The Blocks by Studio Toogood
London designers Studio Toogood have created a temporary wine bar in Sydney where guests are invited to select their vintage by smelling scented totem poles. More
London designers Studio Toogood have created a temporary wine bar in Sydney where guests are invited to select their vintage by smelling scented totem poles. More
Melbourne design studios Right Angle and Foolscap have created a temporary canteen, market and cinema in a former piano factory that until recently was the home of Australian television broadcaster Channel 9. More
Slideshow: the faceted copper envelope of this house extension near Sydney was designed by architects Innovarchi to resemble a roof. More
Forked tree branches framing this house in southeast Australia were intended by architect Paul Morgan to resemble the sun-bleached kangaroo and sheep bones scattered around the surrounding woodland. More
Slideshow: Australian practice March Studio conceived this Melbourne bakery as an oversized breadbasket. More
The walls of this house in Australia by architects McBride Charles Ryan have origami-like facets and folds. More
Brightly coloured and patterned panels chosen by different groups in the local community adorn a new library and learning centre in Melbourne, Australia. More
Australian architects Edwards Moore have completed this glowing art studio in a car park. More
Plywood shingles create fish scales on the walls of a clothes store at Bondi Beach, Sydney, while spherical lights hang from the ceiling inside fishermen’s nets. More
Residents at this remote Australian lodge can step straight out of bed to the side of a long narrow outdoor pool. More
This shimmering silhouette in the shape of three overlapping houses is in fact a junior school for boys in a Melbourne suburb. More
Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here's an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. More
The roof of this extended house in Melbourne sweeps outwards to create an exterior canopy and curves steeply upwards over a double-height dining room. More
This roof of this sea-facing holiday house in Mandurah, south of Perth, jolts up and down to create four irregular gables. More
Dezeen archive: as we've been bombarded by beautiful Australian houses in recent weeks and our story from last week about a cliff-top house inspired by a Picasso painting (top left) continues to be popular with readers, we've grouped together all our stories about houses in Australia. See all the stories »
A drawbridge-like flap lowers from the steel-plated facade of this Melbourne bunker to reveal a bedroom window. More
A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. More
An oversailing glass roof and steel mesh curtain protect a two-storey extension and terrace at a historic Sydney house. More
Australian architects Jolson have completed a house in Melbourne where cantilevering concrete slabs appear to balance on top of a bronze garden wall. More
A steel shell curls over the arched frame of this sports hall near Sydney by Australian architects Allen Jack+Cottier. More