The 2026 Houses Awards were celebrated in style on Friday 4 September at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.
Presented by Houses magazine , the Houses Awards is an annual program celebrating Australia’s best residential projects. Excellence is rewarded in nine categories, with the best house receiving the premier award of Australian House of the Year. A Houses Award is one of Australia’s most sought-after accolades for residential work.
Awards categories include: Australian House of the Year; New House under 200 m²; New House over 200 m²; House Alteration and Addition under 200 m²; House Alteration and Addition over 200 m²; Apartment or Unit; Sustainability; House in a Heritage Context; Emerging Architecture Practice; and the newly-added Small Project category (replacing the Garden or Landscape category).
The Houses Awards are organised by Architecture Media.
