Holiday Homes & Weekenders
Prefab magic! These houses arrived by barge and were installed in two days.
Two separate boxes, open-air flow, and room for 14 guests – see the smart layout behind this coastal crib.
This beach house wraps around majestic Moonah trees, blending home with nature.
When an architect designs their own home, it creates some exciting results. See how this architect designed a home surrounded by nature…
A beautiful studio on Tasmania's coastline offers the perfect place to relax and soak in the views.
This triangular beach house nestled among the gums and grasses is the perfect slice of beach house living only an hour from Melbourne.
This flexible beach house is the perfect surf trips big and small because it's focussed on the outdoors to create extra living space.
Sitting on an exposed hilltop, this off-grid retreat deals with a hostile landscape, but it's worth the effort for that view...
This laid back holiday home is tough enough to cope with the kids yet luxurious: the perfect escape to create lifetime memories.
This tropical home locks down when it's not being used, but when it's open, it embraces the natural landscape in every direction...
Oikos, ancient Greek for 'home', is a short-term rental demonstrating luxury is achievable if we down-size our ambitions.
This warm, textural home creates a connection to place, captures views and creates a humble retreat from the elements (and the city).
Could you live in a tiny house? CABN, an Australian tiny house tucked away in the Adelaide Hills, gives you a test drive (stay).
Beachside towns were once dotted with simple fibro beach shacks. This modern home reinterprets that classic style.
Inspired by shearing sheds in the area and rhyming with the original home, a clever addition transforms this weekender.
Perched on a hill in rural New South Wales, JR's Hut has all you need for the relaxing opportunity to switch off and reset.
We're all a little bit obsessed with shipping container houses. You'll understand why once you take a look at this home...
A retreat built by the architect and a group of architecture students is a hands-on, experimental process from design to construction.
Sitting sympathetically in an open paddock, this off-grid house captures views without compromising on environmental performance.
Inspired by Mid-century design with a touch of Aussie shed, this stylish shack is the perfect combination of cool and practical.
The most minimal house you could imagine - a platform for living within a translucent shell, set in a beautiful natural landscape.
The use of up to 75 per cent recycled timber as structure and cladding brings warmth and variety to this modern beach house.
Designed to sit long and low and recede into the landscape, this beach house still incorporates enough fun to make it a stand out.
Cape Schanck House is designed to twist and bend in the same way the surrounding tea tree scrub does. It's modern, but designed the way nature might design.
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...
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.
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.
Dogtrot House is a permanent campsite. Like early one room cabins built by farmers, it has everything you need and nothing you don't.
The Delta Cabin uses local materials which contrast with the natural surroundings, while still feeling warm and human.
A series of spaces at this small weekender create numerous places sit and enjoy the inspiring surrounds which are comfortable year round.
In an effort to find more space for a growing and ageing family, Andrew Maynard Architects created a home that has shared space and more private zones.
Clad in burnt timber and weathered steel sheets, Pacific House is a beautiful house that takes full advantage of the dramatic site.
Architect Will Harkness placed this holiday home carefully among a number of established Gum Trees to take advantage of the view.
There's no moat at Fortress House, but this quiet weekend retreat ensures a private, relaxing counterpoint to the owners' busy lives.
Pekapeka Holiday House explores how to build a holiday house of with strong architectural character at an affordable price.
Eyrie Houses demonstrate just how decadent the holiday home has become. And how rewarding returning back to basics can be…
