Country Homes

This incredible barn conversion retains much of the original stone and timber work highlighted against new insertions where necessary.

Staff quarters never looked so good. This prefab house is a modern and comfortable place to wind down after a long day on the farm.

To construct this off-grid home on Victoria's French Island, prefabricated modules had to be transported by barge to the isolated site.

After the 2003 Canberra bushfires, this site was rereleased. The new home explores the idea of new beginnings for a young family.

Like all good '80s movies, this dated home has been given a modern reboot. The home was transformed within the existing footprint.

Supporting the clients' desire for a sustainable lifestyle, this off-grid home uses passive solar design to reduce energy consumption.

If you want the look and feel of luxury at your home, it pays to think a bit smaller and pay attention to the details.

A young Wellington couple with a modest budget and small and challenging block chose a Box™ design-build for their first home.

Clad in COLORBOND® steel with a contemporary take on the traditional pitched roof, this prefab house looks right at home in the bush.

Melaleuca House was designed to embrace an outdoor lifestyle for a family relocating from Darwin to more rural Howard Springs.

Waitpinga Retreat designed as a casual getaway immersed in the natural beauty of nature looks and feels very Australian.

Built on a site with huge sentimental value, this home built for an elderly WWII veteran is low-maintenance, accessible and secure.

These two cabins have become something much grander than the typical granny flat or affordable beach shack they're usually used for...

New Zealand home and writer's studio fuses the look of rural farm buildings and the dramatic local landscape into one sculptural form.

The most minimal house you could imagine - a platform for living within a translucent shell, set in a beautiful natural landscape.

The perfect retreat for a director and camera operator in the film industry, this home has no shortage of cinematic drama.

This home is "designed to give the same carefree relaxing ambience as a bach - step in, kick off your shoes and grab a glass of wine."

A magnificent 100 year old fig tree and a small creek are treated as sacred elements in this home which embraces its environment.

In the Californian desert temperatures can soar to over 40 degrees. This family built a home without air-conditioning - are they mad?

A heritage-listed chicory kiln on Phillip Island is transformed into a delightfully playful residence for a couple.

While this modern farm house feels shiny and new, traditional elements like the generous verandah gives it the best of both worlds.

Sweeping views of hills, beach, rocks and ocean inspired the fan shaped plan of Fleurieu Beach House - a model for coastal living.

Completely off-grid and raised up to avoid occasional flooding, Platypus Bend House cantilevers spectacularly over a bushland clearing.

This modern farmhouse combines a manager's residence, stable and self contained two-bedroom apartment in finely detailed modern sheds.

Two avid climbers, a professor and a gallery owner, teamed up to build a house in the Blue Mountains to host fellow climbers and artists.

Hilltop House is a small, carefully crafted dwelling on the steep eastern slopes of Pittwater, a waterway to the north of Sydney.

In a natural clearing of bushland, this home with simple detailing and an earthy palette captures the spirit and joy of camping.

This timber-clad four bedroom beach-side family home is perched on a steep dune in a quiet pocket of the Mornington Peninsula region.