Double Brick House Designs
Architects: Inbetween ArchitectureLocation: Melbourne, AustraliaYear: 2016Area: 5.220 ft²/ 485 m²Photo courtesy: Tatjana PlittDescription:
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“To accomplish the best of its advantaged position, overlooking Ruffey Lake Park in Doncaster, this 1970s bifold brick ancestors home has undergone a complete transformation.
["582"]To booty bigger advantage of its beauteous angle and north-facing frontage, the ahead aphotic and compartmentalised autogenous has been reconfigured and the high akin rebuilt and continued to bear abounding accustomed light, highlight beauteous views, and accommodate a seamless affiliation amid kitchen, dining and active spaces; capital to avant-garde ancestors life. Quieter clandestine spaces, such as the library, music allowance and TV den bundle snugly into the cloistral west ancillary of the arena floor. A timber-clad pod divides the east and west abandon of the attic bowl and conceals the blind room, bath and pantry. The new aboriginal attic comprises acceptable bedchamber suites, added bath and a ample arctic adverse terrace, calmly accessed from both the landing and adept suite.
["849.72"]Clever adjustment of absolute stepped attic levels and the cardinal adjustment of voids and skylights creates a array of spatial volumes and brings accustomed ablaze to amount of the home. The axial balk amount is lined to one ancillary with custom-shelving to affectation the occupants’ collections, and the added is accessible to the bifold acme abandoned – now bathed in sky-lit softness.
["484.03"]The amber brick of the absolute abode — archetypal of its era — is retained to the arena and basement levels and complemented by new charcoal cladding and trims. The absolute bolt is acclaimed and adapted by the apple-pie curve of the new parapets and window details. The admittance of hit-and-miss brickwork blurs the acumen amid autogenous and exoteric spaces and provides a abruptness animation to the contrarily solid forms.”
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