Set in a rocky landscape, Manthey Kula’s Hamburgö house responds to the weak, fragile sunlight of the region with a long, slender house suspended from two glued-laminated timber arches. Praising the highly recommended project, Judge Tina Gregorič said: “The project artfully embraces the ruin of the barn for an elevated work and life experience in a remote setting with modest but precise intervention.”

Highly Recommended: House in Kanazawa, Japan, by Shota Nakanishi Architects

Shota Nakanishi Architects’ highly recommended home sees a large, gently sloped single-sided roof suspended over a sheltered veranda by the side of the street. The result is social space on the ground floor and vibrant living spaces on the upper floors. Justice David Leech noted: “Architecture is the opposite of a singular concept or diagram, but rather is made up of layers of many smaller thoughts – environmental, spatial, contextual and material among so many. others.

Recommended: Beaconsfield House in Perth, Australia, by Simon Pendal Architect

In their Beaconsfield home, architect Simon Pendal enlarged and renovated a 1940s suburban home to create a series of spaces entering and exiting a large open garden. Judge Tina Gregorič said: “By rethinking the suburban cottage as the typology, culture and fragility of the hyper-local, the Beaconsfield House reintroduces a particular Indigenous consciousness to create a fluid, inner-outer domesticity.

Weekend House on the island of Salamis, Greece, by AREA (Architecture Research Athens)

AREA’s Weekend House sees towering walls guiding visitors to a main patio, creating a gradual transition from the street to the interior. This transition is further accentuated by the empty interior spaces to connect the house to the exterior. Judge Fernanda Canales said the project “promotes ambiguous definitions between interiors and exteriors and promotes the use of elements that allow architecture to change.”

Artist studio Hlöðuberg in Skarðsströnd, Iceland, by Studio Bua

Studio Bua’s workshop is located in the old walls of a barn, spatially meeting the needs of its artist inhabitant. Judge Fernanda Calales described the project as “an attractive example of how to deal with obsolete structures and respect the existing landscape. The intervention portrays an understanding of architecture as an ongoing process based on the reuse of materials and the addition of space and light.