As a two-part renovation project, Hawksburn House sees Susi Leeton Architects + Interiors repurpose the home for contemporary living by focusing on openness and connection.
Sorrento Residence sees Emily Gillis and Planned Living Architects combine to extend the original home, creating open volumes around which the family can all gather.
Alice Glenane from Space Cubed Design Studio and Freya Watt from Gray Puksand deliver projects using EGGER materials, promoting sustainable and responsible design.
Tucked into the lush landscape of Point Leo, Casa Bobbanarring sees Branch Studio Architects deliberately connect the form to the surrounds, allowing the living elements to weave among the built.
Engaged to bring the home into the contemporary age, Atelier 1:7 has imbued Caulfield House with connections to the gardens and a flow between living spaces.
Hawthorn House by Fiona Lynch Office is an intuitive interior redesign that prioritises the harmonisation of natural materials with tactile uses of space to create a comfortable atmosphere.
Edge House sees Dean Dyson Architects rework a California bungalow reworked to connect with its surrounding landscape and create more space for the family of five living there.
As its own blank canvas, Glen Iris Residence sees Melanie Beynon Architecture & Design transform the existing into a foundational series of spaces.
Designed for contemporary family life, Bloomfield House by Laura Wilson Architects focuses on an ingrained flexibility to host and adjust to changing needs over time.
A robust country home that also serves as an intimate oasis, Nesci House sees Architecture by Us work with the topography of the land to nourish an invigorating rural retreat.
Inspired by the meandering pathways of Mediterranean hilltop towns, Walk Up Village turns the typical sprawling urban community on its side in a quiet Collingwood backstreet.
The team at Carr transformed an existing four-acre site, turning it into a space for creativity, purposeful collaboration and connecting with nature.
Behind an existing heritage façade, Palmette emerges as a considered and connected dual level home that sees SUM embrace connections with quaint garden.
George Livissianis has created an ultra-chic space to display delicate contemporary pieces against an industrial background – a jewellery box by another name.
Readying for the next chapter in their lives, The Lookout sees A for Architecture propose a reflective family home, able to be expanded and contracted as needed.
The design choices informing the Victorian Pride Centre (VPC) are all about celebrating difference, creating a safe space and bringing together the LGBTQI+ community.
Shorts Place Gym by Joyce Architects shatters the run-of-the-mill gym aesthetic with sleek and shiny architecture that is as intriguing as it is functional.
South Yarra House sees Wellard Architects combine the retention of an existing heritage home with a considered fluidity that connects the old with the new and inside with outside.
Designed by Breathe, the first Nightingale building to be constructed outside of a major city channels the robust heritage architecture of Ballarat.
Fender Katsalidis has transformed Melbourne’s former Celtic Club into a striking new multi-residence complete with an elevated indoor forest.
Having triumphed in its work on the Sydney cellar door, Platform by DesignOffice now turns its hand to the elegant flagship.
Inspired by its place, FJ House by Studio del Castillo combines a moody and dark tonality with luxury sensibility to create a connection to the famed bluestone lanes of Melbourne.
Deceptive from approach, Slate House presents as a singular home, yet it is a combined series of interwoven residences sharing the same address while also achieving fossil-fuel-free status.
As a modern homestead among a rural setting, Farm House sees Archier recalibrate a connection with the land to create a robust and site-specific response focused on sustainable farming.
Matching hospitable service with a luxurious setting, ODE Dermatology is a hotel-inspired clinic, designed by Foolscap Studio as a contemporary wellness destination.
In this inviting waterfront locale, only an hour from Melbourne by ferry, Portarlington Grand Hotel has become a destination for both locals and visitors.
The Walton by Warren and Mahoney and Carpe is a respectful expression of the new Kew, inspired by ideas of heritage and tradition.
Capturing elegant layers of sculptural architecture, No. 6 Sydney Street comprises 16 apartments in Melbourne’s City of Stonnington, crafted by Wood Marsh Architecture.
Nestled in the bustling village precinct of Melbourne’s Fitzroy North, Lovabowl by modl office reflects the store’s wholesome food offering of acai bowls with an abstract hand.
Seachange House sees Solomon Troup balance efficiencies within a modest framework to integrate a passive and sensitive response to site, offering a complementary addition to the streetscape.
Elwood sees Agius Scorpo Architects create an alignment with the surrounding natural elements to reinforce links between inside and out.
LD Studio sees CJH Studio overlay a textured and restrained approach, integrating finishes with a softened tonality to create a home that feels disconnected from the surrounds.
Imagined as a sanctuary to immerse oneself within, Akmē sees Biasol combine gestures of calm and retreat within a light filled and neutrally encased space.
Launched by brothers Luke and Christian Mills, Melbourne-based lighting company South Drawn is built on material exploration and local manufacturing.
Crafted by Ewert Leaf, The Chestnut Tree Bookshop and Cafe is home to over 10,000 literary works, forming a charming addition to Barkly Street.
Danielle Brustman imbues mitch. studio with unique colour and material choices, while also showcasing the award winning salons extraordinary abilities that give clients the reprieve they desire.
Flinders Beach House by NOXON Architecture reimagines a family heirloom with a renovation and extension that transforms an occasional weekender into a spacious retreat.
Hawthorn Studio sees Agius Scorpo Architects utilise the site to its fullest, creating a bookmark along the outermost boundary where an overlap of retreat and recreation coalesce.
Dan Gayfer Design helps to transform this Edwardian residence into a home that delights, accommodating growth that still honours the existing structure.
JW Residence sees Mim Design restore the original ornate detailing and delicateness of the Victorian-er crafted origins while overlaying a contemporary relevance.
Wattletree House sees Design by AD ensure a more modern relevance is embedded into the home through an expansion of open and connected living areas.
South Yarra II enables a balanced continuity between past and present where the alterations and addition reflect a considered calm.
Sibling Architecture has designed a building for Wangaratta District Specialist School, a multi-modal school for students with clinically diagnosed intellectual and associated disabilities.
Initially founded as an online store, Sheet Society has opened its first physical space, designed together with GOLDEN.
Guided by the flow and meditative state of yoga, The Light Practice by Harrison Interiors delivers an experiential yoga studio for movement, introspection and connection.
Celebrating its unique heritage and neighbourhood context, Fitzroy House sees a 19th-century bootmaker’s factory building transformed into a timeless multi-residential structure.
The finalists for the 2023 Dulux Colour Awards have been announced by this year’s judging panel, narrowing down a record number of entries to 113 finalists.
On a quiet side street in Brunswick East, Breathe has created not just another carbon neutral multi-residential building but an entire environmentally conscious community.
A disused soap factory in the centre of Port Melbourne has been transformed into the stylish new headquarters for cycling apparel brand MAAP.
On a corner site in Brunswick East, Figlia by Ewert Leaf breathes new life into the old charm of iconic Lygon Street. The pizzeria offers an approachable, genuine and relaxed dining experience.
Gloss House sees Studio Doherty and Enth Degree Architects carefully craft the new home, injecting colour as a playful expression its owners.
Conceived by Wolveridge Architects and grounded by Eco Outdoor surfaces underfoot, Courtyard Residence is innately imbued with robust warmth through the use of natural materiality.
On Melbourne’s busy Lonsdale Street, interior design studio Bergman & Co. offers an intimate patron experience at Sakura – an izakaya that opens a contemporary hand to traditional Japanese influences.
With Be Kids Therapy, Selzer Design Studio met a curly design challenge head on. The result is a psychology clinic that manages to escape a clinical aesthetic, opting instead for a calming feel.
A nimble renovation by Molecule Studio retains the heritage of an 1890s West Melbourne terrace house and adds a rich new dimension to its story.
Crafted by Wood Marsh Architecture, Lonsdale Links is a stately clubhouse inextricable from the rolling greens and Australian coastland that form its natural surrounds.
Ideally positioned, 131 Smith Street by Freadman White takes full advantage of the eclectic surrounds within Collingwood and Fitzroy.
The winner of The Walls Around Us Competition, James Urlini, captures the essence of Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street House for modern times.
Ackmans House sees Rob Kennon Architects celebrate the existing charm of the building whilst folding in new elevated gestures.
