WAF World Architecture Festival Awards 2017

New Zealand practice Monk Mackenzie Architects won the House - Future Projects category for their Queenstown House project, a six bedroom house for a client to live in throughout the year that is designed to sit securely in the landscape and bridge a seasonal flood zone. Judges praised the “bold gesture” of the building, which appears to hover over the ground like a bridge, at once blending into its setting and exposing itself to the extraordinary views that surround it, whether in sunshine or snow.