Shortlisted 2026 Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture shortlist
Summerhill Village in West Footscray demonstrates how social housing can combine density, quality, and community impact. Developed on the site of former Lions Club retirement units, the project replaces aging housing with 49 thoughtfully designed apartments that prioritise resident wellbeing, independence, and connection.
The Village primarily supports older women on the Victorian Housing Register, while exploring an intergenerational model that accommodates younger women with children, strengthening community ties.
- Client
- Lions Footscray
- Location
- West Footscray, VIC
- Programme
- Social Housing, Multi-residential
- Status
- Completed
- Size
- 49 apartments
- Architect
- Tandem Design Studio
- Designer
- Priscilla Finn, Bee Horsley, Andrew Nicholson, Annie Crone, Carey Landwehr (Feasibility only), Kathi Holt, James Murray, Mery Samsir, Tim Hill
- Builder
- DEVCO Project & Construction Management
- Imagery
- Tom Ross
Early project feasibility only undertaken at Tandem Design Studio in 2020-21.
