PROJECTS

A robust but smooth brick shell, inspired by the sandblasted coastline, envelops this calm and composed Sydney beachside home for a family of surfers.

A quietly radical approach threads delicate new layers into the familiar weatherboard cottage, amplifying perceptions of seasonal change and the specifics of place.

On Sydney’s Northern Beaches, a reimagined 1970s home reflects the architect and client’s mutual appreciation for Japanese design and the inherent beauty of natural materials.

Chromatically controlled yet experientially rich, this apartment design adapts an unusual wedge-shaped plan and the drama of a double-height void to satisfy desires for both solitude and sociability.

North-east of the Sydney CBD, a partnership between client, architect and builder has resulted in a starkly beautiful storage facility that welcomes the community and addresses the future of publicly funded museums.

Strutt Studios reimagines dentist clinic aesthetics at Sage Space in Sydney.

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

The sophisticated design for a public recreation hub on the edge of Sydney’s second CBD emphasises the contiguity of city and landscape, creating a sense of reciprocal spectacle.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The garden at a new house on the Tweed coast is a subtropical romance, with house and outdoor room lying in delicate concert.

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.

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.

Sitting in “productive tension” with the development’s original ambitions, the fourth stage of Habitat demonstrates the flexibility of its masterplan.

The inventive refurbishment of an existing performance venue extends the community’s opportunities and opens up the growing suburb’s civic heart.

This meticulous adaptation of a Georgian terrace in a tightly protected heritage precinct has seen layers removed, revealed and revived in a fine composition of old and new.

Volumes of warmly lit timber define Tonkin Zulaikha Greer’s library and members lounge redesign, which simultaneously respects heritage and serves contemporary communities.