Location: Albert Park, Victoria
Project year: 2016
Status: Completed
Architect: Hindley & Co
Interior Designer: Hindley & Co
Interior Styling: Leesa Oreilly
Builder: C The entrance is a hallway leading to the living room.al Constructions
Photographer: Shannon McGrath
Landscaper: Kate Seddon

Albert Park House is a dramatic and moody renovation of an original 1900s heritage-listed Victorian terrace in Albert Park.

The entrance is a hallway leading to the living room.

The living room features a leather sofa and carpet, giving off a cozy feel.

The dining area is designed with artwork and an area rug.

The kitchen features a bi-level kitchen island with a tile countertop.

The stools are placed at the end of the kitchen island tables.

The study features a unique coffee table and large glass walls overlooking the edge of the pool.

The bedroom features a queen-sized bed and a wall-to-wall carpet.

The kid's bedroom features retractable shutters that regulate sunlight. — The kid’s bedroom features retractable shutters that regulate sunlight.

The bedroom features a queen-size bed and a fireplace that warms the place.

The bathroom features a vanity sink and a shower area.

The bathroom features a free-standing bathtub and tile flooring.

The backyard has an outdoor dining area and plants that cool the surrounding.

The house features a swimming pool with a metal fence.

“This is the third time we have appointed Hindley & Co. We’ve worked with other architects in the past but found Anne to be particularly good at really listening to our needs, and then translating what she hears into architecture and interiors that are unexpected – richer, and more meaningful and inspirited than we’d hoped for.” – Jo and Eric, owners, Albert Park

Albert Park House is a dramatic and moody renovation of an original 1900s heritage-listed Victorian terrace in Albert Park. The Victorian bones of the house had some elegant features, but recent renovations had rendered the home utilitarian and plain, and we sought to revive some of the soul that had been lost.

Prior to renovating, the home’s rear living and kitchen area looked onto a dreary courtyard and garage studio, and the improvement of this outlook was central to the design intent and has proven to be integral to the success of the renovation. We felt that the relationship of the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three’s mutual benefit.

This has been done by employing a few elementary techniques to declutter and simplify the previously fragmented layout and by focusing on the views from the interiors to the courtyard gardens.

We saw that the relationship between the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three’s mutual benefit. Employing a few elementary techniques to declutter and simplify the previously fragmented layout allowed us to focus on the views from the interiors to the courtyard gardens.

Views have been framed with picture windows throughout the house, with visual openings focusing on the lush gardens by landscape designer Kate Seddon. By reworking the gardens and face-lifting the pool, external spaces now freely give to the experience from within the house and vice versa.