]

To 2023 a total of 49 Robin Boyd Awards had been given in the 42 years of the award, with no award given in only two years (1982 and 2022). On seven occasions joint winners have been awarded; 1991, 1993 (three winners), 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2020.

Over 80% of the Awards have been given to freestanding houses (39 of 49), and almost half of those to beach houses or holiday houses (19 total). Houses located in remote areas accounts for 40% of the awards, whilst only 22% of winning projects would be considered inner urban. A total of seven suburban projects have won the award, around 15% of all Award winners.

Around 47% of awards have been won by projects in metropolitan urban areas, and 53% in non–metropolitan locations. Ten awards have been won in regional Victoria compared with only four awards in regional New South Wales — two of those by Glenn Murcutt — and seven awards in regional Queensland.

More than two thirds of all awards have been won by buildings located in New South Wales or Victoria, and 92% of all awards won on the mainland eastern seaboard states of New South Wales (43%), Victoria (27%) and Queensland (22%). No architects or projects from South Australia or ACT have been awarded in the 40 years since the award began.

The most common site locations for awards have been Sydney beachside or harbourside suburbs (10 awards or 20%), Queensland coastal areas (7 awards) or on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (6 awards). A total of 24 projects or 50% would be considered coastal, 22% inner city, 12% rural and 14% suburban.

Awards by Australian state or territory, 1981—2023, by location of building (total 49 awards)

  New South Wales (43%)
  Victoria (27%)
  Queensland (22%)
  Tasmania (4%)
  Western Australia (2%)
  Northern Territory (2%)
  South Australia (0%)
  Australian Capital Territory (0%)

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