Mosman Design Awards

The winners of the 2025 Mosman Design Awards have been announced with a modern twist on a 1960s classic taking out three prizes, a Beauty Point build named best new house, and a reimagined residence voted the People’s Choice. 

Some of Australia’s leading architects gathered at the Allan Border Oval Pavilion for the awards presentation evening on 9 September.

After careful deliberation the judges decided on the following winners:

• Overall Winner - Cloaked House by TRIAS
• Winner New House Category - Beauty Point House by CO-AP (Architects)
• Winner Alterations & Additions Category - Cloaked House by TRIAS
• Winner Sustainable Design Category - Cloaked House by TRIAS
• People's Choice - Vastu House by McNally Architects

See the Mosman Design Awards 2025 handbook.

After missing an instance in 2021, the Mosman Design Awards returned with great success in 2023. The Mosman Art Gallery hosted the Awards on 27 April 2023, Mayor Carolyn Corrigan, Mosman’s Councillors, as well as the architects and owners who submitted their nominations came together to celebrate the finest designs Mosman has to offer.

Award winners included:

• Overall Winner – New House by Dods and Zuccon Architects
• Overall Winner – House for BEES by Downie North
• People’s Choice Award – Earth-Ship by Luigi Rosselli Architects
• Highly Commended – Mosman House by Lachlan Seegers Architect
• Highly Commended – Balmoral Beach House by Queen Mab Design Studio

The much-anticipated Mosman Design Awards presentation evening was held at the Mosman Art Gallery on 29 April 2019. Attended by the Mayor Carolyn Corrigan, Mosman’s Councillors, and the architects and owners who submitted nominations, the evening was once again a success.

Award winners included:

• Overall Winner – Almora House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects
• Winner New Dwelling – Balmoral House by CHROFI
• Winner Alterations and Additions – Clanalpine House by McNally Architects
• Highly Commended – Tamaras House by Marston Architects
• People’s Choice Award – Clanalpine House by McNally Architects

The 2021 Mosman Design Awards have been postponed. The next Mosman Design Awards will be held in 2023. Please call the Urban Planning team on 9978 4154 for more information.

The Mosman Design Awards presentation evening once again was a big hit with the nominating architects, owners and judges that attended the event on 6 March 2017 at the Mosman Art Gallery.

• 44 Hopetoun Avenue by Rolf Ockert Architect – Winner of Contribution to the Built Environment
• 37 Kardinia Road by Robert Weir – Winner for Alterations and Additions To A Residential Property
• 73 Bay Street by Adam Hampton – Winner People’s Choice Award

The 2015 Mosman Design Awards Presentation Evening was held on Monday 30 March 2015 where the winning properties were announced and presented with awards.

Top: 36 Plunkett Road by Clinton Murray and Polly Harbison. Bottom: 3 Prince Albert by Tanner Kibble Denton Architects.

• 36 Plunkett Road, designed by Clinton Murray and Polly Harbison – Winner of Contribution to the Built Environment
• 3 Prince Albert Street, designed by Tanner Kibble Denton Architects – Winner Heritage Conservation
• 16 Mosman Street, designed by Ian Moore Architects – Winner Alterations and Additions
• 100 Glover Street, designed by PCA Architects and developed by Helm Properties – Winner Multi Dwelling Development
• Mosman Preparatory School and the Greenwall Company – Winner Community Renewal
• 13 Thompson Street designed by Prue Murdoch – Winner People’s Choice Award

Top: 85-87 Bay Street by MacCormick Simonian architects and MacCormick & Associates architects; Michael MacCormick. Bottom: Luigi Rosselli with Nick Tobias, one of the three MDA judges; 15 Lennox Street.

• Photos of the award winners and presentation evening

A record number of nominations were received for these awards. View the winners and commended properties at the 2009 awards website.

• 2009 Mosman Design Awards – Presentation Handbook (1.4MB)