Lunchbox Architect featured project archives

This family were miserable in their south-facing living areas, but thanks to a clever addition, their home is now light and bright.

A south-facing backyard can feel like a curse, but an unconventional roofline could come to the rescue to let direct natural light in.

A strong visual and physical connection to the garden is achieved without significantly altering this inner-city terrace.

It's not the size of an addition that counts, it's the functionality it adds to your home. This micro addition achieves hefty results.

The careful siting of this new home helps it take full advantage of the sun and embrace a beautiful, bushy site.

Extending heritage homes respectfully is a challenge. Allowing this addition to recede into the shadows was the sensitive approach.

New additions help this home to perform more like a traditional Queenslander, helping it fit perfectly with its site and climate.

Settling into regular life takes some adjustment for a fly-in-fly-out worker who spends a month away from home. This new home helps.

The good qualities of both old and new are highlighted by creating an addition which is the binary opposite of the original.

On a tight, south-facing site, the various spaces of this addition are expertly arranged to ensure maximum benefit with minimal fuss.

Living near the beach has its pros and cons. A great beach house needs to embrace the sunshine while protecting from cold ocean winds.

The aperture-like addition to this heritage home carefully frames the best views and lets light into the new living spaces.

From the street, this looks like a house with no windows, but once inside you realise it's the exact opposite...