Northcote 01
By Beatrix Rowe
A tailor-made inner city renovation.
Location: Northcote, VICTORIA
Builder: MRU Construction
Landscape: Eckersleys Garden Architecture
Photography: Shannon McGrath
Awards and
recognition
The brief for the Northcote interior allows for a creative family to live exactly the way they wish to. For this tribe, sacrificing laundry space to allow more room for the music decks was always going to be an easy decision.
Exposed brick and matt black elements work in partnership to transform a single-fronted terrace house into a sophisticated inner-city abode. The striking, dark palette offers a tranquil backdrop to the space, with ample light delivered through an internal sun-drenched courtyard that divides the period and newer sections of the house.
Set on a long, narrow site, the new floorplan works to harness the northern sun. Large feature windows and doors throughout are designed for optimum cross ventilation.
Rather than follow the conventional open plan living model, the family chose to live in more separate living spaces around the central courtyard, visually connected yet separate. The kitchen includes a black granite and stainless steel trolley and a Chinese elm table which serves as a communal point. Floor to ceiling doors open out 0nto the courtyard, amplifying the sense of space.
A lime-coloured floating staircase is unapologetically modern, a perfect shock of difference amidst the dark cabinetry. Close by, the custom-designed music cabinet is ready for its next set.
Shortlisted for Houses Awards
Shortlisted for Australian Interior Design Awards
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We are a Melbourne-based interior design studio. We design authentic, contemporary interior spaces that respond to place, function, light and form. We are inquisitive, understated and considered in our design approach. We remain a consciously boutique interior design practice that values personal involvement and oversight of all projects.
We love to know, interpret and understand our Clients’ living and working patterns. We use the power of design to solve problems and through our design approach, find better ways to live, work and connect. We carefully think through the way people really like to live, behind closed doors; and how to work optimally in retail, hospitality and other commercial spaces.
We are rigorous and pay great attention to every detail of the spaces being created – the natural materials selected, the custom detailing, the relationship to light and the needs of people who will inhabit the spaces. We value beauty and longevity.
We love custom features, carefully curated natural materials and inspired furniture, art and objects. We believe aesthetics and functionality should work hand in hand. We are detail driven and value well executed solutions to create a cohesive space.
We bring to each project more than 25 years’ experience across materials, furniture, art and interior possibilities as well as space planning, construction knowledge and design thinking expertise. We are collaborative. We draw upon a vast network of local contacts to build and craft our interiors and bring our projects to life.
The product design arm of BEATRIX ROWE is a natural extension of the studio’s work and values. We design and produce mirrors, furniture and sculptures, teaming up with Australian makers.
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