Lunchbox Architect featured project archives

With a green roof and other sustainable elements this beach-side residence touches the earth lightly physically and metaphorically.

Inspired by the surrounding '60s estate, James Russell Architects takes the humble breeze block to new heights of style.

Parts of the original house are left intact to create sheltered outdoor areas in this renovation, grounding the home to its history.

A stainless steel net for growing deciduous vines wraps this narrow home, transforming it into a nest for vertical family living.

Renovating a heritage house is a challenge at the best of times. But when the only option is going up, the challenge is all the greater.

Reclaimed bricks are used in various ways to bring a sense of history and weight to this inner-city extension.

This renovation shines with a light well bringing light deep into the house, bright red accents and pops of personality throughout...

The entire ground floor of this house has become one continuous indoor/outdoor space thanks to a well conceived alteration and addition.

A lot of mistakes were made in the '80s, Nic Owen Architects attempts to rectify one of them with a modern pod-like extension.

A dark semi-detached D House is now a bright and lively space with a wall of glass that opens to dissolve the end wall into the garden.

Unashamedly modern ‘podium’ anchors existing home to the landscape, connecting the cottage to the garden, and the interiors to the sky.

New Zealand home and writer's studio fuses the look of rural farm buildings and the dramatic local landscape into one sculptural form.

The curse of the modern open-plan home? Noise. With flexible social spaces, parents in this house can entertain separately to the kids.

A series of courtyards weave this modern extension into the original home. A sensitive departure from the typical add-on.

Thanks to a double-height space and an expansive openable wall of glass to capture the view, this home feels positively spacious.

The most minimal house you could imagine - a platform for living within a translucent shell, set in a beautiful natural landscape.