PROJECTS

A reliance on first principles and a nuanced understanding of the site enabled Those Architects to transform two buildings into a conjoined space to host diverse creative practices.

Designed with future replication in mind, this new home in Perth’s inner suburbs threads connections between people, place, history and memories, while anticipating the needs of the next generation.

Poised between suburb and sea, this robust and respectful new house allows occupants to enjoy the comfort of home while being immersed in a bushland setting.

Encircling the ruins of the site’s past dwellings, lost to fire, this robust and elegant residence in Victoria’s Central Highlands creates a lasting legacy for a multigenerational family.

By gaining a thorough understanding of the perspectives of staff and students at this suburban Melbourne primary school, Project 12 Architecture has designed new spaces that reflect the current community’s specific needs, rather than any particular pedagogical approach.

ACME’s luxurious interior for this hybrid wellness-fitness centre in Brisbane uses design to encourage better health.

Inspired by the elegant dynamism of streamline moderne, this update to a 1930s Sydney home weaves new into old while honouring the owners’ love for the building’s interwar heritage.

A clever and nimble adaptation to the humble Queensland worker’s cottage learns from the verandah, enabling its occupants to live on the edges of house, garden and neighbourhood.

The agility of its small practice enabled Alcorn Middleton to assemble a collaborative design team to win a competition for a local playground; the outcome is an experientially rich piece of active urban infrastructure for the whole community.

A collaboration between Retallack Thompson and MIK Studio, 001 is the first suite at Newtown’s boutique hotel. The Bercin.

A newly opened Italian venue in Melbourne’s Windsor radiates a friendly and cosy ambience, as well as conjures feelings of nostalgia.

A former shed in Byron Bay designed to balance art, life and work adapts to the changing creative needs of its users.

Nestled into the hillside above Wategos Beach in Byron Bay, the home Christine Vadasz designed for her young family in 1977 was a testing ground for a holistic approach to environmental design. Almost 50 years after it was completed, it endures as an unpretentious example of architecture in equilibrium with landscape.

In the Perth suburbs, a new home deploys an efficient plan and varied outlook to forge connections for a close-knit family with their garden, their neighbourhood, and each other.

A colourful, playful office space in Melbourne caters to the needs of gaming designers.

Layered upon an existing structure, this character-filled extension proposes a new direction for a community hub while leaving opportunities for surrounding buildings to respond in their own manner.

Amid the existing older buildings and portables at this regional Victorian school, an unassuming yet enticing new addition leads a program of rejuvenation, providing tranquil, tactile spaces and facilities that foster independence.

A refined modernist aesthetic and speedy design come together in this prefabrication system aimed at producing better buildings for more people.

As demand for intergenerational living continues to grow, this secondary dwelling offers an enticing model for independent and adaptable occupation that can evolve with the needs of its owners.

Underpinned by a thoughtful balance of pragmatism and craft, this simple but spatially intriguing terrace adaptation responds to the needs of intergenerational living.

Tom Mark Henry designs an atmospheric bar and restaurant below Circular Quay inspired by Japanese theatre and high-end whiskey.

Deploying the activist potential of an architect’s own home, this new house in Western Australia is a testing ground for low-carbon living.

Ohlo Studio’s interior for Perth’s multifunctional, three-storey Lawson Flats social club merges hospitality, work, wellness, art and history.

Blok Belongil, Blok Modular’s collaboration with architecture practice Vokes and Peters, is built on the edge of the sand dunes at Belongil Beach, Byron Bay. In response to rising sea levels, the council forbids construction here unless the building can be demounted and moved within a certain time frame.

Kennedy Nolan’s interior design for Up There’s new flagship in Melbourne exemplifies immersive retail.

Wowowa Architecture has stepped outside its standard practice to design the flagship store for this “deeply Melbourne” bag brand.

In a nondescript commercial space in Sydney, Jason Byrne Design has balanced flair with finesse to create a skin clinic with a distinctive character.

Airbnb Australia has revealed the finalists and winners of its 2023 Airbnb Host Awards. Here are three top architecturally designed homes named finalists for their memorable design qualities:

We reflect on the top five houses of 2023, each one a demonstration of exquisite detail, unique character and rich composition.

As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the stand-out interiors of 2023. From restaurants, libraries and galleries to pottery studios and retail stores, this year has unveiled countless projects of the highest calibre.