“It’s kind of actually the best of that really Australian shed building vernacular,” jury chair Shannon Battisson said.
“It is this incredible quiet shed-like structure from the outside,which if you’re driving along,you would be really easily forgiven for not even really noticing it as a house.
“And yet as you enter the house,and it’s soft and relaxing,there’s an incredible sense of light,and it’s really quite elegant.”
The Spring Creek Road Farmhouse by architect Brew Koch was one of several Victorian winners at the awards which recognise Australia’s best architecture.
The judging panel visited every finalist covering 18,000 kilometres via 14 flights and eight people movers.
Other Victorian designs that were awarded included the Melbourne Holocaust Museum in Elsternwick,AB House in Barwon Heads,JCB Studio in Richmond and the Delatite Cellar Door.