Textured brick and concrete house in Sydney encloses a garden courtyard
Sydney office Aileen Sage Architects designed this house for one of its partners around a "secret garden" containing a circular patio for outdoor dining (+ slideshow). More
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B.E. Architecture adds gridded glass rooms to a Melbourne residence
A cluster of glass pavilions positioned around the base of this existing Melbourne house open onto terraces that are sheltered by a copper-edged canopy (+ slideshow). More
Make Architecture adds perforated wooden facade to renovated and extended Melbourne house
Melbourne studio Make Architecture has renovated a red brick bungalow outside the city, adding an extension featuring a decorative timber facade that references brickwork patterns (+ slideshow). More
Cumulus Studio converts an Art Deco pump house into a hotel on a Tasmanian lake
A concrete pier stretches from the Tasmanian shoreline to the entrance of this hotel, which is set within a recently renovated turbine house on the centre of Australia's deepest lake (+ slideshow). More
Mt Martha Beach House by Wolveridge Architects is clad in a mixture of weather-resilient materials
Blackened timber, zinc and cement boards add variety to the facade of this beachside home near Melbourne, which is made up of several intersecting and overhanging blocks (+ slideshow). More
Triangular void connects a two-storey timber extension to a Melbourne bungalow
A sloped section of roof joins this timber-clad extension by Melbourne studio Julie Firkin Architects to the adjacent weatherboard house (+ slideshow). More
Woods Bagot adds elevated golden tower to Melbourne's Deakin University
This eight-storey tower covered in golden louvres and raised up on pilotis accommodates new academic and research facilities for Deakin University in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
Lorne Hill House is a retirement residence built among trees on Australia's coastline
Architect Will Harkness was careful not to disturb any large gum trees with this compact holiday home for a retired couple in Lorne, just off Australia's Great Ocean Road (+ slideshow). More
Peter Stutchbury wins 2015 Gold Medal from the Australian Institute of Architects
The Australian Institute of Architects has named "lyrical technologist" Peter Stutchbury as the 2015 recipient of the country's most prestigious architecture award (+ slideshow). More
Melbourne house extension by Andrew Maynard presents a living room to the street
The residents of a house in Melbourne have allowed architect Andrew Maynard to reveal their living spaces to passers-by, with a timber-framed extension that slots into the perimeter fence (+ slideshow). More
Renzo Piano joins Rogers Stirk Harbour and Wilkinson Eyre for Sydney harbour overhaul
Renzo Piano has become the latest architect to contribute a design to the major redevelopment of Sydney's Barangaroo South waterfront (+ movie). More
Equestrian centre on Australia's south coast features a curving rammed-earth wall
A curving wall of rammed earth channels a stream of water around the edge of this horse riding centre near Melbourne, by London studio Seth Stein Architects and local firm Watson Architecture + Design (+ slideshow). More
Andrew Maynard's "anti-monolith" house is made up of seven small blocks
Australian architect Andrew Maynard has doubled the size of a house in Victoria by adding a row of skinny gabled blocks, intended to make the building look like a small village rather than a monolithic block (+ slideshow). More
Mihaly Slocombe extends vineyard home in Australia with wooden nursery
Australian studio Mihaly Slocombe has returned to a Melbourne home it completed almost a decade ago to add a timber nursery annex patterned with circular cutouts (+ slideshow). More
30,000 red shoelaces hang from the ceiling of Melbourne's Camper store
Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
Prefabricated house in Melbourne's City Square can produce more energy than it uses
Modular buildings specialist ArchiBlox has unveiled its prototype for a compact carbon-positive house, featuring "edible garden walls", a sunroom and an insulating grass roof (+ slideshow). More
Studio Fuksas to design Australia Forum convention centre in Canberra
News: Studio Fuksas has been selected to design a major new convention centre in Canberra, with a proposal that features wavy floors and a bulging, elliptical roof. More
B.E. Architecture's "relaxed" office for a mortgage broker uses soft lighting and frosted glass
A mixture of transparent and translucent glazing creates varying levels of privacy inside this dimly lit office created for a mortgage broker in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More
3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More
Frank Gehry's "paper bag" business school opens in Sydney
News: Frank Gehry's new teaching and research facility for Sydney's University of Technology has now opened, and has been described as "the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag" (+ slideshow). More