A Dramatic Cliffside Prefab Steps From the Beach in Australia With little time to waste, an Australian firm erects an efficient prefab overlooking the ocean.
A Modular Beach Home in Australia Allows One Family to Keep an Eye on the Surf An L-shaped prefab in New South Wales draws in light from the north and captures views of the surf.
9 Stunning Examples of Homes Built on and Around Cliffs Although not for the faint of heart, a cliffside home can offer the excitement of living on the edge, as well as unparalleled...
An Australian Beach Home with Stunning Ocean Views Eco-friendly features like solar panels and rainwater catchments keep this retreat's environmental footprint small.
9 Best Modern Staircase Designs While staircases are functional by nature, many architects use them as an opportunity to introduce a graphic design statement to...
Vegetation Cocoons This Tranquil Beach House in Australia Surrounded by verdant trees and shrubs, a family home settles gently into its natural environment.
A Corrugated Steel Prefab in Australia Throws a Curve Transported in a single shipping container and raised in two weeks, this clam-shaped cabin nestles against a rocky outcrop...
10 Cliffside Destinations That Will Make You Feel on Top of the World If you like living on the edge, then staying at a vacation rental or hotel perched on a cliff might give you the rush you seek.
A Circular Beach House in Australia Embraces Coastal Living Designed for self-sufficiency, this modern take on the traditional bach stands up against super-sized holiday homes.
A Layered Home in Coastal Australia That Merges With the Limestone Terrain Located in Victoria, Australia, on a site that's lined with limestone shelves and underground caves, this house was designed as a...
11 Amazing Australian Homes Today, architecture and design in Australia is more vibrant and exciting than ever.
This Prefab Company in Australia Wants to Be the Tesla of Home Building Dimensions X is laying plans to deliver buyers planet-friendly prefabs that begin with a seamless online shopping experience.
10 Coastal Prefabs That Bring Modular Housing to the Beach When an efficient prefab can become a coastal retreat with a spectacular view to boot—it makes a very compelling case for not...
A Breezy Modern Beach House Sits Among the Trees in Australia Built on a hill with beautiful views, this little house was made for entertaining.
Three Connected Pavilions Form This Airy Australian Beach Retreat Jackson Clements Burrows Architects replace a derelict beach shack in Barwon Heads, Victoria, with three minimalist, pitched-roof...
An ’80s Beach House in Australia Goes From “Blah” to Beautiful Figureground Architecture expands and reconfigures a defunct beach house in Sorrento, weaving together a medley of wood finishes.
An Affordable Prefab Home Frames the Rugged Landscape in Rural Australia A single day is all it took to install this modular home on a working farm near Orange, New South Wales.
Bach to the Beach With authenticity and simplicity as their rallying cry, a Kiwi architect and his wife have built a modern beach house that puts a...
An Off-the-Grid Prefab in Australia Uses Salvaged Iron as Camo Disguised as a humble farm shed, the prefabricated Tintaldra Cabin is a cool, contemporary home that goes completely off the grid...
This Beach House in Australia Is Nothing Like Its Neighbors—or Any Beach House You’ve Seen Though it’d be hard to tell from the street, the compound of concrete blocks forms a surprisingly breezy family retreat.
A Glass House on Australia’s Sunshine Coast Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most captivating design and architecture shots of the week.
Stay in a Riverside Vacation Home That Embraces the Australian Bush Perched atop a steep slope overlooking the Hawkesbury River on Dangar Island—just an hour north of Sydney—this tranquil, modern...
A Bondi Beach Penthouse Designed For Barefoot Luxury The design brief of this Sydney project was to evoke the "relaxed sophistication" of the popular Australian beach locale.
Soak In the Greatness of This Gorgeous Melbourne Addition Pandolfini Architects melds steel, concrete, and oak in an elegant, double-height rear addition to a 100-year-old residence.
Ocean Breezes Blow Right Through This Modern Australian Beach Shack This airy home makes the most of its beachside location with sustainable design, careful siting, and an expansive glazed facade.
Prefab, Proven In January 2003, we issued a challenge to 16 architects: Design a modern prefab home for $200,000.
A Run-Down Melbourne Bungalow's Makeover Embraces Light and Family Life Beyond its "stately facade," the interior of this California-style bungalow was forlorn and neglected when the new homeowners...
Hand-Built by a Famed Queensland Architect, This Unique Abode Asks $228K At age 70, Eddie Oribin built the house for himself and his wife to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
How This Australian Beach House Connects to the Coast Is on a Whole Other Level On the outskirts of Sydney, Bundeena Beach House’s green roof and sculptural skylight are just the tip of the iceberg when it...
Prefab for Humanity In inner-city Baltimore, Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake paves a path to affordable prefab.
Exploring Melbourne, Australia No opera house. No Bondi Beach. No sunning celebs. This is Melbourne, home of Australia’s most thriving design scene.
An Off-Grid Prefab Home Slides Wide Open to the Australian Bush The self-sufficient Courtyard House embraces the bush landscape in all directions.
This Energy-Efficient Prefab Is One Family’s Weekend Retreat by the Beach In designing a getaway for her own family, architect Hannah Tribe created a sustainable kit home that’s as breezy as it looks.
An Edgy Slatted Facade Conceals a Striking Indoor/Outdoor Home in Brisbane From the street view, an angular slatted facade conceals a home from the outside world while also carefully hinting at what's...
Renovation: A Breezy Modern Addition Opens Up a Historic Melbourne Home A family with three young sons asked Mitsuori Architects to renovate and expand their venerable Victorian house to accommodate...
A New Hip Roof Rejuvenates a California-Style Bungalow in Melbourne This Melbourne house inspired by California bungalows was renovated and extended without neglecting its original form or...