?Old Be-al? is the loving nickname given to the beautifully old, gnarled Mallee river redgum at the rear of this classic, single story brick veneer home from the inter-war period in Melbourne?s inner-east. Underpinning our design notions and considerations for this home were two instinctual ideas: that of our client?s fondness for ?Old Be-al? and associated desire for an enhanced connection between the house and the old-growth eucalypt landscape; and our own determined appreciation for the house?s original brickwork, something we hoped to celebrate and re-cast within the existing dwelling.

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Architects: FMD Architects

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Lead Architects: Fiona Dunin

Area: 129.0 m2
Project Year: 2017

Photographs: John Gollings

Builder: Dimpat Construction

Structural Engineer: Perrett Simpson

Building Surveyor: Nelson McDermott

Quantity Surveyor: Construction Planning and Economics

Land Surveyor: Breese Pitt Dixon

© John Gollings

?Old Be-al? is the loving nickname given to the beautifully old, gnarled Mallee river redgum at the rear of this classic, single story brick veneer home from the inter-war period in Melbourne?s inner-east. Underpinning our design notions and considerations for this home were two instinctual ideas: that of our client?s fondness for ?Old Be-al? and associated desire for an enhanced connection bet...