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Utterly unpretentious: Marrickville House
This efficient and effective extension by MI Architects makes the most of a fast-track approval process, unpretentious materials and a simple form to meet the clients’ brief and budget.
ResidentialMountain retreat: Pirramimma
This Blue Mountains house by Peter Stutchbury Architecture deftly explores the relationship between building and landscape; moments of intensity and quietness, light and shadow, heighten the “real” in the everyday experience.
ResidentialUpward spiral: Fitzroy Terrace
A terrace house renovation by Adrian Amore Architects with a stair that functions as much more than just vertical circulation.
ResidentialJoining forces: Split House
A pair of pavilions come together to create a family home that considers privacy, thermal comfort and spatial delight.
ResidentialSuburban narratives: Central Avenue
This new house by Vokes and Peters employs traditional architectural motifs in unconventional ways, all the while responding to its site, street and city.
ResidentialA contemporary angle: Humble House
Coy Yiontis creates a steeply pitched contemporary home for a mature couple to enjoy into their retirement.
ResidentialUrban osmosis: Three Marrickville Houses
David Boyle Architect delivers harmonious triplets on a complex urban site, where once a single house stood.
ResidentialGeometry at play: West End House
Taking cues from existing trees on site, this renovation and extension to a Queenslander by Marc and Co Architects opens up and embraces a delightful backyard setting.
ResidentialHard and soft: Bridge House 2
The tough exterior of this new house by Delia Teschendorff Architecture gives way to a “soft centre,” protected from the hustle and bustle of a busy West Brunswick street.
ResidentialSizing up: Marrickville Courtyard House
Located on one of three blocks created in the subdivision of a large corner site, this new house by David Boyle Architect “feels huge but sits on a relatively small site.”
ResidentialSuburban illusion: Laneway House
This new infill house in Brisbane’s New Farm by O’Neill Architecture balances openness with privacy to create a clever and inviting inner-suburban sanctuary.
ResidentialRaising eyebrows: House in Double Bay
Without compromise on quality or invention, this new speculative home by Tribe Studio Architects has an emphasis on spatial interest and an abundance of natural light.
ResidentialThe art of minimalist living: Villa Marittima
Experienced like a piece of immersive installation art, this new beachside home by Robin Williams Architect encourages its inhabitants to engage all their senses.
ResidentialLarger than life: West End Cottage
A careful but confident transformation of a tiny worker’s cottage into a contemporary family home by Vokes and Peters.
ResidentialLayer by layer: Concrete House
Made of timber, stone and steel, and topped with concrete, this rectilinear house by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design is the result of exceptional integration and interaction between layers.
ResidentialRainforest journey: Cape Tribulation House
M3 Architecture’s design for this holiday retreat wisely defers to its dense surroundings on the northern Queensland coast.
ResidentialSubliminal proto-dwelling: Garden House
Baracco and Wright Architects’ Garden House blurs the boundaries between garden and home while redefining what it means to be minimal.
ResidentialVanishing point: Balmoral House
This house follows Isamu Noguchi’s philosophy that art should “disappear” or become one with its surroundings.
ResidentialStreet appeal: Kensington House
An alteration and addition to a Californian bungalow by Virigina Kerridge Architect that respectfully addresses the streetscape.
ResidentialChip off the old block: Kids Pod
Mihaly Slocombe take the cubbyhouse typology to full scale with a self-contained addition to its first project.
ResidentialTree hugger: Ashgrove Residence
DM2 Architecture adds a new pavilion to the rear of a humble cottage in Brisbane that embraces a historical significant hoop pine.
ResidentialSocial butterfly: Local House
This addition to a Californian bungalow by Make Architecture creates an active connection with the St Kilda community.
ResidentialIt takes a village: Tower House
Appearing “more medieval village than inner-city extension,” a collection of timber shingle-clad towers by Andrew Maynard Architects have been added to the site of an existing mid-century bungalow.
ResidentialA house of art and play: Doll’s House
Driven by ideas of art and play as well as tactics for sustainability, this striking extension by BKK Architects is a “well-made doll’s house” with an uplifting sense of possibility.
ResidentialPlaying to type: Courtyard House
This delightful reinterpretation of a traditional terrace house has built-in flexibility, allowing it to adapt and change to the evolving needs of the family.
ResidentialTowering ideas: Tree Top Studio
Max Pritchard revisits his own house after twenty-five years to create a distinctive satellite building.
ResidentialPlayful finesse: Westgarth House
An addition to a suburban Melbourne house by Kennedy Nolan that is far from ordinary.
ResidentialStreet life: Alexandria Courtyard House
This new Sydney terrace by Matthew Pullinger Architect challenges conventions and plays with traditions, while engaging seriously with the street and community life.
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