Lunchbox Architect featured project archives

Half greenhouse, half barn; despite being in a dense inner suburb, this home means it feels like it could be in the country!

A clever design captures bush views and sunlight and turns away from the neighbours so you feel like you're in a world of your own...

Getting light into living areas with a south-facing backyard is tricky. Here it's handled elegantly for an efficient and bright home.

Wanting a place to entertain friends and family, this new addition creates a grand living area overlooking the garden

This heritage warehouse has been sensitively transformed into a home with the careful insertion of joinery units to divide the space.

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.

A series of expert moves brings in more light, improves livability and connects this terrace to its courtyard all without extending.

Bungalows are charming homes, but they tend to be dark. This addition finds a way to bring light into the depths of this bungalow.

When thinking about how to create a sustainable and affordable home, the 1960s-era fibro beach shack was the perfect inspiration...

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.

The owners would have ripped this out-of-place fireplace out if they'd had their way, but it's become the centrepiece of this reno...

Creating a light-filled addition where the garden and outdoor spaces feel like an extension of the living areas for year-round use.

On a tricky, but naturally beautiful battle-axe site, this home celebrates its assets and minimises its drawbacks.

Designed with sustainability, low maintenance and natural ventilation in mind, this is a low-budget family home with a difference...

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.