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.

Featured in Jessica Lillico and Sean Fennessy’s new book Bush Modern, Ian J. Smith’s Light Well House is a modernist home on Melbourne’s bushland edge—shaped by materiality and the Australian landscape.

Claudia Lambert Interiors reimagines a heritage Paddington terrace in colour and form—where pink meets restraint, and the tension between soft and strong becomes the home’s heartbeat.

Guided by an unusual site and considered materiality, Pipkorn Kilpatrick transform a Victorian cottage—reorienting it to the garden, while balancing warmth and restraint.

Designed by Keep Studio, Lorne Treehouse perches among eucalypts—light-footed, steel-framed, and designed for a family, with handmade details and calm spaces tuned in to the canopy.

On Taungurung Country in Kyneton, this family Passivhaus is both refuge and blueprint for low-impact living—delivered by the sustainability-led team of HèHè Design, Maxa Design and Sanctum Homes.

Designed by Mosh Home, Project Carlyle reimagines a 1970s Currumbin brick-and-tile dwelling as a coastal retreat—opened to north light and guided by Japanese minimalism and Californian bungalow cues.

Temple House by GOLDEN and J. Kidman frames living with art through measured thresholds—bound by beautifully crafted spaces and a palette tuned to daily family life.

In Sydney’s Drummoyne, a period apartment becomes a study in spatial ingenuity—constraints become catalysts as interior designer Jacqui Koska transforms awkward geometry into defining features.