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Key modern Australian architectural developments in Victoria. Contemporary built environment design updates.

post updated 6 March 2026

New Melbourne Buildings : current, chronological list

25 February 2026
97 Alma Road Apartments, St Kilda East
Architecture: Kerstin Thompson Architects

image courtesy of architects practice

19 January 2026
Younghusband Woolstore, 2- 50 Elizabeth Street, Kensington, VIC 3031,
Architects: Woods Bagot

photo © Trevor Mein

8 January 2026
Lialeeta House, Fairhaven, Surf Coast
Architecture: DOOD Studio

7 January 2026
Scarborough and Welkin House, Clifton Hill
Design: Justin Mallia Architecture

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Melbourne Architecture News 2025

22 December 2025
Frankston Tech School
Architects: Gray Puksand

photo : Gray Puksand

11 November 2025
Korinda House, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Design: Bent Architecture

13 October 2025
The Clubhouse Sanctuary Lakes
Architects: NTF Architecture

8 October 2025
Kernan Residence, Strathmore, Melbourne home
Architects: pcg. Architects

2 October 2025
Carcassonne Residence, south-east Melbourne, Victoria
Design: FMD Architects

27 September 2025
Woodleigh Futures Studio, Langwarrin South, Victoria, Australia
Design: McIldowie Partners

photo : Earl Carter

11 September 2025
Coombes House, Torquay, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
Design: Lachlan Shepherd Architects

8 September 2025
Banool House, Fairhaven, Victoria
Architecture: Lachlan Shepherd Architects

2 September 2025
Young Residence, Melbourne, Victoria House
Design: pcg. Architects

7 June 2025
Brinbeal Secondary College, Tarneit, Victoria
Design: Brand Architects

photo : Dianna Snape

4 June 2025
Darul Ulum Academy, Mickleham, Victoria
Design: Gray Puksand

photo : Christine Francis

28 May 2025
Sorrento Bathhouse, Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Design: Davidov Architects

photo : Timothy Kaye

12 May 2025
Coburg Special Development School in Victoria
Architects: Gray Puksand

photo : Christine Francis

22 April 2025
St Columba’s College, Essendon
Design: Sora Interiors

photo : Kane Jarrod

3 February 2025
Fellowship Apartments, Fellows Street, Studley Park, Kew
Architects: Timothy Kaye, Sora Interiors and Zynergy Property

photo : Timothy Kaye
Studley Park in Kew is a treasure trove of post-war architecture, with a number of houses designed by Robin Boyd, John and Phyllis Murphy and Guilford Bell. Given this lineage of great architects, as well many fine period homes, it was appropriate to create a boutique-style development that would be nestled into this precious environ.

21 January 2025
The Cat Clinic, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia
Architecture: Gardiner Architects

photo : Rory Gardiner
The Cat Clinic is a state-of-the-art commercial veterinary facility that embodies a commitment to the well-being of patients and staff. Located in Melbourne, this pioneering project spans two levels and 335 square meters, nestled on a 650 square meter site.

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Melbourne Architecture News 2024

15 December 2024
Victoria Hotel Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
Architects: Porter Architects

photo : Derek Swalwell
Nestled in the heart of Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, the Victoria Hotel is a remarkable hospitality destination that harmoniously combines historic charm with contemporary sophistication. Completed in 2024, this two-level establishment spans an impressive 2,000 square meters of floor space, thoughtfully situated on a 3,070-square-meter site.

10 December 2024
House B, Brunswick, Victoria
Design: Kart Projects

9 December 2024
Treeview Terrace, Richmond property
Design: tsai Design

4 December 2024
Contour House, Kew East
Design: Zen Architects

3 December 2024
Shot Tower Terrace, Victoria
Architects: Design by AD

2 December 2024
550 Spencer
Design: Kennon

photo : Tom Ross
550 Spencer is Australia’s pioneering building that generates its own electricity through an integrated solar panel façade, marking a significant step toward sustainable architecture. Designed by Kennon, the project challenges traditional building practices by demonstrating how innovative design can combat the climate crisis while maintaining aesthetics and functionality.

1 December 2024
Elwood Sanctuary House
Design: Minett Studio Architecture & Design

26 November 2024
St Kilda Micro Sanctuary
Design: tsai Design
St. Kilda Micro Sanctuary

24 October 2024
Naples Street House
Design: Edition Office
Naples Street House

16 October 2024
Fawkner House
Design: Vibe Design Group
Fawkner House

14 October 2024
Parkside House, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Design: Austin Maynard Architects
Parkside House, Fitzroy

8 October 2024
Retreat House, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia
Design: Aych Architects
Retreat House, Mount Eliza

6 October 2024
Oberon House, Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Oberon House, Hawthorn East

5 October 2024
Eddie Garden House, Fitzroy
Design: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Eddie Garden House, Fitzroy

25 September 2024
Big Gore Residence, Fitzroy
Design: Tom Robertson Architects
Big Gore Residence, Fitzroy

19 September 2024
Hide House, Venus Bay, Vic, Australia
Design: MRTN Architects
Hide House, Venus Bay, Vic

11 September 2024
Holland Residence, Ringwood East
Design: David Noordhoff
Holland Residence, Ringwood East

25 August 2024
Wimmera Residence, St Kilda
Design: Rachcoff Vella Architecture
Wimmera Residence, St Kilda

20 August 2024
Victoria Road Residence, Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia
Design: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
Victoria Road Residence, Hawthorn East

10 August 2024
House, Hawthorn East
Design: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
Pleasant Road Townhouses, Victoria

5 July 2024
Terracotta Home, Mount Waverley, Victoria
Design: R ARCHITECTURE
Terracotta house

12 June 2024
The Esplanade, Altona, Victoria, Australia
Design: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
The Esplanade House, Altona

10 June 2024
Blairgowrie Residence, Blairgowrie, Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Design: Webster Architecture & Interiors
Blairgowrie House, Mornington Peninsula

6 May 2024
Craftworks Office Building, Abbotsford, Vic
Design: CHT Architects
Craftworks Office Building, Abbotsford Melbourne
The exciting new nine-storey Craftworks project, designed by CHT Architects, promises to create its own “creative ecosystem” in which commercial tenants and the community come together to share ideas, communal spaces and a holistic philosophy that fosters true community, culture, wellbeing and sustainability.

26 March 2024
Stockland Vision Centre at Mt Atkinson, Truganina
Architect: Tandem Design Studio

photo © Blue Tree Studios
Mt Atkinson Vision Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
The Vision Centre at Stockland’s Mt Atkinson development establishes a confident first impression of a future-focused new community in Truganina.

Golden Bliss Houses
Golden Bliss Houses, Ashburton, Melbourne

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Melbourne Architecture News in 2023

Melbourne Building News 2023, chronological list:

5 Dec 2023
The Hütt 01 PassivHaus, Coburg
Architects: Melbourne Design Studios

photo : Marnie Hawson and Matt C Photography
The Hütt 01 PassivHaus, Coburg

4 Dec 2023
Banksia Bayside Townhouses, Beaumaris
Design: Robert Harwood Architects
Banksia Bayside Townhouses, Beaumaris

15 November 2023
MPavilion
Architect: Tadao Ando

photo : John Gollings courtesy of MPavilion
MPavilion 10 Melbourne
MPavilion opens Tadao Ando-designed pavilion, kicking off milestone tenth year. The Pavilion Creates an Oasis in the Heart of Melbourne, Australia, and Serves as dynamic site of a free five-month design festival offering more than 150 events inspired by Ando’s Iconic Pavilion – MPavilion, the flagship initiative of the Naomi Milgrom.

Hawthorn House

200 Vic Parade Workplace Building, East Melbourne

Melbourne Rebourne, Victoria, Australia

Bunbartha Homestead, Victoria, Australia

29 August 2023
Nudie Jeans Repair Store, Little Collins Street
Design: X+O Architects

photo : Alex Coppel Photography
Nudie Jeans Repair Store
Nudie Jeans Repair Store at Little Collins Street Melbourne is 31sqm store, designed as a physical manifestation of the brand. Sustainability is at the core of the brand and to reflect this, repurposed elements, sustainable finishes and a sewing machine is built into the shopfront offering customers forever repairs.

21 Aug 2023
Fenwick St, Kew
Architects: Edition Office

photo © Rory Gardiner
photos : Rory Gardiner, Lillie Thompson and Timothy Kaye
Fenwick St Residence Kew

New Street House, Brighton

Roofscape House, Carlton

Bike House, southeast Melbourne, Victoria

Nunawading Community Hub

Old Be-al House

Mjolner Restaurant

Sunny House, Melbourne, Victoria

15 March 2023
MPavilion 10, Queen Victoria Gardens, Southbank Arts Precinct

photo Courtesy of Tadao Ando Associates
MPavilion 10 design by Tadao Ando Architect
The Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced it has awarded Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando with the commission for MPavilion 10 in Queen Victoria Gardens, located in the heart of the city centre. Over the past decade, MPavilion has worked with the world’s most significant architectural thinkers to create a space for engagement with urgent urban, civic, and design concerns.

15 Mar 2023
388 Barkly Street, Brunswick
Design: DREAMER and Breathe Architecture

photo : Gavin Green
388 Barkly Street, Brunswick, Victoria
388 Barkly Street is a collection of 11 sustainable apartments led by DREAMER, in collaboration with Breathe Architecture. The project is an adaptive reuse of a c.1930 brick warehouse encouraging sustainable, small-footprint living.

20 Feb 2023
Victorian Heart Hospital, 631 Blackburn Rd, Monash University Clayton campus
Design: Conrad Gargett + Wardle

image courtesy of architects practice
Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash University Clayton campus
Conrad Gargett + Wardle have delivered Australia’s first dedicated heart hospital and the only of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, setting a new international benchmark for cardiac hospital design. The $564 m state-of-the-art Victorian Heart Hospital, operated by Monash Health on the Monash University Clayton campus, is now complete and fully operational, providing a range of world-class clinical cardiology services, research and education.

Craftworks Office Building, Abbotsford

11 Feb 2023
Ivanhoe Grammar Sports and Aquatic Centre, Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Architects: McIldowie Partners

photo : Peter Bennetts
Located on a steeply sloping site along Ivanhoe’s iconic Boulevard, Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Sports & Aquatic Centre is a world-class sporting & education facility that manages a complex brief within strict planning controls and a sensitive residential & landscape context.

22 Jan 2023
Christmas House, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Architecture: Taouk Architects
Christmas House, Northcote

19 Jan 2023
Little Miller and Nightingale, Brunswick East
Design: ClarkeHopkinsClarke and Breathe Architecture

photo : Tom Ross
Little Miller and Nightingale Brunswick East, Victoria
Little Miller and Nightingale Brunswick East (NGBE) is an aspirational, urban infill project delivered via a collaboration between an industry-leading consultant team: Lucent Capital (developer), ClarkeHopkinsClarke (architect), Breathe Architecture (interior design), Nightingale Housing, and Openwork (landscape design). It incorporates the first Nightingale project to be delivered under licence by a developer and is the first to be funded by a major Australian bank.

Melbourne Architectural News in 2022

Building News Melbourne for 2022, chronological list:

22 Dec 2022
Armadale Victorian Villa, Armadale, Victoria, Australia
Design: Kirby Architects
Armadale Victorian Villa

21 Dec 2022
CGS Teaching and Learning Building, Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
Architecture and Interiors: DesignInc + 3XN

render : DesignInc + 3XN
Caulfield Grammar School’s Senior School Teaching and Learning Building, at their Caulfield Campus, received final approval to proceed in September 2022. The building is being designed in collaboration by Melbourne architects DesignInc and Denmark’s 3XN, to local and international best practice.

29 Nov 2022
Yellow Desk Coworking Space, South Yarra
Interior Architects: Left Field Studio

photo : Simon Shiff Says
Yellow Desk Coworking Space, South Yarra
Yellow Desk breaks the conventions of a traditional coworking space. As a space for creatives, entrepreneurs, and people who thrive on collaboration, Leftfield studio had the freedom to create a space where functionality and creativity collide.

25 Nov 2022
Clifton Hill Courtyard House
Design: studio mkn & Eliza Blair Architecture
Clifton Hill Courtyard House, Victoria

25 Nov 2022
Hampton House Extension, Hampton
Architects: Architecture Works
Hampton House Extension, Victoria

18 Oct 2022
Richardson St House, Middle Park
Architects: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
Richardson St House, Middle Park, Victoria

17 Oct 2022
Bournian, Strathmore, Melbourne, Victoria
Architects: FGR Architects
Bournian Court Yard Residence, Strathmore

27 Sep 2022
Wakanui Trail House, Northcote
Architecture: Ben Callery Architects
Wakanui Trail House, Northcote

25 Aug 2022
Sky Bar Melbourne
Architecture: CHT Architects

photo : Tom Blachford
Sky Bar Melbourne, Southbank
Sky Bar Melbourne crowns the Oakwood Premier Hotel at level 40, with unparalleled views across the Melbourne city skyline and out to Port Phillip Bay. The statement Sky Bar and terrace are complemented by two further bars in a VIP area and in the adjoining fine dining Strato restaurant.

22 Aug 2022
Viridi Apartments, 17-22 Grattan Street
Architects: Plus Architecture

photo : Tom Roe
Viridi Apartments, Prahran
In partnership with property developer Little Projects and builder Cobild, leading Australasian architecture practice Plus Architecture has delivered one of Australia’s most cutting-edge designs for a residential project – leveraging computational and engineering technology to realise the vision for a complex angular tiled façade.

14 Aug 2022
Washington Avenue House, East Malvern
Architecture: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd
Washington Avenue House, Malvern East Melbourne

10 Jun 2022
La Trobe Sports Park, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Design: Warren and Mahoney

photograph : Derek Swalwell
La Trobe University Sports Park, Bundoora
More than just an academic centre, the La Trobe Sports Park is a community destination that is active day and night, weekdays and weekends. It meets the demands of Community sport and contributes to the student experience addressing health and wellbeing and cohort experience through team sport.

23 May 2022
CreativeCubes.Co, Carlton
Design: Corso Interior Architecture

photograph : Saville Coble
CreativeCubes Co, Carlton
CreativeCubes.Co in Carlton is an inviting and alluring space that follows in the same essence as its sister coworking spaces in South Melbourne, Hawthorn and Cremorne VIC. It provides inspiring facilities in both private and collaborative work settings, and event spaces, providing coworking options for Melbourne based businesses and entrepreneurs.

23 Mar 2022
Melbourne Polytechnic Glasshouse, Epping, Victoria
Architecture: DS Architects

photograph : ZOA Studio
Melbourne Polytechnic Glasshouse, Epping

2 Mar 2022
Hyatt Place Melbourne Caribbean Park, Scoresby
Architecture: Peter Ryan Architects

photos : Alex Reinders and John Gollings
Hyatt Place Caribbean Park, Scoresby

14 Feb 2022
Mt Eliza House

4 Feb 2022
Malvern House

1 Feb 2022
Brighton East House

25 Jan 2022
Station House, Hawthorn East

14 Jan 2022
Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne
Design: Hames Sharley

photograph : Emma Cross
Woolworths Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne
Internationally renowned, Melbourne is consistently being ranked as one of the world’s most liveable cities. Boasting some of the best fine dining restaurants and cafes in the country, a world-class art scene, and all the while located near beautiful beaches and pristine national parks, Melbourne is already one of the world’s most enviable places.