A gable roof, mezzanine, and sliding doors bring space-saving magic to this compact yet versatile backyard studio.
Instead of a typical home addition, this flexible garden studio creates spaces for play, retreat, and everything in between...
A secret sawtooth roof, sunlight galore, and a music studio—see how this early 20th-century home quietly hides a big modern surprise.
What happens when four kids, elderly parents, and a heritage-listed home collide? Find out how this family made it all work...
This clever home injects flexibility, functionality and sustainability into a seemingly impossible 27 square metre footprint...
Need extra space without a full renovation? This backyard cabin is the answer. See how they did it!
From shack to sanctuary! Discover how a 1960s beach shack became a modern, eco-friendly family home...
Explore how this Dependent Persons Unit (DPU; AKA Granny Flat) transforms a small space into the ideal retreat that's also demountable.
Discover how a small, unused garage became a stylish, functional studio in Middle Park!
A delightfully fun, cubby-like folly at the bottom of the garden provides extra space and encourages the full use of the garden.
A series of small additions left this home's living areas dark and detached from the garden, but Trace Studio have changed all that.
A small extension combined with 'reprogramming' the original layout means more natural light and a better connection to the outdoors.
A compact weatherboard cottage explodes from the sides of a prefabricated shed to provide space for an illustrator to live and work.
'I want it to be kite-shaped' said no potential homeowner ever. And yet with this unusual site, a kite-shaped plan works well.
Located in a tight lane way in Fitzroy, Little Gore Street Studio is a truly unique response to urban densification...
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.
Too often homes dictate how we should live. Upside Down Back to Front House is different — a redesign suits how the owners really live.
This Artist's Studio is a beautifully detailed, creative space for painting and sculpting to encourage and inspire creativity…
Kids Pod is just for the little ones, connected to the house proper by a glazed bridge. And it couldn't be more fun…
In Wallaby Lane House, a family seeking a tree change find a new, more self-sufficient way of living. The home makes the most of their rural site.
A new studio and a reworking of the original home dramatically improves liveability at South Durras House.
At Datum House the ceiling height, rather than extra square meters, creates a generous and varied sense of space (without the cost).
What if you outgrow the Mornington beach house that's been in the family for years? Architect Clare Cousins designed a 'treehouse' extension for the big kids.
Hiding at the bottom of a London garden, this glowing writer's shed is the perfect whimsical escape for an author/illustrator who loves children's books.
Southern Highlands House's new tiny work space, feels more like an art piece than an office - well proportioned, beautifully curved and effortlessly simple.
Side-by-side homes owned by two generations of the same family get an addition that explores interconnectedness and independence.
Über Shed is not *just* a shed. It's also a rural retreat that reinterprets the rustic charm of traditional agricultural sheds for modern living.
A quintessential tin shed is reworked into a modern living/working space in Syndey's gritty inner city.
Welsh and Major Architects transform a late Victorian, inner Sydney home in a garden room.
A modern interpretation of the traditional granny flat is a very stylish summer pad for this family's grandparents from overseas.
Just like the Doctor's TARDIS this home has a surprisingly big interior. Inside is a completely self contained studio apartment!
Looking for a small extension but the expense to outcome ratio is out of whack? The Backyard Room might be just what you need.
Have you ever considered a house reduction as opposed to an extension? That's what MAKE Architecture did for their clients in their project, House Reduction.
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.
After a number of minor additions over the years, Patterson Street Residence is reinvigorated with a modern extension to the rear.
The future of suburban laneways is vibrant and active if this Erskineville Studio project by Pivot Architects is anything to go by.
In this case, the Green House effect is the impact light and air can make to a family home for a florist…
At Humbug Studio the striped canvas However, these canvas stripes are in fact deck chairs from which to view paintings hanging in the studio.
S_House divides a long thin lot into two gardens. Unlike a conventional home, S_House embraces both front and rear gardens.
Parents' retreat, teen hideaway, granny flat or rental earner — the function of this self contained extension can change over time.
This innovative prefabricated studio was the first of its kind in New Zealand, and what it lacks in size it makes up for in beauty!
A brief that might have disheartened some architects inspires a humble renovation that dramatically improves 'dog's breakfast' house.
