Birkalla House by Aspect Architecture is an elevated Australian beach house interweaving indoor and outdoor spaces and encouraging dynamic family living.
Set between a beach and national park at the southern end of Byron Bay, Suffolk House is a robust family home shaped by the extreme coastal conditions.
In listening to the site and its existing sloping typography, Fryar sees DAH Architecture respond to the natural assets already on site to create both a private yet openly flowing contemporary home.
The diversity of WOODCUT’s engineered flooring takes full flight in Haig, a Queenslander given a new lease of life in a refreshing, contemporary style by OH Architecture.
Mermaid Beach House by Maher Design demonstrates the power of a holistic and informed response to spatial planning, colour and materiality in redefining the energy of a home.
Main Beach House sees BDA Architecture create a robust expression of form, focusing on a linear approach that frames views outward and connects with the landscape.
Byron Street Studio sees Büro Two Architecture and Casey and Martin Johnston bring the vision of the home to life, considering every element designed within and integrating a modest efficiency.
Exploring the potential of a suburban coastal site, The Marlin Villas are a pair of free-standing residences, which Shane Denman Architects evolved through mirrored planning and design philosophies.
Terra Casa sees Davis Architects and Sally McMillan create clear connections between inside and out, grounding the home within the surrounding landscape.
Evoking both a gallery and a retreat, House for a Sculptor sees Miles / Thorp Architects transform the rear of a period workers cottage home into a meditative display space.
The refreshing haven of Lighting Collective’s new Byron Bay showroom reveals an ease and sophistication that underlies the company, now in its 11th year.
Portum by Zeigler arranges a series of luxurious gestures within the generous family home, taking advantage of surrounding natural beauty and optimising its elevated positioning.
Freihaus Gatehouse follows the fall of the sloping site in opening the existing volumes to the northern aspect and the surrounding landscape, seeing Gockel Architects recast an existing pre-war home.
Highvale House sees Alexandra Buchanan Architecture propose an aptly fitting addition among the surrounding vernacular of singular buildings and dwellings as a nod to the rural Australian shed.
Walker Farm sees Marc & Co and The Designory carefully respond to the unique site through a respectful consideration of context, optimising views of the surrounding landscape.
Engawa sees Arcke focus on the experience of the spaces and their ability to be opened and closed as needed, emphasising a sense of both connection and separation.
The home of architect Shaun Locker, Lockyer Residence sees carefully staged restoration and additions to an existing heritage house, combining modernist and traditional Queenslander references.
Annie Street sees Lockyer Architects combine a regularity and linear approach to form together with a restrained and textural palette to ensure a natural connection between old and new.
Caretakers House sees Aphora Architecture combine a familiar warmth and rural references in the careful reimagining of the existing structure, imbedding relevance and furthering its next chapter.
Cummings House sees Arcke combine restraint and a sensitive lens to ensure the new sits comfortably amongst the existing, adding in both amenity and richness of crafted elements.
The Eagle sees Justin Humphrey Architects focus on a banded and staged approach to disperse the overall form and propose a home that engages and embraces the natural elements.
Woolgoolga Beach House sees Levesque and Derrick Architects embed a lasting durability in proposing the removed and robust home, allowing volumes to open generously to the surrounds.
House Flower sees Berresford Architecture guide a passionate client in optimising the existing conditions and crafting an addition that realises the home’s previously unmet potential.
Las Palmas is a striking modernist family home that demonstrates a profound accord between mid-century architecture and the native Australian landscape.
Wollumbin House sees Harley Graham Architects carefully navigate a sloping site to embrace the lushly landscaped setting and create a home of complete immersion within place.
Banksia House sees Aphora Architecture combine textural and durable features as a front to the harsh coastal climatic conditions and anchor the home in place through a refined rigour.