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Designed by Robin Boyd in 1969 and recently restored, Night Sky centres on a soaring brick vault topped by a retractable oculus that opens to the southern night sky. The three-bedroom house was conceived around passive solar principles and sits within a bushland setting in the Blue Mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vista House by Peter Stutchbury, Paynes Crossing, NSW<\/p>\n Price on request<\/a><\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Modern House<\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Modern House<\/p>\n Peter Stutchbury designed Vista House for a 49-hectare property in the Lower Hunter Valley. Completed in 2017, the three-bedroom off-grid home combines rammed earth, recycled brick and a floating ARAMAX roof, with a series of courtyards and outdoor rooms arranged around the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n Mudbrick House by Alistair Knox, Research, Victoria<\/p>\n AUD$2.3m\u2013$2.5 million<\/a><\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Jellis Craig<\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Jellis Craig<\/p>\n This four-bed mudbrick house<\/a> sits on more than an acre of bushland in Melbourne\u2019s northeast. Exposed timbers, redbrick floors and vaulted ceilings define the Alistair Knox interiors, while a self-contained cottage, pool and studio occupy the grounds.<\/p>\n Fingal House by Denton Corker Marshall, Cape Schanck, Victoria<\/p>\n AUD$3.8m\u2013$4.18 million<\/a><\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Buxton Mornington Peninsula<\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Buxton Mornington Peninsula<\/p>\n Positioned within the National Golf Club estate at Cape Schanck, Fingal House was designed by Denton Corker Marshall and received the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture. The four-bedroom residence sits above the landscape, with views extending across the golf course, coastal vegetation and Port Phillip Bay.<\/p>\n St Andrews Beach House by Sean Godsell Architects, Victoria<\/p>\n AUD$5m\u2013$5.5 million<\/a><\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Buxton Mornington Peninsula<\/p>\n Photography: courtesy of Buxton Mornington Peninsula<\/p>\n Completed in 2005, St Andrews<\/a> is one of Sean Godsell\u2019s best-known residential projects. Wrapped in a perforated steel exoskeleton and elevated above the coastal scrub, the four-bedroom house<\/a> stretches towards the ocean while responding to the conditions of the surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n Read next: Hoisted among the treetops, an offbeat coastal hideaway opens to lush gardens<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Vista-House_Peter-Stutchbury_Int-12.jpg\")
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