Restoration Australia — Season 5
Restoring heritage ruins into living homes
About this season
Host and Architecture Professor, Anthony Burke follows the progress and pitfalls of single-minded restoration enthusiasts who stop at almost nothing to revitalise their beloved buildings.
Episodes (7)
1. Castlecrag
Aired 16 July 2023 • 57 min
Anthony Burke meets self-confessed 'Architecture Nerds' Annette and Michael Pitman who own the smallest of all the Walter Burley Griffin-designed houses in Castlecrag and want to restore and extend the house.
2. Pinnaroo
Aired 23 July 2023 • 58 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple turning a big crumbling church in remote South Australia - bought with a credit card - into a family home, using the internet as their guide.
3. West End
Aired 30 July 2023 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a neglected inner-city Queenslander into a period showcase and eco-friendly, healthy haven as one partner recovers from cancer.
4. Miner's Cottage
Aired 6 August 2023 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a young couple transforming a tiny miner's cottage into a family home in a celebration of sustainability and old-fashioned craftsmanship.
5. New Town
Aired 13 August 2023
Host Anthony Burke meets a couple turning a dilapidated orphanage into a family home. Can their restoration bring laughter and warmth back to an institutional building with a confronting history?
6. Dorothy
Aired 20 August 2023 • 57 min
When a charming old Queenslander travels 800 kilometres south of the tropics to an eco-village, it needs a complete retrofit to become uber energy efficient - but will this come at the expense of its heritage?
7. St Martins
Aired 27 August 2023 • 57 min
Host Anthony Burke meets a family aiming to turn a tiny war memorial church into a holiday home in the face of local hopes it would be kept as a venerated public landmark.