Nature takes centrestage in River House by Susi Leeton Architects + Interiors, a serene five-level family home nestled on a complex plot along a bend of the Yarra River.

Edwina Glenn has elevated the retro-kitsch bones of a 1980s home with carefully selected materials and furnishings while transforming the layout for an active family.

Matt Gibson Architecture + Design’s House for a Landscape Designer embraces the surrounding landscape, becoming an idyllic, verdant sanctuary.

Randolph House by Studio RCA draws on moments of its past as a single-fronted Victorian Workers' Cottage while delivering a new functional extension for a growing family.

Mirror House combines the stillness of a residential environment with moments of heightened boldness, seeing Pasquale Cook infuse character and personality through selections and finishes.

For Kōri Ice Cream, scooped into a narrow two-level heritage building in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, Architects EAT blend contemporary minimalism and loud Japanese hyperpop.

Brook House sees Therefore and Studio Doherty combine to overlay a deliberate blurring of inside and out and use contrast to define an intended mood within.

Hawthorn Gable House sees Splinter Society integrate key gestures of light and openness to create a poetic interpretation of heritage and contemporary innovation.

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.

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.

Weeroona House – a Queen Anne villa in Melbourne’s Hawthorn – features a noteworthy copper-clad extension by Neil Architecture and spirited touches by Simone Haag.

Imperium Hawthorn by KUD is a collection of four townhouses in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs which reflects the architecture typical to the area.

Hawthorn Project sees Rosanna Ceravolo propose a highly detailed sculpting of form that embeds a contemporary rigour among the existing heritage detailing and structure.

Anderson Road Residence sees B.E. Architecture create a well-executed balance between form and function, referencing generous proportions and scale, while imbedding warmth throughout.

Ellis House by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture is a spatially limited Victorian cottage turned modern-day home, fit for a contemporary family.

Gridded House sees Carr combine the original and the new with seamless ease, blanketing the differing eras in a shared tonality and continued dedication to craft throughout.

Nestled in the leafy suburb of Hawthorn, No. 58 Wattle by Ewert Leaf is a collection of seven townhouses that thoughtfully rework their established site’s history.

Xavier Avenue sees Bryant Alsop Architects draw on the surrounding silhouettes to propose a home of lasting relevance that has its own unique identity ingrained through a contemporary crispness.

The reductionist approach of Adam Kane Architects sees Beyond Clinic’s newest initiative in Hawthorn with spaces that interlock and flow into one another with ease.

Hawthorn House sees Rosstang Architects together with Fiona Jack Interiors, layer the residential home with rich and textural elements that enliven and animate the home.

Wabi-Sabi in Hawthorn by Stuart Holmes Architect is a deeply meaningful response to site, influenced by both traditional Japanese and mid-century architecture.

Netherby sees Neil Architecture and Megan Hounslow craft the foundations for the home’s coming chapters, bringing a sense of clarity and resonance to its storied past.

Garden House sees Placement Studio and Nest combine to conjure a home of expanding and contracting capabilities, founded on contrasts and an attuned attention to the subtleties of the everyday.

Kennedy Nolan brings a sense of clarity in Hawthorn House, uniting the differing styles on site and connecting the revised home with a sense of shared purpose.

Power Street Apartment sees Atelier Wagner continue the existing heritage of the home, fused with a contemporary convenience, in proposing the articulated and refined home.

Tandem House sees Fiona Drago combines a modest and measured approach to create a cleverly planned and efficient resolve.

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.

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.