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POPOV Bass Architects has taken out the award for the best new house in NSW with a home in Griffith.

BEST OF THE BEST: This Griffith home took out the award for best new house in NSW. Picture: Sharrin Rees.

POPOV Bass Architects has taken out the award for the best new house in NSW with a home in Griffith.

Alex Popov and Brian Bass' design, which was built by Forlico Builders, won the state's annual Wilkinson Award.

Judge and jury chair Virginia Kerridge said the planning for the house was calm and rational.

"The overriding sense within is of tranquility," she said.

Mr Popov and Mr Bass needed to build a home that could accommodate visiting children and grandchildren, along with the owners' art collection on a rural farm on the south eastern fringe of the city.

There were challenges in coming up with the perfect design.

"This was a tough, hard environment," Mr Bass said.

The 11.3 hectare site was flood-zoned and almost dead flat on a red soil plain.

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