People sitting on wide wooden stairs outside a modern building with white exterior walls, with some engaged in conversation and others looking at phones, under a partly cloudy sky.

Austin Maynard Architects is unapologetic in standing for something: caring about the social dimension of architecture including community connection, sustainability and mental health.

– Timothy Alouani-Roby, Habitus Living

Our Awards

  • SPECIAL MENTION - Architizer A+Awards, Residential Renovations & Additions: Hotham House

  • WINNER - Most Innovative Sustainable Architecture Studio - Design & Build Awards 2026.

  • WINNER - Horbury Hunt Residential Award for Hotham, 2025 Think Brick Awards.

  • WINNER - Hotham, Residential Award in the 2025 ACT Institute of Architecture Awards.

  • TOP 5 FINALIST - Clarke - Architizer A+ Awards 2025 - Renovations & Additions.

  • FRAIA - Mark Austin is made a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

  • WINNER - Small Firm of the Year - Archello 2024

  • WINNER - INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS, UIA 2030-  ParkLife & the Village

  • WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2024 - WINNER - Housing - ParkLife & The Village

  • BEST RESIDENTIAL FIRM - Finalist - 2024 Architizer A+Awards

  • BUILDING OF THE YEAR - Slate House - Archdaily nomination.

  • BUILDING OF THE YEAR - Helvetia - Archdaily nomination

  • BEST Architecture firms in Australia 2024 - Architizer.

  • AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARDS 2024 - GOLD, Environmental Sustainability - ParkLife & the Village.

  • AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARDS 2024 - SILVER, Multi-Residential, Constructed - ParkLife & the Village.

  • AUSTRALIA’S MOST SUSTAINABLE APARTMENT BUILDING - ParkLife, The Local Project 2023.

  • ARCHITECTURAL RECORD Top Ten Projects of 2023 - ParkLife.

  • ARCHILOVERS Best Project 2023 - ParkLife.

  • BEST OF THE BEST - ParkLife & the Village, INDE Awards 2023.

  • BEST IN CLASS - ParkLife & the Village, The Good Design Awards 2023.

  • BEST ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS OF 2023 - ParkLife, Domus 2023.

  • GOLD - Slate House, The Good Design Awards 2023.

  • GOLD - ParkLife & the Village, The Good Design Awards 2023.

  • GOLD - ParkLife & the Village, Better Future Awards, Environmental Sustainability.

  • SILVER - ParkLife & the Village, Better Future Awards, Multi-residential Architecture.

  • SILVER - ParkLife & the Village, Wild Design Awards 2024, Multi Residential - Constructed

  • SILVER - ParkLife & the Village, Wild Design Awards 2024, Better Future - Environmental Sustainability

  • WINNER - Terrace House, ArchDaily’s Building of the Year2023.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, DEZEEN’sHousing Project of the Year 2023.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, DEZEEN’s Sustainable Building of the Year 2023.

  • WINNER - Slate House, Sustainability, Bayside City Council’s Built Environment Awards.

  • WINNER - Helvetia, Residential Award in the 2023 Victorian Institute of Architects Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, The Frederick Romberg Award for Multiple Housing, 2023 RAIA National Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, The Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture, 2023 RAIA National Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, The Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award for Sustainable Architecture.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Victorian Institute of Architects’ Urban Design Award.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Victorian Institute of Architects’ Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Victorian Institute of Architects’ Multiple HousingAward.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, The ‘Places - Sustainability’ Award at the Design Anthology Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Best Multi-Residential Building, INDE Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, ULI Asia PacificAwards for Excellence.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, ULI Global Award for Excellence.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Excellence in Sustainability, The Urban Developer Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, ULIAward for Decarbonisation, Urban Developer Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Excellence in Design Innovation, Urban Developer Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, MBV ‘Best Sustainable Project’.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Sustainable Places: Industry Leader Award. Premier’s Sustainability Awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, FRAME’s May monthly awards.

  • WINNER - ParkLife & the Village, Co-Living Complex of the Year, FRAME awards 2023.

  • NEW ATLAS: Top Ten Houses of 2023 - Helvetia

  • HIGHLY COMMENDED - ParkLife & the Village, Victorian Premier’s Design Awards 2023

  • HIGH COMMENDATION - Slate House, Medium Density. Bayside City Council’s Built Environment Awards.

  • NATIONAL COMMENDATION - ParkLife & the Village, Urban Design, 2023 RAIA National Architecture Awards.

  • BEST Architecture firms in Australia 2023 - Architizer.

  • BEST Architecture firms in Australia 2023 - Archello.

  • 9.1 STARS - ParkLife Nathers rating.

  • DEZEEN’s : Top 5 Houses, Helvetia.

  • EXHIBITOR - MELBOURNE NOW, National Gallery of Victoria. “Just once every 10 years, Melbourne Now is a landmark exhibition, reflecting the creativity, culture and contemporary life of our city”.

  • TOP 5 FINALIST - Helvetia, Archello’sHouse of the year.

  • TOP 5 FINALIST - Helvetia, Archello’s“For the Planet Award”.

  • GOLD - Good Design Awards for Terrace House, 2022.

  • WINNER - Dezeen Awards Architecture Studio of the Year.

  • WINNER - Sustainability Awards ‘Multi-Residential Dwelling’ for Terrace House.

  • WINNER - Sustainable Architecture Award, The Australian Institute of Architects 2022, for Terrace House.

  • WINNER - HIA best apartment complex 2022 for Slate House.

  • TOP 10 Australian Design Review’s homes of 2022 - Picket House.

  • BEST of 2022 - Archello’s Best Projects of 2022. Yarra Bend House.

  • COMMENDATION - Residential Architecture, Multiple Housing, Victorian Architecture Awards, for Terrace House.

  • WINNER - Architizer Awards, The World’s Best Architecture Firms 2021 - Best in Australasia : Austin Maynard Architects.

  • BEST PROJECT - Rae Rae, Archilover

  • BEST PROJECT - Garden House, Archilover

  • BEST SUSTAINABLE PROJECT - Inside Out/Brickworks Home Of The Year Awards 2021: Terracotta House

  • OVERALL WINNER - Inside Out/Brickworks Awards: 2021 Home Of The Year: Terracotta House

  • BEST of Houzz 2021

  • COMMENDATION - Victorian Institute of Architecture Awards - Garden House

  • Finalist - Australian Sustainability Awards - Garden House

  • HIGH COMMENDATION - Think Brick Awards - Terracotta House

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, The Victorian Institute of Architects 2020, for RaeRae House.

  • COMMENDATION - National Architecture Awards 2020 - RaeRae House.

  • INDE Awards - Tower House, Best of the Decade

  • BEST of Houzz 2020

  • The A+List - Architzer’s Architecture and Design Firms to Watch in 2020.

  • Awardfor Architectural Innovation -- Boundary-Pushing Design 2020 - BUILD magazine’s Design & Build Awards.

  • Archello ‘Best Architectural projects of 2020 in Australia’ - Newry House & RaeRae House.

  • FRAIA - Andrew Maynard is made a Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

  • WINNER - The Canberra Medallion, The Australian Institute of Architects, for Empire, 2019.

  • WINNER - The Gene Willsford Award, The Australian Institute of Architects, for Empire 2019.

  • WINNER - 2019 Architizer A+Award for St Andrews Beach“With entries from over 100 countries, your work represents the best of architecture worldwide.”

  • NAMED one of Avontuura’s 'Top 10 Architecture Firms in Australia’.

  • BEST of Houzz 2019 - for Dorman House.

  • Building of the year 2019 - (nominated), Archdaily, for Greenacres.

  • WINNER - Newcastle Architecture Award, for Greenacres.

  • COMMENDATION - 2019 Australian National Architecture Awards for Empire.

  • Finalist - World Architecture Festival, Completed Buildings: Villa, for St Andrews Beach House.

  • WINNER - The John and Phyllis Murphy Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2018, for King Bill.

  • WINNER - Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards ‘Major Award’ for Tower House.

  • WINNER - Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards Zenith Award for Tower House.

  • WINNER - HIA 2018 Project of the year, for Empire House.

  • Archdaily’sWorld’s Best Architects 2018.

  • BEST of Houzz 2018.

  • COMMENDATION - Houses awards, for King Bill.

  • COMMENDATION - 2018 Australian National Architecture Awards for King Bill.

  • Finalist - World Architecture festival, House of the year 2017, for King Bill.

  • WINNER - Design Studio of the Year 2017, the Asia Pacific INDE Awards.

  • BEST of 2017 - Brickface, Urbis Magazine.

  • BEST of 2017 - Dorman House, Archilovers.

  • BEST of 2017 - Brickface, Archilovers.

  • BEST of Houzz 2017.

  • BEST Projects - Archilovers for Dorman House.

  • SECOND - Dwell’s Top 10 Offices of 2017 for My-House.

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards for Dorman House.

  • COMMENDATION - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards for Alfred House.

  • WINNER - National Architecture Awards 2016, House alteration & addition for Mills House.

  • WINNER - The John and Phyllis Murphy Award 2016, Victorian Architecture Awards for Mills House.

  • WINNER - Interior architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2016 for Mills House.

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2016 for THAT House.

  • WINNER - Annual Residential Space Award, 14th Modern Decoration International Media Awards for THAT House.

  • BEST of Houzz 2016.

  • WINNER - The Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award, National Architecture Awards 2015 for Tower House.

  • WINNER - The John and Phyllis Murphy Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2015 for Tower House.

  • WINNER - The HOUSES Awards, House alteration & addition for Tower House.

  • WINNER - The HOUSES Awards, Outdoor architecture 2015 for Cut Paw Paw.

  • HIGH COMMENDATION - World House of the Year 2015, World Architecture Festival for Tower House.

  • WINNER - Architizer A+ Awards 2014 for Moor House.

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2013 for HOUSE House.

  • HIGH COMMENDATION - World House of the Year, World Architecture Festival for HOUSE House.

  • WINNER -  Intergrain Timber Vision Awards, Residential Exterior for HOUSE House.

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2012 for Hill House.

  • WINNER - Viridian Vision Awards 2012, Overall Vision Award for Hill House.

  • HONOURABLE MENTION - World’s Best House Building, World Architecture Festival Awards 2011, for Ilma House
    “A mention should also be made of Andrew Maynard’s brick extension, which not only had a strong agenda to re-define what a sustainable home should be, but which also brought a radical new identity to an otherwise anonymous brick bungalow transforming the life of the family who continue to live there.”

  • WINNER - Residential Architecture Award, Victorian Architecture Awards 2010 for Anglesea House.

  • WINNER - Timber Design Awards 2009, Australian Certified Timber Award, for Barrow House.

  • WINNER - Viridian Vision Award 2009, for Vader House.

  • WINNER - Asia Pacific Design Awards 2002 Grand Prize for The Design Pod.

  • WINNER - Graphisoft International Design Award 1998 for Bulgakov's DEVIL'S BALLROOM.