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Shady Creek, Victoria

Shady Creek Farm House by MRTN Architects

Shady Creek, Victoria

In Shady Creek, MRTN Architects arranges Shady Creek Farm House as a collection of corrugated sheds around a courtyard, allowing the home to belong to the working farm while creating refuge.

Shady Creek, Victoria

Alpine House by DX Architects

Alpine House pares life back to its essentials, where black stained plywood, refined detailing and expansive glazing offer a quiet retreat above Myrtleford, shaped by the needs of its designer.

Little Brick House by Ben Callery Architects

Behind a beloved family home, this compact laneway dwelling balances sustainability, density and ageing-in-place while pairing material honesty with spatial generosity.

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Park Street by Breathe Architecture with Milieu Property

Park Street is a former 1970s motel in Brunswick with 17 apartments that have been lightly renovated.

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Brunswick House by Olaver Architecture

Pat and Taryn wanted a natural and light-filled extension to their cold and dark Victorian weatherboard home in Brunswick.

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388 Barkly Street by DREAMER with Breathe Architecture

388 Barkly Street is an apartment development that looked to create apartments that would encourage family living.

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Nightingale Anstey by Breathe Architecture

Nightingale Anstey is the latest apartment development in a low-carbon, high-quality residential precinct built around Anstey Station in Brunswick.

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Hideout House by Breathe Architecture

Sometimes a small and simple intervention is all that is needed to allow a family to live more comfortably and sustainably.

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Brunswick House by Michael McManus Architect

Situated on a typical Victorian block of land, only 5m wide, was a home that forced Ben and Lauren to cook dinner in a jacket and beanie.

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A Builder's Own Dark Post-War Cottage is Transformed Into a Bright Minimalist House

Jesse Creasey, a Melbourne-based builder, and his wife found a Post-War cottage online, and when they drove past for a look, it wasn't initially for him.

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Davison Collaborative by Archier

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