When we first visited Edgecliff Road by Alexandra Kidd Design, we were met with a very worn, 90-year-old apartment, sporting shocking blue carpet and an original, dated kitchen.
Zoolab House by Kerr Ritchie was designed for a busy family that relocated to Queenstown after the Christchurch earthquakes. It sits on an elevated rural site around existing earthworks and stone.
Teranui by ata, “One bach to cater for two families” was the brief. Sounds simple but it meant providing multiple private spaces whilst not compromising the campground-esk feel on a 127m2 footprint.
Passed down through generations of landscape designers, this 100-year-old Mosman Grounds garden by Wyer and Co was originally designed as a series of outdoor rooms.
Designed around the core pillars of simplicity, family and authenticity, this Caulfield House by Empire paired back nature evokes a sense of peace and serenity that is apparent from front to back.
This Coopers Shoot Retreat by MAC Design Studio is a place to relax and enjoy the beauty of the amazing surroundings, set on an amazing 1.5 acre block of land overlooking Coopers Shoot, Byron Bay.
A home for a young family and grandmother (in the future). All areas of the home had to be wheelchair accessible, complying with the gold standard of the 'Liveable Housing Design Guidelines'.
It's nice when the brief calls for a larger backyard than house. Too often the building footprint consumes most of the site, leaving little room for mother nature.
Blackheath Artist’s Studio by Design King Company is ideal for painting, study and refuge. The design approach draws on broader ideas of affordable housing, regional living, form and light.
Sitting in Pohutukawa trees in an affluent suburb in Auckland, Herne Bay Hideaway by Lloyd Hartley Architects is the transformation of an existing 1960s house into a private oasis for a young family.
Richmond apartment is the culmination of a decade of travel, collecting and commissioning for the personal home of creative director Interior Design Nickolas Gurtler.
Lacquerwall by WHDA, faced with a contradiction of a lack of natural light, and the desire for privacy from the offices located opposite the west-facing balcony.
A 100+ year old Victorian Terrace in the quaint suburb of East Melbourne is transformed into a ‘down-sized’ home for a couple of retirees looking at settling into a life away from the outer suburbs.
RED ROCK LANE HOUSE by OBJECTS LTD nestled into an existing terraced site this hillside house has been positioned to enjoy panoramic views from Shag Rock to the Southern Alps.
Albany Tce by KADA located in a small coastal town known for its quiet casual nature, this beautiful home provides rich textures, forms and a cosy atmosphere.
Normally, when working on a heritage listed project involving a grand double fronted Victorian house, Christopher Elliott Design conservative approach for Princes Hill.
8 Menzies Street by Architects Creative carefully considered approach to the refurbishment and extension to the original 1940’s insitu concrete house in a seaside suburb has resulted in a home.
Inspired by the client’s love of all things Italian, Glorietta is a bar and 220-seat restaurant designed to shape a corporate precinct in North Sydney into a lively eating, dining, entertainment place
Will & Co Bondi Beach by Alexander & Co is an experimental hybrid space – part workplace, part commercial, part educational located in a refurbished beachside building.
The orientation and design of this holiday home for a family of four on Kawau Island makes a hero of the view that stretches from the headland across the Bon Accord harbour and out to sea.
Taking its design cues from the utilitarian forms of a tent and a shed, this Titirangi home for an extended family is a duo of compact buildings that uses a humble set of materials.
This unique 1880s terrace house had been compromised after years of varied use and wear and tear. This project restored the house’s dignity and liveliness
This site had enormous potential, however the existing Spanish mission house turned its back to its large rear garden. Home to a young family with three young boys.
Courtyard House is an addition to an existing single storey brick house. The new addition, in its form and materiality, honours the local housing typology.
As an experiment in small space living, House Ailwood by Berresford Architecture sees the inherited bones of a dark, obscure and obsolete home given a new lease on life.
RVA set out to retain the raw and utilitarian nature of an agricultural building balanced with calm tones of a main ridge dawn whilst creating an elemental homage to a previous life.
When the clients approached the studio in 2017 they had just purchased a narrow block of land in Western Australia where they wanted to build their contemporary dream home.
A Wayne Gillespie home that was tastefully extended by Watson Young Architects, this U-shaped home provided a fabulous canvas to design a special home for these clients.
Clients for the Macedon house contacted GLOW design group requesting we design a contemporary farmhouse which was energy efficient and took advantage of the farm location.
Village House by GLOW design was designed to be a ranch style house which had a strong link to its landscape were layout takes full advantage of its views.
This project has seen the transformation of “Cranford”, a delightfully constructed example of Federation Arts and Crafts domestic architecture, into an exemplar of contemporary living.
The Blackbird house by Rogan Nash Architects is an elegant gable which peers through the surrounding urban landscape whilst being modern and design-driven.
Rogan Nash Architect design plays on the Frank Lloyd Wright concept of Compression and Release which in this de-sign is imagined as The Stage and The Cave.
On this slim vacant block, perched on a Brisbane ridgeline, Lisa Breeze Architect's were engaged to design a comfortable and homely abode with the challenge set.
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