Alt’s Amazing Houses of the Month

Our team has picked a selection of amazing houses that express everything we love about modern design.

Pippins — Webster Architecture

Construction: Mazzei Homes / Photo: Timothy Kaye / Landscape Design: Nathan Burkett

Pippins is an architectural statement thoughtfully integrated into the environment — the words ‘striking simplicity’ come to mind. It’s a blend of urban and coastal design, expressed through a facade where sandy brickwork meets a concrete cantilevered ceiling. The gardens offer an artistic, manicured interpretation on the native surrounds. Inside is a surprisingly polished, sleek retreat in contrast to the rugged landscape, which is never not in eyesight.

Classic Intervention Residence — Studio Jos

This project was named the Intervention Residence because it sought to eliminate distractions and ‘spring clean’ the modern home for a more mindful, calm, and liveable approach to contemporary luxury. Beautiful shapes, textures, and tones function as embellishment — the eye is draw to organic curves and soft limestone plaster, while the colour beige takes on a life like we’ve never seen before. It’s restrained but not boring, and makes minimalism feel fresh again.

Eton ii — Proske Architects

Interior: AFD Interior Design / Landscape: Prestigious Gardens with Design by Dale / Build: Morgan Build / Photo: Brock Beazely

Wrapping around courtyards, this residence embraces light and flow. It’s dressed in a series of robust and tactile materials including natural stone, concrete, and timber. In this pragmatic renovation, the environment is never far away; we love how it opens up to multiple little pocket gardens, and how fluidly it flows from indoor to out.

Hilltop — Flack Studio / Andrew Nolan / James Earle

Photo: Anson Smart

A lesson in considered maximalism — where a lot is happening at once, but it all makes sense. This house is defined by a materiality that makes abstract references to the bush; terracotta, granite, timber, and venetian plaster. Throw in some blackened steel, mismatched veneers, and tactile glass and you get an eclectic, elemental space that expresses the identity of an ancient country rich in mineral, strength and beauty.

Screen House — Inform

Photo: Derek Swalwell

There’s something so visually pleasing about uniformity. This single-level beach house is covered entirely with a charred timber screen, which can be opened for added light or shuttered for privacy, depending on your mood. What it conceals is an interior defined by spaciousness, comfort, and seamless functionality, where scenic views are the hero.

Sorrento Residence — Rob Mills

The term coastal luxury gets thrown around a lot, but if you’re ever in doubt about its meaning — look to the Sorrento Residence by Rob Mills. Concrete, basalt stone, and raw timber express a balance of organic elegance and urban durability, perfectly suited to a rugged seaside environment in one of Victoria’s most upscale postcodes. The geometric facade allows moments of transparency and openness, featuring voids and expanses of glass counterpointed by solid concrete forms.

Holbrook House — Brahman Perera

A family home with sculptural details and bold finishes around every corner. Joinery in particular became a method of creative expression, treated not just as storage but as opportunities to make a real visual impact. The same goes for all the finishes and materials — from a cast of different stone variations and an all-blue powder room to softly textured walls, chevron flooring, and aged brass — they’re unexpected, dynamic, and statement-making.

AB House — Office MI-JI

Photo: Ben Hosking / Construction: David Webb Building Solutions

AB House is a tranquil retreat filled with architectural details. What stands out most is the metal-clad facade, transforming a typically utilitarian material into a striking design feature. The pared-back interior is enlivened with natural light and an exciting use of colour. It’s defined not by ornamentation but by subtle flourishes in form and geometry — the angle of a wall, the placement of a window, the way timber ceiling panels intersect on the skylight.