Architects:Mihaly Slocombe

Area :205 m²

Year :2021

Photographs :Tatjana Plitt

Manufacturers :  Archilux, ECC Lighting, Inlite, Schneider Electric, Spore, Actron Air, Artefact Industries, Darkon, Eco Bricks, Euroluce, Handyman Steel , Hunt heating, Hurlcon, Living Edge, Mitre 10, Ox Finishes, Perftec, Plaster Pro, Saxon Windows & Joinery, Signorino, +2Stonelux, Universal Fans-2Archilux

Land Surveyor :Dickson Hearn

Structural Engineer :Structure Studio

Builders :Builders of Architecture

Design Team : Warwick Mihaly, Erica Slocombe, Sinéad Lim, Jake Taylor, Job Gabriels, Amiee Groundwater

Quantity Surveyor : Geoffrey Moyle

Building Surveyor : Grimbos Building Surveyors

Stylist : Bea and Co Style

City : Carlton North

Country : Australia

Hood House is a playful protector that respects the heritage character of Carlton North whilst celebrating purposeful change. It is a luxurious yet compact and hyper-functional home defined by an exploration of contrast: it is ornamental and restrained, subdued and lively, stately and casual, compartmental and open.

For us, it is also a project with an unusual history. This dual-natured renovation evolved through the ownership of two separate clients. Originally intended to accommodate the needs of a young family of four, we shifted gears at the eleventh hour and adapted a thoroughly resolved design solution to the needs of only two. From a young, nuclear family to a blended adult one, our design solution was put to a test of flexibility.

The result is a subtle renovation almost invisible from the street yet dramatic in its expressive qualities. An oblique view from the northwest reveals the playful zigzag of the new roof, the rippling metal hood. This is a form-making exercise that connects old to new as well as establishing spatial drama in what might otherwise have been utilitarian rooms upstairs. A simple palette of Australian hardwood timbers and white surfaces are complimented by tactile splashes of brass and rich moments of colour that reveal themselves from behind closed doors.

Our internal joke is that Hood House is like Lazarus, risen from the ashes. We’re grateful that almost six years of hard work have culminated in this beautiful, protective and playful house, and so pleased that Glenda and Alistair get to call it home.

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