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Key Contemporary Residential Properties in Australia – New Homes design updates

post updated 8 April 2025

Australian Houses in 2025, chronological:

8 April 2025
CLT House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Architects: FMD Architects

photo : Dianna Snape

30 March 2025
Shady Creek Farm House, Nilma North, Victoria
Architects: MRTN Architects

photo : Dave Kulesza

6 March 2025
Cake House, Mollymook Beach, New South Wales
Design: AH Joinery

photo © Barton Taylor

3 March 2025
Cypres House, Bilinga, Gold Coast, Queensland
Design: Shane Denman Architects

photo : Brock Beazley

16 February 2025
Gooden House, Diamond Creek, Melbourne, Victoria
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Gooden House, Diamond Creek

2 February 2025
Verandah House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Architects: Homes by Artisan, Ben Callery Architects
Verandah House, Merricks Beach, Mornington Peninsula

23 January 2025
Patanga Cabin, New South Wales
Design: Fabric Architecture Studio

photo : Alex McIntyre
Driven by the project philosophy of seeking harmony and balance between human habitation with ecological preservation, this cabin building design is at one with its site. The cabin showcases Fabric Architecture’s approach to small-footprint design, using sustainable and healthy materials, and creating spaces that enhance the feeling of being immersed in nature.

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New Australian Houses

e-architect select key new Australian Houses. We cover both completed properties and proposed residential building designs across Australia. Our focus is on contemporary homes.

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New Property in Australia – major additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

18 February 2025
Highvale House, Highvale, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, northeast Australia
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

photo : Christopher Frederick Jones
Highvale House sits amongst native gums on a sloping site. Perched on posts to disturb the land as little as possible – this raised position provides vistas through branches to the valley and hills beyond.

Adelaide Hills House, South Australia

Orient Street House, Fremantle

Blok Peregian House, Queensland

27 August 2024
Golden Point House, Victoria
Architects: Porter Architects
Golden Point House, Victoria

6 August 2024
Gilay Estate, Mudgee, New South Wales
Architects: Casey Brown Architecture

photo © Penny Clay
Panoramic Camping Lookout, New South Wales
Located on a remote pristine mountain on a sheep station in central western NSW, this structure was the realisation of a dream for the client. Sited at the edge of a ridge surrounded by large granite boulders and ancient dead trees, the tower has panoramic views for hundreds of miles to the horizon.

5 August 2024
Bronte Reframe House, Bronte, New South Wales
Architects: Still Space Architecture

photo © Brett Boardman
Bronte Reframe House, Bronte, New South Wales
When the family of five first moved in, the house was dubbed the ‘playschool house’ due to its array of window shapes and heights, ‘none of which operated correctly,’ says Nina Still, director of Still Space Architecture. ‘While the owners cherished their coastal location, the house was uncomfortably hot in summer, cold in winter, and excessively noisy.’

13 June 2024
The Milldam, Port Sorell, Tasmania
Architects: Starbox Architecture

photo : Anjie Blair
The Milldam, Port Sorell, Tasmania house
The Milldam house is designed around the concept of ‘Rugged Luxury’ to directly reflect the tidal estuary. When the tide is out, the raw and rugged landscape is exposed while it is the direct opposite when the tide is in; an expansive body of water fills the estuary to provide a beautiful, clean, reflective landscape.

4 April 2024
Hidden House, Victoria
Architects: Eliza Blair Architecture and studio mkn
Hidden House Victoria, Australia property

29 March 2024
Patanga Cabin, Patanga Estate, New South Wales
Design: Fabric Architecture Studio

photo : Alex McIntyre
Patanga Cabin, New South Wales, Australia
Driven by the project philosophy of seeking harmony and balance between human habitation with ecological preservation, Patanga Cabin is at one with its site. Its simple form and shadowy exterior blend into the landscape, while framed views amplify the beauty and immediacy of the natural environment.

8 March 2024
Six Summerhouses, Mesa Aldinga Beach, Adelaide, South Australia
Architecture: Architects Ink

photo : Sam Noonan
Six Summerhouses, Mesa Aldinga Beach, South Australia
The Six Summerhouses located along the Aldinga Esplanade have stepped frontages, like birds in flight, each house is given their own identity.

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Latest Australian House Designs Winter 2024

22 February 2024
The Seat, Tuerong, Victoria
Architecture: Atlas Architects
The Seat, Tuerong, Victoria house

16 February 2024
Island Point Residence, Queensland
Design: TPG Architects

photo : TPG Architects
Island Point Residence, Queensland, Australia
Island Point Residence is sighted on many levels, using each space to present an opportunity for a view without compromising privacy. Two main ‘tree house’ like volumes and an outdoor with a multitude of spaces and uses are the main themes for the composition of the residence.

11 February 2024
Native Dog Cabin, Bremer Bay, Western Australia
Design: Chindarsi Architects

photo : Photographica
Native Dog Cabin, Bremer Bay, Western Australia
The site for this WA property sits on a spur of land jutting out into the Southern Ocean between Bremer Bay and Dillon Bay. Enjoying ocean views to the east, south and west, it is surrounded by beaches and wild places.

4 February 2024
Marcus Beach House, Marcus Beach, Queensland
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

photo : Cathy Schusler
Marcus Beach House, Shire of Noosa, Queensland
Marcus Beach House is a contemporary alteration and addition to an existing beachside home with a convoluted plan arrangement. The brief was to provide privacy to the street frontage whilst creating an expansive open plan living space that connected these areas to front and rear gardens.

Courtside House, Mount Martha, Victoria

Robin Hill, Hobart, Tasmania house

3 January 2024
Caulfield North Residences, Caulfield North, Victoria
Architecture: Davidov Architects
Caulfield North Residences

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Australian Houses Designs 2023

27 November 2023
MH House, Saint Peters, Adelaide, South Australia
Architects: Architects Ink

photo : Sam Noonan Photography
MH House, Saint Peters, South Australia
MH House consists of a pavilion-style addition and the refurbishment of a dilapidated Victorian bluestone villa. The clients wished for a simple open-plan design, yet intimate in scale, for a new family living space with plenty of natural light and a strong connection to the outdoors.

13 November 2023
M House, Clareville Beach, New South Wales
Design: Rama Architects

photo : Anson Smart
M House, Clareville Beach, New South Wales
On the leafy shoreline of Clareville Beach, this new residential dwelling recedes behind a green canopy cascading from the rooftop down and growing up from below blurring the lines between outside and in. M House hints of Brazilian Modernism are seen in the concrete form with deep drawn-out eaves, voids and openness.

2 November 2023
Federal House, Federal, New South Wales
Design: Edition Office

photo : Ben Hosking
Federal House, New South Wales
Edition Office is an architecture studio encompassing cultural, social and technological research, enabling exploration of material expression, form and spatial practice. The experiential qualities of our work enable projects which re-articulate relationships between communities and place. Our buildings enhance and enable connections and interfaces which provoke, question and enrich both occupants and the public realm.

5 November 2023
Fenwick St Residence, Kew, Victoria
Architecture: Edition Office
Fenwick St Residence, Victoria

5 November 2023
Wings Way House, Skenes Creek North, Victoria
Architecture: MRTN Architects
Wings Way House, Victoria

5 November 2023
Mossy Point House, Mossy Point, New South Wales
Design: Edition Office

photo : Rory Gardiner
Mossy Point House, New South Wales

30 October 2023
Lyons House, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Architecture: Moloney Architects
Lyons St House, Ballarat, Victoria

24 October 2023
Music Room House, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales
Architects: Alexander Symes Architects

photo : Barton Taylor
Music Room House, New South Wales
After their previous architect terminated the project wishing to no longer work on single dwelling projects, the clients approached ASA with an approved DA and a desire to create a sustainable, healthy home that could meet their complex brief. The home is sited next to the “Sze Yup Temple” where burning of ink printed pray papers affects the local air quality at particular prevailing winds.

26 September 2023
Iron Chef Residence, Millswood, South Australia
Architects: Das Studio

photo : Anthony Basheer
Iron Chef Residence, South Australia
When a steel fabricator, a chef and their artistically driven daughters speculate a forever home, it begins to resemble a warehouse conversion, with grand steel gestures and areas for creative incubation. But when heritage conservation constraints and two beautiful, but frightfully situated river red gums suggest a different home entirely, a true collaboration between client and Architect emerge.

26 September 2023
Bike House, Melbourne, Victoria
Architecture: FMD Architects
Bike House, Melbourne property

22 September 2023
Winter Creek House, Trentham, Shire of Hepburn, Victoria
Architects: sense of space [SOS Architects] Architecture ; Interior Design: Studio Tom
Winter Creek House, Trentham, Victoria

22 September 2023
Ramsgate Avenue, Bondi Beach, New South Wales
Design: MHN Design Union

photo : Martin Mischkulnig
Ramsgate Avenue, New South Wales Apartments
Defined by its innovative design, sculptural boldness and tactile materiality, Ramsgate Avenue represents a dynamic yet naturalised addition to its tightly-held Bondi locale.

18 September 2023
Dulwich Hill Duo, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales
Design and Project Architect: Blake Letnic Architects

photo : Katherine Lu
Dulwich Hill Duo, New South Wales House
Dulwich Hill Duo is a new semi-detached dual occupancy located in Sydney’s Inner-West that maximises efficiency of space and elevates everyday living within a small footprint. With housing affordability becoming an increasingly prevalent issue, the project offered an opportunity to not only provide a cost-effective outcome for our clients but contribute to improving housing density and diversity within the suburban fringes.

17 September 2023
Hughesdale Extension, Hughesdale, Victoria
Design: Block Architecture Studio
Hughesdale Extension, Victoria

17 September 2023
Jay Esplanade House, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Design: Eckersley Architects
Jay Esplanade House, Victoria

16 September 2023
Tietz House, Blackheath, New South Wales
Architects: Design King Company

photo : Luke Butterly Photography
Tietz House, New South Wales
The second stage of our Blackheath project is now largely complete. After the completion of the Studio some time ago, this remaking of the existing house makes sense of the site and context and the relationship between the two buildings.

15 September 2023
Indooroopilly Residence, Queensland
Design: REFRESH*DESIGN

photo : Christopher Fredrick Jones
Indooroopilly Residence, Queensland
The Indooroopilly residence is a contemporary home located on an inner-city suburban block with prospect onto a golf course. The architecture draws cues from modernist principles of heaviness and lightness with solid volumes that appear to float, creating an open and dynamic ground floor plane for living.

6 September 2023
Highlands House, Southern Highlands, New South Wales
Architects: Luke Moloney Architecture

photo : Tom Ferguson Photography
Highlands House, New South Wales
The Highlands House in the Southern Highlands was designed to sit discretely in the landscape. Its materials will grey off over time and take on the colours of its bushland setting.

House in the Dry, Tamworth, NSW

The Pad in Western Australia property

Patterson Lake House, Melbourne

Bike Shed House, Melbourne property

Tunnel House, Brighton, Melbourne

Elanora Residence, Mooloolaba, Queensland

Hunter Residence, Adelaide, South Australia

Australis House, Queensland

Black Betty House, Brisbane, Queensland

Hunters Hill House, New South Wales

1 Jun 2023
Doyle Residence, Alexandra Avenue, Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Architects: Glasshouse Projects

photo : Aaron Citti
Doyle Residence, Rose Park, South Australia
Doyle Residence is an extension and partial restoration of a character villa located in a historical conservation zone, in one of Adelaide’s premier suburbs, Rose Park.

14 May 2023
Piermont, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Architects: Rachcoff Vella Architecture
Piermont House, Ballarat Central, Victoria

10 May 2023
Moonah Tree House, Barwon Heads, Victoria
Architecture: Kirby Architects
Moonah Tree House, Barwon Head, Victoria

9 May 2023
Fernberg House, Paddington, QLD
Design: Tim Stewart Architects

photo : Christopher Frederick Jones
Fernberg House, Paddington, QLD
Nestled atop an elevated site in Paddington, Fernberg is a contemporary family home aspiring to seek a balance between private retreat and outdoor living. Fernberg House is crafted from a robust and natural palette of materials, the home is warm and inviting with expansive openings to uninterrupted city views, and seamlessly integrated landscaping.

27 Apr 2023
Mermaid Quay House, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, southern Queensland
Design: Type Architecture

photo : Mitchell Kemp
Mermaid Quay House, Noosa, Queensland
The lines between private and public are clearly divided between the ground and upper floor. The ground floor features an expansive living, dining and kitchen area for friends and family to lounge and enjoy the river view.

3 May 2023
Buderim House, Queensland
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

photo : Toby Scott
Buderim House, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Home
Sitting on the edge of an escarpment the Buderim House is afforded majestic views North-East over the Sunshine Coast. Both, private and expansive, this dwelling was imagined as a sanctuary, for a couple with transient adult children, between a sprawling landscape to the north and a populated residential street to the south.

14 Apr 2023
Windsor Castle, Seddon, Victoria
Architecture: Antarctica Architects
Windsor Castle, Seddon, Victoria

27 Mar 2023
Night Sky, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Architects: Peter Stutchbury Architecture

photo : Brett Boardman Studio
Night Sky House, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
The Night Sky building stands on a long, narrow block overlooking Blackheath Golf Course. From the street, it has a quiet presence, in no hurry to reveal itself – there are no obvious clues that this is a house that is both raw and refined; that has strength and power but, at the same time, a delicacy that speaks of the human hand.

27 Mar 2023
Residence 264, Adelaide, South Australia
Architects: Enzo Caroscio Architecture

render : Peter Fisher Photography
Residence 264

28 Feb 2023
House 9D, Gold Coast, Queensland
Architecture: Mi Design Studio

photography : Cam Murchison, May Photography and Villa Styling
House 9D, Gold Coast, Queensland

22 Feb 2023
Newport Houses, Redcliffe, Brisbane, Queensland, Northeast Australia
Architecture: Michael Bailey (Open Architecture Studio) + Jasper Brown (Jasper Brown Architects)

photo : Cathy Schusler
Newport Houses in Redcliffe, Brisbane QLD