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Urban Coup

Part of
The Village
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Breathe and Architecture architecture collaborated to create Urban Coup at the southern end of The Village. Urban Coup are a deliberative housing community who aim to live together in more socially integrated ways. Their building in The Village is the first vertical community of its kind in Australia.

Nightingale has worked with Urban Coup to help bring the Urban Coup community to life as part of the Village. As this building is being delivered under a co-housing model for a pre-existing resident community, Urban Coup it was not balloted to the general public.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Urban Coup stands. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and culture.

Design features

Media & press

Awards

  • 2024
    Australian Design Awards
    Better Future, Environmental Sustainability (Gold)
  • 2024
    Australian Design Awards
    Architecture, Multi Residential (Silver)
  • 2023
    Victorian Premier’s Design Awards
    Highly Commended (Architectural Design)
  • 2023
    National Architecture Awards
    Commendation for Urban Design
  • 2023
    National Architecture Awards
    David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture
  • 2023
    National Architecture Awards
    Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
  • 2023
    Design Anthology Awards
    Sustainability
  • 2023
    Sustainability Awards
    Multi-Residential Dwelling High Commendation
  • 2023
    Premier’s Sustainability Awards
    Sustainable Places - Industry Leader Award
  • 2023
    Dezeen Awards
    Sustainable Building of the Year and Housing Project of the Year
  • 2023
    Good Design Awards
    Architectural Design : Gold Winner
  • 2023
    Good Design Awards
    Architectural Design: Best in Class
  • 2023
    The Urban Developer Awards
    Design Innovation
  • 2023
    The Urban Developer Awards
    Decarbonisation in Real Estate
  • 2023
    INDE Awards
    Best of the Best Award
  • 2023
    INDE Awards
    The Influencer (shortlisted)
  • 2023
    Melbourne Design Awards
    Architecture, Multi Residential (Silver)
  • 2023
    Melbourne Design Awards
    Better Future, Environmental Sustainability (Gold)
  • 2023
    Victorian Architecture Awards
    Urban Design Award⁠
  • 2023
    Victorian Architecture Awards
    Multiple Housing Award ⁠
  • 2023
    Victorian Architecture Awards
    The Allan and Beth Coldicutt Awards for Sustainability⁠
  • 2023
    INDE Awards
    The Multi Residential Building Award
  • 2023
    Frame Awards
    Winner of the Year - Co-Living Complex
  • 2023
    The Urban Developer Awards for Excellence
    Sustainability
  • 2023
    Victorian Architecture Awards
    The Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize ⁠
  • 2023
    ULI Awards for Excellence
    Global winner

Specs & Team

Status
Completion
2022
Location
Brunswick, VIC
Part of Precinct
The Village
Apartment Mix

6 x 1 BR
16 x 2 BR
5 x 3 BR
2 x 4 BR
2 x Commercial

Community Housing

Architects
Architecture architecture,
Breathe

Builder
Hacer Group

Project Manager
Fontic

Collaborators
Urban Coup,
Openwork

Photography
Kate Longley, Tom Ross

Meet a resident

We’ve got privacy, and we’ve also got connection. There’s no other building in the inner city that has been designed like this.

Placemaking in progress

The latest snapshots from the construction site and community meetups of
The Village