A thoughtful reinvention turns a tired 1980s project home into a sophisticated family retreat.
Timeless rituals meet contemporary living in a home designed for harmony.
The green screen: Privacy, sun protection, and morning coffee seating—all in one.
Curved walls, clever design, and connection to the park—Fringe Dweller strikes the perfect balance between privacy and openness.
How Kreis Grennan Architecture used smart design to create two spacious homes on a compact site...
The home opens to embrace warmer weather, and closes down for cosy comfort in cooler weather among many other adaptable features…
If your idea of a bach pad is leftover pizza, a brown suede couch, and a bathroom with one threadbare towel, you're in for a surprise!
A hidden piece of history reshapes a modern Fremantle home renovation thanks to some creative design solutions...
Louvres, clerestory windows, and a unique floor plan help this coastal retreat perfectly connect with its natural environment.
With a good architect, much of the stress of building can be alleviated. This home was renovated while the owners were overseas!
In contrast to the neighbouring weatherboard houses, this crisp, modern modular home makes a huge statement in this Melbourne street.
Want a new home for Christmas? With this beautiful modular prefab you could wake up in your finished home on Christmas morning...
These two cabins have become something much grander than the typical granny flat or affordable beach shack they're usually used for...
With copious amounts of timber inside and out, this modern interpretation of a workers cottage feels natural, warm and welcoming.
This renovation shines with a light well bringing light deep into the house, bright red accents and pops of personality throughout...
Small in both budget and footprint, but clever thinking and innovative solutions have produced a home which ticks all the boxes...
Each room of this addition steps down with the contours of the site, while the plan zigzags to access light and connect to the garden.
A playful rear addition maximises the possibilities for outdoor living, while bringing light and fresh breezes into the living area.
Located in a tight lane way in Fitzroy, Little Gore Street Studio is a truly unique response to urban densification...
Home to a professional couple and Biggles the cat, this modern design aims to enhance the owners daily living experience. And succeeds.
Thanks to some clever new touches, this tired beach house now takes full advantage of its site overlooking lush rainforest.
Timber's warmth and laid-back nature meets clean lines and expanses of glass to create a style that is sophisticated yet relaxed.
On a site covered in mature trees, Under Pohutukawa House is designed to represent the stumps of trees removed for construction.
The owners of Matai House lived in this early 1900s home for several years before the alterations, so they knew what needed to change!
A cleverly designed holiday home enjoys beach views and opens directly to the garden but is screened by a mature Pohutukawa tree.
By replacing space lost to the renovation with a roof deck, Stick House ensures not a millimetre of outdoor space is sacrificed.
The Armadale House addition creates an open plan living area with a great connection to the garden, maximising the small site.
Herbst Architects continue their search for the perfect beach bach — Castle Rock Beach House is dramatic in spite of its simplicity…
Vader House emerges from behind its high boundary wall to disrupt Fitzroy's typical roofline and breathe new life into this Victorian Terrace.
The site of Invermay House has a great view over Ballarat, but vegetation hid the view. This new home cantilevers to capture it back.
On an extremely small parcel of land Beach Avenue House is designed more like a finely crafted joinery unit than a typical home.
This treehouse in Separation Creek enjoys panoramic views, perched on a steep forested hillside above the Great Ocean Road and Bass Strait.
The clients of Brighton East Interior wanted to ensure their home met the hectic requirements of the family while preferring to not build up.
Substantial alterations to an Arts and Crafts house explores the potential of verandahs and decks to become supplemental living spaces…
Tennis Avenue Residence new timber pavilion, added sensitively to the rear of a humble old cottage feels like living in a modern treehouse.
Kids Pod is just for the little ones, connected to the house proper by a glazed bridge. And it couldn't be more fun…
The compact Highway House takes full advantage of its difficult, but dramatic site — sitting lightly over Hobart and the Derwent River…
Rammed Limestone is the perfect material for Wall and Wall House — locally sourced, beautiful texture and natural colour and high thermal mass.
Sliding cedar shutters provide this otherwise glass box with shelter, privacy and a camouflage cloak — preparing it for every situation.
Built on top of an existing brick double garage, Stradwick House feels more spacious thanks to double height spaces and large windows.
As the name suggests, Convertible Courtyard House is a home that's as adaptable as a convertible car - rain, hail or shine, this house has you covered.
The narrow (3.9 meter) Erskineville House gets a spacious and light makeover thanks to a double height, multi-functional light-well.
Aireys Inlet House -- like all good second homes -- creates connection to nature in contrast to the clients' busy city lives.
The Great Ocean Road House proves that extraordinary locations sometimes call for a simple architectural solution.
A bayside extension clad inside and out in timber battens blurs the functional and decorative.
A palette of masonry, timber & stone is pushed to their physical limits. Fairbairn House is a material delight…
From the outside Hill Plain House has an Australian agricultural feel. Inside, it's another story; dark moody and richly detailed.
Haberfield House demonstrates an innovative response to restrictive heritage controls in an historical neighborhood.
An unashamedly modern extension manages to integrate old and new by putting a modern spin on materials and colors from the original home.
A huge periscope is one way to get light into Westbury Crescent Residence without sacrificing privacy. The clever manipulation of light doesn't stop there!
On a magnificent, but challenging site, Tinbeerwah House is a beautiful, economical home that sits lightly on the land.
Parure House in Melbourne's inner suburb Kensington is a matching set of separate architectural ideas. It displays a richness of detail and experience.
Elm and Willow House's walls seem to vanish. The living area is neither indoor, nor outdoor space -- the entire yard becomes a part of the house.
Old terrace houses are not the most efficient beasts. But this Darlinghurst terrace renovation proves you can have a terrace and aim for sustainability too.
If you arrived at this house blindfolded, you might assume you were in a secluded jungle house. But you're actually just 3km from the heart of Sydney!
House Eadie proves it's possible to retain unique quirks and a sense of history while integrating new, multifunctional spaces for contemporary living.
Victoria Road House is a long way from India, but saturated color, radiating patterns and gold metalwork bring an Indian flavor to this surprising addition.
Tattoo House takes the conflicting wishes of the client, neighbors and council and creates a surprisingly leafy compromise everyone is delighted with.
Profile House is an extension that pays homage to the varied buildings in Brunswick East. BLOXAS Architects created an unexpected space inside, and out.
Do you prefer the charm of traditional homes? But you also like to have a modern kitchen, spacious rooms, and open plan living areas. Perforated House proves you can have both — even if you build a new house from scratch.
Westmere Alteration merges inside and out with a contemporary aesthetic and an unbelievable connection to the outside plus upper level sea views…
Heritage controls, difficult soil, tight access and a small west-facing block. A delightful, light-filled home on a difficult site…
Set in stunning surrounds Wakatipu Guest House is a two bedroom home that provides comfortable accommodation for up to eight people.
MAMIL haters, beware. Bike House is designed for a family of four bikes-lovers who have foregone the family car for a two-wheeled alternative.
Architect Will Harkness placed this holiday home carefully among a number of established Gum Trees to take advantage of the view.
Seaview House is made up of a series of pavilions, designed to fit in with neighbouring old weatherboard cottages without sacrificing contemporary appeal…
Like all good beach houses, Marcus Beach House explores lightness, filtering natural breezes and integrating indoor/outdoor spaces.
The narrow Left-Over-Space House demonstrates what can be achieved on the myriad of ‘left-over’ spaces in our inner-cities.
Instead of a generic mass-built home, this family built a home designed to suit their lifestyle and the sub-tropical Brisbane climate.
The future of suburban laneways is vibrant and active if this Erskineville Studio project by Pivot Architects is anything to go by.
Have you ever considered a house reduction as opposed to an extension? That's what MAKE Architecture did for their clients in their project, House Reduction.
You can't see the sea from this modern beach house. Undeterred by the lack of view, it faces a sheltered internal courtyard instead.
Thanks to the home's unusual form, the garden of Reverse Shadow Casting House will always be sunny and bright.
East West House, near the top of Richmond Hill, contains the unexpected. A large roof deck is hidden behind the heritage protected Victorian roofline.
Cubo House is a sustainable home which celebrates its history via restored existing elements and upcycled features using the surrealist technique 'Cubomania'.
Hover House by Bower Architecture is built on a disused backyard tennis court in Mt Martha -- a great example of infill housing.
Stonewood House is a modern, but sensitive home which sits comfortably with homes of heritage significance.
The old house faced the wrong way and missed out on natural light. With the help of a clever skylight, this renovation turns things around…
The craftsmanship of the Arts and Crafts period has been skillfully reinterpreted to create a modern extension which feels right at home next to the original home.
At Beachcroft Orth Residence, screens and glazed garage doors allow internal spaces to spill into the outdoors.
