Apartment Building

Apartment Building
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Apartment Building
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APARTMENT BUILDING

Droo

ARCHITECTS
Droo

AREA
700.0 m²

YEAR
2016

CATEGORY
Apartments

DESIGN ARCHITECT
Droo Projects, Amrita Mahindroo

SITE MANGEMENT ARCHITECTS
Mihaly Slocombe Architects

MAIN CONTRACTOR
Project Group Construction Pty Ltd

LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia

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Text description provided by architect.

DROO Projects is a Paris/London based studio specializing in high end residential design.

Apartment Building
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Apartment Building
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This boutique apartment building tucked in behind a narrow listed Shop House building, in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Hawthorn.

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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Apartment Building
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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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