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Stealing beauty: Nepi Townhouse

Stealing beauty: Nepi Townhouse

22 Jan 2018, Julia Mincarelli

In a historic village in southern Italy, this simple townhouse has been turned into a veritable gem.

Telescopic vision: Annandale House

Telescopic vision: Annandale House

19 Jan 2018, Tobias Horrocks

This robust addition to a weatherboard cottage extends across its site, creating open, calm spaces in dense inner-Sydney.

Series of pavilions: Sunrise Bay House

Series of pavilions: Sunrise Bay House

17 Jan 2018, Claire McCall

Overlooking Ruby Island on Lake Wanaka, a young family’s holiday home features four gabled timber forms.

Ruin in the landscape: Gibbon Street

Ruin in the landscape: Gibbon Street

11 Jan 2018, Michelle Bailey

Imbued with an Italian influence, this worker’s cottage in Brisbane has been transformed into an imaginary “ruin”.

Outdoor shenanigans: Rocky House

Outdoor shenanigans: Rocky House

22 Dec 2017, Margie Fraser

A generous site has been transformed by Base Architecture into a private park and a new home that takes from modernist cues.

Top 5 houses of 2017

Top 5 houses of 2017

18 Dec 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

Houses feature consistently on ArchitectureNow‘s ‘most read’ list, but which particular ones caught your eye this year?

Fine grain of detail: Mosman House

Fine grain of detail: Mosman House

18 Dec 2017, Rebecca Gross

This Sydney house balances generosity and intimacy with detailed craftsmanship and comfortable day-to-day living.

Revisited: Choong House

Revisited: Choong House

15 Dec 2017, Vanessa Mooney

Built in 1985, this home by Biltmoderne in Melbourne presents a poetic integration of architecture, water and landscape.

The modern bach: Pourerere Beach House

The modern bach: Pourerere Beach House

13 Dec 2017, Camille Khouri

With modest materials and a simple, social layout, this Hawke’s Bay beach house fits with its original bach neighbours.

In disguise: Balmoral House

In disguise: Balmoral House

8 Dec 2017, Genevieve Lilley

In this Sydney home, an artful sequence of layered spaces is contained within a building form that belies its size.

Relaxed grandeur: River’s Edge House

Relaxed grandeur: River’s Edge House

29 Nov 2017, Helen Norrie

This beachside home in Tasmania is precise without being fussy, facilitating a relaxed lifestyle with a sense of grandeur.

Shadows of heritage: Elgin Street Residence

Shadows of heritage: Elgin Street Residence

27 Nov 2017, Tobias Horrocks

The cultural heritage of the clients subtly influenced this reworking of a 19th century row house in Melbourne.

Sense of craft: Sea Change House

Sense of craft: Sea Change House

22 Nov 2017, Camille Khouri

With hills behind and the sea a block away, this home was a gentle introduction to the city for a couple used to open fields.

Sensitive yet striking: East Melbourne Terrace

Sensitive yet striking: East Melbourne Terrace

10 Nov 2017, Sarah Hurst

This renovation of a dark terrace house has resulted in a contemporary, light-filled home with striking timber elements.

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

6 Nov 2017, Federico Monsalve

We look inside the Lautner-designed home of Mark Haddawy, a Los Angeles-based collector, design and architecture fanatic.

Historic four-sight: Paddington Residence

Historic four-sight: Paddington Residence

23 Oct 2017, Michelle Bailey

This addition to a four-room cottage in Brisbane encourages its owners to share in the “magic” of treehouses and cubbies.

Curtain call: Hiro-En House

Curtain call: Hiro-En House

20 Oct 2017, Mark Scruby

A unique design element brings this home into the 21st century while preserving and celebrating the original Victorian home.

Writ large: Albert Park House

Writ large: Albert Park House

18 Oct 2017, Brett Seakins

This remodelled home in Melbourne has unexpectedly ended up smaller than it started, but with comfortable, useable areas.

Quietly modern: Mahurangi House

Quietly modern: Mahurangi House

17 Oct 2017, Camille Khouri

This idyllic site on the water’s edge in Mahurangi East called for a home that tapped into the calm serenity of the area.

Villa vanguard

Villa vanguard

9 Oct 2017, Claire McCall

The traditional rooms in this 1890s Auckland villa have been shuffled and ingeniously spread across various levels.

Sensory sanctum: Garden Pavilion

Sensory sanctum: Garden Pavilion

6 Oct 2017, Mark Scruby

This private garden sanctuary is both an escape from city life and a retreat for a client who suffers from a sleep disorder.

Lovingly crafted: Courtyard House

Lovingly crafted: Courtyard House

3 Oct 2017, Camille Khouri

This former worker’s cottage has been slowly transformed into an ideal and permanent home for two Wellington architects.

Advanced pose: Remuera House

Advanced pose: Remuera House

25 Sep 2017, Nicole Stock

Xsite Architects’ zinc-clad house from 2008 stretches out to the sun and sea in a conservative Auckland suburb.

Making waves: Moving House

Making waves: Moving House

20 Sep 2017, Mark Scruby

An apparently faceless building reveals itself as a layered and sculptural home that playfully controls light and shadow.

Quiet achiever: Auchenflower House

Quiet achiever: Auchenflower House

13 Sep 2017, Michelle Bailey

This alteration and addition to an inter-war Queenslander by Vokes and Peters won the 2017 Australian House of the Year award.

Essential elegance: Jac House

Essential elegance: Jac House

11 Sep 2017, Jennifer McMaster

This reductive addition to a four-room cottage endeavours to “find the essential” and in doing so, embraces human comfort.

Tough but delicate: Inverdon House

Tough but delicate: Inverdon House

6 Sep 2017, Helen Norrie

Designed to withstand cyclones, this thoughtful house in regional Australia boasts a high level of detail and craftsmanship.

Crafting perfection: Bayside Residence

Crafting perfection: Bayside Residence

28 Aug 2017, Tobias Horrocks

This highly crafted addition to an Edwardian home retains the existing building’s dignified formality.

Privacy and openness: Coogee House

Privacy and openness: Coogee House

23 Aug 2017, Katelin Butler

This new home by Chenchow Little is a private sanctuary that maximises the impressive panoramic views to the Pacific Ocean.

A subliminal link: Tree House

A subliminal link: Tree House

21 Aug 2017, Graham Wood

This modern cedar-clad cabin reinterprets tradition as it mimics its surroundings, blending with the trees and making a bold statement.

A sophisticated 'esky': Tent House

A sophisticated ‘esky’: Tent House

16 Aug 2017, Michelle Bailey

Extending ideas about climate-responsive architecture, this new home by Sparks Architects is poetic and emotionally charged.

Crafty rooster: Kelburn Townhouse

Crafty rooster: Kelburn Townhouse

16 Aug 2017, John Walsh

In 2008, on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.

Salute to the sun: Nagano House

Salute to the sun: Nagano House

7 Aug 2017, Rebecca Gross

The purity of Japanese architecture is energised by the daily performance of sunlight.

Coastal barn: Glass House Residence

Coastal barn: Glass House Residence

2 Aug 2017, Michelle Bailey

This cleverly stitched-together, barn-like family home represents the socially conscious ideologies of its designers.

Garden revolution: House Au Yeung

Garden revolution: House Au Yeung

24 Jul 2017, Peter Salhani

This thoughtful addition relaxes the home’s original formality, brings focus to the garden and offers elements of surprise.

Bush modernism: Ivanhoe House

Bush modernism: Ivanhoe House

19 Jul 2017, Brett Seakins

This “open and transparent” addition is tucked neatly behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s leafy inner north.

Alt country: Bendigo House

Alt country: Bendigo House

17 Jul 2017, Leanne Amodeo

Set among native bushland on the outskirts of Melbourne, this multi-generational home exudes a very urban sophistication.

A sliver above the ranges

A sliver above the ranges

3 Jul 2017, Claire McCall

A slick holiday home in Nelson is luring its Singapore-based owners into making it their permanent abode.

Artisanal values: Fish Creek House

Artisanal values: Fish Creek House

28 Jun 2017, Katelin Butler

Robust, tactile and honest, the design of this new house in Victoria responds instinctively to its setting.

Doors wide open: Bali Villa

Doors wide open: Bali Villa

26 Jun 2017, Tami Christiansen

A designer villa in Bali, inspired by Japanese minimalism, captures the essence of simplicity, luxury and relaxation.

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