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- Architects: DROO
- Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
- Design Architect: Droo Projects – Amrita Mahindroo
- Area: 700.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Willem Dirk Du Toit
- Site Management Architect: Mihaly Slocombe Architects
- Main Contractor: Project Group Construction Pty Ltd
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DROO Projects is a Paris/London based studio specializing in high end residential design. This boutique apartment building tucked in behind a narrow listed Shop House building, in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Hawthorn.
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Plan
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The long narrow Shop house building typology allowed for the existing building to be extended to create a two compact mini towers to the rear separated by a generous courtyard internally, providing light and outdoor living spaces for the individual apartments.
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Section
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The building is characterized by its large glazed windows, and the strong faceted gold fins, which provide sun-shading and privacy between flats.
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