Fitzroy North House in Melbourne, Australia by BENT Architecture

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This project is a renovation and extension of a semi-detached Edwardian family home in Fitzroy North. The living areas were extended and re-configured to take advantage of the abundant natural light offered by the site’s northerly aspect. A courtyard at the junction of the old and new parts of the house ensures that daylight infiltrates deep into the house. Large glazed doors and windows create a fluid connection between internal and external spaces. This relationship is further enhanced by a continuity between internal and external building elements and materials. Ceilings flow outward to form external eaves and the conversation that is established externally between the natural timber elements and dark cladding is echoed in the internal material palette. The ceiling over the dining area offers a dramatic shift in height, providing spatial clarity in an otherwise open plan living area.

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• Architects: BENT Architecture
• Project: Fitzroy North House
• Location: Melbourne, Australia
• Photography: Tatjana Plitt
  
• Project Team: paul porjazoski, alice davies, michael germano, fiona lew, merran porjazoski
• Landscape: ben scott landscape design
• Builder: greg scott constructions
• Structural Engineer: keith long and associates p/l
• Site Area: 375 square metres
• Total Dwelling Gfa: 268 square metres
• Extension: Gfa 159 square metres
• Completed: 2017

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The Kitchen is also instrumental in defining the various zones of the open plan living area. It provides a clear physical marker within this space that both delineates and unites the living and dining areas. The kitchen subtly synthesizes the conceptual and material expression of the extension as a whole. It offers a clear formal composition that blends seamlessly with the surrounding spaces. The palette of raw timber, concrete and marble make a calm yet dynamic contribution to the composition of the space.

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

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The upper level delivers a secluded Master Bedroom, Robe and Ensuite as well as a separate study. The conceptual principals of the project flow through these spaces in their materiality as well as the relationship that is forged between internal and external building elements. Full height windows and a continuous raised garden bed extend along the width of the bedroom, blurring the transition from internal to external spaces and drawing the eye through greenery to the open skies beyond.

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt

Image Courtesy © Tatjana Plitt-

Image Courtesy © BENT Architecture

Image Courtesy © BENT Architecture

Image Courtesy © BENT Architecture

Image Courtesy © BENT Architecture

Tags: Australia, Melbourne

Categories: Apartments, Extention, House, Interiors, Renovation, Residential

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