NSW Government
Planning

Housing design

Initiatives that promote exemplar residential apartment building design, improve the quality of social housing and explore opportunities for increasing density to support housing supply, diversity and affordability

Top levels of the Lumina Apartments, Penrith. Credit: Ben Guthrie / Government Architect NSW
Manor Homes 01 by Studio Johnston, 4 dwellings with garden outlook and sloping skillion roof. Credit: Studio Johnston
Manor Homes 01 by Studio Johnston, 4 dwellings with garden outlook and sloping skillion roof.
Credit: Studio Johnston
NSW Housing Pattern Book
Screenshot of the Government Architect NSW housing map case study locations. Credit: NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Good design for housing
Group of people exercising in a park opposite The Gantry, Camperdown. Credit: Martin Mischulnig / Government Architect NSW
Apartment Design Guide
NSW Land and Housing Corporation social housing tenant sitting in front of the community garden.
Homes NSW Centre for Design
Missing Middle Awards Night. Credit: NSW Department of Planning and Environment / Salty Dingo
Missing Middle Design Competition

Case studies and manuals