The 2012 Houses Awards finalists across eight categories were announced on 2 May 2012.
The annual Houses Awards program celebrates Australia's best residential projects. Each year, the entries provide a unique insight into contemporary residential design. The finalists are:
New House under 200 m²
- Hillside Habitat – Edwards Moore
- Kooroork House 2 – Lucas Hodgens of e+ architecture
- Marrickville House 2 – David Boyle Architect
- Parallel House – Jon Jacka Architect
- Pirates Bay House – O'Connor and Houle Architecture
- Shearer's Quarters, Tasmania – John Wardle Architects
- Trunk House – Paul Morgan Architects
New House over 200 m²
- Azuris – Renato D'Ettorre Architects
- Big Hill – Kerstin Thompson Architects
- Binnie House – Richard Kerr Architecture
- Bluff House – Inarc Architects
- Bondi House – Katon Redgen Mathieson
- Cliff Face House – Fergus Scott Architects and Peter Stutchbury Architecture
- Elsternwick Residence – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
- Ethel Street House – Staughton Thorne
- Fig Tree Pocket House 2 – Plazibat + Jemmott Architects
- Five Courts House – Matthew Gribben Architecture
- Flipped House – Marsh Cashman Koolloos Architects
- Karboora – O'Neill Architecture
- Marimekko House – Ariane Prevost Architect
- Montville Residence – Sparks Architects
- Ridge Contour House – Matthew Gribben Architecture
- Ridge Road Residence – Studiofour
- Seaview House – Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
- Silver Creek – Officer Woods Architects
- Tinbeerwah – Richard Kirk Architect
- Verandah House – Design King Company
House Alteration & Addition under 200 m²
- Balmain Archive – Innovarchi
- Balmoral House – Collins and Turner Architects
- Four-Room Cottage – Owen and Vokes
- Hill Hous - e – Andrew Maynard Architects
- House Kalafatas Challita – Tribe Studio
- Prahran Residence – Wonder
- Skylight House – Chenchow Little Architects
House Alteration & Addition over 200 m²
- Albert Park House – Allan Powell Architects
- Annandale House – CO-AP
- Brick House – Clare Cousins
- Courtyard House – Studio Moore
- House Reduction – Make Architecture Studio
- Kellie Residence – David Boyle Architect
- Skirt + Rock House – Marsh Cashman Koolloos
- Smith Residence – David Boyle Architect
- South Yarra Residence – Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture
- South Yarra Residence – Carr Design Group
- Tusculum Street Residence – Smart Design Studio
Apartment, Unit or Townhouse
- Airlie Bank – Neometro in collaboration with MA Architects
- Beaconsfield Parade – Whiting Architects and Y10Store.com
- Coogee Apartment – Virginia Kerridge Architect
- Cressy St Townhouses – Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture
- Elizabeth Bay Apartment – Greg Natale Design
- Forty One Darling – Neometro in collaboration with MA Architects and Kerry Phelan Design Office
Outdoor
- Artist Car Park Studio – Edwards Moore
- Kharkov – Collins and Turner Architects
- Marimekko House – Ariane Prevost Architect
- Open House – Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture
Sustainability
- Dalkeith Residence – Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects
- Heller Street Park and Residences – Six Degrees Architects
- House Reduction – Make Architecture Studio
- Jack & Jill House – Breathe Architecture
Heritage
- A House with Tiles On It – Welsh + Major
- Botanica Heritage Precinct, The Gallery – Allen Jack + Cottier Architects, for Australand Property Group
- East Melbourne House – Nic Owen Architects
- Rooftop Pavilion, Darling Point – Andrew Burges Architecture
- The Anchorage (Heritage) – Allan Powell Architects
An overall winner will be chosen from these finalists to be awarded House of the Year.
The overall winner and category winners will be announced on 26 July at a gala presentation at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
To see the full image gallery of amazing finalists, visit houses.com.au/gallery.