Apartment Building / DROO

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Melbourne, Australia
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Apartment Building  / DROO - Facade, Windows
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Text description provided by the architects. DROO Projects is a Paris/London based studio specializing in high end residential design. This boutique apartment building tucked in behind a narrow listed Shop House building, in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Hawthorn.

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Apartment Building  / DROO - Countertop, Sink
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The long narrow Shop house building typology allowed for the existing building to be extended to create a two compact mini towers to the rear separated by a generous courtyard internally, providing light and outdoor living spaces for the individual apartments.

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© Willem Dirk Du Toit
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Apartment Building  / DROO - Windows, Facade, Glass, Handrail
© Willem Dirk Du Toit

The building is characterized by its large glazed windows, and the strong faceted gold fins, which provide sun-shading and privacy between flats.

Apartment Building  / DROO - Windows, Facade
© Willem Dirk Du Toit

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Address:Melbourne VIC, Australia

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Cite: "Apartment Building / DROO" 28 Apr 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/786424/apartment-building-droo> ISSN 0719-8884

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