Overflowing Greenery Will Eventually Hide This Coastal Australian Home From the StreetA green roof is intended to spill over and camouflage this glass-fronted seaside home.
In Melbourne, a Radical Skylight Sutures a Heritage Home to an Addition With a CourtyardThe glazing contours the original brick home, creating a natural connection with the terra-cotta–clad extension.
A Black Timber Screen Conceals a Family’s Lush Hideaway on the Victoria CoastThe residence by Project 12 Architecture eschews an open plan for private, intimate spaces that spill into a backyard oasis.
A Melbourne Bungalow’s Courtyard Extension Creates a Window to the SkyInspired by the home of Australian architect Sir Roy Grounds, the extension artfully blurs the boundaries between interior and...
This Beach House in Australia Is Nothing Like Its Neighbors—or Any Beach House You’ve SeenThough it’d be hard to tell from the street, the compound of concrete blocks forms a surprisingly breezy family retreat.
This High-Tech Melbourne Home Generates “Way More” Energy Than It UsesThanks to its solar system, the Garden House can produce up to five times the energy needed to power the average Australian home.
A Kids’ Escape Route Puts the “Fun” in Functional at This Reimagined Melbourne CottageSecret passageways and surprise design elements abound in this playful home renovation for an active family of five.
This Melbourne Home Sits Pretty on a Slightly Sloped SiteWorking together with InForm Design, an interior designer and her husband build a comfortable, contemporary home flooded with...
A Concrete and Glass Pavilion Opens This 1930s Home to a Tiered GardenThe exterior, made of prim brick and stucco, hides a show-stopping addition at this suburban home outside of Melbourne, Australia.
A Couple’s Melbourne Home Uses Geometry to Tell a Love StoryTaking inspiration from a John Donne poem, FMD Architects brings in angled shapes that represent the union of two former clients.
A Heritage Home Outside Melbourne Gets a Dramatic, Glass-Walled AdditionA retired couple in the seaside suburb of St. Kilda call on Jackson Clements Burrows Architects for a two-story addition behind a...
Austin Maynard Architects Turn an Old Terrace House Into a Light-Filled HomeIn Melbourne, a dark and narrow single-story terrace home gets treated to a delightful renovation with surprising features.
An Inventive Melbourne Remodel Greets the Street With a New GardenOriginally built in the 1850s, King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects gains a pocket park and a playful expansion.
A Great Ocean Road Shack With a View Gets a Sustainable UpdateWhen Kate and Grant, the owners of Dorman House—an old shack near the beach in Lorne, Victoria, Australia—decided to renovate,...
A Breezy Modern Beach House Sits Among the Trees in AustraliaBuilt on a hill with beautiful views, this little house was made for entertaining.