The Block: Sky High building wins international architecture awards

The building that housed the seventh season of The Block has won the Jury and Peer Voted awards in the Residential Mid Rise category of the Architizer A+ awards.

Designed by Australian architecture firm Brenchley Architects, the building at 142 Park Street in South Melbourne is a conversion from a 1960s motel building. Brenchley Architects pursued a high level of environmental sustainability, with a “second skin” of black aluminium and batten and vertical gardens buffering the existing walls from fluctuating environmental conditions and stabilising the building’s internal temperature.

The building also features a communal rooftop terrace area and solar energy panelling.

The five apartments sold on The Block: Sky High gathered $7.603 million on auction day collectively, with Adelaide sisters and The Block: Fans v Faves team Alisa and Lysandra selling the winning apartment.

Architizer described the building as a “prime example of the ‘adaptive re-use’ of existing, low grade building stock into high-end environmentally sustainable development.”