Australia

Residence orientated to follow the massive drystone wall running the full length of the house

Residence orientated to follow the massive drystone wall running the full length of the house Architects: B.E ARCHITECTURE Location: Flinders, Victoria, Australia Year: 2013 Area: 7.965 ft²/ 740 m² Photo courtesy: Peter Clarke Description: "The house at Whitehall Road is positioned at the crest of a hill, to take...

Reconfiguration and extension of an Edwardian weatherboard house in the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava

Reconfiguration and extension of an Edwardian weatherboard house in the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava Architects: Poly Studio Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Year: 2016 Area: 2.583 ft²/ 240 m² Photo courtesy: Tatjana Plitt Description: "A key conceptual driver of the project was the relationship of the new to the old....

Martello Tower Home: the 3 storey brick house built in the early 60s gets contemporary additions

Martello Tower Home: the 3 storey brick house built in the early 60s gets contemporary additions Architects: Luigi Rosselli Architects Location: Clontarf, New South Wales, Australia Year: 2014 Area: 3.261 ft²/ 303 m² Photo courtesy: Justin Alexander, Edward Birch Description: "Situated on the highest point of a ridge overlooking Sydney’s...

Concrete contemporary four bedroom house located in Concord, Sydney

Concrete contemporary four bedroom house located in Concord, Sydney Architects: Studio Benicio Location: Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Year: 2016 Area: 2.476 ft²/ 230 m² Photo courtesy: Katherine Lu Description: "This low maintenance, contemporary four bedroom house located in Concord, Sydney, completed in May 2016, has been...

Hip & Gable Californian bungalow with a great attention to the roof

Hip & Gable Californian bungalow with a great attention to the roof Architects: Architecture Architecture Location: Australia Year: 2016 Area: 7.492 ft²/ 696 m² Photo courtesy: Peter Bennetts Description: "Once was a time when a roof was a roof. Mostly it just sat up there to keep the...

The Kite contemporary stylish renovation by Architecture Architecture

The Kite contemporary stylish renovation by Architecture Architecture Architects: Architecture Architecture Location: Australia Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: Peter Bennetts Description: "A stand of silver birches marks the place. Their trunks are white heat, tempered by pools of black. Everything here is light and shade. Taking cue from their...

Avalon House by ArchiBlox: contemporary eco friendly prefab home built in just 6 weeks

Avalon House by ArchiBlox: contemporary eco friendly prefab home built in just 6 weeks Architects: ArchiBlox Location: Avalon Beach, New South Wales, Australia Year: 2015 Area: 1.141 ft²/ 106 m² Photo courtesy: Michael Wickham, Tom Ross Description: "Beyond ArchiBlox’s speedy construction time of 6 weeks, prefab suited the clients...

California – design home with recycled brick in the exterior and stylish bright interior

California - design home with recycled brick in the exterior and stylish bright interior Architects: InForm Location: Elsternwick, Melbourne, Australia Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: InForm Description: “Based on the ‘California’ design, this family home centres around the open plan kitchen, meals and living zone which affords uninterrupted views of the...

Fox Johnston Architects design the Balmoral House set on the hills of Mosman, a suburb of Sydney

Fox Johnston Architects design the Balmoral House set on the hills of Mosman, a suburb of Sydney Architects: Fox Johnston Architects Location: Mosman, Sydney, Australia Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Brett Boardman Description: “This house has been specifically tailored to our clients growing family of five.  The brief was for...

Modern home designed by Workroom in the Toorak suburb of Melbourne

Modern home designed by Workroom in the Toorak suburb of Melbourne Architects: Workroom Location: Melbourne, Australia Year: 2016 Area: 2.624 ft²/ m² Photo courtesy: Workroom ...

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