Blending Victorian-era details with a contemporary design approach creates a home that respects two worlds...
How a linear garden creates peace and sanctuary in the city.
The green screen: Privacy, sun protection, and morning coffee seating—all in one.
How Kreis Grennan Architecture used smart design to create two spacious homes on a compact site...
Ready to downsize without losing style? Downsizing doesn't mean you have to sacrifice livability. See this stunning transformation!
Hawthorne Siblings: Rethinking the traditional Queenslander for denser cities and stylish modern living...
Discover how a small, unused garage became a stylish, functional studio in Middle Park!
A young Wellington couple with a modest budget and small and challenging block chose a Box™ design-build for their first home.
With copious amounts of timber inside and out, this modern interpretation of a workers cottage feels natural, warm and welcoming.
The smallest house on the block contains one of the largest rooms. What this house lacks in square metres it makes up for in volume.
We don't often feature multi-residential projects. But when we do, they're beautifully innovative projects like this one.
The unusual roof of the small but effective addition is the real winner - providing plenty of light to the small, overshadowed site.
Despite strict heritage controls and a tight site, Durbach Block Jaggers Architects manage to deliver this charming and bright home.
Like a giant three dimensional puzzle this home defies its tight block with no views, houses on each side and a high wall to the north.
A home previously owned by the client's Grandmother wasn't a good fit for a young family. An innovative extension changes all that.
Jones House is a home designed for Australian conditions proving architectural ideas can be achieved without big budgets and costly construction methods.
Carefully curated views help Neutral Bay House to feel brighter, connect to the garden and defy its tightly confined urban site.
On an extremely small parcel of land Beach Avenue House is designed more like a finely crafted joinery unit than a typical home.
Annie Street House was constructed by a project builder and utilises project home technology in unique ways to achieve a tight budget.
Turning this tight inner-city terrace into a light-filled, open-plan home for a family of five was a challenge. But was it a success?
A tiny terrace is transformed thanks to a new neighbouring addition that compliments and contrasts the original.
When a family of four decide to renovate their terrace on a tiny site, some big ideas need to be packed into a little space.
The Armadale House addition creates an open plan living area with a great connection to the garden, maximising the small site.
A new house set in a compact urban site, Woollahra House has a relaxed yet rich garden landscape of indoor and outdoor rooms.
A modern, but sensitively sized addition transforms existing interwar home and saturates it in natural light - in-spite of a tiny site.
The prefabricated Collingwood House fits easily into its tight urban site, without feeling squeezed for space.
It can be a challenge to enjoy indoor/outdoor living without sacrificing your privacy. Birchgrove House achieves the perfect balance.
Law Street House is constructed from a surprising material - plate steel. Inside, a double height light shaft encourages sunlight to dance across the walls.
Tattoo House takes the conflicting wishes of the client, neighbors and council and creates a surprisingly leafy compromise everyone is delighted with.
The age-old advice is to buy the worst house on the best street. Doll's House was the smallest house in the trendiest neighborhood, does that count?
Tight site, stringent planning and heritage controls, and a difficult orientation -- Nic Owen Architects pull off the architectural equivalent of a miracle.
An extremely small house extension transforms a heritage cottage. You'll be surprised the difference clever planning and small addition makes to occupants.
Since the cows moved out, this old shed has been transformed into a modern home for humans
Islington House brings sunlight deep into the home and shows off the personality of its owners. A unique home for a unique couple.
A modern home with great views, connection to the outdoors and a stellar location -- on a site the size of an average suburban garage.
Despite prescriptive council requirements, 10 (!) adjoining neighbors and a difficult orientation, this home defies the odds to become a light, welcoming retreat.
To make the most of a tiny site -- 10 x 15 meters -- amongst low lying neighbors this double story home was partially submerged.
The craftsmanship of the Arts and Crafts period has been skillfully reinterpreted to create a modern extension which feels right at home next to the original home.
Talk about a constrained site - this light-filled addition is a small inner city block sandwiched between 14 adjacent properties.
Polygreen is a printed fiberglass box in a neighborhood of red brick warehouses. The contrast is striking - a home covered in vibrant green.
Japanese Architects are used to dealing with tiny sites. Love House has enough space for a couple (and a bunny) in just 33 square meters.
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!
A central courtyard makes this inner city home feel spacious and light despite its modest size and materials.
A combination of materials in their raw state and a humble aesthetic make this New Zealand beach bach simply stunning.
A contemporary extension of this Elsternwick House is clad in contrasting dark zinc to draw a very deliberate line between new and old.
North Perth House sets out to prove an affordable yet generous family home can be constructed on a small inner city block.
In accordance with a local planning law, Arrowtown House is a series of small buildings similar to the the surrounding historic sheds.
MAMIL haters, beware. Bike House is designed for a family of four bikes-lovers who have foregone the family car for a two-wheeled alternative.
A grassy green courtyard fit for a cow (ok, not a real cow) at the centre of this renovated St Kilda House adds a bright new focus.
A tight inner-city site is transformed with double height spaces and floor-to-ceiling, seamlessly connecting the indoors and outdoors.
Heritage controls, difficult soil, tight access and a small west-facing block. A delightful, light-filled home on a difficult site…
At House 3 there's enough space for three generations of the one family to live comfortably together despite a tight site.
