Australian home

This new two-storey house in the bayside Melbourne suburb of Elwood is as much about the garden as the home itself. Designed by Kennedy Nolan Architects, the simple long and rectangular-shaped building beautifully responds to the pockets of garden that surround it, while capturing the northern light.

Responding to the natural landscape, this home by Architects Ink in South Australia offers a compact solution, using the gradient of the site to its advantage.

Original character seamlessly intertwines with modern living at Raheen House – designed by C. Kairouz Architects – where the unique vision transcends the boundaries of time.

Designed for a family by a family, Matteo is a home like no other where the architects demonstrated their experience in design through a third-generation family practice led by a Mother-Son duo, Trinity Architects.

The Bromley by Dalecki Design offers a harmonious integration of indoor and outdoor spaces within a family home where mid-century modernism was an inspired starting place.

How do you balance the desire for open views while considering the need for privacy? The Lookout in Melbourne is a residence defined by a peaceful loftiness.

Blending indoor and outdoor living, this Bayside residence by JCB Architects provides ample space for all different functions.

This terrace house in Australia channels the story of a home through decades of ownership by the same client.

Articulated by a vertical rupture of unfinished brick, Splinter Society has made clear the divide between old and new in Tear Away House.

With spectacular views of Melbourne’s skyline, Grange Residence is a generous family home in Toorak – a sanctuary of expansive proportions that affords deep-seated luxury.

A revitalised kitchen for a chef and his family fuses practical planning with sophisticated materials.

Instead of building up, Mitsuori Architects dug down, resulting in a home that responds better to the needs and aspirations of its occupants.

Shona McElroy had a brief of conflicting requirements when designing this family home – but underpinning it all was a space to truly relax in.

In designing the Bridge House, Kister Architects marries the historical roots of the ‘70s house with a contemporary extension, bringing to life a modernist triumph.

This home in Melbourne is a contemporary abode that responds to both the majestic gum trees and locals who pass by.

Responding to the beautiful architecture of the home, Kestie Lane Studio has created a pared back interior of subtle nuance.

Like an eclectic jewellery box, the GT Madhouse is full of delightful surprises and is reminiscent of all that is precious to this family.

Designing a deeply personal apartment in response to the owners’ lifestyle, Nicholas Gurney has created a home for live, work and play.

State of Kin’s bold use of colour and unique style comes to life in Shutter House, a Perth home that embraces the joyfulness of design.

The Living Space category in the INDE.Awards is always overflowing with exceptional home design and in 2021 this was no different.

This Australian home remodelled by Blank Canvas Architects celebrates heritage and contemporary living.

With just 258sqft to work with, architect Brad Swartz has turned this Sydney apartment into a flexible and highly liveable home.

WALA has turned this Australian heritage house on its head, with an addition that elevates living space upstairs and bedrooms downstairs.

Rescued from decay, this Victorian mansion in Melbourne, Australia blends its past with an elegant, new contemporary character.

Whiting Architects delivers a stylish design that belies the constraints of a small site in Melbourne, Australia.

This 377sqft one-bedroom apartment with home office demonstrates how to live well with less.

Greg Natale modernised the living areas of this 495 sqft Melbourne apartment and created a big impact despite its small footprint.

In Australia, Philip Stejskal Architecture designs a house for a fly-in-fly-out worker to always feel at home.

Matilda House by Templeton is intimately tied to place, sunk deep into the Australian bushland of the client’s childhood.

This new house by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design takes a residential model more familiar in Asia and Europe and adapts it for an urban infill site in Melbourne.

A medley of exterior and interior amendments have resulted in a refined family home that harks back to its equestrian past.

When architect Chloe Naughton finished her studies and her parents sought a new home, it became obvious that no one else was better suited to the task.

A spacious Annandale warehouse residence has a rich history of past inhabitants and uses, each of which has informed the space as it stands today.

In its renovation of the Kingsville House, Richard King Design has maintained the building’s original workers cottage facade, and blurred the distinction between old and new.