2025 Regional Architecture Awards – Shortlist Announced

A shortlist of Regional NSW’s best new residential and commercial buildings have been named in the Australian Institute of Architects 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards, shining a light on the most innovative, sustainable and inspirational homes, commercial and community buildings from across the state’s regions.

This year’s shortlist can be seen as a window into the changing built environment of the state, and a spotlight on the imperative role of architecture in shaping the future of our regions. With a particular focus on sustainability and community, the 2025 shortlist includes innovative residential projects, and impressive commercial and public buildings that are designed to serve regional NSW and its residents.

The 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards received the largest number of entries in the program’s history this year, with the jury impressed by the calibre of entrants from all areas of the state.

About the NSW Regional Architecture Awards

The NSW Regional Architecture Awards are a program that celebrates exemplary examples of architecture in areas outside of greater Sydney. The program recognises the importance of regional architecture and looks to elevate it on a national stage, with award-winning entries invited to progress to the NSW Architecture Awards.

The 2025 Jury engage in a rigorous system of peer review, travelling to shortlisted projects to view the architecture in situ and gain a deeper understanding for how it performs and exists within its context.

Site visits for the 2025 NSW Regional Awards are currently underway, with the Awards Presentation to be held in Mudgee on Friday 18^th October 2024.

2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards Jury

Jarad Grice, Sam Crawford Architects

Carly Martin, Akimbo Architecture

Eddie Page, Maxwell & Page Architects

2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards Shortlist

Public Architecture

Bathurst Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) | Welsh and Major | Kelso

Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Community Building | King and Campbell | Coffs Harbour

Educational Architecture

New Boarding House, Yanco Agricultural High School, SINSW | ARM Architecture | Yanco

Residential Architecture – Houses (New)

Brahminy House | HGA.Studio | Byron Bay

High Tide House | Ware Architects | Brunswick Heads

House in the Dry | MRTN Architects | Moore’s Creek

House Nabiac | Nicholas Flatman Architecture | Nabiac

Rosedale House | Scale Architecture | Rosedale

Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)

House in Narrawallee | Architect George | Narrawallee

Yukari House | Tanev Muir Architect | Byron Bay

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Cedar on Collins | Kennedy Associates Architects | Kiama

Commercial Architecture

Hotel Marvell | HGA.Studio | Byron Bay

Interior Architecture

Bonito | HGA.Studio | Byron Bay

Women’s Trauma Recovery Centre, Shellharbour | Edminston Jones | Shellharbour

Yukari House | Tanev Muir Architect | Byron Bay

Heritage

Sadlier Residence | Source Architects | Bathurst

Urban Design

Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore Community Building | King and Campbell | Coffs Harbour

Small Project Architecture

Gilay Estate | Cameron Anderson Architects | Quirindi

Wallabies Watch | StudioMODA | Myocum

Sustainable Architecture

Bathurst Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) | Welsh and Major | Kelso

Gilay Estate | Cameron Anderson Architects | Quirindi

House in Narrawallee | Architect George | Narrawallee

House Nabiac | Nicholas Flatman Architecture | Nabiac

Wallabies Watch | StudioMODA | Myocum

For more information, visit www.architecture.com.au