Located in Melbourne's Domain precinct this 1929 built residence originally began as two duplexes, one of which was originally inhabited by the famous Australian artists-collectors Sunday and John Reed before they move to the Heide property (which after their death became the Heide Museum of Modern Art). Merging historic architecture with a contemporary, cantilevered addition, the old and the new are now joined with wide shadow recesses and textural change where the achromatic color palette of matte black steel, polished black timber flooring, cement walls and polished aluminum reflect the transparency of the modern design.
The architectural master plan sought to celebrate the original structure and well-proportioned spaces whilst updating them to provide a cohesive series of interior spaces to suit the family of five. Defined by extensive planar axes, the core of which outlines the home over two floors, Melbourne-based Carr Design Group has designed an overlap of the new and the old establishing key views throughout the residence through planned united space design.
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