Awards
2023
TIDA Australia Bathrooms awards
Runner Up – Architect Bathroom
2022
TIDA International Bathroom of the Year
TIDA Australia Homes Awards
Runner Up – Architect New Home
TIDA Trends International Design Awards
Winner – Australian Architect Suite of the Year
Highly Commended – Australian Powder Room of the Year
HIA Victorian Awards
Runner Up – Best Custom Built Home (over $3 Million)
Winner – Best New Bathroom
Finalist – Best New Kitchen
Corian Awards
2021
TIDA Trends International Design Awards
Highly Commended – Australian Architect Renovation of the Year
2019
HIA Eastern Victorian Regional Awards
Winner – Home of the Year Award
2018
Bayside Built Environment Awards
Most Creative – High Commendation
2017
TIDA Australian Bathroom Awards
Finalist – Architect Bathroom
2014
HIA Victorian Housing Awards
Runner up – Best New Bathroom
Finalist – Best Custom Built Home (over $2 Million)
HIA Victorian Regional Awards
Winner – Home of the Year
Winner – Best Custom Built Home
Winner – Best Custom Built Home (over $2 Million)
Winner – Best New Bathroom
Dulux Colour Awards
Winner – Single Residential Exterior (Reach for the Sky)
Finalist – Single Residential Exterior (Floating on a Hill)
2013
Bayside Built Environment Awards
High Commendation – Best Renovation / Extension (Residential)
2012
Trends Top 30 Australian Kitchens, As seen in Kitchen Trends Vol 25 No 10
2010
World Architecture News Awards
WAN House of the Year Award – One of 22 shortlisted homes in the world
Bayside Built Environment Awards
Winner – Most Creative Building Design
High Commendation – Best Medium Density Residential Development
Master Builder’s Association Awards of Victoria
Winner – Best Custom Home (more than $1 Million)
Winner – Best Renovation / Addition $300,000 – $400,000
Viridian National Glass Awards
Runners Up – Residential Category
IDEA (inside) 2010 National Awards
Shortlisted – Residential Interior – Single Dwelling
2009
Bayside Built Environment Awards
Shortlisted – Residential Alterations & Extensions
2008
Bayside Built Environment Awards
Winner – Best New Medium Density Housing Development
2007
Master Builder’s Association Awards of Victoria
Winner – Best Custom Home $800,000 – $1 Million
Winner – Best Multi Unit Development up to 3 units
2006
HIA Australian Housing Awards
Winner – Australian Custom Built Home of the Year
Winner – Australian Home of the Year
HIA Victorian Housing Awards
Runner Up – Best Multi Unit Development
Australian Interior Design Awards
Short Listed – Colour in Commercial Interiors
National Dulux Colour Awards
Runner Up – Commercial Interior
2005
HIA Victorian Housing Awards
Winner – Best Custom Built House Over All
Winner – Best Custom Built House Over $1 million
Finalist – Home of the Year
National Timber Design Awards
Winner – Best Use of Western Red Cedar
2003
Master Builder’s Association of Victoria Awards
Winner – Best Quality Finished Project
Special Commendation – Best Multi Unit Development up to 3 units
2001
HIA Awards
Winner – NKBA Kitchen and Bathroom Award
1998
Victorian Design Awards
Runner Up
Publications
2023
2022
World Architecture Community – “New Approach to Australian Modern Architecture”
Weathertex – “Sustainable Design Trends”
2017
Domain (28-29 July) – "Art & Style: Taking a bold approach"
2016
The Financial Review (27 February) – “Steps Ahead”
2015
The Financial Review (28 August) – “Up close and personable”
The Weekly Review (16 September) – “A taste of the tropics”
The Financial Review (15 May) – “Bold is better”
The Age (24 January) – “Inside outside living goes with the flow”
2014
The Age (4 September) – “When curvy is beautiful”
The Age (3rd May) – “Setting the Stage” article in Domain section by Jenny Brown
The Financial Review (28 March) – “Bookcase and shelf design”
The Financial Review (14 March) – “Furniture with an architect’s touch”
The Leader (18 February) – “Luxury abounds in modernist haven”
The Financial Review (31 January) – “An island inside”
2013
The Financial Review (2 Oct) – “Design that dares to be different”
Furniture by Architects, edited by Driss Fatih, Images Publishing – Includes 4 pieces by Saaj Design
Home Design (Vol 16 No. 3) – “Two Become One”
Grand Designs Australia (Issue 2.2) – “Hidden Gem”
Bathrooms – The Ultimate Bathroom Renovation Guide from the team at Home Beautiful – “Coast Watch”
Home Design (Vol 16 No. 2) – “Dune Bug”
2012
The Age (6th October) – “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” article in Domain section
Home Beautiful (January 2012) – “Down to earth”
2011
Melbourne Weekly (10th August) – “Eye on the horizon”
Bayside Leader (July 5) – “Heights of greatness”
Living by Design, The Sunday Age (22nd May) – “Cast in Glass” pg 4
The Age (26th February) – Domain section front cover “View Point” and feature article “Quite a sight to sea”
2010
International Interior Design Yearbook 2010, Tianjin University Press, China – “Adamo House”
A-Z Architecture Zone III, Rihan CC, Hong Kong
Abode Magazine (Issue 21) – Front cover and feature article
“Individal Modern Design Anything but Straight, Saaj Design’s New Masterwork”
Best Australia Architecture, edited by Gary Takle3 projects, double page index and back cover image
Best Abodes Book 3 – “Anything but Straight”
Low Price Houses, Chris Van Uffelen Braun (Germany)One of 3 Australian practices published from an international selection
Inside Magazine – Residential Shortlist Single Dwelling
The Age (2nd April, Easter Weekend) – Domain section front cover “Saaj Design Luxury with a Twist” and feature article “Moving in the Right Circles”
Melbourne Weekly (October 2010) – “Master Blasters”
Costruire In Laterizio (Italian) – “Minimum Dwellings” St Kilda House
2009
“In Home” book from series “Space X File”, Rihan CC, Hong Kong
International Interior Design Year Book 2009, Dalian Polytechnic, China
Best Abodes Book 2 – “Eclectic Dream”
Trends Kitchen Issue (Volume 25, No. 10) – “Cappuccino per favore”
Abode Magazine Annual Issue 01 – “Eclectic Dream”
Living by Design, The Sunday Age (June 28 2009) – “Over the Top” pg 4
2008
Best Abodes Book 1 – “The Art of Living”
The Financial Review (December 2008) – “Exposed Brickwork”
150 Best New House Ideas, Bridget Vranckx, Collins Design and Loft Publications Inc, New York – Modewarre House pg 262
Small and Chic, High Style for Small Spaces, Bridget Vranckx, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, 300 Park Avenue South, New York – “Squared Angle” (One of three Australian architects)
New Small Houses, Simone Schleifer, Evergreen, Printed in Spain – “St Kilda House” (One of two Australian architects)
Abode (Issue 14) – “The Art of Living”
Essential Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald (November 20 2008) – “Jewel in the Crown”
Bayside Leader (November 25 2008) – Feature Property Article
Herald Sun Home Magazine – “Rooms With a View” (February 16 2008)
New Inventors ABC – “Fyto Wall, Brighton Townhouse” (August 2008)
Real Living – “The Green Room” (April 2008)
Inside – “Performance Surfaces” (Issue 51)
2007
Melbourne Abode – “Wind Swept” (Issue 09)
Winning Homes – Master Builders Association of Victoria ”Winner – Best Custom Home $800,000 – $1 Million”
Herald Sun home magazine – “Scale new heights” (January 27, 2007)
2006
Outdoor Design & Living – “Ebb and flow” (13th Edition)
Home Beautiful – “On the Rise” (August 2006)
Emerald Hill Weekly – “Recipe for success” (June 21-27, 2006)
The Age – “Over the Half Moon”
2005
Architectural Review 094 – “Next” Profile of 42 emerging architectural practices in Australia
Feature article in “Lino” (Australian & New Zealand lifestyle magazine) summer edition 2005/2006
Emerald Hill Times – “It sure looks different but there’s a lot about the new Espy you’ll recognize” (Esplanade Hotel)
Herald Sun – “Fresh face for a classic bay haunt” (Esplanade Hotel)
Channel 7 “Melbourne Weekender” (20th August 2005, Esplanade Hotel)
Channel 9 “Postcards” (20th August 2005, Esplanade Hotel)
2003
Herald Sun home magazine – “Set in stone”
Winning Homes – Master Builders Association of Victoria ”Winner – Best Quality Finished Project”
2000
Small catalogue
1999
Transition Magazine
Houses issue 17 – “Modern Magic transitions”
1998
Herald Sun home magazine – front page and center spread “A rundown warehouse is reborn”
1997
The Melbourne Weekly