Description
A century-old Victorian workers cottage on Lygon Street has been given an industrial-chic update by Minett Studio Architecture & Design. The single-fronted home, which has worn many faces over the years, now reads as a sharper, more confident version of itself while keeping its original bones.
Joinery throughout is plywood, with carcasses in form ply and doors and exposed panels in Maxi premium birch finished in Osmo Raw Oil. Behind the splashback, a new horizontal servery window opens the kitchen to the internal courtyard, replacing the original vertical opening and pulling daylight deeper into the plan.
The floor is finished in a concrete screed sealed with epoxy. Easy to clean and laid directly over the existing terracotta tiles, it sidesteps a messy demolition while giving the ground plane a quiet, continuous surface that ties the new work to the old.
Every detail is set out to accommodate the quirks a hundred-year-old cottage tends to throw up, with careful junctions and tolerances designed in from the outset.
Interior architecture and styling by Minett Studio Architecture & Design. Photography by Brent Lukey. Joinery by Staunch Wood Furniture, plywood by Maxi Plywood, appliances by Fisher & Paykel.
Details
- Project Size: 120 m2
- Building Levels: 1
- Completion Date: 2020
- Photographer: Brent Lukey
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