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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Mess Hall
2023
7 images
Architecture Architecture

Mess Hall

Carlton, VIC
heritage-contextcontemporary

Ground-floor ‘hall’ carved from an 1870s Victorian terrace for flexible family and community life (Architecture Architecture).

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Merricks Farmhouse
2021
9 images
Michael Lumby Architecture with Nielsen Jenkins

Merricks Farmhouse

Merricks, VIC
contemporaryfarmhouse

Hilltop farmhouse abstraction on the Mornington Peninsula; collaboration between Michael Lumby Architecture and Nielsen Jenkins.

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Sawmill Treehouse
2024
6 images
Robbie Walker

Sawmill Treehouse

Sawmill Settlement, VIC
contemporarysteel

Elevated steel cabin in alpine bush (BAL-40); slatted corten shell above a gully near Mount Buller (Robbie Walker).

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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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