This two-storey Fitzroy North home uses its laneway boundary to create a lush, private inner-city oasis with a pool at its heart.
Clever design turns a cramped workers' cottage into a double-storey family home.
A secret sawtooth roof, sunlight galore, and a music studio—see how this early 20th-century home quietly hides a big modern surprise.
Sunlit spaces and seamless design—this extension brings new life to this historic Victorian home.
Explore how this Dependent Persons Unit (DPU; AKA Granny Flat) transforms a small space into the ideal retreat that's also demountable.
A heritage home with a modern twist, perfect for daily family life and hosting family and friends for longer-terms...
This modern home in an historic neighbourhood was designed by an architect as a home for him and his family.
Dealing with poor orientation this North-facing cloistered space acts as circulation and additional indoor/outdoor living space.
Reclaimed bricks are used in various ways to bring a sense of history and weight to this inner-city extension.
This renovation shines with a light well bringing light deep into the house, bright red accents and pops of personality throughout...
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.
By creating outdoor covered spaces for dining and car parking Laneway House manages to pack a lot of space onto a tight site.
Located in a tight lane way in Fitzroy, Little Gore Street Studio is a truly unique response to urban densification...
Parents' retreat, teen hideaway, granny flat or rental earner — the function of this self contained extension can change over time.
A mirror-lined void brings light deep into a square floor plan and above spatially divides the living and dining spaces without the need for walls.
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.
Tight site, stringent planning and heritage controls, and a difficult orientation -- Nic Owen Architects pull off the architectural equivalent of a miracle.
A large suburban home for an extended family in the suburbs doesn't need to look and feel like a cookie cutter McMansion…
Local House is playful and intriguing — designed more like a favourite local café than a private house — creating spaces for connection and bonding.
The brick exterior of Five Courts House belies its light-filled interior which surrounds five courtyards arranged around the perimeter.
The future of suburban laneways is vibrant and active if this Erskineville Studio project by Pivot Architects is anything to go by.
Middle Park Studio isn't a house. But if it were, it would be a great example of how we can develop backyards with laneway access into smart, sustainable homes.
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!
At Datum House the ceiling height, rather than extra square meters, creates a generous and varied sense of space (without the cost).
A quintessential tin shed is reworked into a modern living/working space in Syndey's gritty inner city.
Queens Park House designed to create a series of spaces in the old and new house which are flexible over time.
A project home from the 1970s with poor solar orientation is reconfigured and realigned. Now it catches the sun for energy efficiency.
Can you spot a Japanese influence in Engawa House? 'Engawa' is an exterior hallway on Japanese homes -- the inspiration for this new extension.
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.
Unlike most renovations, Park Lane House isn't tucked away in a backyard -- it's out there for all to see.
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...
Moor House's family needed was a well designed renovation to provide space and privacy for their growing children. Oh, and all within just 4.5 meters width!
