Alteration and addition | Architecture Now

A lesson in collaboration: Sly Brothers Semi

Projects | Taking a neighbourly approach to design and construction, this addition to a historic attached cottage preserves a connection to a coast-dwelling past.

Parnell renovation: Small and tall

Projects | This humble working man’s cottage has been transformed into a beautiful light-filled home, with an impossibly high ceiling.

Mt Eden addition: Garden room

Projects | This cleverly conceived villa addition offers a strong connection to its outdoor living space, stepping across the site and framing the back garden.

Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House

Projects | This restrained addition – which replaces an oversized faux period structure – revolves around a central courtyard.

Houses Revisited: McFarlane Street House

Projects | Revisit a project where a contemporary addition revitalises the service spaces at the back of an existing Wellington house.

Houses Revisited: Karori House I

Projects | An alteration to a Wellington house responds to the owners’ needs while discreetly experimenting with form and space.

Garden spirit: Project Nymph

Projects | This Victorian terrace house in Melbourne brings the gardens inside, creating a nourishing and restful backdrop for life.

Urbane ambition: King Bill

Projects | This playful addition to an 1850s terrace aims to ‘give something back’ by creating a lush oasis in the heart of Melbourne.

‘Essentially romantic’: Eyelid House

Projects | Fiona Winzar of Fred Architecture reflects on the first project that began a new chapter of her life, Eyelid House.

Telescopic vision: Annandale House

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

Shadows of heritage: Elgin Street Residence

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

Sensitive yet striking: East Melbourne Terrace

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

Private oasis: Carrie Street House

Projects | A young family commissioned their best friend to create a 1970s’ Brazilian jungle pad in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham.

Historic four-sight: Paddington Residence

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

Writ large: Albert Park House

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

Fresh breeze: Sorrento House

Projects | Retaining the relaxed feel of the original beach house, this extension and renovation makes the most of the views and space.

Beachy graphics: Burleigh Street House

Projects | Embodying its local beachside context on the Gold Coast, this alteration and addition reconsiders the suburban status quo.

Quiet achiever: Auchenflower House

Projects | 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

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

Garden revolution: House Au Yeung

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