This timber-clad residence designed by Australian firms Clare Cousins Architects and The Sociable Weaver is the first home in the Australian state of Victoria to achieve a "10 Star" energy rating. More about Clare Cousins Architects creates first carbon-positive home in Australia's Victoria
Small red- and blue-glazed bricks pattern the exterior of this house by Austin Maynard Architects, which replaces a garage in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. More about Austin Maynard Architects builds recycled-brick house on top of former Melbourne garage
Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment block designed by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East. More about Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light
This moody Melbourne house extension by local studio Branch Studio Architects features dark rammed-charcoal walls, window nooks and an outdoor bathtub. More about Branch Studio uses rammed earth to build Melbourne house extension
Australian architect Matt Gibson and his studio have renovated and extended a traditional villa in Melbourne, adding deep verandahs that can be protected from harsh sunlight using woven steel-mesh curtains. More about Woven metal-mesh curtain wraps Melbourne house extension designed by Matt Gibson
In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. More about Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues
A tree grows up through a lightwell that Australian studio Welsh + Major has added to this house in Sydney, and topped with an opening glass roof. More about Welsh + Major slots lightwell between Sydney cottage and its brick extension
Australian studio Make Architecture has added a brick extension to a Victorian cottage in Melbourne that bounds the street on one side and curves around a secluded courtyard on the other. More about Perimeter House encloses private courtyard and plunge pool in Melbourne
The curving corrugated-metal exterior of this house in Melbourne by local studio Tandem forms a continuous surface that encloses small pocket gardens. More about Tandem's Melbourne house features folded cladding interrupted by rusty steel window frames
Arched doorways, sculptural chimneys and a pyramid-shaped roof are among the quirky details that architecture studio Kennedy Nolan has used to add character to this east Melbourne home. More about Kennedy Nolan completes Arts and Crafts-inspired home in Melbourne
Australian architecture firm Panovscott has overhauled a federation-era cottage in Sydney, adding a stacked extension onto the rear of the building with large picture windows that overlook the garden. More about Stacked windows face a 116-year-old tree in Panovscott's Sydney cottage extension
Slate shingles are arranged in various patterns across the outer walls of the house-shaped blocks that make up this multigenerational residence in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. More about Diamond, scalloped and brick-shaped shingles cover Melbourne house by Austin Maynard Architects
Inbetween Architecture has renovated and extended a dated brown-brick property in Melbourne's Doncaster suburb to improve the quality of its living spaces and capture views of nearby Ruffey Lake. More about Inbetween Architecture transforms "terribly dated" 1970s Melbourne house to open up lake views
This extension to a 1930s bungalow in suburban Sydney features glass walls, protruding box windows and decorative brickwork that pays tribute to the building's heritage. More about Tribe Studio builds Sydney house extension featuring "brick sunburst"
Benn + Penna Architecture has renovated and extended a dilapidated terrace in Sydney's eastern suburbs, creating a new kitchen with a long counter that continues into a planted courtyard. More about Worktop extends from kitchen to garden in Sydney residence by Benn + Penna Architecture
Sydney architecture studio CO-AP has renovated and extended a typical suburban home in the Australian city, adding a two-storey concrete structure that opens onto a garden at the rear. More about CO-AP adds contemporary concrete and glass extension to Sydney home
This blackened timber house in Melbourne curves around an olive tree garden, and was designed by BLOXAS Architecture for a client with a severe sleeping condition. More about Black house in Melbourne provides sanctuary for sleeping-disorder sufferer
Fed up with all the "McMansions" springing up along Australia's Great Ocean Road, Austin Maynard Architects has restored an old beach shack and built a second, elevated building alongside it. More about Glasshouse on stilts by Austin Maynard Architects extends Australian beach shack
Inbetween Architecture's founder John Liu added this gabled extension to his home in suburban Melbourne, creating a new entrance that leads straight through to a garden at the rear. More about Gabled extension improves connection between Melbourne house and its mature garden
Brightly coloured louvres screen the living spaces of this Sydney residence, which are contained in a pair of concrete boxes and set atop a sandstone plinth. More about Multi-coloured sunscreens create stripy exterior for Sydney house by Smart Design Studio