Country Homes

Explore our collection of Country Homes
featured on Lunchbox Architect.

Country houses often enjoy stunning views and plenty of land. If your dream is to escape to the country, then you’ll love how these architecturally designed country homes have an easy-going, rustic feel.

Before you commit to your tree-change, take a look at some of the best country houses we've featured on Lunchbox Architect

A Galvanised Nugget for a Gold Prospector and His Family

On a windy and exposed site, nestled behind a hill, sits a metal clad nugget; a home for a gold prospector and his family...

An Off-the-Grid Home Appropriate to its Stunning Rainforest Location

This off-the-grid home is close to the beach in the Daintree Rainforest — an ancient ecosystem deserving a thoughtful approach to site.

A New Triangular Kitchen Extension Creates New Informal Living Area

A classic Queenslander gets a small triangular extension which manages to dramatically change the functionality of the whole house.

Links Courtyard House: Smaller Scale Allows Higher Quality Materials

The timber-clad Links Courtyard House prioritises simplicity over size leaving more of the budget for beautiful indulgent finishes.

Batten and Board Beach Home is Designed Like an 'Elegant Shed'

Brick Bay House's L-shaped plan has a number of benefits - sheltering from winds, blocking road noise and embracing the ocean view.

Southern Highlands House: A Tiny Piece of Art For Working

Southern Highlands House's new tiny work space, feels more like an art piece than an office - well proportioned, beautifully curved and effortlessly simple.

Snowy Mountains House: Living Off The Grid Never Looked This Good

Snowy Mountains House is designed for living off the grid in style. The home works with nature to resist extreme winds, collect rainwater and shed snow.

Mount Ninderry House: Low Budget Sustainable House in Picturesque Surrounds

Mount Ninderry House is a sustainable house that takes full advantage of its stunning natural setting without the extra cost. And check out that pool!

Pump House: A Compact Off-Grid Home for Simple Living

Pump House is a compact, off-grid home for simple living. Owners and guests can enjoy a quiet night, a cup of tea and quality time with their horse, George.

Permanent Camping: The Joy of Camping Minus the Pains of Pitching a Tent

Permanent Camping brings you in touch with nature in a way only camping can. And because it's permanent, you can forget wrestling with poles and pegs...

Goldfields Dwelling: A House Designed Around a Dining Table

When designing this small, 100 m² home in Victoria's goldfields, Architects Design Office started with the dining table to make the house fun and sociable.

Salt Creek: Sustainable Prefabricated Rural Retreat the Perfect Getaway

Salt Creek Rural Retreat is a one bedroom, one bathroom sustainable accommodation. The tiny prefab building enjoys beautiful views over 20 acres.

Bridge House Touches the Earth Lightly -- Literally and Figuratively

Bridge House takes full advantage of a naturally stunning site, straddling a creek bed and touching the earth lightly environmentally and physically.

Trunk House: Modern Bush House Built With Trees From Site

Tucked into a particularly wild and isolated part of Victoria's Central Highlands you'll find this small bush house built with trees found on the site.

Happy Haus Arrives on a Truck Ready to Move Into

How exciting to unload an architecturally designed house off a truck, unwrap it (like a giant Christmas gift) and move straight in -- with Happy Haus, you can!

Hillside Habitat: Regeneration After the Black Saturday Fires

\"This exhilarating location with its towering eucalyptus trees and diminishing scars from that phenomenal day required a design response equally as unique.\

Sugar Gum House: A Modern Weatherboard Beach Shack

This modern replacement for a derelict weatherboard cottage takes full advantage of the sun, the surf and views of the rolling hills.

Bruny Shore House is Eco-Friendly But Still Has a Dramatic Flair

Eco-friendly Bruny Shore House reaches out from one of the steepest parts of the site to take in the dramatic Tasmanian coastline.

Leura Lane House: Modular Energy Efficient Home for Rural Properties

The 8.2-Star Energy Rated Leura Lane House is an impressive 2-bedroom prototype for energy efficient housing perfect for rural sites.

The Mook: A House That's More Like a Sophisticated Tent

Designed more like a sophisticated tent than your traditional home, The Mook can be built on any site with minimal disturbance.

Hill Plain House: Agricultural Chic Outside; Moody Bachelor Pad Inside

From the outside Hill Plain House has an Australian agricultural feel. Inside, it's another story; dark moody and richly detailed.

Bonnet Hill House: Simple, Honest (Minimalist) Living in Tasmania

A modest, cement clad building sits deep on a north facing bank opening to the landscape and overlooking the valley and ocean below.

Dogtrot House Has Everything You Need and Nothing You Don't

Dogtrot House is a permanent campsite. Like early one room cabins built by farmers, it has everything you need and nothing you don't.

Aireys Inlet House: Home Away From Home Prioritizes Connection to Nature

Aireys Inlet House -- like all good second homes -- creates connection to nature in contrast to the clients' busy city lives.

Cranky Corner House: A Comfortable and Sustainable Place to Retire

Cranky Corner doesn't sound like the ideal retirement home, but this farmhouse in the Hunter Valley is a comfortable and sustainable place to retire.

Tinbeerwah House Sits Lightly on a Challenging Site

On a magnificent, but challenging site, Tinbeerwah House is a beautiful, economical home that sits lightly on the land.

Über Shed: Sure It's a Shed, But Not Your Average Shed

Über Shed is not *just* a shed. It's also a rural retreat that reinterprets the rustic charm of traditional agricultural sheds for modern living.

Soe Ker Tie (Butterfly) Houses Are a Private Space For Thai Orphans

Named Soe Ker Tie (Butterfly) Houses by the workers on site, these six innovative pavilions provide affordable accomodation for Thai orphans.

Delta Cabin: A Sophisticated Rural Retreat for Six Owners to Enjoy and Share

The Delta Cabin uses local materials which contrast with the natural surroundings, while still feeling warm and human.

Montville Residence: Precast Concrete Rainwater Tanks Keep the Cool

Dramatic topography, bush setting and diverse climatic conditions were the driving forces in this environmentally friendly design.

Whyatt House: Australian Bush Style Home Built From Prefabricated Shed

A local shed company prefabricated this home, saving both time and cost. But Whyatt House doesn't look like a typical shed…

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