Most Popular New House Builds of 2025

Building a new home is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. With so many decisions to make along the way, finding the right inspiration — and learning from designers who know how to balance creativity with practicality — can make all the difference. The best new builds are thoughtful, functional and designed to support the way people actually live.

Throughout 2025, CO-architecture has shared a wide range of standout new residential builds from designers and studios across Australia. These projects resonated most with our audience, reflecting the styles, ideas and approaches shaping contemporary homes today. Here, we’ve curated the most popular new builds of the year to inspire what’s next — whether you’re planning a fresh start in 2026 or continuing an existing design journey.

Brixton by Cera Stribley

Brixton by Cera Stribley occupies a stunning, leafy hillside position in Glen Iris, Victoria. The home features a private side entry, which immediately ushers guests inside the cool and relaxing retreat within. The home is divided into two distinct wings to maximise privacy and create an embedded sense that the home is a sanctuary. This is enhanced throughout the home's materiality, with features robust and raw textural elements like timber, stone, concrete and brick - softened through neutral and gauzy tones and elevated with an abundance of natural light. Soft curves allow the home to unfurl unto its lush, landscaped surroundings, cementing it naturally within the environment.

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Project 465 by Robertson Collectif

This rural retreat by Robertson Collectif endeavoured to play two distinct roles in the lives of its retiree homeowners - that of a quiet, relaxing getaway, and a bustling, functional family home. Structurally, the home features large living spaces that not only accommodate but encourage lively family gatherings, as well as quieter, more intimate moments in the smaller living spaces. The home represents a holistic approach to connection and community, complete with extensive landscaping works that allowed for the addition of multiple outdoor entertaining areas, a pool and a tennis court. The design of the home adheres to strict BAL flame zone requirements, meaning that materiality construction, fixtures and fittings are designed to minimise risk in the instance of a bushfire. 

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Brimar House by MODO

Brimar House by MODO is characterised by its striking visual exterior - robust brick walls, sweeping curved façade and undulating landscaping. The home, which spans 600m2 and two-and-a-half levels, is comprised of two linear wings with a unique curved corridor link. Whilst main living spaces are hidden behind the homes stand-out dark timber second-storey façade, the spaces around, between and underneath the house have been carefully designed and shaped to invite and encourage the homes residents to maximise their time outside. This connection to exterior is facilitated even inside the homes walls, as spaces curve around a central maple tree and bedrooms offer stunning views across the neighbouring golf course.

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Blairgowrie Beach Club by Bower Architecture & Interiors

Australian beach shacks, a surf club, and Swedish Functionalism - three concepts that seem wildly distinct, and yet which marry beautifully in The Blairgowrie Beach Club by Bower Architecture & Interiors. Situated in the beach town of the same name, the Blairgowrie Beach Club is a stunning residence that encompasses the fun and nostalgia of Australian summer, year round. Although the home is designed ti accommodate several families and friends, the proportions of the home have been artfully constructed to retain warmth and intimacy, as well as fictional and adaptable when accommodating just the two homeowners. Australian timbers, brickwork, blockwork and granite define the homes aesthetic materiality, as well as ensure the home will withstand the coastal conditions of its location and patina gently and gracefully over the years. Fun additions like the vintage green hue in the mid-century kitchen and joinery detailing in the homes are unique elements inspired by the homeowner's Scandinavian upbringing.

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Blackwood Doonan by Sarah Waller Architecture

Blackwood Donnan by Sarah Waller Architecture is a breathtaking architectural masterpiece in the quiet Noosa Valley. Occupying a mammoth 1.9 acres, the home boasts the best views of surrounding dams and the picturesque Noosa Valley Golf Course. Sophistication and luxury ooze from the home, which skilfully blends the creature comforts of family living with the modernity and functionality of a high-end build. Complete with 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a power-room, 5 car garage and one designated parking bay, the home is awe-inspiring inside and out. A 21-metre pool defines the luxurious exterior, which extends outward in lush, rolling hills and perfectly manicured gardens to define the homes resort-style feel. The interior is minimalistic, solid and refined, capturing the essence of modern architecture and luxury living in a neutral colour palette and sleek materiality. 

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