Two projects say more about our Albert Park credentials than any brochure paragraph could. On Alfred Street in neighbouring Port Melbourne, we extended a significant double-fronted Victorian inside a Heritage Overlay using what we called the Shadow-Line strategy: a recessive, dark-clad upper storey behind a central light-court, doubling the home's functional capacity while staying invisible from the primary street frontage. And at Lyon's Den, under one of the City of Port Phillip's most restrictive overlays, we won approval, through VCAT, in six months, for a substantial extension to a derelict Queen Anne cottage and a new contemporary home on the adjacent title.
In the streets around St Vincent Gardens, where the rooms are generous, the plans are Victorian, and the light is always one design move away.
The discipline of our Alfred Street project in Port Melbourne: everything gained, nothing visible from the street.
Where original fabric leads and new work defers.
The Lyon's Den discipline: where a site holds more value than its current building admits, we test it honestly.
Designed to belong among century-old neighbours.
Twice the functional home behind an unchanged frontage. Value unlocked from land the current building underuses. Approvals won because the drawings answered the hard questions before they were asked. Fees fixed from the start, so ambition and budget are agreed once, honestly.
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Gradings and listings.