We don’t design for awards, we design for our clients. We are very proud to have received recognition through award schemes for our buildings, which focus on functional spaces, sustainability and innovative design. In addition to awards, Vibe Design Group have featured in design magazines, books and journals across the world.
Awards
Good Design Awards
2019 Good Design Award Winner in the Architectural Design Category – Moat’s Corner
Melbourne Design Awards
2019 Silver in Architecture – Residential – Constructed Category – Moat’s Corner
National Association of Building Designers Awards
2019 Best New Residential Design – over $1M construction cost – Moat’s Corner
Design Matters Building Design Awards (BDAV)
2019 Building Design of the Year – Moat’s Corner
2019 Past Presidents Prize – Moat’s Corner
2019 New House over $3M Construction Cost – Moat’s Corner
2018 Excellence in Use of Glass Winner – Morell House
2016 Residential Design: New Houses $1M+ Winner – Sorrento House 1
2016 Most Innovative Kitchen Winner – Sorrento House 1
2014 Residential Design: New Houses $1M+ Commendation – Grange
2013 Best Residential Alterations & Additions: $500K+ Winner – The Eyrie
2012 Residential Design: New Houses $1M+ Winner – Royston
2012 Residential Design: New Houses $500K-$1M+ Commendation – Dalton
2011 Residential Design Alterations & Additions: $500K+ Winner – Mercer
2011 Residential Design: New Houses $500K-$1M Commendation – Tramway
2011 Best Residential Design – $1M+ Winner – Kew House 3
2011 Most Innovative Use of Glass Winner – Kew House 3
2009 Best Residential Design – $1M+ Winner – Hughes House
2009 Most Effective Use of Steel Winner – Tasman
2008 Residential Interior Design Winner – Kew House 1
2008 Viridian Award for Most Effective Use of Glass Winner – Kew House 1
2008 Design of the Year Winner – Kew House 2
2008 Best Residential Design – $500K to $1M Winner – Kew House 2
2008 Most Effective Use of Timber Winner – Kew House 2
2007 Residential Design: New Houses $300-$500K Winner – Nautilus
Abode Magazine Awards
House of the Year 2012 Winner – Kew House 3
Built Environment Awards
2011 Most Creative Design: Bayside Built Environment Winner – Tramway
BDAQ Awards
2007 Best Residential Alteration and Addition Winner – Stanhill
Press
McCrae House 1 & 2
Editor’s Picks – Dwell 24/10/10
Moat’s Corner
‘Moat’s Corner By Vibe Design Group’ Rethinking The Future 03/10/19
‘Moat’s Corner – Winner of Australia’s Coveted Good Design Award for Design Excellence’ Peninsula Essence Magazine 10/19
‘A Modernist Response to Site: Moat’s Corner House by Vibe Design Group’ The Local Project 26/09/19
‘Moat’s Corner Wins Australia’s Coveted Good Design Award’ Thermeco 30/08/19
‘Dromana property nails another design award’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine 28/08/19
‘Garden and rural setting for top design’ The News Bayside 05/08/19
‘Dromana new house: floating design amid historic garden setting wins awards’ realestate.com.au 02/08/19
‘Moat’s Corner’ BDAV Awards 08/19
‘The highest honour for design and innovation’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine 08/19
‘Victoria recognises best building designs at awards’ The Real Estate Conversation 31/07/19
‘Moat’s Corner Wins Building Design of the Year Award’ Better Building 31/07/19
‘Moat’s Corner by Vibe Design Group wins prestigious Building Designer’s award’ Architecture & Design 30/07/19
‘Moat’s Corner’ Good Design Australia 07/19
‘Moat’s Corner’ Thermeco 18/06/19
‘This Low-Slung Australian Home Lets the Flora Take Center Stage’ Dwell – 28/05/19
‘Walls Of Windows Allow This Home To Be Filled With Natural Light’ Contemporist 24/05/19
‘Moat’s Corner by Vibe Design Group’ IMBOLDN 22/05/19
‘Moat’s Corner near Melbourne’ e-architect – 21/05/2019
‘Moat’s Corner House’ ArchDaily – 15/05/19
‘Moat’s Corner / Vibe Design Group’ HomeWorldDesign 06/05/19
‘Moat’s Corner House / Vibe Design Group’ Architech 05/19
‘Moat’s Corner by Vibe Design Group’ Home Adore 02/05/19
‘Tranquil precision’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine 05/19
Architizer: Feature Project 23/04/19 and Project of the Day 29/04/19
Pembroke House
Bookmarc: Feature Project in The Weekly e-newsletter / Issue 308 – 15/03/19
‘A modern masterpiece with sweeping regional and bay views’ Luxury List – February 2019
Morell House
‘Morell St abode grows from English oak inspiration’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine – October 2018
‘BDAV Building Design Awards // WINNER: Morell House’ Thermeco – 21/09/18
Dwell: Editor’s Picks – 14/09/18
Architizer: Feature Project – 24/06/18
Shearwater
‘Luxury and durability in a Mornington Peninsula home’ Architecture & Design – 25/09/18
‘Mt Martha trophy home snapped up in under two hours by Melbourne buyer’ Herald Sun – 21/06/18
Designer Melbourne – 12/14/15
Sorrento House 1
‘Sorrento House 1 by Vibe Design Group is the Australian Beach house reborn’ BDAV – 03/05/17
‘Melbourne’s Sorrento House is a modern take on Australian seaside architecture’ Dezeen – 17/10/16
‘The Beach House Reborn’ Archello – 29/09/16
‘vibe design group covers house in melbourne with asymmetric steel roof’ Designboom – 22/09/16
‘Sorrento House 1, the latest coastal project from Vibe Design Group, is the Australian Beach house reborn’ CAAN Design – 12/09/16
‘Sorrento House 1 / Vibe Design Group’ Archdaily – 02/09/16
‘Winner – Residential Design’ Awarded Magazine – Issue 01 2016
‘Property of the Month’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine – March 2016
‘Winners Announced in Victoria’s Building Design Awards’ Houzz Australia – 05/08/16
Architizer: Feature Project – 03/02/16
‘Project Profiles’ Caesarstone – 26/02/16
‘Custom Roof Shifts Mass of Mornington Peninsula Home’ Architecture & Design – June 2016
Hayes Road
‘Hayes Road / Vibe Design Group’ Architecture Lab – 01/09/ 16
‘A new home designed for a young family in Melbourne’ Contemporist – 24/03/ 16
‘A Machine for Organising Space’ Habitus Living – 02/05/ 16
New Farm House
‘Amazing Homes’ Series Better Homes & Gardens TV Program – 03/07/15
‘A new take on an old Queenslander’ The Age Domain – 14/01/15
Kelso
‘A balanced approach’ The Age Domain – 06/12/14
Grange
‘Grange by Vibe Design Group’ Archello – 23/08/16
‘Beautiful, Sustainable and Affordable’ Melbourne Home Design + Living – Issue 17 2014
Grange / Vibe Design Group Architecture Lab – 30/06/2014
Architizer: Project of the Day – 30/3/2014
The Eyrie
‘Grand Revivalist’ Vision Magazine – Issue 5 2013
‘Winning Makeover’ The Age Domain – 25/1/2014
Habitus Living – 10/7/2013
Anne Drive
‘In Profile’ Lighthome Magazine – 11/9/2013
Stable House
‘The Shiny Yet Rugged Appeal of Corrugated Sheet Metal’ Architizer – 20/11/2013
Kew House 3
‘Versatile Eucalipto’ Legno Architettura – Issue 18 2015
HISE – Issue 83 May 2014
‘Bold and Elegant’ The Age Domain – 19/3/2011
‘Luxury from Every Angle’ The Weekly Review – 23/3/2011
The Kew House Habitus Living – 1/4/2011
‘Design Genius’ (Front Cover + Feature) Australia’s Best Houses (Book) – June 2011
‘Tree house or stereo cabinet? A kew house references both.’ Living By Design – 1/6/2011
The Sunday Age – 24/7/2011
‘Beautiful and Daring Architecture Approach by Vibe Design’ Freshome – 18/6/2011
Architizer – 28/6/2011
‘Modern Marvels of design’ The Weekend Australia – 2/7/2011
Selector.com – 13/7/2011
homedsgn.com – 15/7/2011
myInteriordesign.us – 25/7/2011
Abode Magazine – 21/7/2011
Contemporist – 1/8/2011
Archdaily – 15/8/2011
Archello – 19/8/2011
Space Cool Hunting.it (Italy) – 21/8/2011
Architectural Review – Aug/Sept 2011
New Room (Nya Rum, Sweden) – 1/9/2011
Architecture Lab – 11/9/2011
‘A Home That Looks Like the Sounds of the ’60s’ New York Times – 15/9/2011
Houses & More Mexico – 23/9/2011
ArtTravel France – 27/9/2011
Box Magazine – Sept 2011
‘Timber Buidling’ Wood Solutions – 28/10/2011
Be One Magazine Thailand, Issue 50 – Nov 2011
‘Life in Stereo’ Dwell Asia – Nov/Dec 2011
‘Tree Story’ Lighthome Magazine – Dec 2011
Australia’s Best Interiors (Book) – Nov 2011
Obstanovka.by – January 2012
Acura Style Magazine (US) – April 2012
Elite Interiors Magazine (Ru) – May 2012
Architizer: Project of the Day – 27/3/2014
Ignant – 21/2/2014
Kew House 2
Kew House 1 & 2 Editorial Best of Abodes: Part 2 – 2/1/2010
Kew House 1
‘A Design Icon’ Abode Magazine Issue 18 – August 2009
‘Canopy Creation’ Melbourne Living Vol 3 – Sept 2008
Kew House 1 & 2 Editorial Best of Abodes: Part 2 – 2/1/2010
Mercer House
Habitus Living – 28/7/2011
Architizer – 2/8/2011
Archello – 20/8/2011
‘Fascinating Renovation Project: Mercer House by Vibe Design Group’ Freshome – 20/8/2011
Archdaily – 23/8/2011
‘Grand Designs’ The Leader Magazine – 24/8/2011
My Interior Design – 1/9/2011
Materialicious – Sept 2011
‘Fresh Outlook, a powerful vibe in heritage Geelong.’ The Age Domain – 12/10/2011
Architecture Lab – 12/10/2011
Be One Magazine Thailand, Issue 50 – Nov 2011
Wood Solutions – Nov 2012
‘Change of Place’ Dwell – July/Aug 2013
Tramway
‘Intelligent Design’ Australia’s Best Beach Houses (Book) – 10/1/2011
Archdaily – 19/8/2011
‘Intriguing Architecture in Australia: Tramway by Vibe Design Group’ Freshome – 11/10/2011
Architizer – 18/11/2011
Be One Magazine Thailand, Issue 50 – Nov 2011
‘A dynamic and unconventional design for the Tramway house’ Design Hunter – 1/5/2012
Royston
‘Contemporary Masterpiece’ Best Contemporary Country Houses Book – 1/4/2012
Hughes Road
Victoria’s Dream Homes Sunday Herald Sun – 22/11/2009
Hughes Road Editorial Best of Abodes: Part 2 – 2/1/2010
Stanhill
‘The fix is in’ Sunday Age: Living by Design – July 2007
Tasman
Tasman Editorial Abode Issue 19 – Dec 2009
Salmon Bay
Award Winning Design – Sept 2009
Building Design Award Feature Luxury Home Design – October 2009
Nautilus Project
‘Expert Touch’ Sunday Herald Sun (PDF) – August 2008
Chevron Island
‘Rennovation Revival’ Panache Magazine (PDF) – July 2007
‘Good vibrations’ Queensland Homes (PDF) – Summer 07/08
Chevron Island Editorial Best of Abodes: Part 2 – 2/1/2010
General
‘Design Matters’ Mornington Peninsula Magazine – Aug 2017
‘Inspiration from the Environment’ Abode Magazine (PDF) – 18/8/2009
‘Engineering in Design’ Abode Magazine (PDF) – 19/12/2009
‘Choosing a Building Designer’ Melbourne Living Vol 4 (PDF)
‘In Profile’ Lighthome Magazine – 11/9/2013