Architecture news & editorial desk The shortlist for the 2021 Houses Awards, Australia’s premier awards program celebrating some of the most exceptional architecturally designed homes, has been revealed. The Awards recognises and honours outstanding examples of residential architecture in Australia, and also provides a unique and intimate view of contemporary design across the country. The projects in this year’s shortlist highlight the diversity of design, function, sustainability and innovation undertaken across the country, and showcase the extraordinary breadth of talent in the Australian architectural landscape. Observing that the standard of residential design in Australia was evidently world class, Katelin Butler, chair of the 2021 Houses Awards Jury and editorial director at Architecture Media, commented, "This year, the jury was impressed by the many ways that extraordinary and clever architectural outcomes were created from ordinary materials or existing conditions.”