With Time

A long time in the thinking and making, this family home extends into a space that honours the existing trees and prioritises small, value-driven design decisions over expansive ones.

Pooled Resources

When a municipal pool becomes superfluous to a town’s needs, put an orchard in it.

2 Good

Don’t be fooled by the laconic name – 2 Rooms is a beguiling heritage update by a builder and architect who understand the power of soulful interventions to transform, uplift and complete.

Memory Box

On Victoria’s Surf Coast, an architect and builder starting their family eschew the usual ‘think big’ approach for gradual interventions that revive a tiny, ‘trashed’ rental, preserving its simplicity and memories.

Solara, a 9.6-star coastal home by The Sociable Weaver in Cape Paterson, Victoria

In Abundance

Far beyond impressive energy rating, this owner-built home integrates feng shui, geometry and habitat to create uplifting spaces where life can flow.

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