Reference Designs

Curated Australian residential precedents

Browse the seeded reference-design dataset by state, style, firm, residential type, and award provenance.

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Berman House
1999
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Harry Seidler & Associates

Berman House

Joadja, NSW
late-modernconcrete

Cliff-edge steel and glass house above the Wingecarribee River; Harry Seidler for Peter & Mrs Berman (1996–1999).

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Holman House
2004
10 images
Durbach Block Jaggers

Holman House

Dover Heights, NSW
contemporarysculptural

Picasso-inspired plan on a Dover Heights cliff; cantilevered living spaces over the Pacific (Durbach Block Jaggers).

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Gunn Ridge House
2025
10 images
Kennedy Nolan

Gunn Ridge House

Toorak, VIC
mid-century-modernrenovation

Alterations and additions to Graeme Gunn’s 1967 Merchant Builders house for the Ridge family; sensitive renewal by Kennedy Nolan.

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