Near Fish Creek in South Gippsland, Horizon House responds to an exposed hilltop site with a low horizontal form that provides shelter while opening to panoramic views.

What does it mean to build shelter on one of Victoria’s most weathered coastlines? Along the Great Ocean Road in Fairhaven, LTD Architectural Design Studio conceived a home that responds first to wind, salt and exposure, rather than simply turning toward the view.

On Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, Olive Street Cabin uses a small footprint, rational plan and carefully limited palette to reconsider what an architect’s own house actually needs.

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.

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.

Pop Architecture turns a compromised, south-facing Victorian house into an urban home organised by landscape, using the garden to reshape entry and plan, and abstracting a yellow gum into the material and roof language.

Outside Fish Creek, Fishharven translates a family retreat into three shed-derived pavilions, giving shared and private life distinct forms while the house reads as a small cluster within the rural landscape.

How can a functional layout with more connections be created without extending the footprint of a townhouse while maintaining the atmosphere?

Sitting on a rural property in Wooragee, a small town in Victoria, is a compact off-grid home designed to connect the family with their natural environment.

The clients of this home in Ichinomiya City, Japan, wanted their new home to be bright and connected to nature.

There is a reason most residential blocks are rectangular, so imagine coming across a triangular site that is wedged between a train line and a laneway.

There is a misconception when it comes to housing, that bigger is better, where too often, floor area is favoured over quality.