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
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
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
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
Maddison Architects add timber-framed annex to log cabin in Victoria's coastal forest
Designed as an annex for a 1960s log cabin, this angular timber and cast-concrete structure by Maddison Architects is nestled among the undergrowth of a forest in Victoria, Australia (+ slideshow). More
Andrew Maynard adds greenhouse-like extension to a Melbourne home – but leaves it unfinished
This metal-framed extension to a clapboard house near Melbourne was left intentionally incomplete by architect Andrew Maynard to show off the "beautiful skeleton" of an unfinished building (+ slideshow). More
Stirling House is a Sydney home clad with rough timber boards
After being instructed not to design a "white box minimalist house", MAC Interactive Architects specified weathered timber boards for the exterior of this narrow Sydney residence (+ slideshow). More
House by Philip Stejskal can be "locked down" with shutters that blend into the facade
Australian studio Philip Stejskal Architecture has equipped a white timber extension to a 1890s duplex with shutters and sliding panels that camouflage with the walls when closed. More
Bent Architecture's wooden extension screens a Melbourne home from neighbouring "McMansion"
The steeply angled roofs of a wooden pavilion and extension by Bent Architects will screen a family home in Australia from a "monster" development on an adjoining plot of land (+ slideshow). More
Perforated brick walls filter light into Matthew Gribben's Five Courts House
The brick exterior of this Sydney house by Matthew Gribben Architecture belies its light-filled interior, which features five secluded courtyards arranged around the perimeter (+ slideshow). More
Giant sash windows cover the back of Panovscott's Sydney house extension
Two oversized sash-style windows have been added to the back of this two-storey extension by Sydney architects Panovscott, allowing both levels to open up completely to the garden (+ slideshow). More
Farnan Findlay's beachside Clovelly House designed to "look better in 20 years"
This Sydney house by Farnan Findlay Architects has been clad in materials "that can take a beating" from the salty air and wind of its beachside location, including spotted gum timber that will turn grey over time (+ slideshow). More
Great Ocean Road House by ITN Architects is raised on stilts to maximise ocean views
This timber-clad house along Australia's scenic Great Ocean Road has been raised above the ground to capture the best views of the ocean and provide shaded outdoor space beneath (+ slideshow). More
Bow House by Edwards Moore has a narrow middle that frames a patio
This Melbourne home by local studio Edwards Moore narrows down to less than four metres at its centre to make room for a narrow patio along the southern boundary (+ movie). More