The INDE.Awards are the Asia Pacific region’s most prestigious architecture and design awards, celebrating innovation, creativity, and the projects shaping how we live, work, and play. In their 2025 edition, the awards once again set the benchmark for excellence, shining a light on the industry’s most inspiring achievements. Among the standout winners, House on a Hill by Leeton Pointon Architects and Allison Pye Interiors has been awarded The Interior Space category, proudly partnered by Tongue & Groove.

Taking out this highly competitive category, House on a Hill exemplifies the power of architecture and design to elevate everyday living. Nestled on Bunurong Country on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the residence is conceived as a multigenerational home that both nurtures its inhabitants and protects them from the region’s harsh, windswept environment. Designed with flexibility at its core, the home adapts seamlessly to cater for two residents, extended family, social and corporate gatherings, and the functional requirements of a working farmhouse supporting vineyard and livestock operations.

The interiors reveal a masterful balance between openness and intimacy. Expansive, light-filled spaces encourage connection, while subtle zoning ensures privacy and calm. Robust, sustainable materials – chosen for longevity and a reduced carbon footprint – are softened with natural timber, stone, and fluid curves. The result is an interior environment that is as resilient as it is refined, creating a sensorial experience where light and shadow, sound and silence, transparency and opacity co-exist in harmony.

House on a Hill was delivered within budget yet exceeded client expectations, testament to the strong collaboration between the design team, consultants, and builder. Every detail speaks to restraint and purpose, offering a tangible sense of sanctuary. The project embodies an architectural expression that feels both abstract and serene, grounded and weightless, an exploration of form and light that invites its inhabitants to experience space on an emotive level.

Winning The Interior Space at the INDE.Awards 2025 is a recognition of the design team’s ability to transcend the brief and deliver a home that is at once practical, sustainable, and profoundly beautiful. It is a reminder that architecture and design, at their best, can shape environments that enrich human experience while respecting the land they stand on.

Discover the full lineup of 2025 INDE.Awards winners here. Entries to the 2026 INDE.Awards will open in early December. 

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Lisa Cohen