Robin Boyd Award

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

The following projects were shortlisted for the 2023 Robin Boyd Award by the AIA:[68] The 2023 jury members were Shannon Battisson (Chair), Shaneen Fantin, William Smart, Stephanie Kitingan and Scott Burchell.

National Awards were also presented to Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins and Spring Creek Road Farm House by Architect Brew Koch.

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.

Full of colour, the facade disguises the program within, allowing an element of privacy balanced by a sense of generosity to the public street.

"Naples Street House represents a brave departure from suburban conventions, offering a considered rethinking of a family home.

A deliberately understated facade prioritises the interior through animation of the inhabitants’ daily lives, creating a quiet address to the under-pedestrianised streetscape that finds belonging through form and scale.

Public programmed rooms converse with one another through the careful placement of apertures, while bedrooms are discreetly tucked away to the landscaped side of the house."

2023 Robin Boyd Award, 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills by SJB Architects
2016 Robin Boyd Award, 'Indigo Slam' by Smart Design Studio