Urban

Building an extension to a narrow house on an elongated block by the railway was made infinitely simpler by having already run some beta in the backyard.

Designed as an inner and an outer world, this house by Incidental Architecture provides both prospect and refuge while capturing the personalities of its clients.

A playful collaboration between MRTN Architects, SBLA Studio and a client with strong views and unconventional needs has created a restorative take on the contemporary farmhouse.

With architect and landscape architect, a design-savvy client with a passion for bush regeneration has created something extraordinary along a tributary of Melbourne’s Birrarung.

A family project a decade in the making turns local housing conventions on their head, with an indoor-outdoor delight of vaulted pavilions and a 40-metre-long spine perfect for play.

Identifying rare Tasmanian Modernism, a client with an eye for detail gathers like minds to retain and extend a faded beauty.

In Canberra’s extremes of weather, it takes deep thoughts and ideas to create a year-round cocoon.

A deft renovation uses a few key moves to honour an inner-city terrace, bringing functionality and flow to a small home that suits a creative family of five to a tee.

Quiet, airtight and temperate, this innovative home surveys both its city’s skyline and sustainability in equal measure.

The powerful trifecta of Passivhaus design, off-site construction and a heavy reliance on one material result in a paragon of efficiency and elegance.

Melding together contemporary and mid-century design, this 1950s house has been given a longer life and an even more desirable quality.