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Renovations and additions to existing houses are the most common architecturally designed homes. The challenge with renovations is to incorporate the style and layout of the existing building with the modern needs of the family. When down well, renovations combine the charm of traditional buildings with the conveniences of modern living.

Here are just a few incredible architecturally designed renovations:

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Sandringham Residence by Minett Studio Architecture & Design

Featured Project Architect Transforms a '90s Apricot Brick House Into a Modern Home With dated bricks and dutch-gabled eaves, this home was definitely a child of the '90s, but now it's been given a contemporary twist.

Yarraville Residence by

Featured Project Naturally Beautiful Materials Create a Stylish Scandi-inspired Home Scandinavian design is clean and minimal, but the use of natural timbers and stone avoid it becoming sterile. This home nails the look.

Balaclava Remodel by

Featured Project When You've Got Limited Space, It's Important to Make It Work Hard... Making a compact space work means making it work hard. But how, exactly, do you achieve that? This remodel shows you how...

Cabinet of Curiosities House by Perversi-Brooks Architects

Featured Project A Cabinet of Curiosities Reflects This Homeowner's Personality For an artist who collects all things astonishing and strange, a renovation helps to show off her unique style and flair.

Woodworker's Cottage and Barn by Fabric Architecture

Featured Project A Renovation Project for a Woodworker Captures Laid-back Beach Vibes An incredible collaboration between the owners of a furniture company and the architects creates a light and bright coastal home.

Coburg House by Lisa Breeze Architect

Featured Project Textural Timber Addition Perfect for a Californian Bungalow Renovation You might be surprised how little extra space you need if you take the time to get the floor plan right...

Pine House by Bryant Alsop

Featured Project Rather Than Removing an Existing Addition, They Reimagined It Instead By reimagining the way this existing addition functioned they were able to transform this home, adding only 15 square metres in total.

Galv Mountain House by OOF! Architects

Featured Project An Addition Pops Out of the Roof to Secure the Future of This Home The clever addition has been sliced and diced to deal with all the constraints of the site, but it guarantees light, space and views.

Sustainable House Annandale by Day Bukh Architects

Featured Project Get the Basics Right to Make Your Home As Sustainable As Possible If you focus on the basics first in sustainable house design, everything else becomes a bonus and your reduce greenwashing overwhelm.

Alexandria House 5 by Pivot

Featured Project Terrace House Totally Reimagined, but Traces of Its Past Remain A total rebuild of this terrace house was required, but glimpses of its history are exposed throughout the house.

Victoria Gardens House by Lucy Clemenger Architects

Featured Project Modern Two-storey Addition Embraces the Park to the Rear of This Home Making the most of the site's assets, this new addition overlooks the lush park behind the home to stunning effect.

Wickham Point House by Arcke Architecture and Interior Design

Featured Project Beach House Renovation Has a Minimalist Touch But Maximalist Results Can you have too many beds at a family beach house? A reno retains the character of this beloved beach house but maximises flexibility.

Fitzroy North House by MMAD Architecture

Featured Project You'd Never Guess What's Behind This Facade (But That's the Point) Ultimately council agreed to let them make some changes behind this heritage facade, convinced no one on the street would be the wiser.

Light House by LAYAN Architects + Designers

Featured Project What Would the Director of a Lighting Company's Home Look Like? Sadly lighting is an afterthought in many homes, but not here: a special lighting system demonstrates the potential of lighting design.

60s Revamp by Utz-Sanby Architects

Featured Project A 60s House Renovation Draws Inspiration From the Original Home This 1960s home originally designed by Peter Johnson is updated to take advantage of its location without losing what makes it special.

Paddington House by Porebski Architects

Featured Project Budget-saving Becomes a Blessing at a Paddington Terrace Renovation Like a tiny, irritating grain of sand creating a lustrous pearl, sometimes a projects' constraints lead to the most charming solutions.

King George by Robeson Architects

Featured Project The Challenges (and Rewards) of Renovating a Heritage House Renovating a heritage house the right way means you can enjoy the benefits of a modern home while respecting the house's history.

Camperdown Warehouse by Archer Office

Featured Project From Rolls Royce Factory to the Rolls Royce of Warehouse Conversions If you've ever harboured an urge to live in a trendy inner-city warehouse conversion, be prepared to have some feelings about this...

Yarraville Light House by ROAM Architects

Featured Project Narrow Block? This Home Design Offers a Clever Solution... How do you get sun, light and a sense of space when your block is only 6 metres wide? This home has some solutions for narrow blocks.

Elphin House by Julie Firkin Architects

Featured Project Huge Door and Custom Screen Help This Living Area Embrace the Garden Embracing the garden with a huge double-height space, 7 metre-wide door and patterned screen which fills the home with dappled shade.

Lucky House by Kuzman Architecture

Featured Project Third Time Lucky? It Might Have Taken Three Goes But It Was Worth It! Three distinct options and three years later they settled on a design, but when you're building forever, take the time to get it right!

Cressy Road House by H2o Architects

Featured Project Here's a Very Apropos Addition to a Heritage Bluestone Farmhouse This addition to a historic bluestone farmhouse doesn't match the original building, but it pays its respects in its own way...

Preston I by Irons McDuff Architecture

Featured Project Peeling Back the Old Layers Reveals a New Story for This Home Revealing the layers beneath this dilapidated home helps to blend old and new, weaving a rich story from the home's existing fabric.

His & Her House by FMD Architects

Featured Project They Both Had a Home Designed by the Same Architect: Perfect Match? When a couple who both have homes designed by the same architect get married, their new home together is bound to be adventurous!

Glebe Red by Benn & Penna Architects

Featured Project New Additions Transform This Terrace Into a Multi-generational Home New living areas and a backyard studio centred around a landscaped courtyard make this home perfect for current and future generations.

Apollo Bay House by Dock4 Architecture

Featured Project New Spaces Draped Around an Original Cedar-lined Shack Like a Tent A new asymmetrical frame encloses the original shack, wrapping new living areas all around to take advantage of the views.

Bowden Bajko House by Davis + Davis Architects

Featured Project A Dramatic Brick Colonnade Links and Defines New Spaces in This Reno These owners didn't want a 'generic open-plan box'. Instead, a series of interconnected rooms are linked by a dramatic brick colonnade.

Escher House by MacCormick & Associates Architects

Featured Project An Escher-inspired Stair Makes Living in 4 Storey Terrace More Fun When you have to hike up and down stairs all day, they may as well be fun! A new stair brings light and novelty to this home.

Bill and Kate's House by Potter&Wilson

Featured Project Impressive Two-storey Addition Peeks Over the Top of This Bondi Home A new two-storey addition transforms Bill and Kate's home, connecting it to the backyard and creates dramatic interior spaces.

Balmain Rock House by Benn & Penna Architects

Featured Project A Dramatic Concrete and Brick Addition to an Old Sandstone Cottage Emulating the solidity of the original 150-year-old cottage, this concrete and brick addition is sure to be around in another 150 years!

Bronte House by Archer Office

Featured Project Blurring Boundaries Creates Outdoor Rooms and Indoor Gardens In spite of a narrow block, this home expands its interior to the edge of the site, blurring the line between indoors and outdoors.

Machiya House by Downie North Architects

Featured Project Clever Renovation to a Small, Corner Site in a Heritage Area This home defies its tight site by using screening and careful window placement to grab light and views without exposing itself.

Mid-century Modern House by Elaine Richardson Architect

Featured Project This Extension Is Far From Typical: For One, It's at the Front! An addition to the front is just one of the atypical parts of this project full of surprises and innovative solutions.

Paddington Two Rooms by Graham Anderson Architects

Featured Project Two Rooms, One Indoor and the Other Outdoor, But What a Difference! A simple, two-room addition radically transforms the feeling and liveability of this previously dark, introverted home.

Great George by DAH Architecture

Featured Project A Hotchpotch of Dilapidated Additions Cry Out for Some Attention This family extended their Queenslander over the years, but something had to be done to pull it all together and make it liveable again.

River Room/Pavilion for S&P House by Shane Thompson Architects

Featured Project A Small Living Pavilion Brings Owners Closer to the River A pavilion surrounded by garden brings living closer to the river, creating an additional living space with incredible views.

House 184 by Blank Canvas Architects

Featured Project How to Make a Compact Workers Cottage on a Tight Block Feel Spacious? When you've got a tight block, you need to use every square centimetre. That's how you make a compact home feel spacious.

Milroy Street by Megowan Architectural

Featured Project From 'a Labyrinth of Purples and Yellows' to... This! After removing walls and opening up both the internal space and to the outdoors, this home is virtually unrecognisable.

Mosman House by Annabelle Chapman Architect

Featured Project Rear Addition Brings Light and Outdoor Living to This Federation Home A new two-storey addition to the rear is transformational, bringing new light and life to this old, previously neglected home.

Canterbury Studio by McGann Architects

Featured Project This Studio Shows Us What's Possible in Our Own Backyard... With housing (un)affordability growing and our city limits bursting, this project shows us there's still space in the inner city.

Fishley by Bryant Alsop

Featured Project On a Block Just 5 Metres Wide, Space and Light Are the Main Challenges... Bringing a sense of space and plenty of natural light to a narrow block is tough, but clever design and engineering make it possible.

Waterloo Terrace by David Mitchell Architects

Featured Project The Renovation of This Terrace Reuses Existing Materials in New Ways Materials are reused in new and unusual ways in this renovation, instilling the home with unique personality - even the new parts!

Barton House by Julie Firkin Architects

Featured Project Dramatic Timber Ceiling Soars Over This New Addition The dramatic timber ceiling sails over new living spaces and outside, shading the home but retaining the best views.

HOH/ by PLY Architecture

Featured Project From Faux Colonial to Minimal and Modern: Updated for Modern Living A new opening with integrated seating transforms this home from dated colonial-style, to modern, minimal and cool. What a difference!

Flutter House by Stukel Architecture

Featured Project Roofline of New Addition Extends Off Original Like a Fluttering Flag A double-storey addition sensitively extends the original home, unfurling from the original roofline to create a light-filled home.

Jacaranda House by SP Studio

Featured Project Architect Reinterprets Queenslander for a Bright and Breezy Addition Queenslander-style homes capture breezes and create shaded, naturally cool living spaces. This addition takes it to the next level.

Peekaboo House by

Featured Project Peekaboo! This Addition Pops Over the Roof of The Original Home To grab light without taking over the backyard, this addition pops its head over the original home, saying peekaboo to the street!

Hawthorn Villa by McManus Lew Architects

Featured Project A Dated and Inward-looking Unit Transformed Into Modern Family Home Instead of demolishing this unit, the architects reimagined it, transforming it into a modern and light-filled 3-bedroom home.

Muriel by Amrish Maharaj Architect

Featured Project Creating Space for a Growing Family on Narrow, 3-metre Wide Site An efficiently-planned rear addition to this narrow house creates space and light to grow a family without losing the home's charm.

CCO/ by PLY Architecture

Featured Project Home Renovation in a Coastal Suburb Inspired by Interior of a Ship With exposed structure and a galley-style kitchen, this renovation takes its cues from the economical and practical fit-out of a ship.