Nestled on the shores of Lake St Clair in Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, The Retreat, designed by JAWS Architects, is the latest accommodation offering at Pumphouse Point.

Nestled among the quiet streets of bayside Melbourne, the Silhouette Hytte House overcomes a number of challenging site conditions to create a playful and updated reference to the existing vernacular.

Ancient masses of pink granite provided a powerful source of inspiration for Liminal Studio’s design of the Coastal Pavilions in Frecyinet National Park.

A conversation of contrasts, Malvern Residence sees a convergence of styles co-exist as a reference for preservation and convenience.

The Wellington Street Mixed Use House is an innovative response by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design to Melbourne’s shifting housing typologies.

Set in heritage-rich Balmain, Sydney, Downie North’s Machiya House respectfully takes lessons from its Japanese influences, instilling privacy, connection and a new access to light.

A respectful restoration and extension of an existing Victorian terrace in Paddington, Smart Design Studio’s Regent project sees punctuations and extrusions openly encourage natural light inward.

We explore Owen Architecture and Lineburg Wang’s Indooroopilly House, taking the traditional Queenslander vernacular and integrating stepped levels to allow access to sightlines from each room.

We speak with founding director, Rob Kennon from Rob Kennon Architects about the Brighton House, their firms’ approach to domestic living and fusing the old and the new for a family in Melbourne.

Blurring the lines between architecture and landscape, PopovBass’s Sunshine Beach House sees a contemporary approach to the traditional Queenslander typology revisited.

Comprising of four unique residences in a boutique development envelope, 131 Residences embodies a strength and clarity of concept, which permeates all aspects of the architecture and interiors.

We explore Studio Four’s Central Park Residence, where an existing 1970s brown brick home is opened up to return its character and materiality to a sense of honesty, embracing the client’s heritage.

Set above the streetscape in Sydney’s north-shore suburb of Middle Cove, H House is referred to as the ‘tree house’ by its owners for its fanciful placement above the tree line.

We explore Nobbs Radford Architects’ Riverview House, where the existing bones are opened to create a sense of connection between the previous stagnant living zones.

Responding to the clients’ changed lifestyle, South Yarra Townhouse sees Inarc Architects breathe new life into an existing neo-classical townhouse in Melbourne’s south.

The Bruny Island Hideway by Maguire + Devine Architects is a project modest in stature, but grand in character and connection to its natural environment.

Blinco Street House facilitates this unique process through the layering of private to social zones leading the journey from solitude to the friendly reacquaintance with a larger community.

Acting as a counterpoint to its original warehouse bones, Darling Lane by Welsh Major Architects is a refined and simplified gesture of amenity in amongst a texturally-complex home.

A heritage semi-detached cottage proved a uniquely challenging yet rewarding project. Originally owned in the 1900s by two brothers who informally founded Australia’s surf lifesaving culture.

We explore Edition Office’s Point Lonsdale house, where a series of vaulted pavilions connect around a central living space, and are aligned to create a linear play on the coastal home aesthetic.

Designing a large family home on a small urban site would usually result in a structure that prioritises indoor over outdoor space, this project takes the opposite approach.

Perched on a hillside, atop the carport of an existing residence, the (Gr)ancillary Dwelling is an alternative to elderly care, an exemplar of intergenerational living.

We explore a well-versed collaboration between Woods Bagot, Hecker Guthrie and Simone Haag, in the form of Tidal Arc and its reinterpretation of the coastal home aesthetic.

A pair of single-storey townhouses take inspiration from the surrounding architectural context to create two sustainable, affordable and well-designed rental homes.