Geometric patterned screens encase a pair courtyards at this timber-clad beach house by Wolveridge Architects on Australia's south coast (+ slideshow). More about Blairgowrie House by Wolveridge Architects offers a timber-clad seaside home
Black panels of corrugated iron clad the exterior of this lakeside wooden cabin in rural Victoria, Australia, by local firm Branch Studio Architects (+ slideshow). More about Pump House by Branch Studio Architects is a metal-clad lakeside retreat
Chunky concrete slabs alternate with deeply recessed windows on the exterior of this Sydney house extension by Australian firm Nobbs Radford Architects (+ slideshow). More about Glebe House by Nobbs Radford Architects extends a Sydney residence
Concrete block walls with window-like apertures surround a courtyard at the front of this Melbourne house by local practice MRTN Architects, which also features an angular wooden roof (+slideshow). More about Family courtyard fronts Fairfield Hacienda house by MRTN Architects
Melbourne practice Architecture Architecture has altered the orientation of a house in the Australian city so the main living areas get the best of the northern sunlight (+ slideshow). More about Renovated house turned around to face the sun by Architecture Architecture
Australian studio BLOXAS adopted elements from Japanese architecture to reorganise the spaces of this Melbourne residence around a courtyard then added a new timber-clad extension shaped like a periscope (+ slideshow). More about BLOXAS adds periscope-shaped extension and courtyard veranda to Engawa House in Melbourne
Three mature trees were rooted to the centre of this site in Western Australia, but architecture firm MORQ managed to convince the owners to build their family house around the peeling trunks and burgeoning foliage (+ slideshow). More about Karri Loop House by MORQ folds around three indigenous Australian trees
Australian office Tribe Studio has hollowed out the centre of a 1920s house in Sydney to create angular ceilings and a wide entrance to the garden (+ slideshow). More about Hollowed-out house in Sydney by Tribe Studio
Angular zinc-clad volumes fold around a central courtyard and stretch out towards ocean views at this house designed by Australian architect John Wardle on the scenic Great Ocean Road in Victoria (+ movie). More about John Wardle's Fairhaven Beach House stretches out towards the ocean
A sheltered deck separates the bedroom from the living spaces of this tiny home in a suburb of Brisbane (+ slideshow). More about Keperra House built around a sheltered deck by A-CH
A twisted angular roof oversails this extension to a suburban house in Melbourne by Australian architects March Studio (+ slideshow). More about Mullet House by March Studio
Australian studio Edwards Moore has revamped a small brick house in Melbourne by adding a new storey and a translucent roof (+ slideshow). More about Lightbox House by Edwards Moore
Small windows scattered across the facade of this house extension outside Melbourne by Australian practice Wolveridge Architects limit the amount of direct sunlight entering the building (+ slideshow). More about Blairgowrie House by Wolveridge Architects
This timber and concrete beach house in Victoria by Australian firm Wolveridge Architects conceals all its windows behind louvred shutters and has courtyards tucked into its sides (+ slideshow). More about Torquay House by Wolveridge Architects
Long brick and wood volumes extend down the narrow plot of this house in Bondi, Sydney, by local architect Fearns Studio (+ slideshow). More about Sydney House by Fearns Studio
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More architecture from Australia: architect Clare Cousins has extended a family house in Mornington Peninsula by adding a timber-framed guest house raised up on stilts. More about Beach House Mornington by Clare Cousins
Andrew Maynard Architects has linked two terraced homes in the Richmond suburb of Melbourne, Australia, by adding a periscope-shaped extension with a special area for graffiti artists (+ slideshow). More about HOUSE House by Andrew Maynard Architects
This zinc-clad house in Australia by Sydney architect James Stockwell has a sand dune-shaped body that turns its back to the prevailing wind (+ slideshow). More about Crofthouse by James Stockwell
Peeling plasterwork exposes brick walls inside this small renovated house in Melbourne by Australian studio Edwards Moore. More about The Dolls House by Edwards Moore