Elemental House / Off-Grid Retreat Under a Big Hard Sun
Elemental house is a low impact off-grid retreat on an exposed ridge line at a place called High Camp, an hour north of Melbourne.
Australia
With its distinctive indoor–outdoor lifestyle and sensitivity to climate and place, Australia offers a wealth of architectural inspiration. Discover standout residential and interior projects published on HomeWorldDesign from across the Australian continent.
Grant House in North Fitzroy, Melbourne / Austin Maynard Architects
Grant House is the alteration and addition to a dark and narrow single-storey terrace in North Fitzroy, Melbourne. The old part of the house has been respectfully maintained and a new extension has been sleeved between original…
Casa Atrio / Biasol Design Studio
From the outside, Casa Atrio has the character of an Italianate-style terrace, intertwining decorative classical architecture with a Victorian-era home.
Old Factory Building Converted into a Home for an Artist and Musician
Located in Melbourne’s inner-city opposite a suburban train station this is a re-assembly of an old dilapidated factory building to become a home with studios for an artist and musician.
Modest Cottage Transformed into a Flexible Family Home
This playful renovation dramatically transforms a modest cottage into a flexible family home, with the lower kids level also configured as a self-contained flat.
Contemporary Penthouse Home in Sydney by Arent & Pyke
The material diversity of stone and felt, timber and colour are drawn together as harmonious elements in this contemporary penthouse home.
Rammed Earth Extension to a Californian Bungalow
This design for a rammed earth extension to a Californian Bungalow goes back to personal key experiences of places. However, I was less interested in a building itself but the interaction it generated and asked why. That…
House Burch – Cool White with Curves / Those Architects
Designing for the realities of a sub tropical climate – with its harsh sunlight, summer heat and oppressive humidity, winter chills, damp, corrosive air borne salt, high rainfall and occasional tropical storms and fierce winds– requires a…
Space & Co, 2 Southbank / BVN Architecture
As a major provider of real estate solutions that support evolving businesses, the client identified the need to incorporate flexibility in both the working environment and services provided to be able to respond quickly to tenants ever-changing…