This luxury home in Glen Iris maximises floor space to feature seven distinct rooms while maintaining a strong connection to outdoor spaces and providing stunning views.
This project is for a private home in the inner-city suburb of Glen Iris. The owners wanted to maximise the internal floor area to create 4 bedrooms and 3 living areas, but not at the cost of light, connection to outdoor spaces, and a free-flowing functional plan.
Our design presents a strong architectural language at the home’s entrance. Deep window reveals and a rendered banding help to define and unite the varying materials and functions. The materials are robust and low-maintenance but work beautifully together to make a bold statement.
The building welcomes you through a portico towards a huge timber pivot door that opens to reveal a tree-lined courtyard beyond. The courtyard is surrounded by double-height glazing which soaks the heart of the home in natural light and creates a connection to nature.
The light and minimal stairway complements the adjacent courtyard glazing, providing a changing view of the trees as you rise to the first floor.
Beyond the stair, you enter a contemporary open-plan kitchen and living-dining space which is designed to extend to a covered alfresco and garden beyond. The kitchen features a huge fully glazed splashback, framing the landscape and bringing light and character to the dark cabinetry. Marble benchtops are replicated throughout the space, providing luxurious high-quality materials and tying the concept together.
Upstairs, full-height glazing provides ample views of the street, but sheer blinds and curtains ensure there is complete control of light and access. Curtain tracks are cleverly concealed to enhance the contemporary look. The bedroom is paired with a huge walk-in robe with light concentrated through a carefully placed skylight. The ensuite is the epitome of luxury. From the heated floor and free-standing bath to the expansive light-filled shower and frameless glazed skylight, each part works together to create a beautiful calming space.
Photography: Jack Lovel
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We believe that to deliver true quality we must exceed aesthetical and functional delight and deliver a home that performs as well as it looks. After all it’s your family’s health and wellbeing that’s at stake. At Borland Architecture, we don’t take that responsibility lightly.
True quality isn’t just about having something that looks good, that’s a minimal requirement. It is about exceeding expectations on what you see and what you can’t. Our purpose is to design homes that set a new benchmark for families like yours to thrive in and others to aspire too.
All homes should foster rest, social connection, privacy, play and comfort as standard. True quality, appropiate-performance homes furnish the internal environment with just the right amount of fresh, filtered clean air, eliminates contaminates, viruses, moisture, mould spurs etc. These homes are highly insulated, yet seamlessly connected to nature, energy efficient and self sufficient, yet are technologically rich and adaptable for future innovation to grow with your family.
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