North West Region MBA Awards
Runner Up, Best Display Home $100,000 - $130,000
Rusticana Court, Mildura 

The extremes of Mildura's climate, frosty winter mornings and 40C summer heat, was the main dilemma tackled in the design of this home.
This house was designed to achieve the benefits of natural light without the intense heat or the chilling cold that unprotected areas of glazing can allow.
The result: large glazed areas throughout and strategically-placed verandahs to make this a perfect home for Mildura's diverse climate. 

A Place in the Sun

The term 'multiple housing' has, in the past, conjured up visions of institutional-style buildings with little architectural merit.
However, these three home units offer their occupants space and privacy in a carefully-considered environment.
The homes are screened from one another by fences and strategically-placed double carports.
Each plan has spacious living areas, 2 bedrooms with floor to ceiling robes, a full-sized kitchen with pantry and full-sized bathroom.
Externally, the façade is a sandstone-coloured brick with terracotta quoining, grey tiled roof and terracotta brick paved verandah for outdoor living.
The homes have been sited on an irregular-shaped block to take maximum advantage of winter sunshine. 

Rooms with a View

The newly-wed owners of this home were seeking a quality house which would take full advantage of the elevated rural home site and would fall within their budget.
The result was a Sullivan Homes design which fully exploited the pleasant rural outlook, and a spacious home which is affordable to first home buyers.
The house is instantly appealing from the street with its superb colour co-ordination of brick trim and roof, and the bull-nosed verandah which also shields the lounge windows from the often-fierce afternoon sun.
The kitchen has enormous bench space and large picture windows to take advantage of orchard views, while a timber bi-fold door opens to reveal a surprisingly-large formal lounge.
From the family areas, a short passage gives access to the second and third bedrooms.