Wowowa Architecture & Interiors

Tiger Prawn

Tiger Prawn

WOWOWA Architecture

Tiger Prawn

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Fitzroy North, Australia

CATEGORY
Residential › Private house

Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn

Glorified in architecture forever, the humble tiger prawn becomes a two-pronged deity for this Fitzroy North renovation.

What started as a nickname for the brown & gold Hawthorn brick frill pattern typically adorning the apertures of Victoria Terraces – ‘Tiger Prawn typology’ was embraced by the then new clients who sought out WOWOWA for the coining.

Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn

The zig-zag (almost scalloping) pattern was then translated & embellished to form the full-blown scalloped extension to the rear.

In the spirit of cohesion & reinterpretation of the existing visual language, the weightiness of the bricks was critical.

Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn

The sculptural silver form exaggerates the verticality of the gesture as it whimsically draws a fortified silhouette in the sky – a man’s home is his castle after all.


Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn
Tiger Prawn

Wowowa Architecture & Interiors
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