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Our latest roundup showcases innovative Australian homes, including a house with a fish-pond atrium and a residence with a faceted black-metal extension.

Mostly located in Melbourne and Sydney, these eight homes are united by their sculptural designs.

While some have unusually shaped floorplans, others use detailed facades, cantilevers, roof cutouts and geometrical aluminium awnings to create eye-catching details.

Read on for eight examples of sculptural Australian houses from Dezeen's archive:

Photo by Timothy Kaye

Peninsula House, Flinders, by Wood Marsh

Designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline, this home south of Melbourne has curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth.

Local studio Wood Marsh also drew on meandering paths leading to the site when creating the shape of the house, which has a curving form with long "arms" wrapping a swimming pool terrace and a driveway.

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Photo by Shannon McGrath and Timothy Kaye

St Martins Lane, Melbourne, by Matt Gibson

This Victorian home in the South Yarra suburb of Melbourne was given a sculptural update with a faceted extension clad in black metal.

Architect Matt Gibson decorated the facade of the extension, which contains a living space, two bedrooms, a study and a cascading terrace, with a laser-cut pattern that references the original architecture of the house.

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Photo by Rory Gardiner

Mossy Point home, New South Wales, by Edition Office

A cutout roof animates this fibre-cement-clad home, which architecture studio Edition Office elevated on parallel blockwork walls within a woody area in Mossy Point.

The aperture in the roofline, designed to resemble a bird's mouth, creates a sheltered outdoor dining space. A void at the centre of the roof lets natural light into the gabled building.

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Photo by Tom Ross

Merricks Farmhouse, Melbourne, by Michael Lumby Architecture and Nielsen Jenkins

Concrete blocks were used to construct Merricks Farmhouse, a home designed as a "refuge" in an exposed coastal setting on the Mornington Peninsula.

South African studio Michael Lumby Architecture and Brisbane practice Nielsen Jenkins gave the home strong geometrical shapes by splitting it into a series of blocks that surround a courtyard.

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Photo by David Chatfield

Tallowood Cabin, Queensland, by Fouché Architects

Australian studio Fouché Architects created the angular Tallowwood Cabin to cantilever over its plot on a Queensland hillside.

Its top-heavy geometric form, clad in black-cement boards, balances on a concrete plinth. A sloping walkway leads into the house, which is designed to "disappear" into the surrounding bushland.

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Photo by Jack Lovel

Proclamation House, Perth, by State of Kin

The innovative facade of this Perth house was created by combining olive-coloured hemp render with aluminium awnings that add tactility to the exterior.

It encases a sculptural concrete form with a rounded, sloping roof and is designed to exaggerate the traditional features of local cottages, architecture studio State of Kind told Dezeen.

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Photo by Derek Swalwell

Helvetia, Melbourne, by Austin Maynard Architects

One of the most unusual designs on the list, this Melbourne home has a fish-pond atrium in its entrance space and also features five distinct garden areas.

At its rear, the building has a garage that Australian firm Austin Maynard Architects topped with an "urban farm". This is enclosed with a barrel-vaulted wire mesh to keep out possums.

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Photo by Felix Forest

Matopos, Sydney, by Atelier Andy Carson

Local studio Atelier Andy Carson married a curved bronze facade with a sandstone podium at this home for a gallerist in the Sydney suburb of Freshwater.

Called Matopos, the house has an undulating sculptural shape and large windows designed to frame views of the nearby sea.

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