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The bricks used for the facade have been repurposed from another local project, adding to the project’s sustainability credentials.

19 Waterloo Street by SJB

Behind an existing terrace in Sydney, a tiny new build defies expectations by creating an apparently spacious yet private home that considers its neighbours and the planet.

Residential
The project reworks a 1980s house, transforming the appearance of the existing brick-veneer structure.

Simple pleasures: Noosa Heads House

In Noosa Heads, a tired suburban house is resourcefully remade into a robust but welcoming retreat that emphasizes the simple pleasures of a holiday home by the coast.

Residential
The building’s upper parapet was replaced by a luminous layer of insulated polycarbonate wall behind which a discreet second floor has been added.

Bohemian legacy: The Hat Factory

In a once bohemian suburb of Sydney, a modest building that became a symbol for squatters’ rights has been sensitively renovated to retain its significance beyond its scale.

Residential
Sliding panels and bifold doors allow the interior to return to its original singular volume. Artwork: Elliott “Numskull” Routledge.

‘Changing the performance’: Camperdown Warehouse

Fusing concepts inherent in furniture design and architecture, this conversion of a former motor vehicle factory in Sydney serves as a prototype for a novel approach to adaptive re-use.

Interiors, Residential
From the forest the house presents as a simple, silvery grey trapezoid, its a roofline in tune with the tumbling slope.

‘Thrillingly Simple’: Possum Shoot Shed

A simple pavilion formed from the remnants of an existing shed, this “thrillingly simple” project makes the most of its majestic site.

Residential
The plan of the one-hundred-square-metre studio has been subtly reconfigured and new insertions into the space are meticulously finished.

‘Sensuously textural’: Luxe Ten

Maria Danos Architecture has transformed a graphic design studio space into a moody and textural one-bedroom apartment.

Residential
A new garden pavilion provides a guestroom, music room, laundry, garage and extra storage, while also creating a visually appealing backdrop to the backyard.

Urban multi-tasker: Backyard Studio

Adapting an inner-city site for a young family with a steady stream of interstate guests called for a standalone addition that accommodates a plethora of different activities.

Residential
Myriad small moves were made to restore the warehouse character, including removing internal partitions to make spaces feel more open.

From little things: South Yarra Warehouse

NMBW Architecture Studio achieve a powerful impact with subtle revisions and modifications to a warehouse apartment in inner Melbourne.

Residential
Stepping down a steep and narrow site, the Left Over Space House has been inserted into the remnant space between old cottage, heritage-listed dance hall, setbacks and easements.

Left Over Space House

Vallance Architects, Cox Rayner Architects

Architects Casey and Rebekah Vallance have devotedly turned a parcel of discarded land into a poetic response to suburban infill.

Residential
A heritage-listed chicory kiln on Phillip Island has been converted into a flexibly planned family residence.

A House for Hermes

A family beach house by Andrew Simpson Architects and Charles Anderson that is small in scale but packed with ideas.

Residential
The dispensary, bookshop and laboratory are located at the front of the property.

Southern Swan

A homeopathic laboratory, dispensary, book-shop and residence in one.

Interiors, Residential
Existing elements such as the black steel struts and multi-paned, steel-framed windows give the project much of its character.

Richmond Warehouse

A warehouse conversion by Techne Architects retains the integrity of the original structure.

Residential
Visitors to the apartment step over and through the truss framing.

Attic in the Dolomites

A sixteenth-century Italian attic restored by Perth studio SODAA and local studio, MQAA.

Interiors, Residential
The Majestic Theatre building has been modified many times.

The Majestic

A deft inner-Sydney theatre conversion by Hill Thalis.

Residential
Mezzanine bedroom. Artwork: Lloyd Kwilla, Kulyayl Waterhole.

Teneriffe Warehouse Apartment

Wrightson Stewart Interior Design turn an old woolstore apartment into a tailored bachelor pad.

Interiors, Residential
The character and shape of the original cowshed are kept.

Cowshed House

The bold reworking of a late-nineteenth-century cowshed in Sydney by Carterwilliamson Architects.

Residential
The grassed courtyard on the residential level of the factory.

Sunrise Confectioners Factory

A former factory forms the shell of this residence, housed above a boutique office space.

Interiors, Residential
A sky-lit entry has been added on the western edge.

The Barn

A historic stone barn has been sensitively brought back to life by Maria Gigney Architects.

Residential