Opening up the back of this semi to light and the backyard has created the perfect entertainer.
Folded perfectly, the 10-fold roofline of this home grabs the light and views of treetops and provides privacy from neighbours.
The addition creates a new living area and main bedroom suite, completely transforming the functionality and style of this home.
Much of the charm of this original Edwardian cottage had been removed, painted over and, in some cases, plastered over.
With clever planning and bringing light and framed views in at every opportunity, this long, narrow site feels surprisingly spacious.
Just because your home is on a tight, inner-city site doesn't mean it can't feel spacious. You just need to use the right tricks!
Old homes are full of character. By carefully marrying old and new in a renovation, you can retain some of that warmth and personality.
The neighbours once dubbed this home the ugly duckling of the street, now they're green with envy at this stunning entertainer.
This home has a surprise at the end of the typically ornate Edwardian-era hallway, and it's far from your average terrace renovation!
The history of this home as well as the personalities of its owners shine through in this clever renovation of a Victorian cottage.
Redbrick and terracotta-tiled Californian Bungalows are beautiful homes, but they can be dark. Here's a bright solution...
While retaining as much of the original house for cost and environmental reasons, this home is completely transformed.
This house crossed with a warehouse is the perfect live/work space for a family who are always making or doing something...
A focus on the small changes with the biggest impact was key to keeping the renovation of this 1980s project home budget-friendly.
Looks can be deceiving. Hidden behind this narrow frontage is a spacious, light-filled and fun home thanks to a recent renovation.
For a client who lives alone, this renovation was about creating the perfect home for their lifestyle, not more space.
Good design means you can live larger with less, meaning this compact home feels bright, spacious and surrounded by greenery.
Damp-ridden, cold and leaking, this 1960s home needed a revamp. Luckily, a sensitive approach retains the home's unique character.
By removing poorly constructed add-ons and creating an open-plan living area as the new heart, this quaint cottage is transformed...
A complex, compact site on a slope and facing a busy road calls for a creative solution: switching the front and back!
A house can become dysfunctional as poorly planned renovations alter the layout and strip away original details. But it can be fixed!
An addition sitting high and dry (literally) above the flood level, creates a refuge from the main family home and potential floods.
Wanting a place to entertain friends and family, this new addition creates a grand living area overlooking the garden
Far from the classic box-like addition, a series of unique spaces unfurl from the rear of the cottage, opening up to light and garden.
Bungalows are charming homes, but they tend to be dark. This addition finds a way to bring light into the depths of this bungalow.
The front verandah of this Californian Bungalow is reinterpreted at the rear of the home to create a shady outdoor living space.
Not that you'd know it now, but this sleek, modern-Japanese-inspired home was once a tired '70s brick pad and what a transformation!
To create space for the kids as they grow, this new bedroom wing sits beautifully in the landscape and meets BAL requirements.
Creating a light-filled addition where the garden and outdoor spaces feel like an extension of the living areas for year-round use.
Creative ways to bring more light into the home, even when the backyard doesn't get much sun, makes this home light-filled and airy.
The charred timber addition float in front of the home, complementing the original cream brick and transforming the street appeal.
An addition to this period home sits comfortably alongside the original, oriented to catch the light and open up the backyard.
Despite a seemingly impossible set of constraints, this terrace has been transformed into a light-filled and sustainable family home.
The renovation of this post-war house leans on mid-century details and views of the native landscape to create a special home.
A generous north-facing courtyard becomes the best part of this house, bringing light, breezes and the outdoors into every space.
Chimneys of the old brickworks immediately caught the architect's attention and she knew this renovation needed to capture that view!
Rather than relocate, this family decided on a Queenslander renovation to create the home of their dreams in the street they love.
Others overlooked this heritage-listed home because of its exposure on three sides, but a playful addition turns it into an asset.
A new 60 square metre addition creates a bright and modern living space for this inner-city home.
Perfect for entertaining, this new living pavilion at the back of a 1910s home is light, airy and open to the backyard.
An addition which doesn't overshadow the original heritage house, but improves the home's spaciousness, access to light and the yard.
If you love the curved lines and detailing of the Art Deco period, but crave open spaces and natural light, this home is for you...
Once home to the local milkman, this quaint cottage has been transformed into a light and bright home with a surprising sense of space.
A simple, rectangular, double-storey addition was a cost-effective way to gain the space this family needed. Plus some indulgences...
This home, inspired by a jewellery box, is perfect for your most treasured people and possessions: beautiful, safe and ordered.
From the street, all you can see is a sliver of the stunning new addition, designed to protect the heritage value of the original home.
At 52 square metres, this two-storey terrace was about the same size as a two-bedroom apartment, now there's space to entertain guests.
Transforming a 1980s house into a warehouse loft-inspired home involved removing the roof but the results are more than worth it!
Every good architectural story needs a hero. In this renovation, it's a striking bookshelf which screens a work-from-home space...
This addition to a post-war brick home has a trick up its sleeve to guarantee access to sunlight despite the backyard facing south.
Defying its narrow site, challenging east-west orientation and heritage restrictions, this skinny home manages to feel spacious.
A west-facing backyard and poorly-designed additions left this family with dark mornings and overheated afternoons, but no longer...
Imagine having a classic modernist house in the family for three generations? How would you sensitively renovate it?
The roof and layout of the original home serve as the inspiration for a new addition, but a modern twist creates perfect family home.
The substantial renovation of this terrace transforms the home, but reminders of the past are woven in to create a rich tapestry.
In many ways, Feng Shui aligns with the principles of good design. Here, Feng Shui achieves a light, harmonious and delightful home.
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.
Pooling for a pool: would you join forces with your parents to create the ultimate inner-city pad complete with a rooftop pool?
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.
Stunning Queenslander renovation retains the character of the original home while creating a modern addition for a growing family.
This post-war brick house has been transformed into a stylish modern home with a thoughtful addition and creative reworking.
Internal courtyards are the answer to finding natural daylight and preventing overlooking issues in this inner-city renovation.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
Making the complex seem effortless in this addition on a tapering block was not easy, but the results are phenomenal.
Architecture isn't about the bells and whistles. It's about creating spaces which help to improve your lifestyle. Like this home!
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...
By using similar colours, materials and proportions as the original home without copying it, this addition fits in effortlessly.
Previously a general store, this South Melbourne terrace is now a light-filled family home while retaining its character and quirks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Can you have too many beds at a family beach house? A reno retains the character of this beloved beach house but maximises flexibility.
