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In partnership with Brickworks, Australia's premier building products company, an extraordinary cash prize of $10,000 awaits the deserving recipient of the Inside Out | Brickworks Home of the Year Awards.

The 2023 Inside Out | Brickworks Home of the Year Awards recognise and celebrate the very best of Australian home design. They are searching for homes that encapsulate the essence of 'home' itself, embracing thoughtful design and the creation of spaces that evoke deep emotional connections. These awards pay tribute to the visionary professional teams behind these stunning architectural homes across the nation.

Always by Kennedy Nolan showing green roof overlooking bay
Always by Kennedy Nolan - Winner Best New Home Build 2022 Photographer: Derek Swalwell
Always by Kennedy Nolan showing styled interior with large fireplace and timber ceiling
Always by Kennedy Nolan - Winner Best New Home Build 2022 Photographer: Derek Swalwell
Always by Kennedy Nolan showing internal courtyard and metal roof
Always by Kennedy Nolan - Winner Best New Home Build 2022 Photographer: Derek Swalwell

What sets these awards apart is their emphasis on homes that elicit a profound human response.  They are looking for projects that exhibit a clever and inventive use of materials, along with innovative treatments of light and space. Whether it's a new build, a renovation, a sustainable project, interior or outdoor room, they want to see homes that transcend the ordinary and inspire.

Here are the six award categories you can enter:
- Best New Home Build
- Best Home Renovation
- Best Sustainable Project
- Best Use of Material: Brick
- Best Interior
- Best Outdoor Room - new category open to landscape architects and designers to submit their projects.

And of course, they will crown the crème de la crème—
the Inside Out | Brickworks Home of the Year for 2023.
This ultimate accolade will recognise the home that truly captures the essence of exceptional design, innovation, and emotional connection.

Brunswick by Placement Studio showing brick courtyard with window seat
Brunswick by Placement Studio - Winner Home of the Year 2022 Photographer: Tom Ross
Brunswick by Placement Studio showing interior view of tiled kitchen and pendant light over dining nook
Brunswick by Placement Studio - Winner Home of the Year 2022 Photographer: Tom Ross

HOW TO ENTER

To all members of our CO-architecture network, we encourage you to seize this incredible opportunity to have your work acknowledged and celebrated. Submit your entries by COB August 23, 2023.

ENTER HERE

Competition T&Cs

The Home of the Year Awards are your chance to make a lasting impression and leave a mark on Australia's architectural landscape. Last year, a number of remarkable Australian projects and studios emerged as the fortunate recipients of the well-deserved accolades.

2022 WINNERS

Home of the Year - Brunswick by Placement Studio
Best New Home Build - Always by Kennedy Nolan
Best Home Renovation - Higham Road by Philip Stejskal Architecture
Best Sustainable Project - Gantry House by OOF! Architecture
Best Use of Material: Brick - Brunswick by Placement Studio
Best Interior - Ripponlea House by Luke Fry Architecture & Interior Design

Conditions apply — see aremedia.com.au/competitions. Commences 25/05/23. Ends 11:59 AEST/AEDST on 23/08/23. AU residents 18+. This is a game of skill, not a game of chance. The Promoter is Are Media Pty Limited (ACN 053 273 546) of 54 Park Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.

Gantry House by OOF! Architecture showing exposed roof trusses painted in orange over living room
Gantry House by OOF! Architecture - Winner Best Sustainable Project 2022 Photographer: Tatjana Plitt
Higham Road by Philip Stejskal Architecture showing inside out nature of the house
Higham Road by Philip Stejskal Architecture - Winner Best Home Renovation 2022 Photographer: Bo Wong
Higham Road by Philip Stejskal Architecture showing internal paved courtyard with large brick outdoor fireplace and seating
Higham Road by Philip Stejskal Architecture - Winner Best Home Renovation 2022 Photographer: Bo Wong
Ripponlea House by Luke Fry Architecture & Interior Design showing view out to tiled courtyard with concrete bench seat
Ripponlea House by Luke Fry Architecture & Interior Design - Winner Best Interior Photographer: Timothy Kaye
Always by Kennedy Nolan showing interior view of home with large fireplace and styled furniture
Always by Kennedy Nolan - Winner Best New Home Build 2022 Photographer: Derek Swalwell