Kennedy Nolan Renovates a Melbourne House with Playful Formalism

Australian architecture practice Kennedy Nolan has boldly updated an early 1900s Edwardian house in inner Melbourne with an expressive backyard extension of whimsical flair. Swapping the rectilinear geometry of the existing weatherboard house with an architectural language of curves and circles, a sweeping façade of white painted brickwork wraps around a new pond-cum-swimming pool to create an intimate courtyard linking the renovated house at the front of the property with the new pavilion in the back. In what is a poetic allusion to the white-painted weatherboards of the original house, the upper floor of the pavilion is clad in charred timber. The playful formalism of the exterior is carried on inside where a soothing palette of tactile textures and subdued colours unites the renovated house and new pavilion in subtle sophistication.

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