Lifetime Design homes vary dramatically in appearance and style.
What they all share in common is the flexibility to adapt to whatever
comes along in life: a teenager with a broken leg, a family member with
serious illness, a parent carrying in heavy shopping or managing a
pushchair, an old person wanting to maintain their independence. In
order to be awarded the Lifemark, a home must meet all the Lifetime
Design Home Standards.

Virtual tour of a Lifetime Design home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQXxdiezGs&feature=related

Smart Houses are more liveable, safe, secure, environmentally friendly
and cost-efficient. They will be instrumental in helping realise the
State Government’s objective to provide Queenslanders with access to
safe, secure and appropriate housing in sustainable communities.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/smart_housing/example/springfield.asp

The Research House project investigates building ‘smarter’ and more ‘environmentally responsive’ homes. It brings together new and innovative design concepts, technologies and products and tests them in a single living environment to improve housing for Queenslanders.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/research/research08.asp

Virtual tour

Maison a Bordeaux is Laureate Rem Koolhaas' Pritzker Prize winning home design.

AARP is offering public tours of the Andrus House to provide builders, architects and DC residents with concrete examples of how to use universal design features to make a home suitable for all residents—young and old. The tour will highlight a range of ways, some inexpensive and easy and some more complex, to update homes and better accommodate everyone. Incorporating just one or two features could make a real difference. For more information on Andrus House features, schedule a tour or stop by for a visit.

The Coomera property demonstrates how easily Smart Housing principles can be adopted in construction of a new home. The owner of this property was keen to construct a home to suit all a range of potential buyers by satisfying the needs of singles, couples, families, the elderly and people with disabilities.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/smart_housing/example/coomera.asp 

Sustainable Home Currumbin (Innovation House 3 or IH3) is located in The Ecovillage at Currumbin developed by Landmatters and named Australia's Best Sustainable Development by the Urban Development Institute of Australia. The vision for this community is to inspire sustainable living and inform ecological sustainable development.

Follow the link to view the photo gallery.. 

"Transgenerational design is design for all ages and for all abilities," says Pirkl. "If a teenager sprains his ankle, he's disabled for a while. If a woman gets pregnant, her mobility is temporarily affected. We all have some level of disability during our lives. No design will serve 100 percent of the people 100 percent of the time, but we're trying to make sure no one group is excessively penalized by the design."