The Malvern House is a contemporary take on the modern family home located in Melbourne, Australia, designed in 2021 by McKimm.

Description
A feature round window is situated at the end of the breezeway, it is an unexpected focal point that captures your eye when you enter the home. Formed in concrete, it is a solid mass; weighted and bold. The frameless glass aperture punctuates the richness of the space. The aim was to enhance and highlight the connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces, establishing a visual sightline that spans across the length of the property. From the outside, the round window pierces through the buildings? façade and gives it a memorable look and sculptural presence. The use of concrete comes with connotation: it has strength and permanence in structure, while it is instantaneously raw and unrefined in its physical state. McKimm thrives on fostering relationships with clients to ensure that buildings have a greater purpose. The Malvern House is a contemporary take on the modern family home and an intuitive response to the needs of a growing household. The clients have three young children: their brief necessitated specification of tough and durable materiality. The living areas were crafted around interactive family life and large gatherings for entertaining, both on the main living level and in the basement bar and cinema beneath.
The Malvern House works with the clients? dynamic energy and is an attempt to al...