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Indoor-outdoor flow goes next level in this home where a sunken living room off the open dining space opens to the back patio and garden

Want to divide your spaces? Have you considered your soft options? A light curtain separates living and sleeping zones in this NY apartment

Want more dedicated space allocation but not more rooms? A partition wall neatly separates dressing area from bedroom in this design

Outdoor cooking facilities are seamlessly integrated into this home, with the sheltered barbecue extending out from the indoor kitchen

On this home, contemporary board-formed concrete cladding intentionally leaves the tell-tale texture that shows how it was constructed

Standing tall like a beacon at the heart of a sprawling artistic campus, Frank Gehry's stainless steel-clad tower offers galleries and workspaces 

This dramatic master suite celebrates the home's historic fabric while introducing contemporary materials, high-end fittings and artworks – the end result is a luxurious, individualistic sanctuary 

This minimalist kitchen stands at the heart of the home with material choices and layout helping co-ordinate the wider expansion and renovation

For this home, rural farm buildings inspired several lean-to like forms opening to a central courtyard – privacy and connection to the land result

Check out these award-winning bathrooms, ensuites and powder rooms from top Australian designers

Damian Hannah's love of design started early – however, he probably never dreamed he'd one day be lead designer and managing director of multi award-winning firm German Kitchens

 A nature-centric early learning education centre design that interweaves environment and classroom also offers a stand-out lesson in sustainability