Oak Grove is a development driven venture.  Between a detailed client brief laden with ideas about visual style, and the site located in an eclectic Australian suburban context, the architecture negotiates a meaningful contemporary response within highly saturated physical and conceptual parameters.

© Shannon McGrath

Architects: Justin Mallia

Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia

Architect In Charge: Justin Mallia

Area: 485.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Shannon McGrath, Prue McMillan

Building Surveyor: BSGM Pty Ltd

Structural Consultant: Beauchamp Hogg Spano

Landscape Consultant: Urban Initiatives
Hydraulic Consultant: CR Knight & Associates

Land Surveyor: Terrain Consulting Group

Planning Consultant: Nicholson Planning and Development

Builder: Ducon Pty Ltd

© Shannon McGrath

From the architect. Oak Grove is a development driven venture.  Between a detailed client brief laden with ideas about visual style, and the site located in an eclectic Australian suburban context, the architecture negotiates a meaningful contemporary response within highly saturated physical and conceptual parameters.

© Shannon McGrath

For cost efficiency the project involves two identical rectangular houses p...