Project Types
When installing a security system, the question is: professional installation or do it yourself?
When you think of an off-grid house you typically imagine a remote cabin in the bush, but these eco-townhouses tell a different story.
Embracing the garden with a huge double-height space, 7 metre-wide door and patterned screen which fills the home with dappled shade.
Three distinct options and three years later they settled on a design, but when you're building forever, take the time to get it right!
This addition to a historic bluestone farmhouse doesn't match the original building, but it pays its respects in its own way...
Revealing the layers beneath this dilapidated home helps to blend old and new, weaving a rich story from the home's existing fabric.
A home for a couple and a separate home for their adult children. Plus it's on a very public, very tricky triangular site!
This stunning modern Australian beach house has a whole wall of glass, taking in spectacular views of the beach and headland beyond.
When a couple who both have homes designed by the same architect get married, their new home together is bound to be adventurous!
New living areas and a backyard studio centred around a landscaped courtyard make this home perfect for current and future generations.
With numerous facets to bounce light around the home, Cloud House feels like living in a cloud surrounded by beautiful, diffused light.
A new asymmetrical frame encloses the original shack, wrapping new living areas all around to take advantage of the views.
These owners didn't want a 'generic open-plan box'. Instead, a series of interconnected rooms are linked by a dramatic brick colonnade.
When you have to hike up and down stairs all day, they may as well be fun! A new stair brings light and novelty to this home.
Running the two homes perpendicular to the street allows this dual occupancy design to maximise views and maintain privacy.
A new two-storey addition transforms Bill and Kate's home, connecting it to the backyard and creates dramatic interior spaces.
Emulating the solidity of the original 150-year-old cottage, this concrete and brick addition is sure to be around in another 150 years!
In spite of a narrow block, this home expands its interior to the edge of the site, blurring the line between indoors and outdoors.
This home defies its tight site by using screening and careful window placement to grab light and views without exposing itself.
Trying to fit a home on a tight, triangular block with a busy street on one side and an easement on the other: crazy or brilliant?
An incredible home for a much-loved grandmother allows her to live independently (but close by). It's better than a retirement village!
An addition to the front is just one of the atypical parts of this project full of surprises and innovative solutions.
A simple, two-room addition radically transforms the feeling and liveability of this previously dark, introverted home.
This family extended their Queenslander over the years, but something had to be done to pull it all together and make it liveable again.
A pavilion surrounded by garden brings living closer to the river, creating an additional living space with incredible views.
This laid back holiday home is tough enough to cope with the kids yet luxurious: the perfect escape to create lifetime memories.
When you've got a tight block, you need to use every square centimetre. That's how you make a compact home feel spacious.
After removing walls and opening up both the internal space and to the outdoors, this home is virtually unrecognisable.
A new two-storey addition to the rear is transformational, bringing new light and life to this old, previously neglected home.
With housing (un)affordability growing and our city limits bursting, this project shows us there's still space in the inner city.
A private, yet light-filled coastal home is the perfect fit for a retired couple, with plenty of room for visitors.
Bringing a sense of space and plenty of natural light to a narrow block is tough, but clever design and engineering make it possible.
A samurai's armour inspires the form and materials of this unique townhouse development, bringing a bit of Japan to the suburbs.
Materials are reused in new and unusual ways in this renovation, instilling the home with unique personality - even the new parts!
The dramatic timber ceiling sails over new living spaces and outside, shading the home but retaining the best views.
A new opening with integrated seating transforms this home from dated colonial-style, to modern, minimal and cool. What a difference!
A double-storey addition sensitively extends the original home, unfurling from the original roofline to create a light-filled home.
Having lived in the area for 45 years, this downsizer was reluctant to leave. Instead, she built the perfect home in her backyard!
These townhouses challenge the norm and prove you can develop suburban sites without ignoring the character of the neighbourhood.
Queenslander-style homes capture breezes and create shaded, naturally cool living spaces. This addition takes it to the next level.
To grab light without taking over the backyard, this addition pops its head over the original home, saying peekaboo to the street!
Instead of demolishing this unit, the architects reimagined it, transforming it into a modern and light-filled 3-bedroom home.
Inspired by a nearby converted factory, this home brings its own spin to the saw-tooth roofline and the inspiration doesn't stop there.
An efficiently-planned rear addition to this narrow house creates space and light to grow a family without losing the home's charm.
This environmentally-considerate home is carefully planned to ensure it's compact yet spacious: the least house necessary.
With exposed structure and a galley-style kitchen, this renovation takes its cues from the economical and practical fit-out of a ship.
In an area with challenging heritage overlays, Splice House fits an impressive modern addition within the allowable setbacks...
Courtyard House makes the most of a narrow, inner-city site, creating an urban oasis for a family of five now and into the future.
With modular, off-site construction you can remove the headaches of extending your home and still end up with a beautiful result.
This tropical home locks down when it's not being used, but when it's open, it embraces the natural landscape in every direction...
The small, pokey and often dark spaces of many older homes don’t provide the space young families need, but you can change that...
Oriented for passive heating and cooling and taking in stunning views of the landscape, Paddock House feels right at home in the bush.
Celebrating an incredible rural site, this eco-friendly home opens up to the views, basks in the sun and collects all its own water.
The carefully crafted folds of the ancient art of origami create something new and unexpected. It's a similar story with this reno...
A new covered deck is the showpiece of this home's transformation, drawing its owners out to enjoy the backyard.
What this home lacks in a dining room is made up for with a fun, communal island bench for seven: a perfect way to host a dinner party.
With a folded roof form and charred timber cladding, Pleated House has plenty of flair for its design-conscious owners.
If the stress of renovating isn't enough for you, here's a way to step it up a gear: base your deadline around the arrival of a baby!
Lean-tos aren't renowned for their good design, but rethinking the classic design led to a functional and flexible home for this family.
Living in the inner-city means trading space for convenience. This project shows you, that trade-off isn't so bad.
The clever design for this challenging site allows the home to deal with the threat of bushfire, while still taking in the views.
Can a house be both a cosy refuge and open to the outdoors to create a breezy outdoor room? In this case, it can!
How do you extend an old cottage which used to belong to the client's mother? By reinterpreting the original cottage, that's how...
A creative design for two new townhouses defies many of the qualities of these types of developments to create bright and breezy homes.
If your backyard doesn't face north, create a long side yard instead so you can enjoy the benefits of natural light and passive design.
A surprising, angular addition pops out of the rear of this home, but it does more than just look dramatic...
With an incredible site just one street from the beach and close to the city, these architects built their ideal family home.
Originally a simple apartment renovation project turned into something more after discovering air rights would allow them to extend...
A modern beach house design replaces the ageing cottage on a property that has been in the family for over 50 years.
The lace-like screen protecting the rear of this home is a way to tie old and new together while also dealing with practicalities.
Like an annexe attached to the side of this solid home, BENT Annexe is an open-plan living area that feels more like a garden room.
Previously cut off from the backyard by a hefty level change, this new addition flows effortlessly between inside and out.
Friends said they were brave to buy their home. But who's laughing now after a breezy makeover transforms this 1970s hot mess.
A relatively modest-sized home feels more spacious and comfortable thanks to its connection to and interaction with five garden spaces.
Growing tired of the layout and design of your most home? Here are 8 home improvement ideas for 2019...
A tired 1970s apartment undergoes a massive transformation without relocating structure or services.
Increasingly, multi-generational families are choosing to live together. In this case, how do we design homes which cater for everyone?
As soon as you enter the front door of this 1950s home, you are drawn to the light and openness of the new, rear addition.
By designing a new, open-plan addition to this heritage home, the owner has a light-filled space to inspire his creativity.
Buying an extra slice of land from the owners' corporation enabled this 1960s one-bedroom unit to become a modern three-bedroom home.
So many decisions when building or renovating. Architect Wesley Spencer tells us what not to do so we don't make a design faux pas...
This family were miserable in their south-facing living areas, but thanks to a clever addition, their home is now light and bright.
A south-facing backyard can feel like a curse, but an unconventional roofline could come to the rescue to let direct natural light in.
A strong visual and physical connection to the garden is achieved without significantly altering this inner-city terrace.
It's not the size of an addition that counts, it's the functionality it adds to your home. This micro addition achieves hefty results.
The careful siting of this new home helps it take full advantage of the sun and embrace a beautiful, bushy site.
Extending heritage homes respectfully is a challenge. Allowing this addition to recede into the shadows was the sensitive approach.
New additions help this home to perform more like a traditional Queenslander, helping it fit perfectly with its site and climate.
Settling into regular life takes some adjustment for a fly-in-fly-out worker who spends a month away from home. This new home helps.
The good qualities of both old and new are highlighted by creating an addition which is the binary opposite of the original.
On a tight, south-facing site, the various spaces of this addition are expertly arranged to ensure maximum benefit with minimal fuss.
Living near the beach has its pros and cons. A great beach house needs to embrace the sunshine while protecting from cold ocean winds.
