6 x 60' Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Architect and host Anthony Burke follows homeowners taking on the ultimate renovation challenge: transforming Australia’s remarkable heritage buildings into contemporary homes.

From grand homesteads and inner-city terraces to modernist masterpieces and industrial sites, each restoration uncovers the building’s history while confronting unexpected structural challenges, tight budgets and ambitious visions – culminating in spectacular design transformations where the past meets modern living.

AUDIENCES WILL LOVE
- The enduring appetite for transformation: renovation and restoration remain a proven international genre, combining ambition, setbacks, problem-solving and spectacular reveals
- Restoration with real stakes: heritage constraints, structural challenges and the need to preserve the past add complexity and jeopardy to every project
- Leading restoration expertise: architect and host Anthony Burke brings genuine architectural authority and insight into the craft behind ambitious restorations
- A distinctive Australian setting: remarkable homes, architecture and landscapes give a proven genre a fresh and visually compelling international setting

‘Delightful...easily watchable’ – The Guardian

‘Brilliant combination of ingenuity, strategic and cost-effective design, sustainability and craftsmanship’ - Australian Design Review