Project Types
It's amazing how high ceilings can offer your home an extra sense of space, just take a look at this light and bright example...
Three distinct pavilions create the breathing room needed for maximum light and breezes on this narrow inner-city block.
A beautiful new living space wrapping around a courtyard deck plus main bedroom suite creates the perfect home for a family of six.
A beach house doesn't need to feel like a glass box on stilts, this home feels intimate while still celebrating the views.
Pooling for a pool: would you join forces with your parents to create the ultimate inner-city pad complete with a rooftop pool?
With the site's Bushfire Attack Level of Flame Zone, achieving the incredible expanses of glazing took incredible attention to detail.
Bringing together all the things they loved from previous houses, their new home represents the good life for this family of five.
The only way was up at this home, but renovating meant this family were able to achieve everything they wanted without having to move.
With the option of renovating or selling, this family chose to renovate to stay in the area they, but that was easier said than done!
With its lush, wild setting, this home could be worlds away from the city and that's exactly what the owners wanted to achieve.
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By rethinking the layout of this home, a more efficient plan that's perfect for modern living was found within the existing footprint.
Stunning Queenslander renovation retains the character of the original home while creating a modern addition for a growing family.
'It's the way things have always been done' doesn't mean it's the best solution! Questioning the norm can unlock hidden gold...
This post-war brick house has been transformed into a stylish modern home with a thoughtful addition and creative reworking.
Celebrating the suburb's history, this laneway house demonstrates how to create high-quality housing in the inner city with flair.
Designed to make the most of the view, even from the backyard, this prefab modular home is like a viewing scope towards the ocean.
Designed for simple living to enjoy the surrounds, this home uses naturally beautiful materials to create a relaxing bush retreat.
This new pergola uses the original home's roofline as inspiration to provide additional shade without blocking light and views.
An avid collector needed a place to display and enjoy his assortment of quirky objects. Enter Über Shed 2, a shed/rumpus room/gallery.
It's hard to believe 1994 was nearly 30 years ago, but this home was sure showing its age. No more thanks to a fun and bright revamp.
Internal courtyards are the answer to finding natural daylight and preventing overlooking issues in this inner-city renovation.
An L-shaped floor plan creates sheltered outdoor space, maximises the view and builds in flexibility to this beautiful home.
Some clever solutions mean even a home on a long, narrow block can capture scenic, wraparound views of the ocean.
A more efficient floor plan could unlock the space for an ensuite, open-plan kitchen and plenty of storage without extending...
If you're squeezed for space but can't justify the disruption and cost of either moving or renovating, this might be the answer...
Originally a parsonage for the neighbouring church, this historic home has been transformed with a contemporary addition.
This new addition is unquestionably modern, but it has an enduring, timeless quality which makes old and new perfect companions.
This new home in a semi-rural estate balances a sense of space with a need for privacy so the shift from the farm life isn't so hard.
Despite facing north-east, this apartment felt small and dark not at all appropriate for the capital of the sunshine state!
With only minor changes over its 50-year life, this mid-century home retained its original charm but desperately needed a little TLC.
Full of light and opening onto the pool and outdoor area, this modern pavilion is the perfect addition to this heritage home.
A renovation to a Victorian-era home and detached studio shines thanks to the three Rs plus local manufacturing and craftsmanship.
The owners of a mid-century home loved the qualities of their home but needed a modern addition to bring it into this century.
This flexible beach house is the perfect surf trips big and small because it's focussed on the outdoors to create extra living space.
On the corner of two main thoroughfares, a new room conceived as a large balcony gives this home a way to connect with the community.
An injection of pattern and brings plenty of personality to this cottage addition, perfect for a creative young family.
While older homes have character baked in, they're not built for modern living. But, you can have the best of both worlds; old and new!
This modular home was designed and built off-site and then transported to its remote location where it now takes in stunning views.
A back deck completely transforms the functionality of this home, creating a hub connecting living areas with the backyard.
Creating a home for an introvert and an extrovert means balancing openness with a need for privacy; prospect and refuge.
Shop tops in Victorian-era buildings are often dark and often empty these days, talk about a wasted opportunity!
A refined and considered home in a new estate shows the power of using an architect versus buying off-the-plan from a bulk builder.
A long, thin addition on the southern boundary allows this home to maximise the amount of natural light and create an outdoor room.
An addition to this mid-century gem keeps the essence of the original while ensuring it's fit for family life in this century.
Oftentimes when you feel like you need 'more house', the answer is actually to rethink the way your existing house functions...
Downsizing from a large family home to an inner-city pad, this couple were prepared to compromise on space, but not on function!
A thin addition to this home creates new living spaces, but the bonus is a courtyard created by leaving space between existing and new.
Renovating is a messy art full of compromise but, if you roll with it, the result can be the perfect-imperfect home for your family.
With a block of just 117 square metres, this inner-city reno required some creative thinking to make the most of all available space...
For tree-changers Matt and Leanne, an important part of their ideal home was making the most of their spectacular site.
With hints of those classic beach houses, but all the modern needs of a family home, living here would feel like an endless holiday.
Making the complex seem effortless in this addition on a tapering block was not easy, but the results are phenomenal.
This family home was designed with best-practice sustainability and Passive House standards to be a comfortable home for years to come.
Architecture isn't about the bells and whistles. It's about creating spaces which help to improve your lifestyle. Like this home!
A modern farmhouse for a couple with overseas relatives needs to adapt from a comfortable home for two to a home for many more.
A modern addition reorients this home towards the sun as well as complementing and tucking under the roofline of the original home.
Want a sustainable home, but don't know where to start? An architect can help you create a comfortable, sustainable home...
Using the slope to its advantage, this beach house cascades down the hill and focuses your attention on the stunning coastline views.
By using similar colours, materials and proportions as the original home without copying it, this addition fits in effortlessly.
Unusually-shaped boundaries can be a challenge, particularly on sites as tight as this; you've got to turn a challenge into an asset!
The neighbours are shifting uncomfortably in their seats as this new kid on the block shows them what modern living should look like...
Previously a general store, this South Melbourne terrace is now a light-filled family home while retaining its character and quirks.
The practicality of a classic hat proves the perfect design inspiration for an off-grid home in Australia's outback.
Would you be game to renovate and reduce the size of your home? This design proves it's not always more space you need, after all.
This space-defying addition proves just because you don't have a lot of space to extend doesn't mean you can't make a big impact.
This granny (and gramps) flat is the perfect place for a retired couple to call home: close to family, yet private and comfortable.
Using passive design techniques, this new living space embraces the outdoors and will be comfortable year-round without relying on AC.
With dated bricks and dutch-gabled eaves, this home was definitely a child of the '90s, but now it's been given a contemporary twist.
Scandinavian design is clean and minimal, but the use of natural timbers and stone avoid it becoming sterile. This home nails the look.
Making a compact space work means making it work hard. But how, exactly, do you achieve that? This remodel shows you how...
For an artist who collects all things astonishing and strange, a renovation helps to show off her unique style and flair.
An incredible collaboration between the owners of a furniture company and the architects creates a light and bright coastal home.
You might be surprised how little extra space you need if you take the time to get the floor plan right...
By reimagining the way this existing addition functioned they were able to transform this home, adding only 15 square metres in total.
This retired couple wanted an intimate home for themselves, but what happens when extended family visit? Enter the 'connected plan'...
The clever addition has been sliced and diced to deal with all the constraints of the site, but it guarantees light, space and views.
If you focus on the basics first in sustainable house design, everything else becomes a bonus and your reduce greenwashing overwhelm.
A total rebuild of this terrace house was required, but glimpses of its history are exposed throughout the house.
Making the most of the site's assets, this new addition overlooks the lush park behind the home to stunning effect.
It's difficult to imagine how this tight block in a laneway could become a functional and spacious home and office, but they did it!
These retirees packed up their life in Western Victoria to move to Barwon Heads. What lifestyle would you want out of a seachange?
Can you have too many beds at a family beach house? A reno retains the character of this beloved beach house but maximises flexibility.
Ultimately council agreed to let them make some changes behind this heritage facade, convinced no one on the street would be the wiser.
Imagine if all our inner-city homes were eco-friendly urban farms: what a difference we could make! Here's what that might look like...
Sadly lighting is an afterthought in many homes, but not here: a special lighting system demonstrates the potential of lighting design.
This 1960s home originally designed by Peter Johnson is updated to take advantage of its location without losing what makes it special.
Like a tiny, irritating grain of sand creating a lustrous pearl, sometimes a projects' constraints lead to the most charming solutions.
Sitting on an exposed hilltop, this off-grid retreat deals with a hostile landscape, but it's worth the effort for that view...
Renovating a heritage house the right way means you can enjoy the benefits of a modern home while respecting the house's history.
If you've ever harboured an urge to live in a trendy inner-city warehouse conversion, be prepared to have some feelings about this...
How do you get sun, light and a sense of space when your block is only 6 metres wide? This home has some solutions for narrow blocks.
Looking for a simpler lifestyle and to indulge their passion for horses, this modern home for their acreage is perfection.
When you're building or renovating, you spend a lot of time picking the perfect tiles and paint colours, but don't forget about this...
