This tiny house in the bush meets a huge brief – artists’ residence, family getaway, meditation retreat and weekend rental – all in an utterly exquisite setting.

Timbin House combines the aspirations of three families into an elegant holiday home that seamlessly nestles into the bushland.

Architect Hannah Tribe’s Bundeena House is a relaxed, welcoming beach house that doubles as an economical kit-home prototype for like-minded people.

A tiny St Andrews beach house creates a ‘deluxe yurt’ for a young family keen to be thrown together and experience the elements.

A Jan Juc home for a retired builder and avid gardener designed by their son and daughter-in-law takes inspiration from the beach house vernacular and rejoices in the landscape.

Sitting in a prominent coastal location, this house is not only comfortable and sustainable for the family but has been welcomed by neighbours and residents.

A family home in northern NSW is deliberately stripped back to engender connection with people and place.

That most ingrained fixture of patrolled Australian beaches – the stalwart lifesaver’s tower – has been elevated into an architectural feature in its own right by MRTN Architects.

Designed by Casey Brown Architecture, Hart House is a simple and beautiful one-bedroom home in an enviable location.

Edition Office’s Point Lonsdale beach house marries formal volumes with informal patterns of use.