HELLO HOUSE
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ARCHITECT
OOF!
ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Fooi-Ling Khoo
PLANNING+HERITAGE
David Brand
PHOTOGRAPHS
Nic Granleese
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The Hello House is a two-bedroom Victorian-era home and creative studio (and former shop) in Richmond, Melbourne (VIC), Australia.
Most noticeably, the home features a large, white-brick wall featuring the word ‘HELLO’, that offers a conversation with the neighbouring buildings and its residents.
A skin of brick is all it takes to keep a secret and two worlds exist happily side by side with a public face that cheerfully greets the street while giving nothing away about the world behind.
Inside, the house adjusts to the needs and moods of its residents – a cosy retreat in winter or an airy pavilion in summer – all secret from the outside world.
Rather than blending in or blanding out of its heritage-ous neighbourhood, Hello House is a slightly loud but friendly new face in the street.
