The announcement of winners at the 2014 Newcastle Architecture Awards at Merewether Surfhouse on Thursday 6 March, has seen both the ‘big’ and the ‘small’ rewarded for excellence in design, proving size does not matter when it comes to good design...

... a modest renovation project in MacMasters Beach by architect Dianna Thomas won top honours in the largest group of architectural contenders in the Residential category for Alterations and Additions, and was a stand-out favourite with the jurors.

‘Your first reaction on entering Dianna Thomas’s MacMasters Beach House is to sit down and never leave because you’ve arrived home. The house is an exercise in modesty, continuity and fun,’ juror Ramsey Awad noted. You can see more at: http://wp.architecture.com.au/news-media/newcastle-celebrates-both-the-big-and-the-small-in-design-at-architecture-awards/#sthash.3Q3mCm12.dpuf

Our website gallery has been updated with photographs of our house by photographer Brigid Arnott.