Projects

A renovation of a 1980s home originally designed by Peter Stronach eschews unnecessary novelty in pursuit of clarity and calm.

Corten-clad “tents” on a cattle property outside Orange continue a decades-long exploration of minimal shelter and maximum engagement with the Australian landscape.

In South Melbourne, Swop transforms a former warehouse into a gallery-like retail space, where light, volume and collectible design reframe resale as a slower, more immersive experience.

Strategically positioned between a university and hospital campus, a new translational research building optimises opportunities for collaboration to deliver innovations in, and better outcomes for, patients’ health.

A home in the heart of Magandjin/Brisbane speaks to a new era of Queensland residential architecture, where multi-layered experiential design mingles with responsive climatic innovations.

Wood Marsh transforms a vacant caretaker’s apartment in modernist landmark Fairlie into a serene, light-filled wellness centre while respecting the building’s heritage through subtle interventions.

Set within Brunswick’s Nightingale Wurru Wurru Biik, Supersalon by We Are Humble pairs soft blue tones, natural materials and gentle curves to create a calm, inclusive and light-filled hairdressing retreat.

Built almost entirely from salvaged materials, this Bruny Island retreat reconfigures the remnants of a demolished Hobart workshop into a calm and carefully composed coastal dwelling.

Through softened geometries and a restrained material palette, the new Adelaide Aquatic Centre resolves a complex brief into clear, intuitive spaces shaped by water, landscape and inclusivity.

A reworked Federation-era house on a visually exposed site in Hobart’s Newtown opens to light and a more connected domestic rhythm while maintaining privacy at its edges.

At the slowly evolving Lune de Sang estate in the Byron Bay hinterland, the refined architecture of two new sheds dedicated to glassmaking and timber milling reinforce the project’s ambition to engage in long-term, sustainable regeneration of the region’s rainforests.

Set within a tree-lined Perth suburb, this new family home is carefully designed to connect with its surroundings while offering moments of surprise within.

CKA Studio’s design for a frozen yoghurt bar redefines the self-serve model, using walnut joinery and terracotta tones to transform it into a mid-century-inspired social anchor for the community.

Designed by Richard Leplastrier and completed in 1991, this beautifully crafted pavilion house sits lightly above the forest floor in Mapleton, Queensland, instilling in its occupants a philosophy for living mindfully in concert with place and climate.

In Melbourne’s west, a new hospital extends beyond its clinical role, embedding care within a community-scaled landscape.

Adaptive and pulsing in constant motion, Woods Bagot’s new Sydney studio embodies purpose-built precision for the ever evolving business.

In Fremantle, Rezen Studio’s Owston Hotel reimagines a Federation building as an Italian locanda-inspired retreat, layering mid-century nostalgia and contemporary craft.

In Melbourne’s bayside, Biasol designs this hair treatment clinic as a restorative sanctuary defined by its warm timber, stone and sculptural glass bricks.

In the eucalypt bushland of Springfield, Queensland, an independent school reveals how patience, respect and considered design can create the foundations of a rich community.

Two years after purchasing an old but characterful beach shack in Fingal Head, homeowners Shannon and Josh saw their home engulfed by floodwater. Deciding to stay, they worked with Justin Humphrey Architects to revive the house and to ready it for future floods. Here, Shannon and Josh reflect on their experiences and their new home.

A new national park playground in outer Tarndanya/Adelaide offers rich opportunities for physical, visual and sensory connections with nature and Country, while revealing a complex history via a deft architectural touch.

Poised between forest and sea, this considered and crafted holiday house in a small coastal town exudes a quiet beauty that befits its location.

In Addition’s Lonsdale Street flagship for Lune scales the iconic brand into a monumental interior where pastry production becomes a bold public performance.

Inspired by a patchwork aesthetic of outbuildings and extensions, this laneway addition reorients a Melbourne terrace for the evolving demands of multigenerational living.

At Adelaide’s Honeydripper, designer Claire Markwick-Smith creates a 1970s vinyl sanctuary where acoustic rigour and warm materiality foster a soulful, unhurried space.

A beautifully crafted cocoon, this off-grid, one-bedroom home in Tasmanian bushland is a special setting for quiet contemplation.

Aldgate House sits amongst dense and established surrounds in the foothills of Adelaide. Fabrikate steer away from reinvention and instead direct the focus to a sharpening of what was already in place, while being an open expression of its current owners and custodians.

Initially planned as a quick flip, this inventive apartment became architect Brad Swartz’s home for seven years, garnering international attention and inspiring an abiding design philosophy for living well in small spaces.

The highly considered new facilities at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, are as welcoming as they are ambitious – a triumph of patient-centred health design.

Across regional and urban settings, these sporting pavilions move beyond functional requirements to create spaces for community life to unfold.