Federation Addition, South Yarra

Our clients, a professional and academic couple with two young kids, approached Bower Architecture after becoming the next generation of their family to be the owners and caretakers of a grand Federation Arts and Crafts heritage home in South Yarra, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria Australia. The original house is spectacular, solidly built and features wonderful details and timber craftwork throughout. Like many of its era, it had an earlier renovation at the rear including a kitchen and family room, but these spaces were small, dark during much of the day and had very little connection to the garden and tennis court. The existing dog-legged hallway created a further sense of disconnection between the original rooms and the extension. Our clients wished for a sympathetic addition to the Heritage home to include new kitchen, dining, living, bathroom, laundry, a pool and outdoor and service areas. See Federation Addition, South Yarra project on our website here