Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung
Victoria
Gore Street House transforms a typical inner-city terrace into a home defined by movement, light, and spatial experience. Circulation and rooms are choreographed to guide inhabitants through layered interiors, creating moments of pause, retreat, and connection. Heritage fabric at the front is preserved, while the rear addition maximises light and refuge. With carefully considered materials and rhythm, the house offers a calm, generous sanctuary in the heart of a dense urban neighbourhood.
Commendation For Residential Architecture – Houses (alterations And Additions)
Within the tight envelope of a narrow, heritage‑constrained site, Gore Street House is a project turned inward, shedding limitation to become a place of quiet expansiveness. Space unfolds gently, bathed in borrowed light, its generosity revealed gradually rather than announced. Attention is drawn upward, where light filters through skylights, glass bricks and lightwells. The staircase and main wardrobe are pulled away from surrounding walls, allowing light and air to circulate and giving these elements a sense of buoyancy. Similarly, the bedroom door is designed to allow for various modes of occupation. Gore Street House is an inner-city oasis—contained, immersive and transportive.
Commendation For Residential Architecture - Houses (alterations And Additions)
Within the tight envelope of a narrow, heritage‑constrained site, Gore Street House is a project turned inward, shedding limitation to become a place of quiet expansiveness. Space unfolds gently, bathed in borrowed light, its generosity revealed gradually rather than announced. Attention is drawn upward, where light filters through skylights, glass bricks and lightwells. The staircase and main wardrobe are pulled away from surrounding walls, allowing light and air to circulate and giving these elements a sense of buoyancy. Similarly, the bedroom door is designed to allow for various modes of occupation. Gore Street House is an inner-city oasis—contained, immersive and transportive.
We love hosting – drinks, dinners, friends visiting from overseas – so the open plan with the large island bench as a centrepiece balanced on either side by the cosy dining nook and living area works really well. Soaring steel windows and void surrounding the internal courtyard creates an incredible feeling of light and spaciousness on what is a relatively small inner city block. The earthy interiors give us a sense of calm amidst the hustle of Fitzroy.