Mihaly Slocombe architects have optimised a Victorian cottage with a reconfigured floor plan and the Swiss army knife of utility cabinets!

This newly built hempcrete house in Melbourne’s north-east is designed to be as eco-friendly as possible.

Architects SAHA masterfully extend a Balmain cottage with a Brazilian modernism-inspired addition that captures light and garden views.

Drawing Room Architecture have transformed this old weatherboard into a light-filled family home.

Ember by MRTN Architects is a pair of garden studios alike in appearance but with very contrasting purposes. See inside them here!

Architecture Architecture open an introverted Melbourne bungalow to embrace its surrounding green space.

Built on a steep beachfront site, Somers Beach House by Wellard Architects is a dream family retreat.

Nüüd Studio have beautifully revived this Sibbel Builders home in Melbourne's north east to it's original glory.

North King by Ben Callery Architects in Northcote, Melbourne has been newly-extended with an efficient all-timber addition.

How architect Gab Olah completely changed this 1950s brick veneer Thornbury home, without adding an extension.

Hidden in the basement of a sandstone Sydney home, this self-contained studio makes the most of its tiny floorplan.

Rather than tear down this red-brick building, its been retrofitted to create a series of sustainable apartments with impressively low energy bills.

This new house in Wheelers Hill has an established feel inspired by the owners' heritage and the local character.

Austin Maynard Architects have revitalised a rambling Victorian terrace with a serene new atrium and urban farm.

Find out how Women's Property Initiatives is helping women in need find a place to call home in the Nightingale Village and beyond.

Figr Architecture & Design have transformed an inner city, single-fronted Victorian house into a spacious and versatile family home.

Meet two of the residents in Skye House, designed by Breathe Architecture, in Melbourne’s innovative Nightingale Village.

It only took four years, but this Merricks North home is finally making the most of its stunning location, and panoramic views.

See the richly-detailed new spaces designed by Finespun Architecture and Ohlo Studio.

This modernist '60s house has been cautiously renovated to frame lush garden views, without losing any of its original character.

Chloë Antonio Architecture demonstrates how you can optimise a post-war heritage brick home for modern living with this clever Pascoe Vale South renovation.

Bass Coast Farmhouse by Wardle is exposed to the elements yet harnesses them for its own benefit. See more of this off-grid coastal home.

Robinson Architecture have improved the look and function of this compact 1970s brick unit with carefully reconfigured and updated interiors.

You can now apply to live in this Brunswick apartment building developed especially for Melbourne renters.

After unexpectedly falling in love with a 'tired' mid-century home in Orange, NSW, Paddy Williams of PW Architecture Office set about restoring the house to be the marvel it once was!

'Less, but better' was the inspiration behind the renovation of this compact period family home, designed around its gardens!

Evergreen by Clare Cousins Architects is one of the six Nightingale buildings in Brunswick, where leafy balconies and rooftop gardens offer the best of apartment living!

This once well-worn home in St Kilda, Victoria, now sits proudly as a consolidation of old and new thanks to careful design by Edition Office.

Working with Josh Crosbie Architects, Jack Everitt built his dream family home on a steep and dense Lorne block.

Local House by Zen Architects beautifully embraces its surrounds and heritage neighbourhood.

This former hypnotherapist's office is now a playful family home, combining its original mid-century quirks with timber and terrazzo!

Inspired by the gabled architecture of churches, Off Grid House by Archier is a sustainable, fully electric home with enough room for an extended family sleepover!

Steel House/Stone House by Retallack Thompson makes a heritage sandstone house new again, finding space for two properties on one narrow site in Darlinghurst.

An original 1950s-1960s modernist home has been given a sympathetic makeover by Design Theory in City Beach, Perth.

The MacRobertson confectionery factory is home to a series of warehouse conversions like no other. Step back in time into the 1880s complex and three of the endearing apartments!

Step inside a dilapidated Balmain East cottage turned contemporary house filled with timber, complete with a 'secret' bathroom hidden in plain sight.

How architect Joshua Duncan created a unique four-bedroom house that's both well-designed and financially accessible.

A new addition by Beauty Bloody Bonza turns the focus of this Cremorne heritage home inwards to its internal courtyard.

Oanh and Justin Harding's sustainable family home is a perfect and peaceful sanctuary, nestled into Melbourne’s outer east.

The owners behind this new farmhouse on the Mornington Peninsula share how the low-energy home harnesses the elements, with views at every turn!

House for BEES by Downie North is a sustainable renovation grounded in its lush backyard, complete with a native beehive!

Leftfield designed by Kennedy Nolan for Nightingale Housing is the new standard of Australian contemporary apartment design.

A 40 square metre addition and reconfigured spaces have transformed this coastal home.

With a brief of building 'better, not more', Cast Studio have created a 73-square-metre addition for a Cottesloe home that's summery and surprisingly spacious.

This renovation in Melbourne's north weaves together old and new to create a 'hard working' family home bathed in sunlight!

Architect William Samuels and Hannah D’Arcy designed and constructed their 42 square metre home on leased land in Nelson, New Zealand.

Carter Williamson Architects introduce light, colour, and greenery into a converted Camperdown warehouse through clever alterations.

Step inside the Melbourne family residence of an architect-turned-artist that's been bought to life with whimsical furniture and colour.

Byron St Studio is simple cabin that survived a flood right after it was built – and you can book to stay there!

Suburban House by Sans-Arc Studio blends mid-century influences with passive design principles to create a serene new home.

A pragmatic 1965 brick home fronting the Port Hacking waterway has been reconfigured for its bushland setting by Watershed Architects.

Years of living in draughty rentals led Katherine Post and Chris Gyngell to build a sustainable forever home, guarded against the elements. See how they did it here.

A south-facing heritage home in South Hobart is injected with light and warmth by Studio Ilk.

A mid-century inspired kitchen renovation by Studio Barbara takes a Glebe apartment back to its 1960s roots.

Lindsay by Megowan is a cohesively extended Melbourne home that sensitively integrates the front of the home with the rear.

Architect Justin Noxon shares his Mornington Peninsula property spanning three diverse properties on eight acres!

This home designed by Peter Stutchbury features an open-air skylight that allows for stargazing without leaving home - and it's for sale!

A textured brick wall wraps around three pavilions in Fish Creek House, sheltering the home from the ferocious winds.

We tour two unique apartments inside Temple Court, an elegant 1920s building nestled on Melbourne's iconic Collins Street!