Ian Bennett Design Studio's Concrete House stands out on a quiet cul-de-sac in Sydney's inner west, providing a concrete refuge on the suburban street.
Nestled at the foot of the Waitakere Ranges, Forest House by Fearon Hay is a project informed at every turn by the creative tensions between key aspects of the design.
Lansell House sees Neil Architecture carve out a sense of clarity between the old and new bringing a contemporary lightness to its contrasting heritage past.
On a working sheep farm on Tasmania’s North Bruny Island, John Wardle Architects’ Shearers Quarters sees a warm timber-lined structure, clad in corrugated iron, reinterpret the traditional design.
Wanaka Residence sees Three Sixty Architecture create a balanced rhythm through mechanisms of compression and release, that provide moments of intimacy and openness internally, and beyond.
A harmonious and thoughtful response to a complex challenge, Molecule Studio’s Winton House is a Victorian heritage home given new life via a contemporary two-storey extension.
Tasked with sensitively reworking the interior of a home designed originally by renowned architect Peter Stutchbury, Minosa’s approach was guided by the spectacular views of Sydney Harbour.
Green House by Daniel Marshall Architects combines restraint and a sense of the monolithic through select materiality to open up the threshold between inside and out whilst still being overtly private
Designed by DKO Architecture and Breathe Architecture for Defence Housing Australia (DHA) to champion sustainability and celebrate community, Arkadia is exemplary in its use of recycled materials.
Through natural materiality and an elegant geometric formal gesture, the Cabarita Conservatory by Sam Crawford Architects complements the natural environment to create a public space in Cabarita Park.
Three C Architects Mary Street Residence in Richmond transforms an aged workers cottage into a sleek minimal box form that takes in inspiration from modernist architecture.
Carefully responding to its site through contrasts and undulation, Leigh Bach by Scarlet Architects stretches out from the road to the cliff face, the journey from entry to the view undertaken through
We explore Workshop Architects’ Fawkner House, where an existing double-fronted Victorian house in South Yarra is given a new life, through a play on revealing and concealing tactics.
Tasked with transforming an existing 1980s extension to an original post-war bungalow into a contemporary home, Preston Lane utilised the existing bones of Parnell Façade House as the foundation.
Within a series of tight urban constraints, North Melbourne Terrace by Eldridge Anderson is a double volume alteration and addition to the rear of an existing Victorian terrace home.
Subiaco House sees Vokes and Peters Architects propose a contemporary take on the cottage vernacular, while adding to the rich and established character of its garden suburb.
River Retreat by Edwards White Architects is a study in simplicity. The contemporary light-filled family home, in Taupiri, New Zealand, captures a casual informality and embraces its surroundings.
Injecting a sense of calm into existing Victorian single-fronted home in Melbourne inner-north North Fitzroy Terrace sees Freadman White apply acute organic sensibilities to extend dilapidated shell.
On a sloping terrace in the shadow of snow-dusted mountain ranges Fearon Hay’s Alpine Terrace is a place dedicated to contemplation and protection within a landscape as harsh as it is sublime.
A concrete shell of irregular geometry informed by the landscape’s tectonics, Castle Cove House takes its cues from Californian mid-century architecture.
Following the contour of the hillside it sits upon, Spacecraft Architects’ Top Shelf sees a small footprint extruded to create a light-footed home in Wellington.
True to its name, Tree House sees a play on opening and closing elements layered through a series of filtered timber expressions, fulfilling the clients’ wish to live amongst the trees.
Kieron Gait Architects’ Balmoral Gully House references the dappled light of the adjacent canopies and gully as an inspiration for the resulting architectural response.
Demonstrating a love of timber in all its textures, tones and colours, Point Wells Gables House outwardly takes its cues from the gabled barn of the local rural vernacular.
Patterson Associates’ Parihoa sees the idea of a modern outpost or fort articulated in the form of a robust farmhouse, overlooking its rugged and uncompromising coast.
Henry Francis Design’s Skywalk Apartment injects a sense of theatre through the vertical journey of the space, sprawling over three internal levels of the 1880s steam factory it sits within.
DX Architects’ Elwood Residence sees an existing dwelling replaced and a considered study of context and neighbouring typologies emerge as inspiration.
Ian Moore Architects’ Redfern Warehouse sees an existing warehouse lightly touched in its adaptive repurposing as a residential family home and office space.
Through its bold materiality, Nano House gives a nod to Brutalism that is softened by warm timber and landscaped elements. Shaun Lockyer Architects has envisioned a series of pavilions, connecting.
Resting at the base of a steep mountain slope that rises sharply above the beach, Kawakawa House is a place from which to experience life amongst the trees and contemplate the ocean below.
Inspired by the traditional red brick warehouse that occupies the site in the tightly-held Melbourne enclave of Clifton Hill, Alexandra by Ola Studio celebrates the past while looking to the future.
Designed with trusted collaborator Snøhetta, Aesop’s Pitt street store in Sydney celebrates the company’s passage to fruition over the last three decades.
Perched within the trees at the water’s edge of Scotland Island, in Sydney’s Pittwater, The Pitt Point House, designed in 1985 by renowned architect Ken Woolley, is an icon of Australian design.
Matter Architects reinject life into a dilapidated 110-year old heritage home through references to the original bones in the form of materiality and formal gestures.
Moat’s Corner House sees Vibe Design Group apply an approach that bridges the functional and observational through a modernist lens, emphasising connection to the site’s past.
Just as nature’s grand beauty is content to exist as the humble backdrop for our daily lives, Thornton Residence provides the foundation for retreat without ostentation.
Hidden by a heritage Federation façade, a modernist two-storey addition by Christopher Polly Architect, carefully stitched to the primary dwelling, waits to be discovered.
The Bustle House takes its inspiration from the character and faded beauty of the original building, personified as an ‘old lady’, playing with contrast to create a new addition whose form takes its c
Through the materiality of steel and glass, a contemporary monochromatic palette and clean, rectilinear forms, Lightbox House sits proudly as a new presence adjacent to its traditional predecessor.
Representing a meeting of minds, the Ridgeway House saw Ha Architecture work closely with fellow architect Steve Coster to design a compact charred timber extension to a Victorian weatherboard.
Hut on Sleds is a modest exploration of the essence of the family holiday home sees a removable structure reflecting a naturalistic and contextually responsive aesthetic.
Liam Wallis, founder of HIP V. HYPE, speaks about the approach to Nightingale 2 in Fairfield, the new address for considered, environmentally, economically and socially responsive housing.
We explore Outline Project and Kennedy Nolan’s Kooyong, where cues from the Arts and Crafts architectural style combine in the form of six luxury townhouses.