Inspired by Moroccan and Turkish design, this Sydney home is a bold, curved, character-filled celebration of individuality.
This two-storey Fitzroy North home uses its laneway boundary to create a lush, private inner-city oasis with a pool at its heart.
Why settle for a standard backyard when you can wrap your home around a lush courtyard? Baker’s House rethinks suburban living.
A gable roof, mezzanine, and sliding doors bring space-saving magic to this compact yet versatile backyard studio.
A thoughtful reinvention turns a tired 1980s project home into a sophisticated family retreat.
A double-height void and timber framing create a serene, airy pavilion.
Sheltered from wild winds, this off-grid hilltop home opens up to breathtaking lakeside views. Explore its design secrets!
These architects designed a home that grows with its family, thanks to clever, future-proof design.
Two separate boxes, open-air flow, and room for 14 guests – see the smart layout behind this coastal crib.
A home that blends into its suburban surroundings while quietly championing passive solar design and low-carbon construction...
Inspired by old farm sheds, this contemporary farmhouse respects its rural roots while embracing sustainability and modern living.
A new build that honours its humble but much loved predecessor while embracing modern sustainability and style…
Now this home enjoys a modern upgrade, reconnecting the kitchen to the backyard and adding eco-friendly touches...
A suburban home designed for the Australian landscape and climate. If our suburbs looked like this, imagine what we could create.
A unique design means that living in this home keeps you constantly in touch with the stunning natural environment.
A hidden piece of history reshapes a modern Fremantle home renovation thanks to some creative design solutions...
This modern farmhouse combines tradition with sustainability, offering stunning views and off-grid living in Carrickalinga.
Need extra space without a full renovation? This backyard cabin is the answer. See how they did it!
Perfectly blending old and new, capturing the owners sense of style, and correcting mistakes of the past, this renovation nails it all.
When an architect designs their own home, it creates some exciting results. See how this architect designed a home surrounded by nature…
A combination of bricks, timber, corrugated iron and translucent sheeting help this home complement its semi-rural landscape.
A modern retreat for an elderly couple built on the family property - the perfect spot to enjoy retirement close to family.
This modern home in an historic neighbourhood was designed by an architect as a home for him and his family.
From the street this modern take on the other single storey cottage in the neighbourhood. But things get interesting quickly...
With copious amounts of timber inside and out, this modern interpretation of a workers cottage feels natural, warm and welcoming.
With a green roof and other sustainable elements this beach-side residence touches the earth lightly physically and metaphorically.
Carefully planned around a central courtyard to maximise light and connection to the garden while minimising its impact on the street.
Inspired by the surrounding '60s estate, James Russell Architects takes the humble breeze block to new heights of style.
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."
Small in both budget and footprint, but clever thinking and innovative solutions have produced a home which ticks all the boxes...
A magnificent 100 year old fig tree and a small creek are treated as sacred elements in this home which embraces its environment.
An extension to a double fronted Californian bungalow reuses salvaged materials from the demolition works in an extensive renovation.
Alterations to the rear of this house to draw in green vistas, sunlight and cooling breezes making the most of the weather year-round.
By creating outdoor covered spaces for dining and car parking Laneway House manages to pack a lot of space onto a tight site.
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.
Located in a tight lane way in Fitzroy, Little Gore Street Studio is a truly unique response to urban densification...
Like a giant three dimensional puzzle this home defies its tight block with no views, houses on each side and a high wall to the north.
This off-the-grid home is close to the beach in the Daintree Rainforest — an ancient ecosystem deserving a thoughtful approach to site.
Annie Street House was constructed by a project builder and utilises project home technology in unique ways to achieve a tight budget.
The compact Highway House takes full advantage of its difficult, but dramatic site — sitting lightly over Hobart and the Derwent River…
Carefully curated views help Neutral Bay House to feel brighter, connect to the garden and defy its tightly confined urban site.
At Balmoral House, carefully orchestrated windows ensure the home feels light and overlooks lush foliage, while avoiding overlooking neighbours.
Thanks to an owner with an interest in sustainable building, Mona Vale House incorporates passive and active sustainability features.
In Wallaby Lane House, a family seeking a tree change find a new, more self-sufficient way of living. The home makes the most of their rural site.
Located on a windswept coast line, Moonlight Cabin is a place to retreat from and engage with the landscape’s ephemeral conditions.
Shmukler House by Tribe Studio is conceived as a series of boxes suspended in a large shed-like space.
On an extremely small parcel of land Beach Avenue House is designed more like a finely crafted joinery unit than a typical home.
The site of Invermay House has a great view over Ballarat, but vegetation hid the view. This new home cantilevers to capture it back.
The location was right. But it would take a lot of imagination and a leap of faith to transform this dilapidated shed into a home...
A local shed company prefabricated this home, saving both time and cost. But Whyatt House doesn't look like a typical shed…
Named Soe Ker Tie (Butterfly) Houses by the workers on site, these six innovative pavilions provide affordable accomodation for Thai orphans.
A previously dark terrace is transformed into a light and bright home with the help of some unusual 'light cannons'.
Queens Park House designed to create a series of spaces in the old and new house which are flexible over time.
Semi-detached house revitalized for a young couple's contemporary lives. The transformation creates a bright new home.
A sustainable, flexible and contemporary living space grows out of an existing home. It's reverent and cheeky, radical and conservative.
A new living \'pod\' provides more than space at Mountford Road - bringing light, volume, air and dramatic results to this small-scale project.
A modest, cement clad building sits deep on a north facing bank opening to the landscape and overlooking the valley and ocean below.
From the outside Hill Plain House has an Australian agricultural feel. Inside, it's another story; dark moody and richly detailed.
Views in one direction access to the garden in the other? Which do you choose? At House Chapple, you can have both!
There are a lot of things to consider when planning an extension. Haines House's new raked roofline solves a number of problems effortlessly.
Talk about a constrained site - this light-filled addition is a small inner city block sandwiched between 14 adjacent properties.
Bisley Place House is a suburban home built for family life and interaction. Bending the rules creates an incredible indoor-outdoor space for the family.
Bridge House takes full advantage of a naturally stunning site, straddling a creek bed and touching the earth lightly environmentally and physically.
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.
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!
A moderate extension creates a rich space and leaves a decent-sized backyard. Jack's House is a timber 'gusset' that will serve the family into the future.
Casa 31_4 Room House is a Coolgardie Safe for living. But it also uses the layering of history to transition a traditional house into a vibrant modern home.
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.
Karri Loop House has two irregular-shaped courtyards which are centered around three majestic native Australian trees. This is what happens when trees are given the chance to shine.
If a real estate agent tells you a house has 'good bones', it's rarely a good thing. The Eagle's bones (timber studs) are proudly on display. And they're not good; they're stunning.
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.
A new rear extension, much of which is under the existing house, creates a new-found connection to the backyard on this sloping site.
Turning this tight inner-city terrace into a light-filled, open-plan home for a family of five was a challenge. But was it a success?
A Miesian inspired glass pavilion in a rural landscape setting not dissimilar to that portrayed in a Claude Monet painting…
A new house set in a compact urban site, Woollahra House has a relaxed yet rich garden landscape of indoor and outdoor rooms.
In the inner city it's not always wise to rely on an aspect. In the case of Diagonal House it made sense to embrace a sunny northern aspect.
An eclectic couple of homes in Sydney's Marrickville demonstrates a new model for urban consolidation…
Set in a lush tropical rainforest, Planchonella House, is a raw and honest home that takes full advantage of its incredible views.
A modern, but sensitively sized addition transforms existing interwar home and saturates it in natural light - in-spite of a tiny site.
The prefabricated Collingwood House fits easily into its tight urban site, without feeling squeezed for space.
Embracing the morning sun and bay breezes, Christian Street House is comfortable year-round by making the most of Brisbane's climate.
Jones House is a home designed for Australian conditions proving architectural ideas can be achieved without big budgets and costly construction methods.
Sean Godsell Architects explore the traditional verandah to create a stunning beach home sheltered from the extremes of coastal life.
Polygreen is a printed fiberglass box in a neighborhood of red brick warehouses. The contrast is striking - a home covered in vibrant green.
Renovating and extending a typical Victorian terrace always poses a unique set of challenges. Hawthorn House exceeds those challenges.
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.
ArchiBlox' Carbon Positive Prefab House means it's no longer enough to just be carbon neutral, when you can be carbon positive.
Designed in a flood-prone area, this modest, sustainable beach house touches the earth so lightly it appears to float!
In this case, the Green House effect is the impact light and air can make to a family home for a florist…
After a number of minor additions over the years, Patterson Street Residence is reinvigorated with a modern extension to the rear.
At Alexandria House 2 full height glazing and louvers let the house breathe and skylights are used strategically to maximise natural light…
James Russell Architects' distinctive tropical style shines through in this climate-sensitive weatherboard house extension.
Modest extension creates an infinitely more liveable home compared to a previously gloomy and confused hodgepodge of poor additions.
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…
