{"id":224091,"date":"2025-12-08T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/?p=224091"},"modified":"2025-12-08T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:02:38","slug":"habitus-house-of-the-year-2025-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indesignlive.com\/latest-news\/habitus-house-of-the-year-2025-winners","title":{"rendered":"Winners announced for 2025 Habitus House of the Year with Winnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2025 Habitus House of the Year<\/a> program reached its highest peak yet, with 26 shortlisted homes representing Australia, Aotearoa \/ New Zealand, India, Indonesia and Japan. A 13-person jury convened at Winnings Richmond for a full day of judging, before the design community gathered last night at Winnings Redfern for an evening that balanced celebration with recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitus House of the Year x Winnings 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clifton House \u2013 Anthony Gill Architects<\/a>
<\/strong>Clifton House<\/a> brings a quiet, assured refinement to a densely built part of North Bondi. Working with a 415-square-metre site overlooked on all sides, Anthony Gill Architects shaped a home defined by privacy, restraint and garden immersion. Pocket plantings by Dangar Barin Smith frame every window, creating a series of green rooms that soften the pared-back material palette and give the family a sense of calm enclosure within the suburb\u2019s lively streetscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Editor\u2019s Choice Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amongst the Eucalypts \u2013 Jason Gibney Design Workshop (JGDW)<\/a>
<\/strong>Located near Seal Rocks, Amongst the Eucalypts is a bushfire-resilient home set lightly within its coastal\u2013forest landscape. JGDW balanced robustness with sensitivity through careful siting, elevated forms and durable materials. The result is a house that feels suspended within the canopy, offering shifting views, deep connection to nature and a sense of refuge that responds directly to the realities of living in bushfire-prone environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Justin Alexander.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Winnings Award for Emerging Talent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architect George<\/a><\/strong>
House in Erskineville<\/a> is a three-and-a-half-metre-wide Victorian terrace that reimagines family living through minimal intervention and maximum adaptability. Only six square metres were added; instead, internal walls were removed and a translucent polycarbonate volume introduced at the rear. Spanning twelve metres with the support of existing brickwork, the insertion bathes the kitchen and living areas in diffused light, creating a surprisingly generous, flexible space within a compact inner-city footprint. The young practice was also nominated in 2024 with Apartment in Double Bay II<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>People\u2019s Choice Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soft Serve \u2013 MuseLAB<\/a>
<\/strong>MuseLAB\u2019s Soft Serve<\/a> transforms a high-rise apartment in Thane, India into a calm, pastel-toned retreat. Drawing on the Japanese concept of Seijaku, the interiors use a disciplined palette of ecru, sage, taupe and blush layered with stone, concrete and timber veneer. The muted colour language creates a sense of quiet luxury, pairing serenity with playful material expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Habitus extends sincere thanks to readers, shortlisters, jurors and event guests \u2013 and to partners Winnings, Rogerseller and Billi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to Anthony Gill and Jason Gibney discuss their winning projects in this joint podcast interview!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitus House of the Year x Winnings<\/strong>
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