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Ramsden House / James Harbard Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Ramsden is a home for a young family assembled from fragments of memory. The design was heavily influenced by The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald, a reflective travelogue with no conventional plot, yet densely layered with personal and international histories. The work reveals the complexity and disorder inherent in individual relationships to history, culture, and the past.

Summerhill Village / TANDEM design studio

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Summerhill Village is a project that carefully crafts a community through design accessibility. It challenges conventional models of social housing by placing community, sustainability, and dignity at the centre of its design.

Point Lonsdale House / Field Office Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Located on a relatively restrained block in Point Lonsdale and sharing a boundary with the historic Ballara estate, the summer home of Australia's second Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin, this four-bedroom home by Field Office Architecture embraces a quiet kind of coastal modernism. Designed for a semi-retired couple as their 'forever' home, the project balances long-term functionality with a calm and enduring sense of place.

Wood House / JAK Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000

What began as a modest brief for a young and growing family soon evolved into a considered renovation that reimagines an existing Barwon Heads home. The original house had endured several unsympathetic alterations over the years, leaving it disjointed and built to a poor standard.

Main Ridge House / Porebski Architects

Miwa Negoro — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000

This timber-framed house, designed as a second home for longstanding Sydney clients, complements their newly acquired vineyard at Main Ridge. Rooted in a 20-year relationship, the project is rich in personal connection and shared vision.

IF Architecture Studio / IF Architecture

Valeria Silva — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

In Collingwood, the IF Architecture Studio acts as an incubator for design ideas, a multifunctional space that expresses its experimental process and philosophies. The practical requirements of the studio are embraced as opportunities to refine existing ideas, realise previously unrealised concepts, and explore a bold point of view through vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and inventive spatial divisions.

Ironbark House / Not All Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Set within a coastal bushland landscape, Ironbark House forms a retreat from the complexities of contemporary life. The clients' aspirations focused on connectivity for their busy family of five and a relationship to the landscape. The architecture is intended to assimilate into the landscape's strong presence, the large span openings, and 'as local as possible' materials form this strong connection.

Woodleigh Futures Studio / McIldowie Partners

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000

More than just a school building, the Regenerative Futures Studio is a carbon-sequestering, solar-powered living ecosystem that filters pollution, fosters animal life, and generates almost zero waste. It provides a dynamic project-based learning environment for students to explore and address real-world problems with a regenerative focus.

Younghusband Woolstore / Woods Bagot

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Younghusband is a cherished example of turn-of-the -century Victorian industrial architecture, employing vast redbrick structures, original ghost signage, and a distinctive saw-tooth roof. The deep floor plates, natural patina, and remnant pastoral parapher nalia make it a unique urban playground for living, working, and socialising.

Fairhaven House / LTD Architectural Design Studio + DOOD Studio

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Lialeeta is a striking residential dwelling with sweeping views of Victoria's Surf Coast, clad in steel and timber. The facade of the property is wrapped in UniCote steel cladding and presents a striking perspective from both the street and above.

Coonawarra Willam Aquatic Center - Ivanhoe Grammar School / Peddle Thorp Architects

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The Coonawarra Willam Aquatic Centre redefines how wellness, education, and culture can coexist in a single, integrated environment.

Mahogany House / R ARCHITECTURE

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Mahogany House is defined by the owners' quest to create a comfortable, multi-generational home within an efficient floorplate. This house is a family abode for Vish and Gaurav Rajadhyax, who co-founded R ARCHITECTURE, an architecture and interior design practice that embodies their passion for bringing great design to suburban contexts.

Double Header House / D'Arcy Jones Architects

Valeria Silva — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The Double Header house is a unique take on the main house and secondary suite type that has become common in Canada's major cities. Rather than placing the suite in the basement, the Double Header house comprises two mirrored volumes connected by a simple, functional spine. This building is clad with galvanized steel shells, which open like metallic flowers to the front and back yards equally, creating a compact new housing type that allows a regular urban lot to accommodate six to eight people or three generations of one family. The double-headed form was primarily generated in response to the zoning regulations requiring secondary suites to be attached to the main house. The smaller suite is apartment-like, ideal for the two grandparents, while the larger suite houses their adult children and two grandkids. This multi-generation arrangement allows the grandparents to live close to the city centre with their adult children to provide childcare for their grandkids while enabling them to age in place with the close assistance of their family.

Pearl Block / D'Arcy Jones Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Pearl Block is a compact cluster of six rowhouses. Staggered in response to the unusual triangular site, the building's form modifies a common housing type to provide each resident with a generous outlook of the street. This neighbourly gesture preserves the privacy of the surrounding homes and enhances the privacy afforded to each Pearl Block unit. The project brief was to create 4–6 new rowhouses for young families who appreciate the qualities of single-family homes, but are also interested in living more compactly and sustainably. These desires, along with the ever-increasing cost of real estate, provide an incentive to explore an architectural type in search of an ideal scale for family homes in the city.

Tienda Mayor Showroom / Florencia Rissotti Arq

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Within an existing warehouse, an exhibition, work, and storage space was created for the fabric brand.

"This is Air:" The National Gallery of Victoria Announces Architecture Commission by Nic Brunsdon

Nour Fakharany — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 05:30:00 +0000

The National Gallery of Victoria 2023 Architecture Commission has chosen a colossal inflatable sphere, named (This is) Air, as its centerpiece. This unique creation is a collaboration between architect Nic Brunsdon and ENESS, aiming to bring the invisible into view by highlighting a fundamental aspect of life: breathing air.

Moonah Tree House / Kirby Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:00:00 +0000

An unassuming beauty, this coastal home is crafted from understated natural materials that have been worked in a master craftsman-like manner. An ancient Moonah tree on the site influenced Architect Kirby Roper’s arrangement of internal /external relationships. Indigenous to the area, Moonah trees have long connections with the coastal woodlands and Traditional Owners. Preserving and celebrating the tree was integral to formulating the design of the house. "From the kitchen, it kind of feels like you're in a tree house, and from the decks, you feel nestled amongst the leaves and branches, while the foliage lends privacy to the outdoor living space", explained Kirby.

BENT Annexe II House / Bent Architecture

Hana Abdel — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Imagine if your home could feel like living in a garden pavilion. At BENT Annexe II, it does! By retaining the character-rich front section of the home and creating a new, light-filled addition to the rear, this family of four plus Pippa the groodle are surrounded by lush greenery and can effortlessly utilize their backyard. As is the case with many period homes, the existing house was charming with high ceilings and ornate details. As is also the case with many period homes, the living areas felt disconnected from the backyard due to a series of rooms, such as the kitchen, storage rooms, and a toilet which were tacked onto the back in a lean-to. We resisted the temptation to knock down the lean-to and add a new open-plan living area stretching from boundary to boundary to the back and opening onto the garden for two key reasons.