Traditionally reserved for cafes and restaurants, banquette seating can dramatically transform home kitchens. Our latest lookbook collects eight examples, from Australia to the Netherlands. More about Eight residential kitchens enhanced by banquette seating
A sheltered external walkway connects two wings of this pavilion-like house in New South Wales, Australia, designed by local studio DFJ Architects to facilitate family gatherings. More about DFJ Architects links wings of Mango Lane house with external walkway
Australian firm Pattern Studio has renovated this Sydney house for a father and his grown-up children, filling the rooms with oversized stone, cherry burl and butter-soft Douglas fir. More about Daddy Cool is a "slick but not stiff" Sydney home renovation
Melbourne designer Robbie Walker has completed a raised steel cabin resembling a "sculpture in the trees" of a dense forest in Victoria, Australia. More about Robbie Walker covers Sawmill Treehouse in Australia with slatted steel
A wall of timber louvres references traditional wooden beach shacks at this house in Byron Bay, Australia, completed by local design practice Son Studio. More about Son Studio draws on "sun-bleached" shacks for Bangalow Road House
Fibreglass screens and lush vegetation provide privacy and an "otherworldly" atmosphere at Clifton House, a home in Sydney by Australian studio Anthony Gill Architects. More about Anthony Gill Architects screens Australian house with fibreglass and plants
Australian studio Adam Kane Architects has designed an all-grey house in the southeastern state of Victoria, blanketing its surfaces in fog-like polished plaster. More about Adam Kane Architects banishes colour to create Grey House in Australia
Australian studio Victoria Merrett Architecture has extended a house in Melbourne with a brick and timber structure that "blends harmoniously" with the existing building. More about Victoria Merrett Architecture adds brick and timber extension to Marianne House
Architecture studio Breathe has created a house-within-a-house for the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne to draw attention to the potential of small homes. More about Breathe challenges Australia's large homes in Home Truth pavilion at NGV
Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. More about Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a house in Melbourne with a curved roof and textured concrete walls designed by LLDS Architects. More about "Can't decide if it's out of place or fittingly random" says commenter
A curved roof and textured concrete walls characterise Northcote House in Melbourne, designed by local studio LLDS Architects for its founder partners. More about LLDS Architects tops self-designed home in Melbourne with curved plywood roof
Pockets of outdoor space surround Gardener's House, a suburban home in Melbourne extended and renovated by Australian studio Splinter Society. More about Splinter Society prioritises connection to garden in Australian house renovation
Our latest roundup showcases innovative Australian homes, including a house with a fish-pond atrium and a residence with a faceted black-metal extension. More about Eight Australian houses with sculptural shapes and angular facades
The founders of Australian studio Zuzana & Nicholas have used a "robust palette" of stone, concrete and steel to transform a former workers' cottage in Brisbane into their own studio and house. More about Zuzana & Nicholas transforms Brisbane cottage into own home and studio
Australian studio Fouché Architects has completed Tallowwood Cabin, a black house with an angular form that cantilevers over its sloping plot in Queensland. More about Fouché Architects perches black house on forested Queensland hillside
Interiors studio YSG has updated a seaside home in Byron Bay, Australia, creating a series of retro spaces with colours and furnishings that evoke the 1970s. More about YSG creates "eccentric beats of nostalgia" in Byron Bay seaside home
Architecture studio State of Kin has paired an olive-toned hemp render with aluminium awnings at Proclamation House, a light-filled family home in Western Australia. More about State of Kin uses hemp render to create family home with "organic feel"
Australian studio Gardiner Architects has completed an off-grid farmhouse on a rural site in Victoria that has been regenerated with native vegetation and trees. More about Gardiner Architects creates Heather's Off-Grid House on Australian farm
Architecture studio Edition Office has completed Naples Street House, a multi-generational home in Melbourne designed as a "carved solid" wrapped in bricks. More about Edition Office cloaks multi-generational Melbourne home with pale bricks