Inside a 1920s Spanish-style building, Smac Studio principal Shona McElroy has transformed her Edgecliff penthouse into a home shaped by Parisian romance and architectural character.

Led by Merivale and Akin Atelier, Club Rose Bay steps into a new chapter with its first major transformation since 1979, holding onto the history and soul of the Sydney institution.

Set amongst the treetops of the Yarra Valley, The View is the home of Ruby and Patrick Shields of Studio Shields – bringing together colour, craft and a connection to place.

Merri Creek House by Breathe sees the mindful renovation of the bushland-fringed Northcote home where subtle interventions, bold colour and artwork sit alongside a renewed connection to place.

Ha Ha Haus by FIGR Architecture balances intergenerational living with a strong connection to the landscape, shaped around the site’s natural slope.

Set on the East Coast of Tasmania, Spring Beach House by Scale Architecture reflects grounded simplicity and design restraint, sitting at one with its natural bush setting.

Arent & Pyke take an off-the-plan apartment and give it warmth and character through Art Deco influences and a rich palette of colour and materiality, shaping a home that feels anything but new.

Designed by Alyssa Owens Design, Brooklyn Rose is a bespoke, art-filled interior that features a distinctly Australian warmth, effortlessly at home in Brooklyn, NYC.

Sonelo Architects has crafted a modest 1950s post-war house into a considered family home, weaving levels, humble materiality, and light into a harmonious and grounded sanctuary.

Designed by Five Foot One Design, Newport House is a reimagining of a 1960s beach house where mid-century character shapes a layered and contemporary family home.

Studio Isaza reimagines a timber settler’s cottage in Broken Head, bringing its character forward with mid-century cues, natural materials and a mindful response to place.

Haiku House by Kim Kneipp reimagines a Victorian terrace in Brunswick East through a lens of Japanese calm—where materiality, light and memory shape the rhythm of family life and quiet ritual.