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Rosie’s House.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A faux Victorian residence designed for a family of five, featuring traditional elements, modern amenities, and dedicated spaces for relaxation and play, including a wine cellar, kids' retreat, and open-plan living area.

Title:: Rosie’s House
Architect:: Rebecca Naughtin Architect
Category:: Residential/; Renovations and Extensions
Photographers:: Tatjana Plitt

Rebecca Naughtin Architect was approached to design a new home as a faux Victorian residence with finials and all. Working with our clients, we were able to ascertain what it was that they appreciated about the Victorian style, and applied these elements resulting in Rosie’s House. A home for a family of 5, the brief incorporated furniture passed down for over 6 generations, required formal and informal living spaces, a wine cellar, and a hallway that the kids could play cricket in.

Inspired by tradition, the plan incorporates a front verandah, façade with detailed gables and strong fascia line, wide hallway feeding off into other rooms, and a large open plan living area at the back. The kids’ have their own retreat on the first floor, and the kitchen servery extends into a decked BBQ area. There is a place for everything in this house, which also includes an attic, laundry with shower to hose off messy kids, and a rumpus room.

The materials and patterns are consistent with the Victorian style however with the advantage of contemporary products, improving the thermal and acoustic performance of the home. Our Clients feel like they’ve always lived in Rosie’s House.

Country: Wurundjeri

Photography: Tatjana Plitt

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Rebecca Naughtin Architect is a multidisciplinary design-based practice with a research focus and process. We are dedicated to working with our clients to bring out the best in their architectural projects through rigorous context analysis, design process and expert procurement. As an award-winning practice, we focus on providing excellent customer service with quality, custom design outcomes. Our work is heavily focused on residential work however we have experience in the commercial, educational, hospitality and Aged Care sectors.

With over 15 years of experience, Rebecca uses principles of architecture and landscape design to create integrated, contemporary indoor and outdoor spaces, that are sympathetic to their surroundings. Our designs are a balance of form and function, with sustainability and innovation at the forefront of all decisions; we thrive on challenges and persist until the best outcome has been achieved.

We design using the best tools at our convenience. Hand sketches and cardboard models still play a large role in the design, whilst Virtual Reality and 3D documentation are used to realise our ideas. We have a conception-to-completion approach; handling the difficult stuff with our clients right to the end.

Our small team applies a different, critically regional approach to each design. Our portfolio of work is concentrated in the inner city suburbs of Melbourne however extends to regional areas including the Mornington Peninsula, Gippsland and Bass Coast. We thrive on the challenges that are involved in the- procurement of architecture and are invested in being advocates for architects.

The practice is heavily involved in areas outside of the traditional architect’s role, including investing time into the education of architects, mentoring students and graduates, and has assisted emerging practice build their own profiles.