Simple Dwelling is an independent Australian architecture publication exploring thoughtful, architect-designed homes through film.
Founded in Melbourne, our features examine the ideas shaping contemporary residential architecture: how homes respond to site and climate, how planning supports daily life, and how light, materials and landscape shape their experience. Each film is guided by the central architectural idea behind the project.
We believe simplicity is not an aesthetic, but a discipline grounded in clarity, restraint and careful attention to what a home genuinely needs. Our work explores five recurring principles: Restraint, Form, Space, Materials and Landscape, all in response to place.
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What began as two adjoining heritage townhouses in Sandy Bay has gradually evolved into a connected intergenerational home, with Archier introducing a shared river-facing living space while preserving the independence of each dwelling.
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Killora Bay suggests that architecture shaped by landscape is measured less by how dramatically it frames a view than by what it allows to remain: trees, topography, habitat and the changing environmental conditions around the house.
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Which project should we revisit?
We’re considering a Revisited series: returning to previously featured homes to make a new film, built around a new interview and a fresh examination of the architecture.
Swipe through these eight projects and tell us which one you’d most like to see in the comments. And would you like Revisited to become an occasional series? If there is a project you would like revisited but not on this list, mention it in the comments.
1. Hill Plains House by Wolveridge Architects
2. Kilora Bay by Lara Maeseele
3. Mansfield House by Robbie J Walker
4. Mount Eliza House by MRTN Architects
5. Harry & Viv's House by Ha Architecture
6. Callery House by Ben Callery Architects
7. Kinder House by Wilko Architecture
8. Davison Collaborative by Archier
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At The Cove, Wolveridge Architects translates the relaxed character of a coastal retreat into a permanent family home, using a restrained palette, landscape and generous openings to create a calmer setting for everyday life.
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A long, shallow plan gives Eyrie House two distinct edges: substantial masonry against the protected rear and expansive glazing toward Pittwater, keeping the outlook present without making the entire home equally exposed.
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At El Paso, Nielsen Jenkins uses dark exterior surfaces and warm timber-lined rooms to allow the house to recede beneath the canopy while the surrounding bushland remains visually dominant.
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At St Andrews Beach, concrete blockwork is not applied as a finish: the same walls retain the dunes, support the building, create enclosure and establish the scale of its openings.
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Framed around a central courtyard, this Ascot Vale addition draws northern light and landscape into daily life while giving a new rear volume the character of a contemporary stable.
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