Why settle for a standard backyard when you can wrap your home around a lush courtyard? Baker’s House rethinks suburban living.
From dark and dreary to light, bright, and effortlessly cool, while still keeping it green and gorgeous...
Forget cookie-cutter renovations—this one balances nostalgia with a bold new chapter, and the result is stunning...
A double-gabled extension introduces height and light, creating a striking yet cohesive addition.
Blending Victorian-era details with a contemporary design approach creates a home that respects two worlds...
An inverted design solution is a thoughtful response to a steep site.
Now this home enjoys a modern upgrade, reconnecting the kitchen to the backyard and adding eco-friendly touches...
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...
Ready to downsize without losing style? Downsizing doesn't mean you have to sacrifice livability. See this stunning transformation!
A series of small additions left this home's living areas dark and detached from the garden, but Trace Studio have changed all that.
"There are too many beautiful old shacks being demolished, and Austin Maynard Architects won’t be part of it."
Living in a barn is one thing, but living in a barn in the city? Well that sounds absurd, but it's a reality for this lucky family.
With copious amounts of timber inside and out, this modern interpretation of a workers cottage feels natural, warm and welcoming.
Parts of the original house are left intact to create sheltered outdoor areas in this renovation, grounding the home to its history.
A series of courtyards weave this modern extension into the original home. A sensitive departure from the typical add-on.
A compact weatherboard cottage explodes from the sides of a prefabricated shed to provide space for an illustrator to live and work.
We don't often feature multi-residential projects. But when we do, they're beautifully innovative projects like this one.
The use of up to 75 per cent recycled timber as structure and cladding brings warmth and variety to this modern beach house.
Everyone loves to get away to the beach for the weekend, luckily this house can accomodate all of the extended friends and family.
Scribbly Gums on the site of this new family home inspire the use of timber internally and help to generate the colour palette.
Hilltop House is a small, carefully crafted dwelling on the steep eastern slopes of Pittwater, a waterway to the north of Sydney.
A classic Queenslander gets a small triangular extension which manages to dramatically change the functionality of the whole house.
A timber exoskeleton-like structure allows Great Barrier House to open onto its surrounds while lifting towards a hill to the west.
This modern farmhouse in Tonimbuk allows the owner to 'live in the environment' thanks to large glass sliding doors.
The design of Orange Grove House is so good the clients couldn't stand to sell as they'd planned and decided to move in instead!
Lightbox House by Edwards Moore Architects transforms a cramped and dark terrace into a light, bright wonder. Perforated floor, translucent ceiling and all.
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.
Like the slow food movement, Pirates Bay House is a reaction against our hectic lives. It's a home for slow living on Australia's Mornington Peninsula.
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.
Bushfire regulations are a challenge. Homes can end up like bunkers. Chenchow Little's Stewart House is a bushfire proof house that doesn't sacrifice looks.
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.
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.
Tucked away in a subdivided backyard in Melbourne's Inner North, Nest Architects created a delightfully compact two-bedroom home with a beautiful sunny garden.
This coastal cottage proves that quality always trumps quantity. The small house will age gracefully thanks to quality materials.
A highly crafted 'pod' extension achieves a level quality and joy in what is essentially a very simple, easy to construct little box.
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.
In the middle of a bustling Vietnamese city, architects a21studio have designed a low-budget but high-style oasis for a renowned architecture writer.
No, it's not a Clive Palmer/Gina Rinehart franken-baby. It's a suburban beach house with a view.
A rundown stone cottage on a sustainable timber plantation undergoes a massive transformation to become a simply stunning family home.
As you round the corner of this quiet street, a cheery extension greets you. Quite literally… It says 'Hello'.
Floreat Additons modernises a modernist building with colour and light without detracting or destroying the qualities of the original.
On a site covered in mature trees, Under Pohutukawa House is designed to represent the stumps of trees removed for construction.
A piece of engineering ingenuity, Shallard House's living area is suspended like a bridge to capture lake views and maintain privacy.
A modern, but sensitively sized addition transforms existing interwar home and saturates it in natural light - in-spite of a tiny site.
Vader House emerges from behind its high boundary wall to disrupt Fitzroy's typical roofline and breathe new life into this Victorian Terrace.
Tennis Avenue Residence new timber pavilion, added sensitively to the rear of a humble old cottage feels like living in a modern treehouse.
A contemporary interpretation of traditional rural Australian architecture, Hinterland House epitomises modern Australian style.
This modern warehouse home reinterprets the existing home style and feeling of the original home with modern flair.
A home on the family property for a retiring couple, Storrs Road House aims to reflect in miniature the site and its history.
