Converting a Grande Dame of heritage architecture into a family home was both an inspiration and a challenge for Arent & Pyke. Their design process was guided by their determination to retain and enhance the elements they loved about the house, whilst changing up…
Wistow House | Mountford Williamson Architecture + Fabrikate
How do you like the sound of a warm and cosy home without over-complication? Sounds delightful if you ask us. This simple, yet sophisticated dwelling by Mountford Williamson Architecture is the stuff rural dreams are made of. Wistow House, a lazy twenty-acre property…
Perimeter House | Make Architecture
Once an industrial wasteland, the suburb of Abbotsford, Melbourne is now a hip neighborhood full of creatives, upbeat families, converted warehouses and cool bars. In this inner-city hotspot stands a whitewashed Victorian weatherboard cottage which has been given a once-over by Make Architecture.…
Annandale House | Welsh + Major
A skinny inner-Sydney house occupying a long and narrow site has been magically restored by Welsh + Major into a comfortable modern home for a family of four. The family residence was called Annandale House, named after its suburban location. The…
Balnarring Retreat | Branch Studio Architects
Those who yearn for a slow, meaningful life need to create a nesting abode like the Balnarring Retreat. The ultimate man cave, yoga retreat, study nook, this woodland masterpiece has been specifically designed to easily transform to suit the needs of the…
Clovelly House II | Madeleine Blanchfield Architects
Clovelly House is like a liveable piece of art with bits of whimsy, dashes of quirky, and slivers of personal recollection. Madeleine Blanchfield Architects, together with their creative clients, have created a funhouse inspired by a 17th-century lithograph print called, “Marvels…
Ewert Leaf | Meet the Architect
Ewert Leaf is a multi-disciplinary design firm based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2009 by co-directors and schoolmates Toby Ewert and Will Leaf, the company prides itself on understanding the inherent relationships between architecture, urban design and landscape architecture. Carefully…
Bell Street House | Technē Architecture + Interior Design
A family home should respond to the functional challenges we all know a little too well. Completed by Technē Architecture + Interior Design in 2016, the Bell Street House is an impressive contemporary space located in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of…
Bobhubski | March Studio
Bobhubski is like an austere space capsule straight out of a sci-fi movie. The form-fits-function design approach that March Studio has applied to this tiny studio stole the jury’s attention, eventually making it the Apartment or Unit Awardee during the Houses Awards…
Burleigh Street House | ME
Guided by the end goal of personifying the Gold Coast’s beachside atmosphere, ME architect has transformed a single-storey bungalow into a sizeable contemporary living space that gushes with the town’s character. The skillful execution of the Burleigh Street House has…
