Modern Farmhouse

The modern farmhouse draws on the vernacular rural dwelling, with its pitched roofs, agricultural volumes, and direct relationship to land, and adapts these forms to contemporary materials, plans, and living patterns. Designers working in this mode often retain the scale and character of the original building while reorganising interiors for open living and current energy standards.

Community work under this topic includes renovations of existing farmhouses and settler homes, new rural residences, wine estates and farm-based projects, and studies of regional building traditions such as the Kurpie house. Several entries also address the wider landscape, including ecological grazing and hydroponic farming, showing how the farmhouse typology connects to productive land.