Featured Architecturally designed homes - Lunchbox Architect

St Kilda Home by Modscape (via Lunchbox Architect)

St Kilda Home by Modscape This Inner-city Modular Home Has a Few Tricks up Its Sleeves! It's not what you expect when you think of a modular home, but this tricky house continues the surprises continue inside...

Brunswick Green by Drawing Room Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

Brunswick Green by Drawing Room Architecture Architect Creates a Spacious Light-filled Home Against the Odds Despite a seemingly impossible set of constraints, this terrace has been transformed into a light-filled and sustainable family home.

Kyneton Country Townhouse by Amanda Calvert - Barry Sweet Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

Kyneton Country Townhouse by Amanda Calvert - Barry Sweet Architecture A New Townhouse Nestled in the Quiet Streets of a Country Town You don't envisage a townhouse when you think of country town living, but this architect's own home is perfect for her family.

Ainslie Cottage by buck&simple (via Lunchbox Architect)

Ainslie Cottage by buck&simple Government-built Home Lovingly Transformed Into a Mid-century Gem The renovation of this post-war house leans on mid-century details and views of the native landscape to create a special home.

East Fremantle House by Nic Brunsdon (via Lunchbox Architect)

East Fremantle House by Nic Brunsdon The Most Important Part of This House Is the Space That Is Not Built A generous north-facing courtyard becomes the best part of this house, bringing light, breezes and the outdoors into every space.

Munro by Lisa Cummins Architect (via Lunchbox Architect)

Munro by Lisa Cummins Architect Historic Chimney Stacks Inspires Incredible Double-height Space... Chimneys of the old brickworks immediately caught the architect's attention and she knew this renovation needed to capture that view!

Malvern East Bachelor Pad by Eliza Blair Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

Malvern East Bachelor Pad by Eliza Blair Architecture Bachelor Pad Reno Finds Unique Way to Create a Better Home for Owner Transforming a 1960s apricot-brick unit into the perfect bachelor pad meant rethinking the space and adapting what was already there...

Black Ribbon House by Studio 15b (via Lunchbox Architect)

Black Ribbon House by Studio 15b Queenslander Renovation Creates a Home to Enjoy for Years to Come Rather than relocate, this family decided on a Queenslander renovation to create the home of their dreams in the street they love.

Waratah Secondary House by anthrosite (via Lunchbox Architect)

Waratah Secondary House by anthrosite A Compact, Efficient Home Barely Bigger than a Typical Backyard Shed This studio was designed to minimise costs by maximising efficiency, creating a flexible space that was largely prefabricated off-site.

Gold Street Residence by Sarah Kahn Architect (via Lunchbox Architect)

Gold Street Residence by Sarah Kahn Architect A Clever Addition Turns a Potentially Problematic Site Into Gold Others overlooked this heritage-listed home because of its exposure on three sides, but a playful addition turns it into an asset.

Yandandah Road House by ITN Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Yandandah Road House by ITN Architects A Multi-generational Beach House for Relaxed Beachside Living This beach house is all about creating informal living spaces, decks and shelter from the sun and wind for optimum beachside living.

Wild House by Jon Lowe Architect (via Lunchbox Architect)

Wild House by Jon Lowe Architect Inner-city Maisonette Transformed Thanks to New Living Space A new 60 square metre addition creates a bright and modern living space for this inner-city home.

Step Down House by Bijl Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

Step Down House by Bijl Architecture Step Down Into This New Airy Pavilion Which Spills Into the Backyard Perfect for entertaining, this new living pavilion at the back of a 1910s home is light, airy and open to the backyard.

NTH/ by PLY Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

NTH/ by PLY Architecture Addition Expands This Home in Search of Light and Access to the Yard An addition which doesn't overshadow the original heritage house, but improves the home's spaciousness, access to light and the yard.

Deco House by Mihaly Slocombe (via Lunchbox Architect)

Deco House by Mihaly Slocombe Love Art Deco? Here's a Take on It That's Perfect for Modern Living 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...

Milkman's Cottage by Preston Lane Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Milkman's Cottage by Preston Lane Architects Tiny Heritage Cottage Transformed into Surprisingly Spacious Home Once home to the local milkman, this quaint cottage has been transformed into a light and bright home with a surprising sense of space.

Scott by Foomann Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Scott by Foomann Architects 'Box in the Back' Creates an Elegant and Cost-effective Home Addition A simple, rectangular, double-storey addition was a cost-effective way to gain the space this family needed. Plus some indulgences...

Empress House by YSC Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Empress House by YSC Architects Like a Jewellery Box, This Home Is Perfect for Your Precious Family This home, inspired by a jewellery box, is perfect for your most treasured people and possessions: beautiful, safe and ordered.

SKY/ by PLY Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

SKY/ by PLY Architecture A Modern Home Filled with Character, Sun, Air and Sky Views Modern homes can be criticised for lacking character, but modern doesn't need to equal sterile.

Shadow Roll House by Megowan Architectural (via Lunchbox Architect)

Shadow Roll House by Megowan Architectural An Incredible Addition Tucked Behind a Heritage Protected Cottage 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.

Paddo Terrace by Sandbox Studio Architecture & Design (via Lunchbox Architect)

Paddo Terrace by Sandbox Studio Architecture & Design Light and Bright Addition Turns This Tiny Terrace Into Spacious 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.

Carlton Apartment (AKA Kathryn) by Tom Eckersley Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Carlton Apartment (AKA Kathryn) by Tom Eckersley Architects Space-efficient Apartment Renovation Finds Room for a Home Office Rearranging this apartment opens it up to the views, builds in lots of storage space and finds room for a home office space to boot!

Merricks House by Michael McManus Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Merricks House by Michael McManus Architects Originally Built As a Weekender, They Loved It so Much They Moved In! With COVID-19, remote working and a beautiful new home in the country, the time seemed perfect for this family's tree change.

Mass and Void by Sparks Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Mass and Void by Sparks Architects This Home Stands Out in Its Housing Estate for All the Right Reasons Even a block in a typical housing estate can benefit from an architect's touch, creating a home that's a joy to live in year-round...

Manly Apartment by Annabelle Chapman Architect (via Lunchbox Architect)

Manly Apartment by Annabelle Chapman Architect Dark '90s Apartment Is Now a Bright Home Full of Coastal Style The owners of this whole floor apartment in Manly loved the location, but not the dark unfriendly spaces. Luckily, there was a solution!

Knocklofty by Preston Lane Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Knocklofty by Preston Lane Architects Voids, Volume and Views. This Warehouse-inspired Home Has It All… Transforming a 1980s house into a warehouse loft-inspired home involved removing the roof but the results are more than worth it!

Paperback House by Ben Callery Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Paperback House by Ben Callery Architects Home for Two Publishers and Family Makes a Hero Out of the Bookshelf Every good architectural story needs a hero. In this renovation, it's a striking bookshelf which screens a work-from-home space...

Mavis House by (via Lunchbox Architect)

Mavis House by South Facing Backyard? You Can Still Enjoy Passive Solar Design... This addition to a post-war brick home has a trick up its sleeve to guarantee access to sunlight despite the backyard facing south.

Glebe House by Supercontext (via Lunchbox Architect)

Glebe House by Supercontext Addition on a Narrow Four Metre-wide Site Defies Its Constraints Defying its narrow site, challenging east-west orientation and heritage restrictions, this skinny home manages to feel spacious.

Balgowlah Residence by (via Lunchbox Architect)

Balgowlah Residence by Transforming a Californian Bungalow Into the Perfect Family Home A west-facing backyard and poorly-designed additions left this family with dark mornings and overheated afternoons, but no longer...

Brick Residence by Preston Lane Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Brick Residence by Preston Lane Architects Renovating a House That Has Been in the Family for Almost 70 Years… Imagine having a classic modernist house in the family for three generations? How would you sensitively renovate it?

Back Box House by OOF! Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Back Box House by OOF! Architects A Staged Reno Over 10 Years Helps This Home Change With Its Family Staging the renovation of this home into two phases made budgetary sense and allows the home to adapt to the family's changing needs.

Small Grand Apartment by Tsai Design (via Lunchbox Architect)

Small Grand Apartment by Tsai Design Compact Apartment Feels Luxurious with Hollywood-esque Dressing Room Clever planning allows this small apartment to feel grand and glamourous. Wait until you see how the dressing room transforms...

Offset House by Architopia (via Lunchbox Architect)

Offset House by Architopia Comfortable, Sustainable Living Doesn't Need to be Costly... Passive solar principles, high-quality yet affordable materials and thoughtful design brings high-quality housing within reach.

Split House by FMD Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)

Split House by FMD Architects Original Home Inspires a Respectful But Radically Different Addition The roof and layout of the original home serve as the inspiration for a new addition, but a modern twist creates perfect family home.

North Bondi House by Josephine Hurley Architecture (via Lunchbox Architect)

North Bondi House by Josephine Hurley Architecture Location, Location, Location. And, Now, the Other Three Ls... This 1980s-era home already had a stellar location. Thanks to an internal reno, it has everything else you'd want in a home, too...