Blackened timber, zinc and cement boards add variety to the facade of this beachside home near Melbourne, which is made up of several intersecting and overhanging blocks (+ slideshow). More about Mt Martha Beach House by Wolveridge Architects is clad in a mixture of weather-resilient materials
A sloped section of roof joins this timber-clad extension by Melbourne studio Julie Firkin Architects to the adjacent weatherboard house (+ slideshow). More about Triangular void connects a two-storey timber extension to a Melbourne bungalow
This eight-storey tower covered in golden louvres and raised up on pilotis accommodates new academic and research facilities for Deakin University in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about Woods Bagot adds elevated golden tower to Melbourne's Deakin University
Architect Will Harkness was careful not to disturb any large gum trees with this compact holiday home for a retired couple in Lorne, just off Australia's Great Ocean Road (+ slideshow). More about Lorne Hill House is a retirement residence built among trees on Australia's coastline
The Australian Institute of Architects has named "lyrical technologist" Peter Stutchbury as the 2015 recipient of the country's most prestigious architecture award (+ slideshow). More about Peter Stutchbury wins 2015 Gold Medal from the Australian Institute of Architects
The residents of a house in Melbourne have allowed architect Andrew Maynard to reveal their living spaces to passers-by, with a timber-framed extension that slots into the perimeter fence (+ slideshow). More about Melbourne house extension by Andrew Maynard presents a living room to the street
Renzo Piano has become the latest architect to contribute a design to the major redevelopment of Sydney's Barangaroo South waterfront (+ movie). More about Renzo Piano joins Rogers Stirk Harbour and Wilkinson Eyre for Sydney harbour overhaul
A curving wall of rammed earth channels a stream of water around the edge of this horse riding centre near Melbourne, by London studio Seth Stein Architects and local firm Watson Architecture + Design (+ slideshow). More about Equestrian centre on Australia's south coast features a curving rammed-earth wall
Australian architect Andrew Maynard has doubled the size of a house in Victoria by adding a row of skinny gabled blocks, intended to make the building look like a small village rather than a monolithic block (+ slideshow). More about Andrew Maynard's "anti-monolith" house is made up of seven small blocks
Australian studio Mihaly Slocombe has returned to a Melbourne home it completed almost a decade ago to add a timber nursery annex patterned with circular cutouts (+ slideshow). More about Mihaly Slocombe extends vineyard home in Australia with wooden nursery
Brazilian architect Marko Brajovic has fixed thousands of bright red shoelaces to the undulating ceiling of this Camper footwear shop in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about 30,000 red shoelaces hang from the ceiling of Melbourne's Camper store
Modular buildings specialist ArchiBlox has unveiled its prototype for a compact carbon-positive house, featuring "edible garden walls", a sunroom and an insulating grass roof (+ slideshow). More about Prefabricated house in Melbourne's City Square can produce more energy than it uses
News: Studio Fuksas has been selected to design a major new convention centre in Canberra, with a proposal that features wavy floors and a bulging, elliptical roof. More about Studio Fuksas to design Australia Forum convention centre in Canberra
A mixture of transparent and translucent glazing creates varying levels of privacy inside this dimly lit office created for a mortgage broker in Melbourne (+ slideshow). More about B.E. Architecture's "relaxed" office for a mortgage broker uses soft lighting and frosted glass
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More about 3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
News: Frank Gehry's new teaching and research facility for Sydney's University of Technology has now opened, and has been described as "the most beautiful squashed brown paper bag" (+ slideshow). More about Frank Gehry's "paper bag" business school opens in Sydney
Designed as an annex for a 1960s log cabin, this angular timber and cast-concrete structure by Maddison Architects is nestled among the undergrowth of a forest in Victoria, Australia (+ slideshow). More about Maddison Architects add timber-framed annex to log cabin in Victoria's coastal forest
Australian architect Louise Nettleton has shoehorned a coffee shop for comic-book lovers into a narrow gully formerly used as a driveway, near Sydney's Central Station (+ slideshow). More about Louise Nettleton converts Sydney driveway into a comic-themed cafe
This cylindrical timber pavilion topped by a large flat roof was self-built by Australian architect Max Prichard as a tiny studio for his treetop residence (+ slideshow). More about A tube of striped orange wood encloses Max Pritchard's treetop studio
This metal-framed extension to a clapboard house near Melbourne was left intentionally incomplete by architect Andrew Maynard to show off the "beautiful skeleton" of an unfinished building (+ slideshow). More about Andrew Maynard adds greenhouse-like extension to a Melbourne home – but leaves it unfinished