Dark Horse sees Architecture Architecture create the fullest expression of the original resulting in a worker’s cottage redefined for contemporary living.

Set on Sydney's lower north shore, Headland House sees Clayton Orszaczky create a reverential response to the coastal context.

Despite its grand scale, the Ian Potter Southbank Centre, home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, is a building of remarkable generosity, whose design is grounded in encouraging the artistic.

We speak with co-founding director, Alicia McKimm of Golden about The Esplanade, its intimate connection to its coastal locale and an expression of rich tonality through materiality.

A tranquil inner-city retreat, the Albert Park Extensions uses prefabricated construction to update an ageing Albert Park residence.

Bower Architecture extends the idea of heritage into the 1960s with New Modern, a renovation and expansion of a modernist Melbourne home that offers a contemporary interpretation of the original home.

A holistic and contextual approach to site sees the reimagining of a narrow light-deprived heritage home, with an injection of the contemporary, by Taylor Knights Architects.

A Mim Design project, with architecture by Ben Robertson, St Ninians embraces black, with a thoughtful monochromatic palette that resonates with the clients’ vibrant contemporary art collection.

We exploreKennedy Nolan Architects’ Caroline House, an existing Edwardian weatherboard house is extended with a sense of the whimsical, creating a balanced relationship between interior and garden.

We explore Alwill Interiors’ Peppertree House, where rich layers reference a European sensibility, expressing architectural details and creating a sense of calm in a minimal interior.

At the foundation of the project is a belief in the importance of engaging inhabitants in the world around them, as a counter to the significant amount of time spent in artificial environments.

We explore Project 12 Architecture’s Northcote Residence, where an existing Californian bungalow and its ill-fitting 1980s extension is given new life through a contemporary lens.

The Garden Room House sees a living and breathing core inserted to create both visual and ventilated connections to the existing Victorian home and its new extension.

We visit the off-grid Yandoit Cabin from Adam Kane Architects which is tucked away in the gumtrees, north west of Melbourne.

We explore Bureau Probert’s QLD Architecture Awards entry Albert Villa, where an existing cottage is given a new life, with a pavilion addition, respectfully referencing its heritage.

Set atop a bluff on the Flinders coastline, the Bluff House embraces a sense of separation as a means of amplifying the context, finding balance through the tension between detachment and connection.

The Armadale House sees the insertion of a two-storey internal courtyard flood the extension to an existing Victorian-era home with light.

With asymmetric gables and a robust timber facade, the Ascot Veil House presents as a strikingly contemporary structure.

Wilbur’s House sees a former medical centre in Melbourne’s east transformed by Allison Pye Interiors into a design-focused family home.

An innovative and contemporary response to a classic Californian bungalow restoration in Melbourne’s north, Coburg House by Lisa Breeze Architect is a lovingly restored family home.

Nth FITZROY by Milieu is a carefully considered collaboration between progressive urban developer Milieu, architecture practice Fieldwork and award-winning interior designers Flack Studio.

United Places Botanic Gardens, designed by Carr Design Group, is a pioneering hotel experience that offers guests a new level of travel luxury within one of Melbourne’s most renowned suburbs.

Studio Griffiths’ Ivanhoe Residence finds inspiration in the heritage 1930s original house to create a contemporary family home that combines refinement with whimsical personality.

Responding to a nuanced brief for contemporary living, Folk Architects’ Storybook House is a proposition of extending and renovating an existing single-fronted Victorian terrace.