Construction Update – Brickwork in Ivanhoe

Now under con­struc­tion in Ivan­hoe, this large her­itage home with many dis­tinc­tive orig­i­nal fea­tures is being thought­ful­ly mod­ernised. Dur­ing the build, strik­ing arched brick­work was revealed, prompt­ing a unique design response: rem­nants of the orig­i­nal sub­stan­tial brick walls are being restored and retained, run­ning through and inter­sect­ing the mod­ern liv­ing spaces.

The mod­ern archi­tec­tur­al addi­tions rein­ter­pret the steeply pitched gable rooflines typ­i­cal of Ivanhoe’s her­itage homes, con­struct­ed from recy­cled bricks. These ele­ments are paired with dark met­al, help­ing to define and sep­a­rate dif­fer­ent zones of the build­ing. Inter­nal­ly, a por­tal win­dow and a mod­ern fire­place are cur­rent­ly being installed, both clear­ly ref­er­enc­ing the orig­i­nal her­itage arch­es. At the end of the main cor­ri­dor, a large cir­cu­lar win­dow dou­bles as a win­dow box daybed, fram­ing views of the gar­den and cre­at­ing a strong con­nec­tion between inte­ri­or and exte­ri­or spaces.

Join us for our site vis­it series on Insta­gram Reels to fol­low the project as it progresses.