Forrest home wins Project of the Year at MBA awards

The spacious interior of the House of the Year. Photo: supplied

A stunning custom-built home in Forrest with a timeless design and the Garangula Gallery in Harden have taken out top honours in the association's excellence awards for 2014.

Canberra builder Manteena Construction won the prestigious Project of the Year award for the iconic gallery, which was designed by Fender Katsalidis Mirams to house the clients collection of indigenous art.

The judges said the project was a perfect example of how a close collaboration between client and architects could deliver a unique building with minimal impact on the environment.

Papas Property Group, Architects Ring and Associates and Archertec Interiors won House of the Year. Photo: supplied

The gallery, which is about 20 kilometres from Harden, was built in sympathy with the local surroundings with stone and earth excavated on site for thebuilding's walls.

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Substantial quantities of recycled timber from the old Hornibrook Bridge in Queensland were used as well as patinated Corten steel.

The result is a gallery which is most striking when first viewed against its natural landscape and continues to impress, even after detailed study, the judges said.

Canberra builder Manteena Construction won the Project of the Year for the Garangula Gallery in Harden. Photo: supplied

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