Capturing the ebb and flow of the seasons and the structure’s removed siting, Coromandel Bach by Crosson Architects has been opening and closing to the elements for the past 21 years.

At its heart, Bunkeren by James Stockwell Architect attempts to actively dismantle the object qualities of the architecture in favour of ambiguous, landscape-driven spaces of discovery.

Cove House sees an exploration of thresholds and the transitionary experience, expressed through materiality. Justin Humphrey Architects has created a home rich in tactile elements.

Speaking to its surrounds, Cloudy Bay ‘The Shack’ is a celebration of and connection to New Zealand’s landscape, character and people.

Pearl Beach House provides a reprieve from the surrounding vegetation, as Polly Harbison Design embraces the challenges of a new typology and changing climate.

Hawthorn House by Edition Office explores an ever-changing experience of habitation and its continued enrichment through the incremental encroachment of the garden.

With a stainless-steel door set into its side the only indication as to its nature, Gottlieb House is as intriguing today as it was 30 years ago when Wood Marsh designed the building.

Connecting with the surrounding gardens, John Ellway has worked with Jacqueline Kaytar at Repose to imbue her family home with seamless unions.

The Brook sees Small and Ample combine to propose a completely off-grid solution that can be transported to site, focusing on reducing the environmental impact without compromise.

Adam Kane Architects take cues from the home’s coastal milieu to conjure Barwon Heads House as a series of meditative and reductive retreat spaces.

Koonya Pavilion sits as an object in the landscape, Room11 working with the exposed nature of the glazed structureto deliberately intensify awareness of the site’s nuances.

Waikopua by Daniel Marshall Architects and Dash Build connects to its surrounds through material choices and the ability to work as one with the elements of its island location.