![Apartment Building / DROO - Windows, Facade, Glass](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/778b/e58e/ced4/0b00/0001/medium_jpg/featured_image.jpg?1461811032)
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Architects: DROO
- Area: 700 m²
- Year: 2016
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Photographs:Willem Dirk Du Toit
![Apartment Building / DROO - Facade, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/6cd5/e58e/ce9a/9400/0081/medium_jpg/IMG_5827.jpg?1461808311)
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.
![Apartment Building / DROO - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/6d4d/e58e/cebd/1700/004e/newsletter/IMG_5817.jpg?1461808413)
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![Apartment Building / DROO - Countertop, Sink](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/77c6/e58e/ced4/0b00/0002/newsletter/IMG_5796_1.jpg?1461811095)
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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![Apartment Building / DROO - Windows, Facade, Glass, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/6a9f/e58e/ce9a/9400/0071/newsletter/IMG_7067.jpg?1461807743)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/6b59/e58e/cebd/1700/0044/newsletter/IMG_6888.jpg?1461807934)