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Sustainable Homes Building A Better Future

  • Writer: GGA
    GGA
  • May 21, 2017
  • 1 min read

Updated: Apr 11

Renato Castello, The Advertiser

Outside Crayon House Featured in The Advertiser in 2017 for entry in the South Australian Architecture Awards
Outside Crayon House Featured in The Advertiser in 2017 for entry in the South Australian Architecture Awards

An architecturally designed house can be a thing of beauty but also a clever way to reduce energy costs and increase sustainability. This year’s South Australian Architecture Awards, announced on June 10, have attracted 79 entries across 11 categories. Here we meet the architects and owners of three homes that have made the coveted shortlist for sustainability.

In a quiet cul-de-sac in Goodwood sits a modern house that embodies a child’s imagination.


When viewed from the street the two-bedroom property, with its pitched roof and square form, resembles the enduring kindergarten interpretation of a family home.


The childhood playfulness of the building, designed by Grieve Gillett Architects is further evoked in bold splashes of red, blue, green, orange, yellow that punctuate the living areas earning the building its nickname, Crayon House.


Awards

The John S Chappel Award for Residential Architecture - Houses (New). Award Link

2017 AIA (SA) Award for Sustainable Architecture





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