This job had a unique beginning, in 2014 WOWOWA produced a series of renovation tip YouTube videos celebrating some of Melbourne’s featurist houses Robin Boyd famously identified in the Australian ugliness. Often, colloquial vernacular nicknames were given to distinct housing styles, early Victorian pattern brick facades, like this project's were coined ‘Tiger Prawn’s’. These clients came to WOWOWA proclaiming they have a Tiger Prawn house and were eager to honour the glory of their Victorian terrace frontage with a new addition out back. Another key feature was the distinct Fitzroy North site was the carpark and laneway adjoining the back of the property, the back was publicly viewed and so from the outset we treated the back not only as a back but also a front. Reminiscent of ‘Janus’ the Roman god of beginnings, transitions, time and duality – depicted with two faces, so he could look to the future and to the past. WOWOWA thought this duality of past and present, front and back was an excellent driver for a narrative rich project.
Grant House is the alteration and addition to a dark and narrow single-storey terrace in North Fitzroy. The old part of the house has been respectfully maintained and updated and a new extension has been sleeved between original boundary walls. The new extension comprises kitchen/living/dining (and secret cellar), with parent’s retreat upstairs. Utilising the side laneway, the main entry is now in the centre of the house. A large and imposing galvanised steel door opens onto a light-flooded courtyard that separates the old house from the new addition.
Kiah House is an addition to a weatherboard cottage in North Fitzroy, Melbourne. The extension comprises two separate pieces of architecture, the master bedroom ‘haven’ – which sits beside the original house extending to the northern boundary, and the separate office poised above. The original Victorian-era house, built in 1927, has been respectfully restored and updated with a new kitchen and bathroom.
A renovation and extension to the rear of a heritage Victorian terrace in inner City Melbourne. This project is for a young family with 2 children who wished to stay in their current house and renovate to suit their requirements. The 2 story renovation and extension includes 4 bedrooms, study and 2 bathrooms on a very small site of 140m2 whilst respecting the amenities of neighbouring buildings and historic concerns.
House Alterations & Additions in Fitzroy North – Completed 2014
The project is an extensive renovation and addition to a single storey Victorian house on a tight block in North Fitzroy. After living in the house for some years, the clients wanted a warm and relaxed family home and also wanted to accommodate grandparents who visit regularly.
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