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Architects: Jost Architects
- Area: 380 m²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:John Gollings
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Manufacturers: Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH), EGGER, Burnished, Colorbond, Engineered Oak, Sone Italiana
Text description provided by the architects. The initial core aim of the St Kilda East Townhouses was as a family development generating two typical dwellings that can functionally house downsizing grandparents in one (my parents), and comfortably accommodate a young family of five in the other (myself, wife and kids). It had to be cost effective but with a good aesthetic outcome. The site being located on a corner with a dog leg in the street and a street address to the long boundary meant that the dwellings needed to run end to end, parallel to the street. This breaks from the more traditional side by side mirrored plan townhouse. It also meant that along with particular site and planning conditions, in this case, daily living is somewhat exposed to the local community.
