Law Street House / Muir Mendes

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  • Architects: Muir Mendes
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Text description provided by the architects. Muir Mendes was established in 2011 with Law Street House forming the practices first project. Located in a tight single lane street in South Melbourne the original dilapidated one bedroom workman’s cottage built in the 1880s formed the initial brief for architect’s/owner builders Bruno Mendes and Amy Muir. To pursue the desire to construct using ones own hands formed a very important part of the brief. Joe Mendes who manages steel fabrication for a large construction company formed the final link. The following 3 and a half years of demolition, excavation and construction would be referred to as ‘the daddy Mendes apprenticeship’. While working full time in practice the new house was constructed on weekends. This formed the construction program and associated cash flow.

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Cite: "Law Street House / Muir Mendes" 16 Sep 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/168798/law-street-house-muir-mendes> ISSN 0719-8884

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