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A subtle angle in the doors to the deck encourages occupants to look toward the ocean.

Jan Juc House by Eldridge Anderson Architects

Evolving and refining the forms of our coastal towns’ once-ubiquitous housing stock, this new residence celebrates an enduring affection for the unassuming beach shack.

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The ethos of reusing rather than rebuilding is still present in the practice’s work.

First House: George Murphy 01 by Baracco and Wright

This inventive solution to a client request for more living space – converting an existing garage into “a little house” – became the first in a series of incremental interventions to a suburban home. It was also the first collaborative residential project for Louise Wright and Mauro Baracco.

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The lower-ground lounge is partially sunken and connects to the garden through large timber screens.

Randwick House by Anthony Gill Architects

Understated yet delightful, this clever update employs “stealth density” to adjust and augment a Sydney semi to suit a growing family of five.

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A shared work/dining room sits at the junction between old and new. Artworks (L–R): Myra Staffa, Mary Dudin, Jeremy Kirwan-Ward.

Six Chimney House by Vokes and Peters

A 1920s house in Perth is perceptively reprogrammed to suit contemporary occupation, in the process exploring how private domestic space can converse with the street and the suburb.

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A sunken lounge maximizes space on the 4.1-metre-wide site. Artworks: Imbi Davidson (left); Bonnie Porter Greene (in kitchen), Yvonne Robert (right).

Up Down House by Brad Swartz Architects

The thorny but familiar challenges of the terrace house are met with skill and ingenuity in this updated Sydney home, demonstrating the value of clever design in dense urban contexts.

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Brick House by Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio.

Brick House by Studio Roam and With Architecture Studio

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.

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Living spaces are linear in plan to maximize northern orientation. Artwork: Mandy Francis.

Maitland Bay House by Studio Bright

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.

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The long northern elevation is designed as a series of monumental picture frames.

Remnant House by Moloney Architects

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.

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One internal wall was removed, enhancing the flow between the dining and sitting rooms. Artwork: Alberto Bali.

South/West House by Killing Matt Woods

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.

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The kitchen and dining area can be opened on two sides to garden and courtyard.

Niwa House by John Ellway

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.

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The ideals of holism inspired the design, in which house and landscape are interconnected.

Revisited: The Treehouse by Christine Vadasz Architect

Christine Vadasz Architect

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.

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Living spaces at the centre of the house spill out to the terrace and garden, designed by Alexandra Farrington. Artwork: Kardi.

Deepwater House by AHA Studio

AHA Studio

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.

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Candour is a set of parametric prefabricated components tailored to architects with the intention of making prefabrication more accessible.

Taroona House by Candour and Archier

Candour and Archier

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

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Recycled bricks laid in different bonds add texture and variety without the need for applied finishes.

A House for Grandma by Brcar Morony Architecture

Brcar Morony

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.

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An easement on the western edge is now a linear garden, allowing the home to function as a verandah when the doors are open. Artwork: Naomi Williams

Northcote House by MA and Co Architects

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

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The brief was for an affordable, environmentally responsible family home. Sculptures: Kura Studio.

Farrier Lane House by MDC Architects

MDC Architects

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

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The response to this triangular site led to an unconventional form: a three winged structure that enfolds a courtyard.

Blok Belongil by Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters

Blok Modular and Vokes and Peters

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.

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Sliding screens in the living zones act as movable walls to accommodate varied occupation.

First House: Avalon Beach House by Sam Crawford and Emili Fox

Sam Crawford Architects, Emili Fox Architects

Abundant enthusiasm outweighed limited experience for Sam Crawford when his sister called with an invitation to renovate a tired 1950s beach shack. Sam reflects on how this house, designed in collaboration with Emili Fox, kickstarted his career in architecture.

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Sheltered and adaptable, the ground floor can be used for work, rest and play. Sculpture: Soho Galleries; bench, garden sculpture: Gardeco; lamp: Fineworks Paddington.

Shed House by Breakspear Architects

Breakspear Architects

With an internal courtyard at its core, this new home for a family of five is equal parts ordered and elastic, providing space for living, working and making in the Sydney suburbs.

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OM 1, Dimensions X’s first prototype, comprises flexible 15-square-metre modules.

OM1 and Mobile Studio by Dimensions X

With traditional construction methods beset by time and cost uncertainties, the time is ripe to explore alternatives. This prefabricated house is assembled in just three weeks.

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The roofline was maintained and modified for better solar performance. Artwork: Anita West.

The Cottage by Justin Humphrey Architects

Preferring elaboration over eradication, this adaptation of a 1970s house disrupts pervading Gold Coast attitudes toward older housing and revels in its suburban context.

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Skillion roofs and a setback respond to heritage controls and neighbours’ expectations.

Moonee Ponds House by Lovell Burton Architecture

On a traditional street in Melbourne’s west, a new house pairs pragmatic planning and cost-effective material use with surprising volume to reframe the dream of a suburban family home.

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A robust shell of concrete, steel and fibre-cement sheets responds to the urban context.

That Old Chestnut by Figr

Taking complex site conditions in its stride, this compact worker’s cottage addition channels the suburb’s industrial character while crafting a surprisingly secluded urban sanctuary.

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A 1990s addition has been retained and its openings to the garden enlarged. Artwork: James McGrath.

Armadale House by Neeson Murcutt Neille

This resourceful alteration forgoes the temptation to build anew, instead recalibrating a Victorian home and its 1990s addition to suit contemporary family life.

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Living spaces open onto the base of the escarpment.

Quarry Box by MCK Architects

Changing constraint to opportunity, the design of this new home turns a Sydney site edged with a jagged sandstone face into a private setting well suited to family life.

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The existing bungalow has been repaired and had two new pavilions added to its edges.

Bungalow by Other Architects

A “make-do and mend” approach renews a bungalow in the Southern Highlands, fine-tuning the home to provide greater independence for a family of four.

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An addition perched on the roof is a separate, flexible space used for work, play and rest.

Tanoa by Vittino Ashe

Delicate and inventive accretions to a Perth duplex encourage flexible occupation and sustain a multigenerational family that seeks both refuge and connection.

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The design of the new house preserves the lush landscape setting that first attracted the clients.

River Hearth House by Arcke

Arcke

Rebuffing the temptation of the singular view, this new house evokes memories of the site’s past occupation to craft a place for living and making on the Brisbane River.

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Unsympathetic earlier renovations were replaced with finishes that are consistent with the era of the house. Artwork: Michael Mark.

Monty Sibbel by Nuud Studio

Nuud Studio

A deft revival of a 1970s project home respects the scale and materiality of the original house, impelled by Sibbel Builders’ underlying ethos of sensitive homes that do more with less.

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The design capitalizes on an elevated site, opening to admit breezes and light.

Balmain House by Saha

Saha

An elegant pavilion addition to a Sydney cottage resolves a sloping site and incites its occupants to find delight in inhabiting the building’s edges.

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