Mid-century Melbourne apartment modernised with pistachio green kitchen
Architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart renovated this two-bedroom 1960s apartment in Melbourne using colours and materials that pay homage to the original mid-century interior.
When the clients bought the walk-up apartment in the Australian city's s Brunswick neighbourhood, it had been empty for 20 years and still had original decor including linoleum flooring, carpets and salmon-pink walls.
The owners wanted to retain its character while updating the living spaces to suit modern life.
Built in 1961, the 65-square-metre apartment is split into two zones with a living space and kitchen at the front on either side of the entrance and two bedrooms on either side of a bathroom at the rear.
A skylight lets light into the kitchen
"The apartment's layout was typical of many apartments of this typology, with a clear division between living and private spaces and with frontage on two sides," Barker told Dezeen. "We wanted to retain room divisions, but at the same time improve connections, extend sightlines and bring more natural light into the kitchen."
The apartment's original large windows provided ample natural light and effective cross ventilation. The owners felt that the existing kitchen, however, felt disconnected from the living room as the space was too confined to accommodate a dining table and lacked adequate natural light.
To remedy this, Barker and Stewart reconfigured the plan to improve the connection between the living room and the ki...
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