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Clever, confident architecture that makes everyday living joy!

10/11/2026

The Long Edit named for its key challenge - take a home that had been extended and extended - exacerbating issues of disconnect to land, natural light into the home and a home with no flow.

Our solution was to thoughtfully remove some of the old home (thus the edit!) and add another pavilion - the existing pavilion becomes bedrooms only and the new pavilion houses kitchen, living and dining.

On this overland flow site, the home gets close but not all the way to ground and the undercroft of the bedroom wing becomes covered outdoor entertaining space.

So many fun ideas explored in this project and wonderful to work with a brave client who have backed a less than conventional outcome to get a home connected to light and landscape.

Build: Momentum Building Qld Pty Ltd
Images: Jack Gibson

03/11/2026

A shower porthole frames a view through the robe, where an opening in red reflects the colour of the poinciana flowers that will bloom once a year right outside Bed 1.

Playful and connected to landscape and light, it’s an outcome drawn from conversation and relationship.

Build: Allen Brothers Construction
Images: Clinton Weaver

02/11/2026

One great stair.

After years of Band-Aid renovations we often visit homes that have two or three stairs all trying to fix a different problem.

This project in Kelvin Grove was a general renovation within the home’s footprint. The big move was this ‘plug-in’ that provided wayfinding to the entry, security, a singular circulation moment and separation between the public arrival and private bedroom wing.

That’s what we love: finding the move that makes the most effective change in the simplest way.

Clad in zinc cladding it is deliberately contemporary against the older home and a colourful front door draws the guest from the street to the new entry halfway down the home.
Removal of the front stair now allows the verandah to become a place of inhabitation rather than arrival.

Location: Kelvin Grove
Built: Momentum Building Qld Pty Ltd in 2023
Images: Jack Gibson

28/10/2026

Bob the Building - a home perfectly sized for this family of four - small footprint, strong environmental performance and replicable for a small lot directly adjacent in the future.

Having lived in Europe for many years, returning home to Australia our clients had a fantastic grasp about how quality of space trumps quantity of space every day of the week.

The home responds to its Traditional Character constraints in this leafy street of Bardon - but with a modern twist and colour drenched in Dulux Australia Walter.

We’ll be coming back to shoot this beauty in 2027 once the landscape has been completed by our landscape architect client Kim. Stay tuned ;)

Built: Allen Brothers Construction
Images: Clinton Weaver

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14/10/2026

A small home for this family of five but they didn’t want to expand, they just wanted to work with the home’s existing footprint. So it was all about finding nooks within and around the home to escape, read a book, doomscroll or just watch the sunset.

Using space well means you can build the best home possible for your big or small footprint.

Built: eclat building co.
Styling: Cadell Collective
Images: Jack Gibson

Shortlisted: Interior Design Awards 2026

07/10/2026

Goldilocks Haus has been recognised in the 2026 GOOD DESIGN AUSTRALIA Awards, Australia’s longest-running international design awards, for excellence in design, innovation and impact.

This year’s Awards are presented under the theme Design that Leads - celebrating the critical role of design in navigating complexity, driving innovation and creating positive change.

At a time of unprecedented social, environmental and technological change, this year’s theme recognises that good design is more than an outcome, it is a powerful way of thinking, imagining and acting. It challenges us to question what is, envision what could be and design better products, services, places and systems for people and planet.

Among this year’s Award Winners is Goldilocks Haus, which received a prestigious 2026 Australian Good Design Award Winner in the Built Environment Architectural Design category.

Interiors: Goldilocks Haus
Build: Red Dog Constructive
Images: Jack Gibson

30/09/2026

We are stoked to share Donnington Ridge - an off grid, upcycled cabin on koala protected Kabi Kabi land - for the Sunshine Coast Open House in October!

Solar power, rainwater harvesting, passive design and sustainably sourced materials support a light footprint. Somewhere between camping and a conventional home, Donnington Ridge reflects ideas central to Maytree Studios: using fewer resources to achieve more, finding the floor area that is just right, and creating spaces that feel calm, grounded and deeply connected to place.

Wheelchair friendly! Bring your own picnic blanket and enjoy a snag and a moment on the hill with us! Link to book via our bio ❤️

28/09/2026

Celebrating the seasonal change to spring and sharing these truly floral-garden-oriented images of Honi’s small footprint extension.

The Dahlia’s are all her, but some beautiful artwork and objects feature Louise Knowles Jess Sellinger Mandy Francis Mas & Miek Ceramic House Erica Gray Artist

In thinking about Honi’s home I went back and re-read our Return Brief. In it, Honi identified her top three success measures as being
1. Materiality & Texture - that her home has heart
2. Staying on/near her budget (which she did!); and,
3. Kitchen, Living & Dining are the hero spaces

Honi (Honey) is a project that we are proud of - small, but mighty, modern and feminine. Springing into Spring remembering this colourful home with heart 💚

Built: 2023 with Building Brisbane Homes
Images: toby scott

17/09/2026

It’s time to do a massive thank you post to the wonderful Kate. This absolute rock star has made the move to larger practice to spread her design wings on new types of projects.

We have loved working with Kate and over the years from fresh graduate, to registered architect to senior team member, she has always brought so much love and care to our clients and their homes. A thoughtful designer, her secret skill has been some of the hilarious project names she comes up with (we’re going to miss that!). Always the most stylish one in the room, she’s just ‘cool’ - a quiet achiever, an amazing listener and really clever thinker! We are going to miss ‘what if we flip it…’

Kate - you’ve not only been a wonderful ‘employee’ (that word still seems gross) but you’re a very good friend. Thank you for the years of care and friendship and laughs you have brought this place and best of luck for the future!

We love you Kate Stafford !!

06/09/2026

A library, a quiet place for escape and a net for the kids to hang out - this narrow space on the back of maytree_sm_arthouse looks out over the backyard and centres books in this family’s life 📚❤️

Built: Petro Builders
Landscape: ECRU Land Arch & Design Studio with ⓔⓓⓔⓝⓈⓒⓐⓟⓔⓢ install
Images: toby scott

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7 Fagan Road
Herston, QLD
4006

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.maytreestudios.com.au/

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