Jury comment
This compelling contemporary building is the result of the joint efforts of client and architect. The project is outstanding in both planning arrangement and contextual “fit.” The designers have deliberately chosen not to derive a solution using obvious clues from neighbouring buildings, but rather to accommodate an extensive two-level program into what appears to be a single-storey volume.
This deft arrangement and management of the building form, its adjacent open space and prominent location have elaborated the essence of new building placement within Heritage Overlay and Special Building Overlay areas.
An uncompromising hold on the site boundary along the side street has maintained strong site definition and created spatial flexibility on the northern side of the new building. This building not only speaks of the private needs of its inhabitants but also successfully declares its place in the public realm at an urban level.
Skilful form-making, appropriate materiality and interior detailing assembled with a light touch are hallmarks of this heritage infill exemplar.
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Award for Heritage supported by Heritage Council Victoria.
Credits
- Project
- Middle Park House.
- Architect
- Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
Melbourne, Vic, Australia
- Project Team
- Graham Burrows, Tim Jackson, Jon Clements, Simon Topliss, Peter Forsyth
- Consultants
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Builder
Krongold Construction
Engineer BHS Consultants
Landscape Eckersley Garden Architecture
Lighting Light Project
- Site Details
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Location
Melbourne,
Vic,
Australia
- Project Details
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Status
Built
Category Residential
Type Heritage, New houses
