Albert Park House / Hindley & Co
Lush gardens and visual drama weave through the existing bones of a Victorian terrace in Albert Park, Melbourne.
© Shannon McGrath
Architects: Hindley & Co
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Shannon McGrath
Landscape Designer: Kate Seddon Landscape Design
© Shannon McGrath
Text description provided by the architects. Lush gardens and visual drama weave through the existing bones of a Victorian terrace in Albert Park, Melbourne.
© Shannon McGrath
CONCEPT The relationship of the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three's mutual benefit. Ceilings were raised, views were framed, spaces were decluttered and simplified. All made way for the black and white drama that ensued.
© Shannon McGrath
© Shannon McGrath
BRIEF The Victorian bones had some elegant features, but recent renovations were utilitarian and plain. Our mandate was to make internal and external environments sing harmoniously.
© Shannon McGrath
SITE There were three existing courtyards offering only discordance to the inhabitants. By reworking the gardens, facelifting the pool and garage, and selecting the outlooks - external spaces now freely give to the experience from within, and vice versa.
© Shannon McGrath
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© Shannon McGrath
Architects: Hindley & Co
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Shannon McGrath
Landscape Designer: Kate Seddon Landscape Design
© Shannon McGrath
Text description provided by the architects. Lush gardens and visual drama weave through the existing bones of a Victorian terrace in Albert Park, Melbourne.
© Shannon McGrath
CONCEPT The relationship of the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three's mutual benefit. Ceilings were raised, views were framed, spaces were decluttered and simplified. All made way for the black and white drama that ensued.
© Shannon McGrath
© Shannon McGrath
BRIEF The Victorian bones had some elegant features, but recent renovations were utilitarian and plain. Our mandate was to make internal and external environments sing harmoniously.
© Shannon McGrath
SITE There were three existing courtyards offering only discordance to the inhabitants. By reworking the gardens, facelifting the pool and garage, and selecting the outlooks - external spaces now freely give to the experience from within, and vice versa.
© Shannon McGrath
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