Mornington Peninsula Victoria, Australia

Like the slow food movement, Pirates Bay House is a reaction against our hectic lives. It's a home for slow living on Australia's Mornington Peninsula.

A single tea tree on the site of this beach house became the focus of the project. The aim became to showcase nature, rather than try to dominate and control it.

There's no moat at Fortress House, but this quiet weekend retreat ensures a private, relaxing counterpoint to the owners' busy lives.

Somers Courtyard House is a low maintenance home to accommodate an expanding family with regular guests. The best part? It's completely off-grid!

Sean Godsell Architects explore the traditional verandah to create a stunning beach home sheltered from the extremes of coastal life.

At Humbug Studio the striped canvas However, these canvas stripes are in fact deck chairs from which to view paintings hanging in the studio.

The timber-clad Links Courtyard House prioritises simplicity over size leaving more of the budget for beautiful indulgent finishes.

This welcoming house has a verandah so generous it blurs the line between a courtyard house and a traditional Australian verandah.

Everyone loves to get away to the beach for the weekend, luckily this house can accomodate all of the extended friends and family.

The use of up to 75 per cent recycled timber as structure and cladding brings warmth and variety to this modern beach house.

This two storey house near the beach was designed like an arrangement of stacked boxes to create protected balconies and decks.

Want a new home for Christmas? With this beautiful modular prefab you could wake up in your finished home on Christmas morning...

An avid collector needed a place to display and enjoy his assortment of quirky objects. Enter Über Shed 2, a shed/rumpus room/gallery.

To create space for the kids as they grow, this new bedroom wing sits beautifully in the landscape and meets BAL requirements.

The owners of this coastal block enjoyed years of beach holidays before deciding to build. Here's how it shaped their home...

With stunning bush and ocean views, this home is perched to soak it all in and create a space for relaxation and rejuvenation.

By thinking differently about the floor plan, this modular beach hosue is able to take advantage of stunning ocean views.

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.

When you think of ageing in place, you might imagine ramps, grab rails and a lot of linoleum. But it doesn't have to be that way...