North Melbourne House features a double volume alteration and addition to the rear of an existing single storey Victorian terrace house, opening up the once enclosed spaces to soaring volumes in the living area which are filled with light and distinguished by a refined structural composition. The double height volume houses a new bathroom, kitchen and living space on the lower level as well as a generous main bedroom and ensuite on the upper level which is suspended through vertical steel frames. The upper-level hood extends externally to provide privacy to and from adjacent properties, whilst elongating the footprint and directing outlooks to the rear of the site. The material palette has been carefully selected to compliment external compressed sheet cladding combined with refined steel edges to create a precise and functional enclosure within which a similarly refined monochromatic material palette is held. Honed bluestone flooring and steelwork combine to enrich the interior and sophisticated tones in the bathroom create an atmosphere of privacy and intimacy evoked by granite tiles, a continuation of bluestone and custom formed concrete bath and basins.

Construction – Warrick Home Builders
Photographer – Derek Swalwell
Stylist – Bek Sheppard
Landscape Design – Simon Taylor Landscape Design

Houses Magazine Awards – shortlist 2020.
Featured media – Arch Daily, The Local Project, Architecture Australia, The Design Emotive