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Architects: Architecture Architecture
- Area: 228 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Derek Swalwell
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Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, Bamstone, Classic Ceramics, Colorbond, Darkon, Masson for Light, Plyco, Timberzoo, Volker Haug
Text description provided by the architects. This Murrumbeena extension is partly inspired by its original 1950s suburban home and partly by the modernist Case Study houses of the same decade. 1950s meets 1950s. About half of each. We’re talking fifty-fifty vision. That’s sharp. The original house is in good condition, has great charm, and is characteristic of the area: it’s fully detached, has a gabled slate roof, red brick walls, white fenestration and features stepped corbel details. Extending to the side and to the rear of the house, it was decided to retain as much of the original as possible and to honour its virtues with a contemporary interpretation.
