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A compact but generous home wrapped in cladding salvaged from the small Victorian cottage that was originally on the site.
This new house in Marrickville, Sydney by David Boyle Architect “feels huge but sits on a relatively small site.”
A dilapidated cottage on a narrow block in Sydney has been transformed into a home for “simple, rugged, no-fuss living”.
An interesting model for alterations and additions to a Queensland home that leaves the existing proportions largely intact.
Featuring crisp geometry and rigorous detailing, this lean timber-clad home was designed for sustainability and comfort.
A home by Troppo Architects in northern New South Wales that is “always forest, always beach, always lighthouse.”
A pair of pavilions come together to create a family home that considers privacy, thermal comfort and spatial delight.
Coy Yiontis creates a steeply pitched contemporary home for a mature couple to enjoy into their retirement.
This house employs traditional architectural motifs in unconventional ways, while responding to its site, street and city.
An interplay between “sensual curve and straight edge” gives spatial drama and delight to this addition to this Sydney home.
Made of timber, stone and steel, and topped with concrete, this home is the result of exceptional interaction between layers.
Ola Studio takes cues, but not directly, from the existing 1880s home to create Garth House.
Renovations have breathed new life into a Californian bungalow, while still respecting the much-loved existing dwelling.
This compelling extension to a terrace house in Melbourne shows just how much can be achieved with a small footprint.
This timber-clad extension to a late-nineteenth-century home blends contemporary design with a historical context.
A dark box in Brisbane has been transformed into a garden-centric, light-filled house where views abound.
Precast concrete, steel and glass come together to form this robust holiday house perched on the Tasmanian coast.
Small but clever alterations have been made to a house on a tiny site in Paddington, Sydney.
The Rose Bay House in Sydney by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects offers a journey that’s much like walking through a forest.
This Brisbane renovation and extension by Marc and Co Architects opens up and embraces a delightful backyard setting.
BVN makes a memorable statement about sustainability and re-use in a renovated and extended postwar house in Brisbane.
M3 Architecture’s design for this holiday retreat wisely defers to its dense surroundings on the northern Queensland coast.
This Sydney house follows Isamu Noguchi’s philosophy that art should “disappear” or become one with its surroundings.
A modest 1970s brick house in Melbourne’s inner south-east is given a renewed, quiet confidence.
Smart Design Studio performed “radical and transformative surgery” on a Victorian house in Sydney to create a well-lit home.
Designed in 1969, this house embodies a personalized vision for living in Australia that is still relevant today.
A years-long love affair with the Otago region has finally borne fruit for an ex-pat family a long way from home, first published in 2015.
From a steep, almost inaccessible site springs a multilevel family home.
Simplicity is the essential element to the success of this family bach.
When renovating a local landmark the desire to create something new while paying homage can pay dividends.