Over cheese in the library and finishes room, Flack Studio presented the design for this two-storey Edwardian family home in Melbourne. Created for two adults and two teenagers, Middle Park is a place dedicated to family, cooking and entertaining, and was designed as a forever home not just for its current inhabitants, but future generations […]
Melbourne architect Roger Nelson teamed up with industry newcomer Ben Shields of DREAMER to design his eucalypt-scented new home in the Victorian countryside. Artists through the ages have escaped to the country for quietude, praising the creative benefits of retreat. Describing his coastal property, Roger Nelson follows suit. “The idea of a retreat is really […]
A cantilevering “zinc box” creates more space for a growing Melbourne family in this Edwardian house by Maher Design and Lincoln Barker Architecture. “The sobering realisation that the clients’ teenage children may be slow to move out of home prompted an extensive renovation and addition,” explains the Melbourne practice, which worked on Rowe house with […]
In a nod to his and his clients’ Italian heritage, Jean-Pierre Biasol designed this Melbourne home with stone at the centre of every room. Owners, the Bartucca family, are a successive generation of Italian stonemasons and run Bartucca Tiling and Construction. “The clients wanted a family home that encapsulates modern living and celebrates their family […]
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