Coastal Architecture

January 24, 2024

FR House bridges innovative design and nature

The FR House in Punta Fuego, Philippines emerges as a blend of architecture and natural landscape, showcasing CAZA’s melding of a building with its challenging coastal environment.

October 11, 2023

7 breathtaking luxury coastal stays

Whether nestling into overgrown rainforest or jutting out along a craggy shoreline – these are the most exquisite luxury coastal accommodations from around the Indo Pacific. Each one embraces its coastal context, offering a source of inspiration for how to bring tranquillity and leisure into the every day.

October 9, 2023

Where sky, earth and ocean meet

Designing in the tradition of Australian sub-tropical vernacular, Hogg & Lamb has cleverly tied together an unusual set of parts in this Queensland project. J&M House is at once a private residence, art gallery and holiday home that makes full use of its coastal location.

July 14, 2023

A future forever home gets pieced together on the Peninsula

A chance meeting led to a fruitful collaboration on this “transition-to-retirement” house in Sorrento, Victoria.

June 14, 2023

This absolute beachfront home sensitively frames the view

Occupying an impressive beachside site, this home by Wellard Architects is a magical retreat. “We wanted to create a dialogue with this wonderful site. It is, after all, the hero,” says the architect.

May 16, 2022

A monumental memory

Within the nest of homes on the hillside beside the coast, one monolithic structure makes itself known against the waves and shingles.

March 23, 2022

A dose of modernism to the Sydney coastline

This off-shutter concrete house by Durbach Block Jaggers brings the studio’s signature style to Point Piper.

March 23, 2021

Architect Rich Naish’s Climate Responsive Play Place

Given its beachfront location, designing for climate resilience and rain events was top of mind for this architect’s family bach.

August 17, 2020

Conscious Architecture

With a big impact yet relatively small footprint, Benn+Penna hope this costal house on Sydney’s North Shore can act as a blueprint for appropriate design on Australia’s coastline.

October 21, 2019

A Seaside Sanctuary: North Residences By bureau^proberts

The North Residences in Burleigh by bureau^proberts are a fine example of coastal living.

May 20, 2019

Uninterrupted Concrete Poetry By PopovBass

A classic exercise in refuge and prospect, this house by PopovBass on a stunning coastal site is also a celebration of concrete’s domestic potential.