Ripple House Residential Architecture
Sam Alawie
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Ripple House Residential Architecture by Sam Alawie Ripple House is a residential building located in Sydney, Australia. The home stands on a compact site of 311 square metres and contains four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two car spaces, and indoor and outdoor kitchen and dining areas. A custom screen forms the front facade. The water droplet pattern is laser cut into aluminium sheets, and each sheet is curved to ripple across the surface. A durable powder coated finish protects the metal from sea salt spray. A central void connects the two levels and supports openness, light and interaction within the home.
Silver A' Design Award Winner
Ripple House Residential Architecture by Sam Alawie is a distinguished winner of the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award. Ripple House Residential Architecture earned the Silver A' Design Award in 2025 and is showcased on Architectural Design Award Winners among other remarkable designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Sam Alawie and see why Ripple House Residential Architecture design sets itself apart from its competition.
About Ripple House
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Ripple House Residential Architecture by Sam Alawie Ripple House is a residential building located in Sydney, Australia. The home stands on a compact site of 311 square metres and contains four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two car spaces, and indoor and outdoor kitchen and dining areas. A custom screen forms the front facade. The water droplet pattern is laser cut into aluminium sheets, and each sheet is curved to ripple across the surface. A durable powder coated finish protects the metal from sea salt spray. A central void connects the two levels and supports openness, light and interaction within the home. Ripple House earned the Silver A' Design Award, a distinguished level of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Silver A' Design Award designs combine inventive thinking with professional design, and are selected by a grand jury, as high-quality entries in their respective categories, after fair, just, meritocratic and impartial academic review, where nominated projects are voted via blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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