Albert Park House Extension, Vic Home Alterations and Redevelopment, Australian Real Estate Architecture Images
Albert Park House Extension near Melbourne
Home Alterations and Enlargement Development in Victoria, Australia ? design by Modscape
12 Dec 2019
Albert Park House Extension
Architecture: Modscape
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Albert Park House Extension

Inspired by their client?s brief for a minimalist, tranquil residence hidden away from the surrounding city, Modscape worked with the existing structure and added a new extension that would increase the amount of natural light and fresh air entering the house and provide an open living area with an intimate master retreat above.

Before work began, this Victorian-era house in Albert Park, Victoria, had closed-off, compartmentalized rooms with a tacked on, lean-to extension resulting in a lack of light, ventilation and outdoor connection. Modscape set about transforming it into a light-filled, airy space with generous proportions.
Heritage characteristics are retained in the original portion of the house, which seamlessly opens to a light and spacious social space that stretches across the full width of the block. Large, full-height glazing recessed into the floor and ceiling, ensure living and dining effortlessly spills outside to the courtyard and pool beyond. Protective walls extend from inside to out creating a large internalized backyard blurring the lines between inside and outside, old and new, ...