Ben Callery, a Melbourne-based architect, designed his own sustainable family home around a simple idea, have it more in touch in nature.

On a block measuring only 76m2, it was split in half with a pair of vertical townhouses, which meant they couldn't go 'out', so they went 'up'.

Check out the floor plans, photography and project information for this incredible coastal home in Lorne.

The clients were looking for their forever home when they approached Winter Architecture and Field Office Architecture, and they wanted a home that could intimate for their family of four but also accommodates entertaining large groups of people.

Sarah Reid, an interior designer, enlisted the help of her architect friend, Zoe Geyer of ZGA Studio to collaborate with her on her own family home design.

It's been quite some time since we last heard from Sandi and Tim about their tiny home project, so I check-in the best way I can with Stage 4 Lockdown restrictions.

Winter Architecture was approached to design a renovation and extension to a two-bedroom Victorian home.

Sometimes we get a bit stuck in the past with heritage homes, fixating on the original build year and forget that the home and society has evolved over 140 years.

Architect Chris Gilbert of Archier wanted to take their townhouse development to another level, ensuring their own home performs as efficiently as possible.

Founded by Jeremy McLeod from Breathe Architecture, Nightingale is a triple-bottom housing model with a focus on providing financial, social and environmentally sustainable housing in Australia.

The existing 1990s townhouse in South Yarra was quite dark, with an unsuitable layout for today's living.

Designing and building your own home comes with a lot of challenges but for Melbourne architect, Chris Megowan of Megowan Architectural, he was faced with a few extra challenges.