The starting point was a narrow two-storey terrace in East Melbourne — a plan that could have stayed modest, or be asked to exceed itself. The curved facade, a quiet contemporary reading of the suburb’s Art Deco register, signals that restraint and ambition are not in conflict. Two storeys resolved as one coherent interior sequence, each room connected by material logic rather than mere adjacency.

Australian native tones ground the palette — warm ochres, dusty sage, raw timber selected for grain and temperature. Against these, rich marble surfaces assert themselves at the moments of use: kitchen bench, bathroom vanity, entry floor. Retro pendant fittings punctuate each volume with deliberate warmth, giving light a character to match the materiality. Nothing introduced without purpose. A terrace that reads larger than its plan through material intelligence, not illusion.