Kennedy Nolan Architects

Maitland House

Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell

MAITLAND HOUSE

Kennedy Nolan Architects

OTHER PARTICIPANTS
Lucy Bowen landscape

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Patrick Kennedy, Rachel Nolan, Adriana Hanna, Susannah Lempriere, Chloe Piper

MANUFACTURERS
Interia

PHOTOGRAPHS
Derek Swalwell

AREA
320 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This is an alteration and addition to a post-war brick veneer house.

The project was executed in 2 stages: an interior refurbishment of the existing house was then followed by the major addition of kitchen, dining, living and swimming pool.

Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell
Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell
Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell

The palette is restrained. White painted brick and unfilled saw-cut travertine define what has been added.

An L-shaped plan determines that most of the day-to-day living flank the rear garden. Living spaces are bright and visually connected by large areas of glazing.

Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell
Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell

An over scaled steel bird’s beak fascia binds the L-shaped plan. The rear elevation becomes a dramatic assembly of horizontal and vertical, with the fascia terminating in a graphic chimney element.

Monumental and monochromatic, this single storey addition speaks of our clients’ love of Modernism. New wraps the old and the architecture seeks to drag interior program to the outdoors.

Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell
Maitland House
© Derek Swalwell

The scale is unexpected, almost not domestic. Our practice continues to explore the motifs of hearth, chimney and horizontal roofline.


Maitland House
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Maitland House
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Kennedy Nolan Architects
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