This project is located in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia, and provides a response to the difficulty of designing a house to a client?s brief on a small block within a cozy neighborhood cul-de-sac. Our clients sought to respect the existing single level character of the suburban court by minimizing the visual impact of their double-story home. Timber screens were used as a device to soften the solid rendered walls behind and to unify the facade.

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Architects: STAR Architecture

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Area: 270.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Peter Bennetts

Builder: S.T.A.R. Kolektiv

Furnishing And Styling: Jacqui Whiting
Site Size: 337 m2

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Text description provided by the architects. This project is located in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia, and provides a response to the difficulty of designing a house to a client?s brief on a small block within a cozy neighborhood cul-de-sac. Our clients sought to respect the existing single level character of the suburban court by minimizing the visual impact of their double-story home. Timber screens were used as a device to soften the solid rendered walls behind and to unify the facade.

© Peter Bennetts

Ground Floor Plan

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The downward sloping external timber screen compresses the frontage, giving the...