Grand Designs Australia

When retired architect Rob and wife Sally purchase a remarkable old dairy farm, they feel an enormous responsibility to build a home that will do justice to this beautiful and ancient patch of paradise.

Lori and Maugan are building a funky modern house on a tight suburban site. This family home will have a lot fun elements including a trapeze net, car parking stacker and a paper plane garden sculpture.

Alice is a long-term fan of the small house movement. On a sloping site facing the Southern Ocean, she's creating a petite 40-square-metre pod, offering all she needs and nothing more.