Cera Stribley Architects teamed with interior design studio The Stella Collective on a series of eight, three-storey townhouses in a Melbourne suburb that reflect the area's art deco architecture.
Called Pine Ave, the townhouses are located in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood and are the latest project by longstanding Melbourne developers, Angle and BuxtonGroup.
The area is known for its large period houses, many from the 1920s and -30s, as well as its proximity to the beach and foreshore.

The developers enlisted the services of two Melbourne-based studios to work on the project. Cera Stribley Architects (CS-A) designed the buildings while The Stella Collective designed the interiors.
The development's design is intended to combine the suburb's beachside and art-deco elements.
With curving white brickwork at each corner, the homes' exteriors draw inspiration from the circular forms that were popular in the art-deco era.
Meanwhile, the materiality at the top of the facade is more industrial, featuring simple metal cladding in a charcoal finish that is intended to sit in the background to allow the curves to be the central focal point.

The curvature of each home highlights the entry point, while "softening" the process of walking inside. The building's curved walls are echoed on the front fence, which also adopts the art-deco era's white brickwork.
"Deliberately visualised to the nth degree, we have even included guidance tools such as custom mosaic number...