On an exposed mountain site outside Hobart, Eyrie House uses weight and lightness to create both shelter and outlook.

How can a courtyard make exposure feel protective rather than vulnerable? At St Andrews Beach, Aych Architects answers through a home shaped around a central courtyard and the pressures of a rugged coastal site.

What does it mean for a house to tread lightly in a coastal landscape? At Point Lonsdale, Field Office Architects shaped a home that responds first to ecology, outlook and a sense of calm drawn from its surroundings.

The owners were seeking a change in lifestyle for their family, to move away from the city and have a greater connection to nature.

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.

Melbourne architect, Jerry Wolveridge of Wolveridge Architects, bought the rural property of his clients, and after a study of local agricultural buildings, decided to design a simple, timber-clad pitched off-grid home.