All houses in some way resonate the history of lives spent together. Rachel Whiteread?s ?House? installation of 1993 exemplified the notion that memories are imprinted into the spaces in which we live. This project began with a conversation between architect and client around this idea.

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Architects: Andrew Simpson Architects

Location: Carlton North VIC 3054, Australia

Project Team: Andrew Simpson, Michael Barraclough, Mel Buettikofer, Emma Parkinson

Builder: Overend Constructions

Area: 176.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013

Photographs: Peter Bennetts

© Peter Bennetts

All houses in some way resonate the history of lives spent together. Rachel Whiteread?s ?House? installation of 1993 exemplified the notion that memories are imprinted into the spaces in which we live. This project began with a conversation between architect and client around this idea.
© Peter Bennetts

 The scope of work broadly involved heritage refurbishment and a contemporary rear extension to an inner-city Victorian terrace house. The ambition of the project was to inscribe the owners? joint experiences as a couple into the spatial character of the building, and provide a new context for their current life together as a family with two young boys. To achieve this, the architectural idea spann...