Diamond Beach House by Bourne Blue Architecture
Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here's an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. More
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Clifton Hill House by Sharif Abraham Architects
The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. More
Florida Beach House by Iredale Pedersen Hook
This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Mandurah, south of Perth, jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. More
Dezeen archive: Australian houses
Dezeen archive: as we've been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we've grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
Law Street House by Muir Mendes
A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More
Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers
A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. More
Glass Loggia House by Allen Jack+Cottier, Vladimir Sitta and Belinda Koopman
An oversailing glass roof and steel mesh curtain protect a two-storey extension and terrace at a historic Sydney house. More
House 20 by Jolson
Australian architects Jolson have completed a house in Melbourne where cantilevering concrete slabs appear to balance on top of a bronze garden wall. More
Balmain House by Carter Williamson Architects
This extension to a family house with marble brise-soleils on the rear façade in New South Wales, Australia, is by Australian practice Carter Williamson Architects. More
Port Fairy House 2 by Farnan Findlay Architects
This wood-clad house perched on rocky terrain in Victoria, Australia, was designed by Australian practice Farnan Findlay Architects and features two separate volumes joined by a central walkway. More
House by Studio Architecture Gestalten
This little titanium zinc-clad house in Melbourne is by Australian Studio Architecture Gestalten. More
Ormond Esplanade by Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects
Round windows in black and red are plugged into the facade of this wood-clad house by Australian firm Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects that sits on the outskirts of Melbourne. More
Lyon Housemuseum by Lyons Architects
This building by Australian architects Lyons in Melbourne combines a family home with a museum. More
Meakins Road by B.E. Architecture
Australian studio B.E. Architecture have completed a house surrounded by a steel and timber grid in coastal Victoria, Australia. More
Hill End Ecohouse by Riddel Architecture
Riddel Architecture of Queensland demolished a house in Brisbane, Australia, and then built a new home out of the salvaged materials. More
The Cubby House by Edwards Moore
Australian studio Edwards Moore have renovated and extended an apartment in Fitzroy, Melbourne, featuring fitted furniture made of oriented strand board, concrete floors and reflective surfaces. More
57 Tivoli Road by B.E. Architecture
Australian studio B.E. Architecturehave completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. More
Smokey Town by Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects
Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects of Melbourne have completed a Corten steel-clad house in Smokey Town, Australia. More
Moebius House by Tony Owen Partners
Australian architects Tony Owen Partners have created a house overlooking Sydney harbor where one wall loops over the roof and down the other side to become a first floor terrace. More
Ross Street by Robert Mills Architects
Australian studio Robert Mills Architects have completed a house surrounded by a pool of water in Melbourne, Australia. More